Lighting Designer

Nick Blais designs across Canada in all manner of discipline and venue: from theatres, parks, abandoned buildings, schools, storefronts, living rooms and concert halls. As Head of Design for Toronto’s leading immersive theatre company, Outside the March, Nick specializes in creating and facilitating thematic, impactful designs, and transforming unconventional spaces into immersive, dramatic environments. Nick has received Dora Mavor Moore Awards in Toronto for both set and lighting design, nominated for the Virginia Myrtle Cooper award in costume design, and various other awards and nominations across the country. Nick was showcased in Professional Lighting Magazine for his innovation in off-the-grid lighting design and site-specific scenography. Co-Founder of Blue Sky Initiative, a group of artists committed to creating public art that speaks to the human connection, community and allyship.