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Name;
Tom Vulcan
Course;
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
Discipline;
Set, Costume & Lighting Designer
Ensemble cast on a modern scaffold stage with vibrant stage lighting.

Lighting Design 'Heathers The Musical'

Act 2 Scene 8 (Finale)

Photo: Ben Fon

Actors perform amidst a dynamic scaffold set design bathed in blue light.

Lighting Design 'Heathers The Musical'

Act 1 Scene 1 (Beautiful Part 2)

Photo: Ben Fon

Dramatic scene on a scaffold stage bathed in red and blue lights.

Lighting Design 'Heathers The Musical'

Act 1 Scene 1 (Beautiful Part 2)

Photo: Ben Fon

Actors on a scaffold set under stark stage lighting.

Lighting Design 'Heathers The Musical'

Act 1 Scene 1 (Beautiful Part 2)

Photo: Ben Fon

Dance performance with a group in white and black costumes against abstract backdrop.

Set and Costume Design 'Gesturing Weaving Unfolding'

Original set concept by Saskia Permezel

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

Set and Costume Design 'Gesturing Weaving Unfolding'

Assorted clips from performance

Videography by NON Studio

Two dancers under a yellow spotlight with cardboard boxes on stage.

Set and Costume Design, Associate Lighting Design 'Rarely'

Part of a season of devised works using a shared stage space.

Photo: Drew Echberg

Two dancers under a yellow spotlight with cardboard boxes on stage.

Set and Costume Design, Associate Lighting Design 'Rarely'

Part of a season of devised works using a shared stage space.

Photo: Drew Echberg

Performers in vivid ruffled costumes interact with white boxes on a stark stage.

Set and Costume Design, Associate Lighting Design 'Rarely'

Part of a season of devised works using a shared stage space

Photo: Drew Echberg

Performers in vivid ruffled costumes interact with white boxes on a stark stage.

Set and Costume Design, Associate Lighting Design 'Rarely'

Part of a season of devised works using a shared stage space

Photo: Drew Echberg

A portrait photo of Tom Vulcan

Tom (he/him) is a set and costume designer, and lighting designer and technician based in Naarm/Melbourne. He has a keen interest in the manipulation of space and creation of bold aesthetics and recently completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production) at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA).

His VCA credits include Set and Costume Designer for devised theatre production 'Rarely' (2022), Set and Costume Designer for 'Gesturing Weaving Unfolding' (chor. James Batchelor), and Lighting Designer for 'Heathers the Musical' (dir. Alister Smith).

He has completed secondments with Set Designer Richard Roberts on The Australian Ballet's 'Don Quixote', with Melbourne Theatre Company's Design and Staging Department, and with the Electrics Department at Michael Cassel Group's 'Mary Poppins'.

Email;
tomvulcan02@gmail.com
Website;
Ensemble cast on a modern scaffold stage with vibrant stage lighting.
Actors perform amidst a dynamic scaffold set design bathed in blue light.
Dramatic scene on a scaffold stage bathed in red and blue lights.
Actors on a scaffold set under stark stage lighting.
Dance performance with a group in white and black costumes against abstract backdrop.
Two dancers under a yellow spotlight with cardboard boxes on stage.
Two dancers under a yellow spotlight with cardboard boxes on stage.
Performers in vivid ruffled costumes interact with white boxes on a stark stage.
Performers in vivid ruffled costumes interact with white boxes on a stark stage.

Lighting Design 'Heathers The Musical'

Act 2 Scene 8 (Finale)

Photo: Ben Fon

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A portrait photo of Tom Vulcan