TORONTO – Lighting designer Sonoyo Nishikawa has won Canada’s largest theatre prize.
The Siminovitch Prize was announced at a ceremony in Toronto on Monday evening.
Jurors praised the Montreal-based Nishikawa for designs that “push the boundaries of what we expect lighting to do.”
Nishikawa has been a lighting designer since 1986, and began collaborating with director Robert Lepage in 1993.
Nishikawa takes home $75,000, while $25,000 will go to a protégé of her choice: Mayumi Ide-Bergeron, a Montreal-based multidisciplinary artist.
Finalists for the prize, who each receive $5,000, include Vancouver-based lighting designer Itai Erdal, Toronto sound designer Debashis Sinha and Calgary’s Old Trout Puppet Workshop.
The Siminovitch Prize rotates on a three-year cycle, recognizing professionals in the alternating fields of theatre design, direction and playwriting.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 2, 2024.
