Lindsay Anne Black
Set and Costume Designer
- Location
- Toronto, Canada Area
- Industry
- Performing Arts
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Lindsay Anne Black's Overview
- Current
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- Photographer at freelance
- Set and Costume Designer at theatres across Canada
- Past
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- Head Scenic Artist at Tarragon Theatre
- Scenic Artist at theatres across Canada
- Apprentice Stage Manager at Canadian Actors Equity Association
- Media Librarian at CBC Television
- Education
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- Cobalt Studios
- Queen's University
- Recommendations
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1 person has recommended Lindsay Anne
- Connections
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492 connections
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Lindsay Anne Black's Summary
Lindsay Anne Black is a set and costume designer, and photographer based out of Toronto. She has designed for physical theatre, dance, musicals and other live theatre of all sizes — from independent to commercial, scripted or devised. As a scenic artist and props builder, she worked for Tarragon, Theatre Passe Muraille, Buddies in Bad Times, Stratford, Shaw, The National Ballet, and many lovely independent theatre companies. She was the recipient of the 2007 Pauline McGibbon Award, and has been nominated for Dora Awards and stuff.
Birnam Wood by Theatre Rusticle:
” Lindsay Anne Black’s set and costumes are gorgeous” — Paula Citron, Classical 96
Sia, by Cahoots Theatre Projects:
"Lindsay Anne Black’s striking set is also impressive. A massive wall constructed out of hundreds of empty plastic water bottles divides the otherwise basic set. Light shone through the giant structure creates a dazzling shimmering effect, and the discarded bottles serve as a constant reminder of capitalism’s role in creating and maintaining poverty." --Jordan Bimm, NOW Magazine
The Epic of Gilgamesh Up Until The Part When Enkidu Dies for Groundwater:
“The design is simple, effective eye candy. The representation of the demon Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven are two examples where the designers (especially Lindsay Anne Black on costumes and set) did a lot with a little.” — Katherine Sanders, Time and Space Magazine
April 14, 1912 by Theatre Rusticle:
“Black’s costume for Rupert is inspired.” — Paula Citron, Globe and Mail
Vincent River by Cart/Horse:
"Another plus is Lindsay Anne Black’s design for Anita’s simple, bare apartment. Underneath the floorboards, though, we see bits of the past: baby shoes, gay magazines, photos. They’re the detritus of a family’s life, metaphorically swept under the carpet but never far from the surface." -- John Kaplan, NOW Magazine
“You are so talented that I just want to kick you in the box.”
—Thom Allison, Actor and Singer
Specialties
Weird transforming spaces
Abstract costumes
Adding details that half the audience might not even see
Lightening the mood
A good list is always divisible by five.
Lindsay Anne Black's Experience
Set and Costume Designer
theatres across Canada
1999 – Present (13 years)
I have designed for physical theatre, dance, musicals and other live theatre of all sizes — from independent to commercial, scripted or devised.
Selected companies include:
Cahoots Theatre Projects (Sia)
Theatre Passe Muraille (Those Who Can't Do, Roshni)
Theatre Rusticle (Peter and the Wolf, Birnam Wood, April 14, 1912)
The Room (Elora Gorge)
Driftwood Theatre Group (Macbeth)
Stand Up Dance (The Atomic Weight of Happiness)
Blue Ceiling Dance (The Animals Are Planning an Intervention, Horizonteur)
Theatre Direct (Head à Tête)
Cart/Horse (Vincent River)
MacKenzieRo (The New Electric Ballroom)
FIXT POINT/Theatre Passe Muraille (Tale of a Town)
The Thistle Project (Peer Gynt)
Mirvish Productions (My Mother's Lesbian Jewish-Wiccan Wedding)
Acting Up Stage (A New Brain)
Long Black Car (Trudeau Stories)
Theatre Orangeville (The Giant's Garden)
Magpye Theatre (Nearly Lear)
Plus theatre schools:
George Brown College (Munsch Crunch)
The Randolph Academy (The Rocky Horror Show, Pajama Game, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
UPCOMING:
A Midsummer Night's Dream for Driftwood Theatre Group
The Other Three Sisters for Nobody's Business
HOMEbody for Shannon Litzenberger Dance
Lime Tree Bower for Cart/Horse Theatre
Miss Julie for Apuka Theatre
Head Scenic Artist
Tarragon Theatre
Entertainment industry
2004 – 2010 (6 years)
I began at Tarragon as a props builder in 2000, (my first show was Slavs,) and took over as the Head Scenic Artist at the end of the 2004 season.
Scenic Artist
theatres across Canada
1999 – 2010 (11 years)
As a freelance scenic artist I painted for large and small companies, including Stratford, Shaw, Aquarius, George Brown College, Buddies in Bad Times, Theatre Passe Muraille, Factory Theatre, Crow's Theatre, Obsidian Theatre, Cahoots, and many many others.
Sadly, I had to stop painting because of chemical sensitivity/an allergy to VOCs.
Media Librarian
CBC Television
Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Broadcast Media industry
2002 – 2002 (less than a year)
I moved cans of film in and out of a giant refrigerator.
Lindsay Anne Black's Skills & Expertise
Lindsay Anne Black's Education
Cobalt Studios
Workshop and Independent Study, Translucent drops, Perspective Drawing, Trompe L'oeil
2008 – 2008
Queen's University
BAH, Drama, Psychology
1995 – 1999
Lindsay Anne Black's Additional Information
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- Honors and Awards:
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Pauline McGibbon Award (2007)
4 Dora Award Nominations:
Set -- April 14, 1912 (2008)
Costume -- April 14, 1912 (2008)
Set -- Birnam Wood (2010)
Set -- The Atomic Weight of Happiness (2011)
Harold Award (2009)
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