Anthony Ward (born 1957) is a British theatre designer specializing in set and costume design. He studied theatre design at Wimbledon School of Art.He has designed productions for the Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Donmar Warehouse and the Almeida Theatre. Recent productions include the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s play Sweeney Todd, directed by Jonathan Kent (Chichester Festival Theatre/Adelphi Theatre), Posh (Royal Court/Duke of York Theatre), Enron (Royal Court/Chichester Festival Theatre). Ward's West End musical credits include My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!, Oliver! and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.Ward designed Sam Mendes' inaugural production, Assassins, at the Donmar Warehouse and Mary Stuart, directed by Phyllida Lloyd, which transferred to the West End and Broadway and received a Tony Award for Best Costume Design.Opera productions include productions of Gloriana and Peter Grimes directed by Phyllida Lloyd for Opera North, and Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria directed by Adrian Noble for the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence.For dance he designed Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! (Sadler’s Wells and UK tour ) and most recently The Nutcracker for Nikolaj Hübbe at the Royal Danish Ballet.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1996 Tony Award as Best Scenic Designer for "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
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He was nominated for two 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards for Best Set Designer of 2001 and Best Costume Designer of 2001 for "My Fair Lady", performed at the Royal National Theatre: Lyttelton and, later, at the Theatre Royal: Drury Lane in London, England.
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He was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Set designer of 2002 for "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", performed at the London Palladium.
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He was awarded the 1999 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Set Designer for the 1998 production of "Oklahoma!".
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He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1996 (1995 season) for Best Costume Designer for "A Midsummer's Night Dream", at the Barbican Theatre, La Grande Magia and The Way of the World.