Scenography

Since the 1990s, I have been working with theatre and dance companies as collaborating artist. I am especially interested in devised performance, collective creation, and site-related scenography. Numerous projects have been presented at festivals across Canada, the US, Europe and Asia, and been nominated for individual and collective awards, including nominations for the Simonvitch Prize in Theatre and more than two dozen Jessie Richardson Awards.

Audience members donning a wearable program guide and menu for the future foods dinner scene

Time Machine, presented by Radix Theatre and səlilwətaɬ First Nation's 'Takaya Tours, 2019

Theatre, Media Art and Interdisciplinary Projects

THE WORLD IS EVERYTHING THAT IS THE CASE

A collaboration with Anthony Lee, Robyn Volk, Andrew Laurenson, and Billy Marchenski. Radix Theatre Collective, Vancouver Public Library, 2025

SHOW ON EARTH

Contemporary Wayang Shadowplay based on the life of Alfred Wallace's theory of evolution. Concept and composition by MIchael O'Neill, video Kenneth Newby, Dalang Mark Parlett, voice Sylvia Zaradic, 2024

TIME MACHINE

Performance Tour created in collaboration with T'sleil Wau'Tuth artists led by Whonoak (Dennis Thomas), Taran Kootenhayoo and Radix Theatre 2020

>> https://akahre.wixsite.com/timemachine

VENTRILOQUIAL INVESTIGATIONS

Spoken Word Opera by Michael O'Neill

Scenography, Set Design, Performer, Western Front, 2017

TBD : LIBERATION THROUGH HEARING

Radix Theatre Collective

21–Day Performance based on the Bardo Tödol Premiere Performance: Roundhouse Performance Centre and throughout Vancouver, 2014

Published in Canadian Theatre Review, 2024,

THIS STAYS IN THE ROOM

Horseshoes and Handgrenades Theatre, 2014

Gallery Gachet and Waterfront Theatre, Vancouver,

Directed by Mindy Parfitt and Alexa Devine, dramaturgy by Heidi Taylor. Co-created by Allan Morgan, Alexa Devine, Robert Salvador and Manami Hara, Cande Andrade. Noah Drew. Amber Funk Barton and Andreas Kahre, For more details, visit: https://tsitr.com/

Vancouver Sun Critics Choice Award 2014.

SLOWPOKE

by Billy Marchenski and Allison Denham, 2013

Directed by James Fagan Tait, produced by Radix Theatre.

Russian Hall, Vancouver. Creative Consultant and Graphic Design

THE EDWARD CURTIS PROJECT

by Marie Clements and Rita Leistner, 2011

Directed by Brenda Leadley and Marie Clements, PuSh Performance Festival, Presentation House, North Vancouver, Cultural Olympiad 2010, National Arts Centre Performance Series, Ottawa, Set Design / Scenography

BEST BEFORE

A Collaboration with Rimini Protokoll

Directed by Helgard Haug, Stefan Kaegi, 2010

Commissioned by PuSh International Performing Arts Festival with Goethe-Institut, Brighton Festival, Hebbel - Theater Berlin. Premiere Performance: Cultch Theatre Vancouver, PuSh Festival 2010. Touring to On The Boards, Seattle, Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Brighton Festival, Cork Midsummer Festival, LIFT Festival, London, La Bâtie-Festival de Genève. For more, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69iX4WR2ak8

LIVE FROM A BUSH OF GHOSTS

PuSh Performance Festival, Vancouver,

Western Theatre Conspiracy, Written by Tim Carlson, Directed by Richard Wolfe,

Studio 16 Theatre, Vancouver, 2009

Set Design, Scenography

ASSEMBLY

by the Radix Theatre Collective, 2006-2009

Assembly I: HIVE Performance Festival, Chapel Arts Centre, Vancouver

Assembly III: Premiere: PuSh Performance Festival, Vancouver, 2009
Theatre La Chapelle, Montreal, 2009 PuSh Festival, Vancouver, BC Scene, NAC Ottawa, Set Design, Scenography. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1bB4VYgK2Q

NANAY: A TESTIMONIAL PLAY

by Caleb Johnson and Gerry Pratt, Directed by Alexander Ferguson, 2009

Premiere: PuSh Performance Festival, Chapel Arts Centre, Vancouver,

FAMILY: YOUR NANNY HATES YOU, HAU 2 Festival, Hebbel Theater am Ufer, Berlin, Touring Production, Manila, Phillipines 2013

Scenography, Set and Sound Design

NEWS OF THE WORLD
Felix Culpa Theatre, Video In, Vancouver, 2009
Created by David Bloom, Alex Lazaridis Ferguson, Marcus Youssef, Robin Greenwood and Itai Erdal, Performed by David Bloom, Tricia Collins and Alex Lazaridis Ferguson
VIVO Media Arts, Vancouver, Collaborating Artist

BIOBOXES
Theatre Replacement, Vancouver
Touring Production, 2008
Subject of Biobox No. 1

SEMAR'S JOURNEY
A Contemporary Shadowplay
Gamelan Madu Sari, 2007
Roundhouse Performance Centre
Writer, Scenography, Dramaturgy

LIFE AFTER GOD
by Michael McLennan, Douglas Coupland, Touchstone Theatre and

Theatre at UBC,2007, Set Design

SOULLESS
by Aaron Bushkowsky, Directed by Norman Armour
Rumble Productions>> Theatre at UBC, 2005,
Set Design, https://rumble.org/shows/soulless/

OTHER FREDS
written and directed by Kendra Fanconi
The Only Animal and Arts Club Theatre, Granville Island, Vancouver, 2005
Graphic and Web Design

OMNISCIENCE
by Tim Carlson
Western Theatre Conspiracy, Performance Works, Vancouver, 2004
Set Design [Jessie Award, Set Design]

BRILLIANT!
The Enlightenment of Nicola Tesla
The Electric Company, Touring Production, 2004
Set Design

THE MONUMENT
By Colleen Wagner
Rumble Productions/Felix Culpa, 2004
Performance Works, Vancouver, Set Design

https://rumble.org/shows/the-monument/

TRANSIT LOUNGE
by Anosh Irani, Kendra Fanconi, Maiko Bae Yamamoto, Ami Gladstone, Conrad Alexandrovitsch, Andreas Kahre and Rachel Ditor, UBC Theatre, Vancouver, 2004
Co-Writer, Sound Design, Modular Set Concept

HALF A TANK
Radix Theatre Collective,
Premiere Performance Vancouver, Freefall Festival Toronto, 2003,

Co-ceator, Co-writer, Live Narrowcast Radio Station and Sound Design

BURNING VISION
by Marie Clements, Directed by Peter Hinton
Firehall Theatre, Festival des Ameriques, Toronto,

National Arts Centre, Ottawa, 2003
Scenography, with Peter Hinton / Set Design

https://rumble.org/shows/burning-vision/

HEDDA GABLER

by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by John Osborne

Rumble Productions, Set Design, https://rumble.org/shows/hedda-gabler/

SNIFFY THE RAT (the Bus Tour)
I smell a rat productions,
Timelaps Drawings for 22 Short films about Sniffy the Rat, 2001

THE SONGBIRD PROJECT
Savage Media, with Christine Duncan, Monica Lee, DB Boyko and Veda Hille, and Celso Machado, directed by Nelson Gray, 2001
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Gardens, Dramaturg, Set Design

VANUNU: I am your spy
NeWorld Theatre and Rumble Productions,

Co-director and Scenography, Performance Works, Vancouver, 2000 Touring Production: High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, Montreal, Toronto

THREE IN THE BACK, TWO IN THE HEAD
by Jason Sherman,
Rumble Productions, PI Theatre, Roundhouse Performance Centre, Vancouver, 2000, Set Design, Dramaturg

https://rumble.org/shows/three-in-the-back-two-in-the-head/

WAR OF THE WORLDS
a Dream of the Twentieth Century, By Alex Ferguson
Rumble Productions, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, 1999
Production Design. https://rumble.org/shows/war-of-the-worlds/

BOX
Radix Theatre Vancouver, Site-specific performance installation, 1998
Co-director, Production Designer

TRUTH
or the terrible but incomplete journals of John D., by Guillermo Verdecchia
Wireless Graffiti, Rumble Productions Vancouver East Cultural Centre/ATC Calgary/Performance Works, 1998 Set Design, Sound Design, CD Mix, https://rumble.org/shows/terrible-but-incomplete-journals-of-john-d/

Norman Armour and Peggy Lee on the Set of Truth

TRUE LIES (Touring Production)
by Guillermo Verdecchia
Rumble Productions, High Performance Rodeo, ATC Calgary, 1999
Set Design https://rumble.org/shows/true-lies/

RESTLESS PRAYERS
by Chris Gerrard-Pinker
Toronto Theatre Centre, Rumble Productions, Theatre Centre, Toronto, 1999, Performer, Co-composer with Lori Freedman and Tina Kiik

THE WARRIORS
by Michael Garneau
Pink Ink Theatre, Vancouver, 1998
Set Design (Jessie Award Nomination)

THE GANG
Opera by Tom Cone, Music by Peter Hannan, directed by Peter Hinton
Vancouver New Music, Premiere:Vancouver East Cultural Centre, 1997, Scenography with Peter Hinton, Set Design

OFFENDING THE AUDIENCE
by Peter Handke, directed by Norman Armour
Simon Fraser University, 1992, School for the Contemporary Arts,
Translation/Dramaturgy/Production Design

WIRELESS GRAFFIT II
Rumble Productions,
directed by Norman Armour and Darren Copeland,

Vancouver East Cultural Centre, 1992

Production Design, Set Design https://rumble.org/shows/wireless-graffiti/

HOME THEATRE SYSTEM

Augmented Reality Project, conceived with Stefan Smulovitz, Billy Marchenski,

Andrew Laurenson and Robyn Volk. Protoype Presentation only, 2016

Contemporary Dance & Dance Theatre

I began collaborating with contemporary dance artists in the 1980s, mainly in the context of Simon Fraser University's Centre for the Contemporary Arts and their Choreographic Seminar Series, first as a musician and later as a set and sound designer. This led to working with, among others, Karen Jamieson, Jennifer Mascall, Dancecorps, Lee Eisler, Chick Snipper and perhaps most importantly a long association as scenographer with the late Lola Macaughlin. Based on Lola's interest in contemporary dance theatre and in particular the work of Pina Bausch, we created four full-length works between 1998 and 2007.

SONGS WITHOUT WORDS

Davida Monk M-Body Project, 2023

AETHERNET

Kineses Dance somatheatro, 2021-2023

Sited 'Flash-mob' style Dance Performance

Various Locations, Scenography

NELKENLINE VANCOUVER

Kineses Dance somatheatro, 2021

Pina Bausch Foundation Performance and Video Project

Various Locations, Scenography

ANTIGONE

Commissioned by Davida Monk

Kineses Dance somatheatro, 2020

performed with Arash Khakpour, choreography by Paras Terezakis

AGAINST

Kineses Dance somatheatro, 2020

Dancing on the Edge Performance, 2020

VAST

The Response, Amber Funk Barton, 2018

Scotiabank Dance Centre, Shadbolt Centre, Dance Victoria

THE MOST TOGETHER WE HAVE EVER BEEN

Ame Henderson and Matija Ferlin, Dance Centre, 2014

Set: Mauricio Ferlin. Vancouver realization: Andreas Kahre

http://publicrecordings.org/projects/the-most-together-weve-ever-been/

PROVINCIAL ESSAYS II
Lola McLaughlin Dance, 2008/2009
Scenography, Video Design, Dramaturgy
Touring Production

HOMEWERK
Mascall Dance, 2007
In collaboration with Bill Pechet, Ami Gladstone, Jeff Corness Noah Drew, Scenography

ENTER/EXIT
Hard Rubber Orchestra, 2006

directed by John Korsrud, Alcan Award Project,

Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Set Design

PALIMPSEST
by Bradshaw Pack, 2006
Standing Wave Ensemble, Vancouver East Cultural Centre,

PROVINCIAL ESSAYS (II)
Lola McLaughlin Dance, 2004

Dance Canada Festival and Touring Production

Scenography, Video Design, Dramaturgy,

SLAB
DanStaBat, choreographer: Chick Snipper, 2004
with Kathleen McDonnagh, Susan Elliott, Anne Cooper
Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver

FUSE
Lola McLaughlin Dance, 2002
Dancing on the Edge Festival
(originally to be titled Provincial Essays)

Scenography / Dramaturgy

VOLIO (2002)

Lola McLaughlin Dance

Premiere: Canada Dance Festival, Ottawa, National Tour

Scenography/Dramaturgy

RAVEN OF THE RAILWAY
Karen Jamieson Dance >> 2001
Two Year Performance Project, with Tsimsian Storyteller Victor Reece
Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver
Scenography, Video Design,

FOUR SOLOS | FOUR CITIES
Lola McLaughlin Dance, 1998
Shadbolt Centre, Burnaby,
Scenography, in Collaboration with Lola MacLaughlin, Image & Set Design

BIG DIVA
DanceCorps, choreographer: Cornelius Fischer-Credo, 1994
Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver, Sound Design

COMPANY
Rumble Theatre, 1990
with Chris Gerrard-Pinker, Peter Ryan, David Hay, Norman Armour
Sound Design, Scenography

THE ANATOMY OF DOUBT
Dancecorps, choreographed by Harvey Meller, 1990
Music Consultant, Scenography