Vancouver-based Alan Brodie has created designs for more than 175 live theatre productions.  With a career spanning 20 years, Brodie is now regarded as one of Canada’s top theatrical lighting designers.  He has worked across Canada for companies that include Neptune Theatre (Halifax), Canadian Opera Company (Toronto), Soulpepper Theatre Co. (Toronto), Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival, Canadian Stage Company (Toronto), Prairie Theatre Exchange (Winnipeg), Globe Theatre (Regina), Theatre Calgary, The Citadel (Edmonton), Playhouse Theatre Company (Vancouver), Vancouver Opera and the Belfry Theatre (Victoria). Brodie has been nominated for numerous theatre awards, including Jessie Richardson, Sterling and Dora Mavor Moore Awards, and received Jessie Awards for lighting design for Diplomacy, Mary’s Wedding and Art and a Jessie Award and Bay Area Critics Circle Award for The Overcoat.   In 2006 he was nominated for the Siminovitch Prize in theatre.

Brodie has also received Jessie Award nominations for his set designs.  This was initially undertaken as a “complement” to his lighting design work, but Brodie’s reputation as a set designer was firmly established by his work in the 05-06 season, which included designs for La Ronde, Little Mercy’s First Murder and Landscapes of the Dead.  Other credits as set & lighting designer include Copenhagen, Stones in His Pockets and Peter Pan.

Brodie's body of work includes designs for new plays, modern and classic repertoire, musical theatre, dance and opera. Recently seen across Canada and on the international stage in the acclaimed production of The Overcoat, his lighting designs have been described as “notably assured”, “razor-sharp”, “stunning”, “subtle”, “seamless”, “fine”, “starkly dramatic”, “exceptional”, “striking”, “wildly active”, “affecting” and “ingenious”.  A member of the Associated Designers of Canada, Brodie holds a BFA in theatre studies from the University of British Columbia.  He has taught stage lighting at UBC and the National Theatre School of Canada.