lyon smith

instructor: davinci as a tool for expression

Lyon is a Toronto based multidisciplinary theatre artist who specializes in the creation and development of new works.  Lyon has worked as an actor, playwright/deviser, director/dramaturg, photographer and most notably as a sound designer.  Select project highlights include: 7 seasons as an actor touring with Theatre Direct, 5 seasons as the sound designer for Canadian Stage’s Shakespeare in the Park, deviser/actor and composer for Aluna Theatre’s DORA nominated what I learned from a decade of fear, sound crafting and virtual pit band for Ecce Homo’s multi nominated Of a Monstrous Child: A Gaga Musical, actor and musician in Tarragon Theatre’s production of an Enemy of the People,  actor/collaborator for the red light district’s Lulu v2 at Buddies in Bad Times, creator and composer for the Last Donnelly Standing at Blyth and two collaborations with clown duo Moro and Jasp: 9 to 5 and Stupefaction. As a photographer Lyon has shot process and production shots for Obsidian, Buddies in Bad Times, Shakespeare in the Rough, Canadian Stage, the Blyth Festival, theatre Smith-Gilmour, the red light district, Factory Theatre, Tarragon, Bad Hats, to name a few, as well as being a go to photographer for Toronto’s indie music scene and art-car rave and event community.

In the last few years Lyon has begun to look at focusing on video creation as a way to combine and evolve his sound design and photography practices and has recently created online video content for Human Cargo’s production of the Runner. Lyon has also worked as an instructor/mentor at Humber, York and UofT.