Gillian Gallow

Set Designer

Gillian has designed close to ninety productions across Canada from new plays to opera, in small independent theatres to the largest stages in the country. Most notably she designed costumes for the Canadian Opera Company’s world premiere of Hadrian in 2018 and for Louis Riel in 2017. She’s designed set and costumes at The Shaw Festival for five seasons and has done four productions with The Stratford Festival. Her work has also been seen at Soulpepper, Canadian Stage, The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Citadel, Theatre Calgary and The National Arts Centre, to name a few. Gillian is a graduate of York University, and has been nominated for eight Dora Mavor Moore awards, winning four. Across Canada, Gillian’s designs have been nominated for Evie Awards, Betty Awards, Sterling Awards and the Capital Critics’ Awards, and she is the 2018 recipient of the Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design.