Rachel Forbes is an award-winning set and costume designer creating for theatre, dance and film. Her work has been seen across the country at the Shaw Festival, Buddies in Bad Times, Obsidian Theatre, Neptune Theatre, YPT, Centaur Theatre and many more. She has designed, mentored and taught at Ryerson University and is currently serving on the board of directors of the Associated Designers of Canada. Rachel received a Dora Mavor Moore award for her costume design for The Brothers Size (Soulpepper 2019) and a Merrit Award for her set design for The Bridge (2B/Neptune 2019).
She is particularly interested in the development of new works through experimentation and exploration as well as interdisciplinary projects, especially those at the intersection of the visual arts and installation world with that of theatre and live performance. Rachel has been experimenting with designer-led performance projects and is keen to integrate design into the creation process.
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Theatre credits include Set and Costume Design for Home for the Holidays (Grand Theatre); Serving Elizabeth (Western Canada Theatre); A Million Billion Pieces, Risky Phil (Young People’s Theatre); Victory, 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt (Shaw Festival); The Bridge (Neptune Theatre/2b Theatre); Choir Boy (Centaur Theatre). Costume Design for White Girls in Moccasins (Manidoons/Buddies in Bad Times); Toka (LemonTree/TPM); The Mountaintop (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); A Streetcar Named Desire, The Brothers Size (Soulpepper); Fences (Grand Theatre). Set Design for Trouble in Mind (Shaw Festival); School Girls (Obsidian Theatre); In The Abyss (Political Movement).
Film/TV credits include: 1851 Spirit & Voice (Myseum/Soulpepper); New Monuments (Canadian Stage/Luminato); 21 Black Futures (Obsidian Theatre/ CBC); A Revolution of Love (Toronto History Museums/Awakenings); Body So Fluorescent (Madonnanera/lnside Out). Rachel received a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her costume design on The Brothers Size and a Merritt Award for her set design on The Bridge.
Rachel Forbes est une scénographe et conceptrice de costumes primée pour le théâtre, la danse et le cinéma. Elle a collaboré, entre autres, avec le Shaw Festival, le Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, l’Obsidian Theatre, le Neptune Theatre, le Young People’s Theatre et le Centaur Theatre. Elle a été conceptrice, mentore et professeure à l’Université Ryerson. Elle est membre du conseil d’administration de l’Association des designers canadiens. Rachel Forbes a reçu un prix Dora Mavor Moore pour la conception des costumes de la pièce The Brothers Size (Soulpepper 2019) et un prix Merritt pour ses décors dans The Bridge (2b et Neptune Theatre 2019).
Pour créer de nouvelles œuvres, Rachel Forbes mise sur l’expérimentation et l’exploration. Elle affectionne particulièrement les projets multidisciplinaires, notamment ceux à la croisée des arts visuels, du théâtre et du spectacle en direct. Elle a participé à des productions portées par des concepteurs et conceptrices et s’efforce d’intégrer la conception dans le processus de création.
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Au théâtre, ses collaborations, comme conceptrice de décors et de costumes, comprennent : Home for the Holidays (Grand Theatre); Serving Elizabeth (Western Canada Theatre); A Million Billion Pieces, Risky Phil (Young People’s Theatre); Victory, 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt (Shaw Festival); The Bridge (Neptune Theatre et 2b Theatre); Choir Boy (Centaur Theatre). Conception de costumes : White Girls in Moccasins (Manidoons et Buddies in Bad Times); Toka (LemonTree et TPM); The Mountaintop (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); A Streetcar Named Desire, The Brothers Size (Soulpepper); Fences (Grand Theatre). Conception de décors : Trouble in Mind (Shaw Festival); School Girls (Obsidian Theatre); In The Abyss (Political Movement).
Courts métrages : 1851 Spirit & Voice (Myseum et Soulpepper); New Monuments (Canadian Stage et Luminato); 21 Black Futures (Obsidian Theatre et CBC); A Revolution of Love (Musées d’histoire de Toronto et Awakenings); Body So Fluorescent (Madonnanera et lnside Out). Elle a reçu un prix Dora Mavor Moore pour la conception de costumes de la pièce The Brothers Size et un prix Merritt pour ses décors dans The Bridge.
