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Zoë Rouse

Zoë Rouse

Set & Costume Designer, Costume Maker

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Set and Costume Designer, Maker and Stylist, Zoë Rouse (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary artist with an expansive practice across theatre, film and photography.  

Malthouse Theatre: As Set & Costume Designer, WHO NO KNO GO KNO and THE HATE RACE.  As Costume Designer, HOUR OF THE WOLF, THE RETURN and NORMAL.SUBURBAN.PLANETARY.MELTDOWN.

Other Theatre: As Set & Costume Designer, SCAR TREES (ILBIJERRI Theatre Company); TIDDAS (La Boite Theatre/Belvoir); NEVER HAVE I EVER (Melbourne Theatre Company) and JUNE (Theatre Works/Fabricated Rooms). As Costume Designer, EMILIA (Essential Theatre); STRAIGHT FROM THE STRAIT (Opera Queensland/QPAC) and COMPANY (Watch This).  

Training: Victorian College of Arts (Production Design); RMIT (Textiles).  

Shows worked on

Current as of October 2025. 

Zoë Rouse has worked with...

Bernadette Fam

Bernadette Fam

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 2 others

Kudakwashe

Kudakwashe

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 2 others

Jethro Woodward

Jethro Woodward

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf and 2 others

Tane Williams Accra

Tane Williams Accra

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Lyall Brooks

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Harrie Hogan

Harrie Hogan

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Jonathan Homsey

Jonathan Homsey

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Alpha Kargbo

Alpha Kargbo

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Joe Paradise Lui

Joe Paradise Lui

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Effie Nkrumah

Effie Nkrumah

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Matthew Lutton OAM

Matthew Lutton OAM

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf and 1 other

Rosemary Osmond

Rosemary Osmond

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Masego Pitso

Masego Pitso

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Lyndie Li Wan Po

Lyndie Li Wan Po

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf and 1 other

Kwame Tosuma

Kwame Tosuma

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Rhys Velasquez

Rhys Velasquez

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025) and 1 other

Henrietta Amevor

Henrietta Amevor

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Lucy Ansell

Lucy Ansell

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Zoe Atkinson

Zoe Atkinson

Worked with on The Return

Jimi Bani

Jimi Bani

Worked with on The Return

Annie Bourke

Annie Bourke

Worked with on The Hate Race

Erica Browne

Erica Browne

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Caitlin Byrne

Caitlin Byrne

Worked with on normal.suburban.planetary.meltdown.

Angus Cerini

Angus Cerini

Worked with on normal.suburban.planetary.meltdown.

Maxine Beneba Clarke

Maxine Beneba Clarke

Worked with on The Hate Race

Anna Cordingley

Anna Cordingley

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Susie Dee

Susie Dee

Worked with on normal.suburban.planetary.meltdown.

Culture Evolves

Culture Evolves

Worked with on The Return

Justin Gardam

Justin Gardam

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Ghenoa Gela

Ghenoa Gela

Worked with on The Return

Jack Green

Jack Green

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Declan Greene

Worked with on The Hate Race

David Harris

David Harris

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

John Harvey

John Harvey

Worked with on The Return

Natasha Herbert

Natasha Herbert

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Kevin Hofbauer

Kevin Hofbauer

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Peter Houghton

Peter Houghton

Worked with on normal.suburban.planetary.meltdown.

Claudia Howarth

Claudia Howarth

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)

Damion Hunter

Damion Hunter

Worked with on The Return

Paul Jackson

Paul Jackson

Worked with on The Return

Keegan Joyce

Keegan Joyce

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Jess Keepence

Jess Keepence

Worked with on The Hate Race

Kristel Kickett

Kristel Kickett

Worked with on The Return

Karine Larché

Karine Larché

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Rachel Lee

Rachel Lee

Worked with on The Hate Race

Brooke Lee

Brooke Lee

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Amelia Lever-Davidson

Amelia Lever-Davidson

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Angelica Lockyer

Angelica Lockyer

Worked with on The Return

Ari Maza Long

Ari Maza Long

Worked with on The Return

Tariro Mavondo

Tariro Mavondo

Worked with on The Hate Race

Lisa Mibus

Lisa Mibus

Worked with on normal.suburban.planetary.meltdown.

Emily Milledge

Emily Milledge

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Zahra Newman

Zahra Newman

Worked with on The Hate Race

Christina O’Neill

Christina O’Neill

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Chloe Ogilvie

Chloe Ogilvie

Worked with on The Return

Bianca Pardo

Bianca Pardo

Worked with on The Hate Race

Mark Pritchard

Mark Pritchard

Worked with on The Return

Diana Quarshie

Diana Quarshie

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2025)

Eva Rees

Eva Rees

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Karl Richmond

Karl Richmond

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Amarantha Robinson

Amarantha Robinson

Worked with on The Hate Race

Naomi Rukavina

Naomi Rukavina

Worked with on normal.suburban.planetary.meltdown.

Jim Russell

Jim Russell

Worked with on normal.suburban.planetary.meltdown.

Sean Ryan

Sean Ryan

Worked with on The Return

Guy Simon

Guy Simon

Worked with on The Return

Courtney Stewart

Courtney Stewart

Worked with on The Hate Race

Jason Tamiru

Jason Tamiru

Worked with on The Return

Laila Thaker

Laila Thaker

Worked with on The Return

Katherine Tonkin

Katherine Tonkin

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Cointha Walkeden

Cointha Walkeden

Worked with on The Return

Keziah Warner

Keziah Warner

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Tom Webster

Tom Webster

Worked with on normal.suburban.planetary.meltdown.

Dan West

Dan West

Worked with on The Hate Race

Nicci Wilks

Nicci Wilks

Worked with on normal.suburban.planetary.meltdown.

Matilda Woodroofe

Matilda Woodroofe

Worked with on Hour of the Wolf

Jimmy Zhu

Worked with on WHO NO KNO GO KNO (2024)