Associated Designers of Canada
Raising the Profile of Live Performance Design in Canada
Associated Designers of Canada (ADC) is a registered National Arts Service Organization founded by designers for designers. We provide advocacy and support to all designers in any discipline and at any stage of their career. Our programming offers training and professional development opportunities to anyone interested in live performance design.
‘Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst’. Lighting by Kerem Cetinel. Set and Costumes by Patrick Du Wors. Video by Wladimiro A. Woyno Rodriguez, Matthew Waddell, and Laura Anzola. Ghost River Theatre. Photo by Benjamin Laird.
‘Obaaberima’. Set and Costume design by Camellia Koo. Lighting design by Michelle Ramsay. Composition and Sound design by Kobena Aquaa-Harrison. Directed by Evalyn Parry. Performer: Tawiah Ben M’Carthy. Buddies in Bad Times, 2013. Photo by Jeremy Mimnagh.
‘Escape to Freedom’. Lighting design by Sean Burke. Costume design by Eliza Jackson. Directed by Sam Rosenthal. Performers: Dominique Saulnier, Amelia McMahon, Tessa Short, and Janice Jackson. Vocalypse Productions, 2022. Photo by Emily Jewers.
‘Eurydice’. Set and Costumes by Lorenzo Savoini. Lighting by Kimberly Purtell. Sound by Debashis Sinha. Directed by Alan Dilworth. Performers: Michelle Monteith, Alex McCooeye, Oyin Oladejo, and Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster. Soulpepper Theatre, 2015.
‘April 14, 1912’. Set and Costume Design by Lindsay Anne Black. Lighting design by Michelle Ramsay. Directed by Allyson McMackon. Performer: Lucy Rupert. Theatre Rusticle, 2007. Photograph by Michelle Ramsay.
‘Romeo & Juliet’. Lighting by Amanda Gougeon. Set and Projection by Kerem Cetinel. Costumes by Mary Kerr. Directed by Brian Richmond. Phoenix Theatre, University of Victoria. Photo by David Lowes.
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