BOCCI il-MUSICAL

Role: Set & Prop Designer

Brief: Open air and on tour for 6 weeks in 6 different bocci clubs.

Set designer Maria Rosa Thornhill created the main set for Bocci, using red and green silk and festoon lights for a striking canopy.

Inspired by the prominent red and green colours of the Maltese traditional game Bocci, set designer Maria Rosa Thornhill incorporated 40 metres of silk fabric and festoon lighting to create a canopy as the main set piece for the musical Bocci.

Open-air Maltese set design for Bocci by Maria Rosa Thornhill, featuring movable elements like the club bar, bocci scoreboards, and custom window frames representing the protagonist’s home.

Maltese set design for Bocci by Maria Rosa Thornhill, featuring a red-and-green silk canopy, festoon lights, and custom set pieces including a club bar.

Gimgha l-Habs

Role: Set & Prop Designer

Brief: A women’s dormitory set in the 1800s.

Stage set for Ġimgħa l-Ħabs at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, featuring a 7m × 4m gate and prison dormitory designed by Maria Rosa Thornhill.

IS-SURMAST

Role: Set Designer

Brief: Set in the 1970s with multiple locations including the Headmaster’s office, home and his beloved garden.

A man in a suit and tie standing on stage with arms raised, facing children in school uniforms who are standing in a line, in a theater with a religious painting of Jesus in the background.

On stage, a scene from a theatrical play with a group of children in school uniforms standing in front of a man in a suit who appears to be addressing them. Behind them, a person in a suit stands with arms crossed, and another person in a beige dress

The image shows a stage with a group of people, including children and adults, standing on steps. The stage is in a theater with ornate gold and green decor. Some audience members are visible in balconies above.

Two actors on stage, one woman dressed in a colorful, floral dress with a yellow cardigan and accessories, and one man in a gray suit, seated on a stone bench surrounded by Christmas decorations and flowers.

Two men in suits talking in an office setting, with a desk, chairs, and a large window in the background.

A group of children and adults on stage, likely part of a theater production, with painted windows and set in the background.

L-Ahhar 13

Role: Set Designer

Brief: We meet Hu during the final days of his life, alone with his thoughts as he confronts his memories, regrets and choices that have led him here. The minimalist set was designed to evoke a sense of purgatory, mirroring his emotional isolation and the quiet limbo of his final days at hospital.

L-Ahhar 13 took place at Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta. Set designer Maria Rosa Thornhill designed a circular platform to mimic a watch as Hu counts down his last days on earth.

TECHRAIL

Role: Costume Designer

Brief: A multi-sensory theatre project designed specifically for audiences on the autism spectrum and neurodivergent individuals aged 8 to 18.

Three people dressed as cowboys inside a western-themed room. One is holding a lightstick up, another plays a harmonica, and the third, wearing a cowboy hat and fringed jacket, is kneeling and holding a lasso. A lantern sits on a wooden box, and a tr

A young boy standing on a bed, speaking to a man dressed as a cowboy, who is leaning forward and listening intently with a pillow in his hand. The scene appears to be part of a performance or play, set in a wooden room with a projection screen in the

A young man in a cowboy hat and embroidered Western shirt holds a lantern inside a wooden-paneled room, with a projection screen and chair visible in the background.

A young boy dressed as a cowboy is talking to a woman in a cowboy costume, inside a dimly lit room with a large, illuminated background that resembles a desert scene with cacti shadows.

castillo

Role: Set & Costume Designer

Brief: Set in the 1980s and early 2000s, capturing multiple locations at Spazju Kreattiv’s theatre-in-the-round.

Photograph of a theater with an audience watching a stage performance. The scene includes actors, mannequins, or performers on stage in colorful costumes and a small audience seated in the theater. The atmosphere suggests an opening night event at th

Two women sitting on opposite sides of a red desk in a dark theater. The woman on the left has dark hair and wears a patterned top, her hands near her lap. The woman on the right has long dark hair, wearing a light blouse, sitting on a chair with tra

Two women at a vanity mirror during a stage performance, one facing away and the other adjusting her hair. The mirror has a pink border, and there are notebooks and makeup on the table.

A dimly lit theater with three people: a woman sitting on a chair in the foreground with a spotlight illuminating her face, a woman standing near a table with papers, and a man standing with a cigarette, all in a sparse setting with a red desk, scatt

Three actors on stage in a theatrical play, one man and two women, with vintage office phones and a typewriter on a desk in front of them. The man is dressed as a police officer, the woman on the left in a colorful blouse and the woman on the right i

A woman with curly hair sitting in a metal bed frame in a dark room, illuminated by a dim greenish light.

A woman with long hair looking up at a mobile hanging from the ceiling, with photographs and notes attached, in a dark room.

Two bird cages illuminated with blue lights hang in the night sky.

MAGDALENE

Role: Set Designer

Brief: An open-air expressionistic set aimed to capture the play’s theme: whether the light can surmount our inner darkness. The light is symbolised by white, while red represents the characters' 'monster' selves. The modular glass panes were rearranged as needed and served as surfaces to write and erase the play’s motto.

Stone archway opening to a bright blue sky and a stone staircase leading up to a terrace with a metal railing. Two people are standing at the top of the staircase, looking at a pink display or art installation.

A person standing on a ladder, working on a large pink artwork or mural, with stone walls, stairs, and a bright blue sky in the background.

A courtyard with stone walls and an archway, a potted tree with dark green leaves, pink display panels on the upper level, a black railing, and a clear blue sky.

A courtyard surrounded by stone walls, with a staircase leading up to a pink-tinted barrier. Two people are walking up the stairs under bright sunlight in clear blue skies.

People walking on a stone pathway next to a wall with pink and red panels, under a bright blue sky, with a shaded area and potted plants nearby.

Night view of an outdoor courtyard with a stone wall, archival lighting, and a whiteboard with drawings, illuminated by colored lights.

A three-panel whiteboard on a stand with drawings and writing, illuminated by warm and cool lights, in an outdoor stone-paved area at night, with a small table holding a bottle and glasses, and a stone archway in the background.

An outdoor courtyard at night with stone walls, chairs, a whiteboard, and colorful lighting casting shadows.

Open outdoor courtyard at night with chairs, a backlit whiteboard, colorful lighting effects, and stone arched walls.