The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town.
Michael Ondaatje, In The Skin of The Lion
Joyce Padua
Joyce Padua is a Toronto-based set and costume designer, cutter, and head of wardrobe. A BFA graduate of York University, her work as a designer and assistant has been featured in several productions including shows with the Shaw Festival, the Stratford Festival, and Factory Theatre. In 2021, Joyce was nominated as a Siminovitch Prize Protegée under designer Gillian Gallow.
Previous theatre credits include: Costume design: Back in ‘59 (Thousand Islands Playhouse), Too True to Be Good (Shaw Festival), Year of the Rat (Factory Theatre), Desire Under the Elms (Shaw Festival), The Life and Death of Fred Herko (Rendezvous With Madness Festival), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (Crescent School), Orlando (Theatre@York); Associate Costume Design: Fall on Your Knees (Canadian Stage, Neptune Theatre, National Arts Centre, The Grand Theatre); Assistant Costume Design: The Rez Sisters (Stratford Festival), I Am William (Stratford Festival), Serving Elizabeth (Stratford Festival), Much Ado About Nothing (Canadian Stage), Sweat (Canadian Stage); Head of Wardrobe: TOKA (Theatre Passe-Muraille), Trout Stanley (Factory Theatre), Lady Sunrise (Factory Theatre), Marjorie Prime (Coal Mine Theatre).