About

Rebecca Ward is a costume designer with an MA (Dist.) in Costume Design for Performance from UAL. Before her degree, she designed and supervised costumes for three amateur theatre companies working with professional creative teams and overseeing up to 140 performers. She is an experienced collaborator and relishes finding new creative approaches, even with tight budgets. She is keen to work on projects from inception - from individual cabaret artists to larger theatrical productions. Storytelling is at the heart of everything she designs, as is colour and texture, and playing with scale.

As a visual arts and fashion publicist, Rebecca has worked with dozens of national and international institutions including V&A, Tate, Sarabande Foundation, Phaidon and the British Pavilion at Venice Biennale with artists including Dame Sonia Boyce. She has worked with Nick Knight, David Bailey, Andrew Bolton and Stephen Jones. She also has an MA in English and Critical Theory from Goldsmiths.

PRODUCTIONS

Wuthering Heights

December 2024

Short film

Performer - Jessica Chambers | Choreographer -Tia Hockey for Alexander Whitley Dance Company | Cinematography - Dan Adakpor, Alex Marshall, Oliver Thurley | Lighting - Agnes Treplin | Hair & Make-up - Hanna Haugaløkken

 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

June 2024

Short film

Performer - Kathy Udoando | Movement Director - Peta Lily | Choreographer - Ughetta Pratesi | Composer - Alex Ward | Director of Photography - Agnes Treplin

 

Hansel & Gretel

January 2024

Live performance

Performer - Raffy Cosyns | Movement Director - Peta Lily | Production - Donatella Barbieri

 

Beauty & the Beast

December 2023

Bridewell Theatre

Director - Robert Hazle | Choreographer - Ughetta Pratesi | Musical Director - Sarah Vaughan | Set Design - Hattie Morris | Producer - Abigail Welford

 

Sleeping Beauty

December 2022

Bridewell Theatre

Director - Pippa Duffy | Choreographer - Ughetta Pratesi | Musical Director - Sarah Vaughan | Set Design - Hattie Morris | Producer - Abigail Welford

 

Evita

July 2022

Polish Theatre

Director - Victoria Gimby | Choreographer - Ughetta Pratesi | Musical Director - Ben Levy | Set Designer - Ilenia Onnis | Lighting Design - Jason Ahn | Producer - Rebecca Wicking

 

Fantasy Dinner Party

March 2021

Musical review (online)

Writer and director - Rebecca Ward | Musical Director - Mario Resende

Sleeping Beauty

December 2020

Pantomime (online)

Writer and director - Rebecca Ward | Musical Director - Mario Resende | Editor - Dominic Conte

 

Kiss Me Kate

March 2020

Designs not realised due to pandemic

 

Jack and the Beanstalk

Dec 2019

Bridewell Theatre

Director - Alan Pearson | Choreographer - Ughetta Pratesi | Producer - Rebecca Wicking

 

The Wedding Singer

July 2019

Polish Theatre

Director - Alanna Stone | Choreographer - Ughetta Pratesi | Producer - Rebecca Wicking

 

Assassins

December 2018

Landor Space

Director - Pippa Duffy | Choreographer - Philip Michael Thomas | Musical Director - Jordan Clarke | Producer - Rebecca Wicking

 

Aladdin

Dec 2018

Bridewell Theatre

Director - Victoria Gimby | Choreographer -Ughetta Pratesi | Producer -Rebecca Wicking

 

Guys & Dolls

July 2018

Polish Theatre

Director -Alanna Stone | Choreographer - Ughetta Pratesi | Musical Director -Jordan Clarke | Producer - Rebecca Wicking

 

Dick Whittington

December 2017

Canada Water Theatre

Director - Pippa Duffy | Choreographer - Ughetta Pratesi | Producer - Rebecca Wicking