About
Rebecca Ward is an award-winning costume and set designer with an MA (Dist.) in Costume Design for Performance from UAL. She has designed costume and set for a number of plays and has worked as a production and costume designer on two short films. Her attention to detail enriches characterisation and storytelling while keeping the broader vision in sight.
As a visual arts and fashion exhibition PR, Rebecca has worked with dozens of national and international institutions including V&A, Tate, Sarabande Foundation, Phaidon and Venice Biennale with artist 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
Ukraine Unbroken
February 2026
Arcola Theatre, London
Assistant to designer Michael Taylor | Director - Nick Kent
Concrete
January and March 2026
The Old Red Lion Theatre and Hope Theatre, London
Set designer
Writer and director - Ché Tligui | Cast - Callum Burns, Joe Stanley
The Last Man (in post production)
October 2025
Short film shot on location in the Peak District
Costume Designer
Writer and director - Tom CJ Brown | Producers - Bea Halston and Guy Lindley
Flywheel Rep Company
September and October 2025
The Old Red Lion Theatre, London
Costume and set designer for six plays in six weeks - The Rover, Romeo and Juliet, Lysistrata, The Lodger, Pygmalion, Dr Faustus
Directors - Ben Esdale and Jack Robertson | Lighting design - Brett Kasza | Producer - Adeyinka Akinrinade | Flywheel ensemble cast - Rachel Bardwell, Gabriel Lumsden, Sadie Pepperrell, Shanice Petilaire, Joe Stanley, Charlie Woodward
MUTE
August 2025
Short film about selective mutism shot on location in Windsor
Production Designer
Director - Emily Freda Sharp | DOP - Ailsa Aikoa | Producers - Elloise Thomson and Kate Gee-Finch | Hair and Make up - Zoe Thomson | 1AD - Katie Rose | 2AD - Alizay Agha
Crossing the Line
May 2025
St George’s Theatre, Great Yarmouth
Part of Norfolk and Norwich Festival
Director - Katie Thompson | Writer - Tia Fisher
Wuthering Heights
December 2024
Short film
Performer - Jessica Chambers | Choreographer -Tia Hockey for Alexander Whitley Dance Company | Hair & Make-up - Hanna Haugaløkken
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
June 2024
Short film
Winner of Best Costume and nominated for Best Shakespeare Themed Film at Stratford Upon Avon Film Festival 2025
Movement Director - Peta Lily | Choreographer - Ughetta Pratesi | Composer - Alex Ward
Hansel & Gretel
January 2024
Live performance
Movement Director - Peta Lily | Production - Donatella Barbieri
Evita
July 2022
Polish Theatre
Director - Victoria Gimby | Choreographer - Ughetta Pratesi | Musical Director - Ben Levy | Set Designer - Ilenia Onnis | Lighting Design - Jason Ahn
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
Guys & Dolls
July 2018
Polish Theatre
Director -Alanna Stone | Choreographer - Ughetta Pratesi | Musical Director -Jordan Clarke | Producer - Rebecca Wicking
Five pantomimes
2017 - 2023
Bridewell Theatre