Romeo & Juliet

Director: Stuart Maunder.

Sweeping, romantic and ultimately heartbreaking, Romeo & Juliet unfolds with cinematic intensity on the Sydney Opera House stage. Jennifer Irwin’s costume designs illuminate the tension between innocence and conflict at the heart of Shakespeare’s tragedy, contrasting youthful vibrancy with the formality of feuding families.

Her use of silhouette, texture and colour deepens character and mood — from tender moments of first love to the stark inevitability of fate. Crafted to support movement and emotional storytelling, the costumes become part of the drama itself, amplifying the passion, beauty and poignancy of this timeless tale.