Nick Blais's guest appearances

Nick Blais

Apologue Podcast

STAGE PRESENCE

Spike Slawson

Jeremy Keith

Mark Holmes

Jim Norton

Jason Hall

Michael Beinhorn

Greg Smith

John Wright

Mike Indovina

Chris Hannah

Mark Baker

Jason King

James Sullivan

Steven Elliott

Adam Luedicke

OwlTail

In this episode I sit down with award winning Set Designer Nick Blais to learn about the craft of designing outside the box sets. Nick Blais designs across Canada in all manner of discipline and venue from Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre,  to the base of the Calgary Tower.  As Head of Design for Outside The March Nick devotes his design efforts to bringing emotive and transformative visuals to life through the never-ending experimentation and exploration of creative risk.  Winner of the 2018 Dora Mavor Moore Award for his Set Design of JERUSALEM (Outside the March).  Featured in the Professional Lighting and Production Magazine for his innovation in "off-the-grid" lighting design for MR. BURNS and site specific scenography (BRANTWOOD, TERMINUS, MOMENT). Nominations in both Set and Lighting Design at the 2017 Dora Awards for POMONA (ARC).  Recipient of Toronto Theatre Critics award for Best Design in 2018 for JERUSALEM, 2015 for MR. BURNS and TERMINUS in 2013 (Outside the March).  2014 My Theatre Award Toronto recipient: Best Design for NEW JERUSALEM (Harold Green Jewish Theatre).  Various other awards and nominations in Edmonton, Calgary, and Toronto. Nick Blais' Website https://nblaisdesign.com/ Outside the March Theatre https://outsidethemarch.ca/ David Newberry Music http://www.davidnewberrymusic.com/  Supported by the Oakville Arts Council and Oakville Cultural Grant https://www.oakvillearts.com/  Stage Presence is hosted by Tim Cadeny and produced by the BurlOak Theatre Group  Check us out for more information  www.botg.ca

In this episode I sit down with award winning Set Designer Nick Blais to learn about the craft of designing outside the box sets. Nick Blais designs across Canada in all manner of discipline and venue from Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre,  to the base of the Calgary Tower.  As Head of Design for Outside The March Nick devotes his design efforts to bringing emotive and transformative visuals to life through the never-ending experimentation and exploration of creative risk. Winner of the 2018 Dora Mavor Moore Award for his Set Design of JERUSALEM (Outside the March).  Featured in the Professional Lighting and Production Magazine for his innovation in "off-the-grid" lighting design for MR. BURNS and site specific scenography (BRANTWOOD, TERMINUS, MOMENT). Nominations in both Set and Lighting Design at the 2017 Dora Awards for POMONA (ARC).  Recipient of Toronto Theatre Critics award for Best Design in 2018 for JERUSALEM, 2015 for MR. BURNS and TERMINUS in 2013 (Outside the March).  2014 My Theatre Award Toronto recipient: Best Design for NEW JERUSALEM (Harold Green Jewish Theatre).  Various other awards and nominations in Edmonton, Calgary, and Toronto. Nick Blais' Website <a href="https://nblaisdesign.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nblaisdesign.com/</a> Outside the March Theatre <a href="https://outsidethemarch.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://outsidethemarch.ca/</a> David Newberry Music <a href="http://www.davidnewberrymusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.davidnewberrymusic.com/</a> Supported by the Oakville Arts Council and Oakville Cultural Grant <a href="https://www.oakvillearts.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.oakvillearts.com/</a> Stage Presence is hosted by Tim Cadeny and produced by the BurlOak Theatre Group  Check us out for more information  <a href="//www.botg.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.botg.ca</a>

Episode 1 - Set Designer Nick Blais

Nick Blais is a lighting/set/costume designer based in Toronto Ontario. Nick has been working in all three aspects of theatre since he was a 14-year-old kid. He always knew where his passion was and has been professionally working for over 15 years now. Nick is also involved in changing certain legal parts of how theatre deals with artistic ownership. For instance if someone takes a picture of a set at show and steals the idea, the designer of the set gets some royalties for the design. There's other parts in all this but you'll have to listen to the podcast to get more information.Check out more about Nick by going to his website http://www.nblaisdesign.com/ Brought to you in part by Audible.com. Go to www.audibletrial.com/apologue and sign up to receive a free download from over 180,000 audiobook titles.Shop with amazon.ca, amazon.com and amazon.co.uk  Bookmark the link and support the show!!Pledge monthly with Patreon https://www.patreon.com/apologueShop Apologue products at http://apologue.ca/shop/Follow the show on FaceBook and subscribe on iTunesCheck out my Etsy Store if you want 3D printed things https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Apologue3Dprinting

Nick Blais is a lighting/set/costume designer based in Toronto Ontario. Nick has been working in all three aspects of theatre since he was a 14-year-old kid. He always knew where his passion was and has been professionally working for over 15 years now. Nick is also involved in changing certain legal parts of how theatre deals with artistic ownership. For instance if someone takes a picture of a set at show and steals the idea, the designer of the set gets some royalties for the design. There's other parts in all this but you'll have to listen to the podcast to get more information. Check out more about Nick by going to his website <a href="http://www.nblaisdesign.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.nblaisdesign.com/</a>  Brought to you in part by <a href="http://Audible.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audible.com</a>. Go to <a href="http://www.audibletrial.com/apologue" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.audibletrial.com/apologue</a> and sign up to receive a free download from over 180,000 audiobook titles. Shop with <a href="http://amazon.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amazon.ca</a>, <a href="http://amazon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amazon.com</a> and <a href="http://amazon.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amazon.co.uk</a>  Bookmark the link and support the show!! Pledge monthly with Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/apologue" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/apologue</a> Shop Apologue products at <a href="http://apologue.ca/shop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://apologue.ca/shop/</a> Follow the show on FaceBook and subscribe on iTunes Check out my Etsy Store if you want 3D printed things <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Apologue3Dprinting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Apologue3Dprinting</a>

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