Sorcha Gibson is a Canadian scenographer, and graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University’s theatre school (Toronto), and DAMU (Czech Republic). Recently, her work has explored large-scale devised and immersive experiences, the tangibility of designed materials, and how audiences engage with these designed, often tactile components and environments.
Recent projects/collaborators include: Social Growl (Canada) This Lament I’ll Lip Sync Until I’m Born Again - an interdisciplinary and auto-fictional performance created around the religious stages of lamentation; Mammalian Diving Reflex (Canada) The Last Minutes Before Mars - a mixed-reality immersive 360° performance video and live performance asking pressing ethical questions about the state of humanity and the earth; Eva Rosemarijn (Netherlands/Norway) Go Away – see if I’m there - a devised performance which uses audience interaction to simulate how we build and dismantle relationships; and Bria de la Mare (Wales) Shop POPAGANDA – a performative post-truth pop-up shop and installation inspired by celebrity culture, the news, and religious cults. These performances and others have premiered in Czech Republic, Norway, France, Germany, and Canada.
She is currently developing new performative and installation-based work surrounding the themes of surrealism, nostalgia, and connectivity. She lives in Montréal, Canada.