Vicki Mortimer

Vicki Mortimer. UK-based set and costume designer.

Opera includes Death in Venice, New Dark Age, Lessons in Love and Violence and Lucia di Lammermoor at the Royal Opera House and as international co-productions; Ariodante at Vienna Staatsoper; Written on Skin at Aix Festival and on tour; Al Gran Sole at the Salzburg Festival and Staatsoper Berlin; Neither / Footfalls at Staatsoper Berlin; Die Entführung aus dem Seraglio, Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg, St Matthew Passion and Così fan tutte at Glyndebourne; The Winter’s Tale, After Dido and The Way Back Home (also at the Young Vic) for English National Opera; and Wozzeck (Winner of the International Opera Award for Design 2016) at Lyric Opera, Chicago. Dance productions with Wayne McGregor include Lore for Teatro alla Scala, Afterite at American Ballet Theatre; Raven Girl for the Royal Ballet; Yantra at Stuttgart Ballet; Genus at Paris Opera Garnier; Skindex at Nederlands Dans Theater; and Millenarium, Sulphur 16 and Aeon for Random Dance Company.

Work in theatre includes more than 40 productions at the National Theatre in London. More recently: Nye, The Normal Heart, Our Generation, The Visit, or the old lady comes to call, ANNA, When We have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, Follies (Critics’ Circle Award for Design and Olivier Award for Best Costume Design 2018), The Plough and the Stars, The Threepenny Opera, Here We Go, The Silver Tassie, Othello, Hamlet, Waves, Cat in the Hat, Three Sisters, The Seagull, Closer, Paul and Last of the Haussmans; Wise Children, Wuthering Heights and Bluebeard for Emma Rice and Wise Children. Previous designs also include work for the RSC, Kneehigh, Young Vic, Donmar, Almeida, Royal Court, in Japan and Sweden and on Broadway.