Roger Kirk AM is an Australian

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primarily for

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and

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. He won the

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and the

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design was an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. The award was ...

for ''

The King and I ''The King and I'' is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the childr ...

'' and was nominated for ''

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''. Kirk began his career in television in Australia, working as a stagehand and floor manager in the

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ABC studios, and next worked in the West End for three years doing props. Upon returning to Australia, he worked in the costume department at ABC, and then did the costumes for the stage musical ''

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''."Roger Kirk"
livedesignonline.com, 1 February 1999 Kirk designs costumes for stage musicals, most recently for the musical ''

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''. He has also worked in the 2006 arena production of ''

The Boy From Oz ''The Boy from Oz'' is an Australian jukebox musical based on the life of singer and songwriter Peter Allen, featuring songs written by him. The book commissioned for the musical is by Nick Enright, based on Stephen MacLean's 1996 biography o ...

''.Hernandez, Erni
"Hugh Jackman The Boy From Oz Tour Gets New Director, Cast and Dates for Oz Return"
13 February 2006 He designed sets for

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's 1986 Australian tour, sets and costumes for the Australian TV version of ''

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'', and awards shows such as the

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. In 1992 his evening wear designs were on the international catwalks in London, Spain and New York as part of the Australian Fashion Framework. His work for opera includes the costumes for the

Victoria State Opera The Victoria State Opera (VSO), based in Melbourne, Australia, was founded in Melbourne in 1962. The company, founded by Leonard Spira, was a move into grand opera by the then amateur Gilbert and Sullivan-oriented Victorian Light Opera Co. The n ...

production of ''

Manon ''Manon'' () is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel '' L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut'' by the Abbé Prévost. It was f ...

'' in 1997.

Stage work (selected)

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Jesus Christ Superstar ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Loosely based on the Life of Jesus in the New Testament, Gospels' accounts of Passion of Jesus, the Passion, the work interprets ...

'' (revival, 2000) *''

'' (Australia, 1991; Broadway, 1996; West End, 2000; Millburn, 2002; US tour, 2004) *''

'' (revival, 2001)

References

External links

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Credits BroadwayWorld.com
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian costume designers Tony Award winners Helpmann Award winners {{theat-bio-stub