Stage Design

The Mikado

THE MIKADO, KATISHA, 1982

THE MIKADO, YUM-YUM & NANKI-POO, 1982

THE MIKADO, KOKO, costume design, 1982

THE MIKADO, POOH-BAH, KOKO & CHORUS, 1982

THE MIKADO, SCHOOL GIRLS ENTRANCE, 1982

MIKADO & PALANQUIN

THE MIKADO, costume design, THREE LITTLE GIRLS, 1982

MIKADO GROUP

THE MIKADO, PISH-TUSH costume design, 1982

THE MIKADO, costume design, 1982

THE MIKADO, PALANQUIN BEARERS costume design, 1982

THE MIKADO, KATISHA WIG DESIGN,1982

THE MIKADO, KATISHA MASKS, 1982

The Golden Ass

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, 1999

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, 1999

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, 1999

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, 1999

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, 1999

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, 1999

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, 1999

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, 1999

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, 1999

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, 1999

The Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, Pamphilea

Canadian Opera Company,The Golden Ass, Costume Design for dancers

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, 1999

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, 1999, costume design, Judith Forst as Pamphilea

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, 1999, costume design, Narrator

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, 1999

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, 1999

Canadian Opera Company, The Golden Ass, Set model

The Relapse

Stratford Festival, The-Relapse Brian Bedford as Lord Foppington

STRATFORD FESTIVAL, THE RELAPSE, costume design Foppington

Stratford Festival, The Relapse

Stratford Festival, The Relapse

Stratford Festival, The Relapse

Stratford Festival, The Relapse, costume design, Easy Greasy

Marriage of Figaro

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, COUNTESS, ACT 2, 1982

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, costume design, MARCELLINA, 1982

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, Act 1 Set, 1982

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, Act 2 Set, 1982

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, Act 3 Set, 1982

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, Act 4 Set, 1982

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

Midsummer Night's Dream

Stratford Festival, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Maggie Smith as Hippolyta

Stratford Festival, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Stratford Festival, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Midsummer Night's Dream

Midsummer Night's Dream, 1977

Midsummer Night's Dream, 1977, Titania

Midsummer Night's Dream, 1977

Midsummer Night's Dream, 1977

Midsummer Night's Dream, 1977

The Woman

THE WOMAN, 1979

THE WOMAN, 1979

THE WOMAN, 1979, Trojan design

THE WOMAN, 1979

THE WOMAN, 1979

THE WOMAN, 1979

THE WOMAN, 1979, Act 2

Romeo & Juliet

ROMEO AND JULIET, Market Place Print

ROMEO AND JULIET, Market women

ROMEO AND JULIET, Capulet followers

ROMEO AND JULIET, Montague retainer

ROMEO AND JULIET, Tybalt

ROMEO AND JULIET, Mercutio, Act-1

ROMEO AND JULIET, Romeo, Act 1

ROMEO AND JULIET, Lady Capulet, Garden, Act 1

ROMEO AND JULIET, Nurse, Market

ROMEO AND JULIET, Lord Capulet

ROMEO AND JULIET, Capulets

ROMEO AND JULIET, model Ball Scene

ROMEO AND JULIET

ROMEO AND JULIET, Ball

ROMEO AND JULIET, Lord Capulet, Ball

ROMEO AND JULIET, Tybalt's Lady, design

ROMEO AND JULIET, 1995,Tybalt

ROMEO AND JULIET, National Ballet of Canada, Nurse Ball

ROMEO AND JULIET, Juliet, Ball

ROMEO AND JULIET, 1995

ROMEO AND JULIET

ROMEO AND JULIET, Mercutio, Ball, Act 1

ROMEO AND JULIET, Carnival King

ROMEO AND JULIET

ROMEO AND JULIET

ROMEO AND JULIET, Gypsy,2

ROMEO AND JULIET, Gypsy

ROMEO AND JULIET, Romeo, Act 1

HMS Pinafore

HMS PINAFORE, 1988, Mirvish Productions, Stratford Festival

HMS PINAFORE, 1988, Mirvish Productions, Stratford Festival, Sister'sboat

HMS PINAFORE, Admiral's arrival

HMS PINAFORE, 1988, Mirvish Productions, Stratford Festival

HMS PINAFORE, 1988, Mirvish Productions, Stratford Festival

HMS PINAFORE, 1988, Mirvish Productions, Stratford Festival

HMS PINAFORE, Admiral

HMS PINAFORE, Aunts

HMS PINAFORE, Full Balloon design

HMS PINAFORE, Josephine

HMS PINAFORE, prop drawing

Fallen Angels

FALLEN ANGELS, 2005, Act 1

FALLEN ANGELS, 2005, Seanna McKenna & Joyce Campion

FALLEN ANGELS, 2005, Keith & Joyce Campion

FALLEN ANGELS, 2005, Julia, Act1

FALLEN ANGELS, 2005, Costume design, Julia

FALLEN ANGELS, 2005, Costume design, Julia

The Ballad of Baby Doe

BALLAD OF BABY DOE, 2000

BALLAD OF BABY DOE, 2000

BALLAD OF BABY DOE, 2000, San Francisco Opera, Ruth-Anne Swenson

BALLAD OF BABY DOE, 2000

BALLAD OF BABY DOE, 2000, Dancer, Act 1 ,Sc 1

BALLAD OF BABY DOE, 2000

The Gondoliers

THE GONDOLIERS, 1983

THE GONDOLIERS, 1983, Duke etc. in gondola

THE GONDOLIERS, 1983

THE GONDOLIERS, 1983, Girls, Act 1, Garlands of roses

Guys and Dolls

GUYS AND DOLLS, 1990, Bushell and a-Peck

GUYS AND DOLLS

GUYS AND DOLLS, 1990

GUYS AND DOLLS, 1990

GUYS AND DOLLS, 1990

Cosi Fan Tutte

COSSI FAN TUTTE

COSSI FAN TUTTE

COSSI FAN TUTTE

COSSI FAN TUTTE

COSSI FAN TUTTE

COSSI FAN TUTTE

COSSI FAN TUTTE

COSSI FAN TUTTE

COSSI FAN TUTTE

COSSI FAN TUTTE, Summerhouse

COSSI FAN TUTTE, Garden

Taming of the Shrew

TAMING OF THE SHREW, Kate, Bianca, Act II sc5

TAMING OF THE SHREW, 1992

TAMING OF THE SHREW, 1992

TAMING OF THE SHREW, 1992

TAMING OF THE SHREW, Backdrop, National Ballet of Canada

TAMING OF THE SHREW, Hortensio, Finale

TAMING OF THE SHREW

TAMING OF THE SHREW, Carnival Man 1

TAMING OF THE SHREW, Carnival Woman 1

TAMING OF THE SHREW, Gremio

TAMING OF THE SHREW, Kate #2

TAMING OF THE SHREW, Kate Wedding

TAMING OF THE SHREW, Petruchio #1

TAMING OF THE SHREW, Petruchio #2

TAMING OF THE SHREW, Masquerade Dancer

TAMING OF THE SHREW, Whores Wedding

Macbeth

ANOTHER MACBETH, Lady Macbeth 1969-1974

ANOTHER MACBETH, Lady Macbeth 1969-1974

ANOTHER MACBETH, Lady Macbeth 1969-1974

ANOTHER MACBETH, Lady Macbeth

Importance of being Ernest

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST, 1984

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST, 1984

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST, 1984

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST, 1984

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST, 1984

Long Day's Journey into Night

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, Stratford Festival, 1980

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, Stratford Festival, 1980

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, Stratford Festival, 1980

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, Stratford Festival, 1980

La Forza del Destino

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Canadian Opera Company,1987

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Canadian Opera Company,1987

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Canadian Opera Company,1987

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Canadian Opera Company,1987

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Canadian Opera Company,1987

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Canadian Opera Company,1987

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Canadian Opera Company,1987

Merry Wives of Windsor

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, Stratford Festival, 1995, Mistress Page & Mistress Ford with Falstaff

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, Stratford Festival, 1995

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, Stratford Festival, 1995, costume for Falstaff

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, Stratford Festival, 1995, costume for Bill Hutt

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, Stratford Festival, 1995, Ford in disguise

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, Stratford Festival, 1995, BARDOLPH

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, Stratford Festival, 1995, costume for Bill Hutt

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, Stratford Festival, 1995, Mistress Ford

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, Stratford Festival, 1995, Pistol

Quick Links

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