Michael Brunet

Trained as an actor, Michael Brunet is a theatre artist with more than 30 years of experience. He is well known in the Outaouais region as a lighting designer, and has created lighting for major productions at the NAC, Théâtre de la Vieille 17, Théâtre du Trillium and Vox Théâtre, among others. He notably designed the lighting for Coriolan, Macbeth, National CAPITALe nationale, À la gauche de Dieu and L’homme invisible/The Invisible Man. For the Théâtre de l’Île, highlights include La soupe de Kafka, Les belles-sœurs and Le tour de l’île. Michael toured the world as a puppeteer with Théâtre de la Dame de Coeur (TDC) and Cirque du Soleil, and as a lighting designer with Go-On Productions and TDC, before moving to Toronto to pursue a career in television and film acting. In 2013, he designed the lighting for Je n’y suis plus, produced by Magali Lemèle and the NAC French Theatre.