Production Designer
Rowan is an award-winning performance designer raised in Feilding, Aotearoa with ancestral ties to Scotland and England

His career spans upwards of 10 years with a substantial background in live video and sound design. These mediums continue to be at the forefront of his practice in creating performative design. Rowan creates environments for performance using a multi-disciplinary approach to spatial and performance design. Synthesising video, sound, light and object seamlessly to create physically affecting works.

He describes his role as a designer as striving for tangible and viscerally affecting works that provide heightened shared experience.

Awards include PANNZ FAME Award 2023. Wellington Theatre Awards Excellence in Design and AV Design 2017/2018.

His work is firmly based in Aotearoa, New Zealand and has been widely presented internationally to critical acclaim. Recent notable works include He Huia Kaimanawa (Auckland Arts Festival,Kia Mau Festival 2023), Pōhutu (Kia Mau Festival 2019, Tempo Dance Festival 2019, Te Raukura ki Kāpiti 2022). Rowan has been working as a core collaborator with Movement of The Human since its creation and works include MEREMERE, RUSHES and many more.

Rowan is also a founding member and musician in the group Glass Vaults.