Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
Olivier, Jean-Claude
Quebec-based set designer born in Montreal, Jean-Claude Olivier is a graduate of the Université de Montréal and McGill University; he studied design at the National Theatre School of Canada.
He has designed for companies in Montreal, including the Yiddish Theatre (Sheindele) and Lyric Theatre (The Music Man, The King and I). He also designed Snapshot Productions' A Tribute to Broadway and Sisters Rosensweig (presented at the Saidye Bronfman Centre). In Vancouver, he designed sets for Theatre Under The Stars (She Loves Me, Annie Get Your Gun).
More recently, for the theatres of the Drayton Entertainment Company in Ontario, he has designed sets for Oliver (2013), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2017), Annie (2019), and Jack and the Beanstalk: The Panto (2019).
Jean-Claude Olivier has also taught in John Abbott College's professional theatre program.
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