Gillian Gallow is a set and costume designer whose work has been seen around the world. She designed costumes for Why Not Theatre’s Mahabharata, a two-part adaptation of the Sanskrit epic, which was premiered at Ontario’s Shaw Festival (2023) and most recently staged at Lincoln Center (2025). Other notable designs include costumes for the 2017 Canadian Opera Company (COC) production of Louis Riel, composed by Harry Somers with a libretto by Mavor Moore and Jacques Languirand, and the 2018 world premiere of the COC’s Hadrian, composed by Rufus Wainwright with a libretto by Daniel MacIvor. Her upcoming projects include designing the set for the COC’s Empire of Wild, a new opera by Métis artists Ian Cusson and Cherie Dimaline. 

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