Pamela Howard worked as a Stage Designer in the UK, Europe and USA since 1960, and has realised over 200 productions. She has worked at all the major national and regional theatres, including the creation of several large scale site-specific works in Glasgow with the late John McGrath.
Since 2000 she has been developing her work as Director/Scenographer for 20th Century opera and music theatre. In 2005 Director/Scenographer for the Greek premiere of "The Greek Passion" - opera by Bohuslav Martinů & Nikos Kazantzakis for the Opera of Thessaloniki performed in the old Byzantine citadel/former town's prison.
2012/2013 Curator of the Wesker Season, of unperformed works Kings Head Theatre London.
June 2012 Director/Scenographer "Caritas" Opera by Robert Saxton from the play by Arnold Wesker OperaUpClose at Kings Head Theatre London.
2011/12 "The Rise and fall of Pustrpalk the Charlatan Doctor" - Three excerpts from "Sarlatan" (Pavel Haas) for Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to be presented as workshop performances in Glasgow February 2012.
2010 Director/scenographer: Premiere of 1st version "The Excursion of Mr Brouček to the Moon" (Leoš Janáček) National Theatre Brno CZ for Janáček International Festival 2010.
2009/10/11 Project designer for the "The Great Game" (Tricycle Theatre London/USA Tour) Director Nicholas Kent.
2008/9 Director/Scenographer "The Marriage" for Martinů Revisited Festival at National Theatre Janáček Opera Brno Czech Republic, staged at the Reduta Theatre (1st professional production in English) and at La Fabrika Prague June 2011.
2006 Visiting Professor Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh USA Department of Drama. Staging of "3 Fragments from The Marriage" from the opera by Bohuslav Martinů at the Gallery of Contemporary Art Pittsburgh.
2005 for University of the Arts Belgrade and BITEF Festival creator of "Please take a Seat!" - an original memory play. Productions as part of teaching assignments in 2005 for the National Theatre School Copenhagen - "Why do you always wear Black?", and "A Labour of Love" (2006).
Author of "What is Scenography? - second edition" (Routledge UK/USA).
For detailed design history please contact agents@diman.co.uk.