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Sharp, Eo

Quebec -based designer most known for her work in small, Alternative and Experimental Theatre . Born in Toronto, she studied at the University of Toronto and began her career in theatre as a house and box-office manager. She came to Montreal to study design at the National Theatre School of Canada .

Among the companies she has worked with are the Montreal troupes SIN 4 (Deus Meus, Looking for Romeo), Stacey Christodoulou 's The Other Theatre (Human Collision/Atomic Reaction which played the 1999 edition of the Festival de Théâtre des Amériques (now Festival TransAmériques ) and Strange Fish.

She has also designed for Neptune Theatre (World Without Shadows, March, 1999).

She has taught at Bishop's and Concordia Universities.

Eo Sharp's work is marked by a keen imagination and an ability to create sets and dramatic visual statements on virtually nonexistent budgets. Her work for Deus used simple Venetian blinds to stunning effect; in Human Collision, elevated racks of clothing summed up the theme of temporality and the fading past. She won the Montreal English Critics Circle Award for this last design and the one for Looking for Romeo.

Eo Sharp is currently co-artistic director of SIN 4 and designed its 2001 co-production with Montreal's Out Productions, R.M. Vaughan's Camera, Woman.

Gaetan Charlesbois

Last updated 2010-02-03