About us

The creative minds behind Australia’s most celebrated theatre productions – Craig Ilott & Stuart Couzens.
The creative minds behind Australia’s most celebrated theatre productions – Craig Ilott & Stuart Couzens.
The creative minds behind Australia’s most celebrated theatre productions – Craig Ilott & Stuart Couzens.
Craig Ilott

An award-winning Australian director has worked worldwide with a broad range of theatrical companies and arts festivals across multiple forms and genres; including theatre, opera, circus, variety, stand-up and concerts. Recent credits include Amadeus for Sydney Opera House/Redline Productions; the European premiere of Velvet; L’Hôtel for Adelaide Cabaret Festival/Sydney Opera House; the 2022/23 national tour of Velvet Rewired; Betty Blokk-Buster for Sydney Festival; La Clique (Live at Leicester Square); Green Day’s American Idiot; La Boheme for Opera Queensland; Band of Magicians at the Tropicana in Las Vegas; Pacha Sydney @ The Ivy for Merivale; The Virgin Bride for Frontier Touring and Pigalle for Sydney Festival. 

Stuart Couzens

Stuart has designed and produced experiences within the arts, entertainment, and hospitality industries across the globe since the mid-nineties.  A consistent thread in Stuart’s work is the quest to merge the worlds of entertainment and hospitality to deliver world class food and beverage experiences into as many projects as possible.  A taste of Stuart’s work can be seen here: L’Hôtel, The George Street Hoedown, South Eveleigh Solstice Festival, Chopsticks & Dope Kicks, Wilderness Bar Dark Mofo, World Class Cocktail Festival, TEDxSydney (Sydney Opera House 2013-2016), RE, Icebergs Dining Room & Bar, The Bar