Sebastian Marziali

Bio

Sebastian Marziali is an award-winning Uruguayan-Canadian performer, designer, and creator based in T’karonto. Sebastian was the lighting designer for the 2018 & 2019 Toronto International Burlesque Festivals, 2019 Vanguardia Dance Festival, and venue designer at Factory for the 2022 RUTAS Festival.  They were Lighting Designer on the acclaimed world premiere of Homelands for Kaha:wi Dance, and recently toured it to the NAC, and Prismatic Arts Festival in Halifax. Sebastian designed Sets & Lights for Theatre Francais de Toronto’s Convictions and Les Zinspiré.e.s. touring the former to Limoges, France, and garnering a Dora nomination for the Latter. With their collective Other Hearts they’ve created a variety of works that exist between theatre, performance art, and installation with a focus on new creative methodologies for access measures. Other Hearts’ most recent production Quartet starred Sebastian and saw them Co-design Set, Lights, and Projection receiving critical acclaim and a 2024 Dora nomination for Set and Projection design. Sebastian is always striving to use their varied skills and interests to create performance works that challenge traditional structure and aim to treat design elements as characters/collaborators in the creation process.