Matilda Woodroofe is a Naarm-based Set and Costume Designer working across theatre, dance, television, film, and live events. She is a Production Design graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (2014) with extensive experience collaborating with leading Australian theatre companies including Belvoir St Theatre, Malthouse Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, and Bangarra Dance Theatre.
In 2026, Matilda will work with Melbourne Theatre Company, as Costume Designer for both director Mark Wilson’s take on American classic THE GLASS MENAGERIE, and the world premiere of ELIZA by Tom Holloway, directed by Paige Rattray.
Matilda will also work with the State Theatre Company of South Australia, as Set and Costume designer on COMMENTARY from playwright Ash Flanders, directed by Artistic Director Petra Kalive.
Previous work with Melbourne Theatre Company includes Costume Designer for THE REMOVALISTS; Set and Costume Designer for COST OF LIVING; and Design Associate for SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES and MINNIE AND LIRAZ. She also styled Melbourne Theatre Company’s season imagery in 2023, 2025, and 2026.
At Malthouse Theatre, her credits include Set and Costume Designer for TRUTH, THIS IS LIVING, and STAY WOKE; Set Dresser for HOUR OF THE WOLF; and Design Associate for BECAUSE THE NIGHT and GOING DOWN (a Sydney Theatre Company co-production). In 2025, she co-designed a reimagining of Mozart’s opera ABDUCTION, directed by Constantine Costi for Victorian Opera.
Matilda also works in screen, having served as Costume Designer on SBS Digital Original series MISS SULTANAH for writer/director Alistair Baldwin, and Jesse Vogelaar’s ABC Fresh Blood series RUBY RAI PI. Matilda also worked with Jacob Nash as Set Decorator on Stephen Page’s debut feature film, SPEAR, and has taken on several other roles across the Costume + Art Department on various projects.
Matilda is a four-time Green Room Award nominee, and was part of the Tony award winning costume team for THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY Designed by Marg Horwell.