Kate Sowada Hicks is a Production Designer and prop maker based in Sydney.
She has spent her professional career in theatre prop, set and puppet workshops whilst building her production design skills on short films.
Her work involves a diverse range of clients and projects, all with a clear and imaginative design vision.
THEATRE & LIVE ENTERTAINMENT CREDITS (selected)
Saudi Arabia Pavilion: World EXPO Japan 2025
Puppet Maker
Company: ERTH Visual & Physical Inc
The Nature of Things
Puppet Maker
Company: ERTH Visual & Physical Inc
Seigfreid & Roy: The Unauthorised Opera
Puppet Maker
Company: ERTH Visual & Physical Inc
ARC: Sydney Opera House
Puppet Maker
Company: ERTH Visual & Physical Inc
David Jones Christmas Windows
Prop and Set Fabrication Assistant
Company: Macgyver Models
Qween Lear
Prop Fabrication Assistant
Company: Pink Cactus
ERTH’s Dinosaur Zoo
Puppet Maker
Company: ERTH Visual & Physical Inc
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Prop Fabrication Assistant
Company: Macgyver Models
FILM CREDITS (selected)
Cake (Short)
Production Designer
Director: Nick Allen
The Adventures of Wilfrid Finch (Short)
Production Designer
Directors: Darwin Schulze & Basil Scott Mitchell
Burqini Body (Short)
Production Designer
Director: Hebah Ali
Despite the Night (Short)
Set Decorator and Art Department Assitant
Directors: Jack Zimmerman & Archie Hancock
Seadog (Short)
Art Department Assistant
Director: Finbar Watson & Alec Green
Tint. (Short)
Production Designer
Directors: Jack Voegt
Space Rats (Web-Series)
Set Decorator and Creature Effects
Director: Darwin Schulze & Basil Scott-Mitchell
Threads (Short)
Production Designer
Directors: Noah Regan-Roach
Sarah’s Channel (Web-Series)
Art Department Assistant
Directors: Nick Coyle
SERVICES AND SKILLS
Design | Sourcing | Standby Props | Sewing | Pattern Drafting | Costume Design and Creation | Puppet Making | Costume Props Making | Millernry
Competent Carpentry Skills | Proficiency with Power Tools & Hand Tools
AUSTRALIAN FILM RADIO AND TELEVISION SCHOOL
Bachelor of Arts: Screen Production (2020)