About

 

 

 

The Great Northern Way Scene Shop provides custom scenery and fabrication for theatre, dance, opera, industrial design and displays, trade shows, and architecture projects. The GNW Scene Shop has been operating out of a 10,000 sq/ft warehouse in the Great Northern Way Campus since 2003.  Our team of exceptional crafts people have a proven track record of providing quality products on schedule and on budget to local, national and international artists and arts organizations.  We take pride in turning your wildest designs into reality.  Please contact us for a quote on your latest project: eliakirby@gnwshop.ca

 

Services we provide include:

  • Custom manufactured Scenery – wood and aluminum fabrication
  • Scenic Painting, faux finishing, sculpture
  • Architectural millwork
  • Production services: project management, technical support, installation crews, rigging, welding.
  • Technical theatre consulting
  • Rentals: scenery and staging
 

https://www.facebook.com/gnwsceneshop

 

Shipping address:

Great Northern Way Scene Shop
Bay 12, Building 1
555 Great Northern Way
Vancouver, BC
V5T 1E2
 

Telephone:

(O) 604 874 0470
(C) 604 250 9315
 

Mailing address:

PO Box 8
555 Great Northern Way
Vancouver, BC
V5T 1E2
 

Map to GNW Shop

 

Personnel

Elia Kirby: Principal & Business Manager:  eliakirby@gnwshop.ca
Marietta Kozak: General Manager:  marietta@gnwshop.ca
Joseph Gallaccio: Head Carpenter
Skai Fowler: Head Scenic Artist; http://skaiart.com
John Popkin: Special Projects, Steel fabricator, rigger
Kyle Sutherland: Lead Carpenter
Angela Carlson: Lead Scenic Artist, Pottery, Sculpture
Ryan Murcar: all around man

 

Associated Artists and Artisans

bnode architects, Innes Yates; Architect, MSAAD, MAIBC; http://bnode.com/
Artemisia Design and Fabrication Inc; architectural custom steel fabrication; http://www.artemisia.ca
Vancouver Portable Milling, Raw log milling and sales http://vpmill.com/
West Coast Wood Slabs, locally sourced wood milled into furniture ready slabs, http://www.westcoastwoodslabs.com
O’Hara Contracting, Dan O’Hara, General Contractor http://www.oharacontracting.com/
Reece Terris, Artist and General Contractor; http://www.reeceterris.com/
 

Affiliated Institutions

Great Northern Way Campus,http://www.gnwc.ca/
UBC Department of Theatre and Film http://www.theatrefilm.ubc.ca/index.shtml
 
See our RE: Connect Submission for the City of Vancouver
 
Read the press release about winning the RE: Connect Award