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Represented by:

Kimberly Purtell

Gary Goddard Agency. 250 The Esplanade #304 - Toronto Ontario - M5A 1J2

416.928.0299 ext.6

kim@ggagency.ca

Full member of Associated Designers of Canada (ADC) and Local ADC 659 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

With Urquhart’s costumes, which blend ancient and contemporary esthetics, it’s not difficult to draw parallels between the play’s story and the movements of political resistance that exist today, including the Chinese pro-democracy protests.'

- Joshua Chong, Cultural Reporter (Orphan of Chao, 2024)

The year is still very young but we already have a nominee for the best dress of 2019 in Toronto theatre: kudos to designer (Ting – Huan 挺歡) 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, Toronto Star 2019 (Iphigenia and the furies (On Taurian Land) 2019)

If you happened to find yourself noticing a particularly striking set this year, chances are it was a (Ting – Huan 挺歡) 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.

- Sam Brooks and Rosabel Tan, Pantograph Punch (Highlight of Auckland Theatre, 2015)

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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 Ting – Huan 挺歡 Christine 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.