Pierre-Étienne Locas - Teaching Artists, Set & Costume Design

Pierre-Étienne Locas graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 2005. He designs stage sets, costumes and accessories. He combines his practical work with teaching as well as leading various design projects, museum set design, illustrations and sculptural installations.  

Among his theatre credits are Caligula (TNM), Dance me (BJM), Le meilleur des mondes (Denise-Pelletier), Le chant de Sainte-Carmen de la main (Spectra), Don Giovanni (Opéra de Mtl), La délivrance (d’Aujourd’hui), Courir l’Amérique (PàP), Yellow Moon (Manufacture), Le Joker (Quat’sous), Le fils (Rideau vert), The Madonna Painter (Centaur), Le vrai Monde (Duceppe), Ça (JPR), The Droplet (Riks Teatret - Oslo/Norvège).    

Winner of the Masque award for revelation of the year and of the Masque for set design in 2005-2006 for the design of the set of W;t (Théâtre de Quat'sous). Recipient of the 2008 Olivier Reichenbach Prize awarded by the TNM for the design of the set and props for the play Elizabeth, roi d’Angleterre. Winner of the METAs - Outstanding Set Design 2014-15 for the set design of Travesties (Segal Centre) and 2018-19 for the set design of A Doll's House Part 2. Winner of the 2017 Créations-sur-le-champ Land art people's choice award for “Tronqué.” 2021-22 critics' choice award for best designer for the set design of La métamorphose (Denise-Pelletier). 

Updated: August 2023

Teachers in Set & Costume Design