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If you happened to find yourself noticing a particularly striking set this year, chances are it was a Christine Urquhart work. From minimal concrete facades to moveable acrylic swings… her designs have been refreshingly inventive and always in service of the play. Seeming to arrive out of nowhere, her body of work alone this year has silently raised the overall production value of Auckland theatre.

- Pantograph Punch, 2015.

The year is still very young but we already have a nominee for the best dress of 2019 in Toronto theatre: kudos to designer Christine Urquhart for the magnificent, fringed golden sheath in which Griffith’s Iphigenia looks every inch a queen. Urquhart’s striking set uses a trompe l’oeil effect to suggest a long colonnade, using the contrast of white paper against black walls and floor, and complemented by Jareth Li’s lighting. Key props, too, are covered in crinkled white paper — it’s a smart, less-is-more approach.

- Karen Fricker, 2019.

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A live hybrid-documentary performance investigating how 'silence, exclusion and censorship' can impact the creation of art.

Created and Written by Sook Yin - Lee. Directed by Sarah Garton Stanley. Presented at Canadian Stage.

Set Designer Christine Ting - Huan Urquhart, Costume Designer Ming Wong, Lighting Designer Steve Lucas, Projection Designer Roxanne Luchak. Featuring (L) Christo Graham and (R) Sook Yin Lee. Photo by Dahlia Katz.