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Sydney bridge upside down, 2013

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<em>Sydney bridge upside down</em>, 2013

Wellington's Taki Rua Theatre used image projection as a central element of their 2013 production of Sydney bridge upside down, a stage adaptation of the novel of the same name by David Ballantyne. The lighting designer was Nathan McKendry. He worked with set designer Kasia Pol, composer and sound designer John Gibson, and audiovisual and multimedia designer Robert Appierdo.

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Bill Guest, Theatre design – Costume, lighting and sound design, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/42327/sydney-bridge-upside-down-2013 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Bill Guest, published 5 August 2013.