Pamela Howard has worked as a stage designer in the UK, Europe and USA since 1960, and has realised over 200 productions. Pamela has worked at all the major national and regional theatres, including the creation of several large scale site specific works with the late John McGrath. Pamela is now both director and designer, especially for opera and music-theatre.
In 2005 Pamela directed and designed the Greek premiere of ‘The Greek Passion’ the opera by Bohuslav Martinu & Nikos Kazantzakis for the Opera of Thessaloniki performed in the old Byzantine citadel/former town's prison, ‘the Eptapyrgion’.
As writer/director/visual artist ‘The New Jerusalem’ - a true story of evangelism in Britain in 1811.
Productions as part of teaching assignments in 2005 for the National Theatre School in Copenhagen ‘Why Do You Always Wear Black?’, and ‘A Labour of Love’ (2006). In 2005 for University of the Arts Belgrade and BITEF Festival ‘Please Take A Seat!’ - a memory play.
Director/Designer ‘At The End of the Earth’ (Julia Pascal).
2006 Artist in Residence at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh - USA 2006, where she created an installation and performance piece in The Miller Gallery of Contemporary Art ‘Three Fragments from The Marriage.’
Currently designing and directing a new production of ‘The Marriage’ a comic chamber opera by Bohuslav Martinu for Opera-Theater Pittsburgh - USA, and the national Theatre Prague as part of the Martinu Revisited Festival 2009.
Selected artist for 150 years of the Victoria and Albert Museum Commemorative Book.