The Central Design Office is located near the Green Room on the Admin Level of the Festival. This is a common area for all designers and assistants to meet, build models, create drawings, research ideas, 3D print items, collaborate and brainstorm. This is a workspace for all design disciplines. The Central Design Office is most easily accessed through a door at the top of the centre stairwell. This is also where you will find Michael Walton - Head of Design, and Lindsay Forde - Design Coordinator.
The Upper Design Office (formerly the Lighting Office) is located way up above rehearsal hall #1 near the “cupcake.” It is accessed by a stairwell in the sound studio on the Upper Level. This is a small and quiet area and can sometimes be used by stage crew members as well.
The Avon Design Office is located across from the Production Office on the 2nd Floor, off the hallway to Avon Rehearsal Hall 2. The Avon and Studio designers and assistants are primarily based out of this space.
Many designers who work for the festival are members of the Associated Designers of Canada, ADC Local 659.
The content of this page was supplied and updated by Michael Walton, January 2026.
Questions? 
Lindsay Forde, Design Coordinator
lforde@stratfordfestival.ca
Michael Walton, Head of Design
mwalton@stratfordfestival.ca
- Michael Blake in Othello 2019,
- Set, Costume & Projection Designer: Denyse Karn
- Lighting Designer: Kaileigh Krysztofiak
- Sound Designer: Verne Good
Each season many designers make available for sale a selection of their original sketches. Prices can vary in price. Contact the Company Manager for information on available sketches and how to obtain them. Designs from opening week productions usually become available the week after the June openings. Sketches from subsequent productions become available the day after the shows open. We cannot hold sketches for anyone, even long-time collectors. The only person who may reserve a sketch for a particular purchaser is the designer. Some sketches are also available through the Theatre Store.
