Based in Halifax, Leigh Ann Vardy designs lights for theatre and dance across Canada. Recent favourite projects include The Neverending Story, As You Like It, and The Diary of Anne Frank (Stratford); The Third Colour (Prairie Theatre Exchange), Between Breaths, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, and Oil and Water (Artistic Fraud); Metamorphoses and The Importance of Being Earnest (National Arts Centre); and The God That Comes (2b theatre). Leigh Ann is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada. She is the recipient of seven Merritt awards for design, and was nominated for the Siminovitch Prize. When not designing, she teaches at the National Theatre School of Canada.