Anna Yates

Anna Yates is an Australian set and costume designer based in London. She designs for opera, theatre, film and dance and is an associate artist of Shotput, a dance-theatre company based in Glasgow. Theatre credits include: The Forsyte Saga (RSC, Park Theatre); Scenes from the Climate Era (Gate Theatre); Abigail’s Party (Northern Stage and tour); Glee & Me (Royal Exchange Manchester); Totentanz (Shotput at Tramway, Glasgow and tour); Ferguson and Barton (Shotput at Cumbernauld theatre and tour); Berberian Sound Studio (Donmar, as co-designer); Elevenses (Somerset House); Kafka’s Quest (Theatre for the New City, New York). Opera credits include: Pimpinone (Linbury Theatre, Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden); The Marriage of Figaro (Luzerner Theater); The Magic Flute, Idomeneo, L’Etoile, The Medium, Three Decembers (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); Orpheus in the Underworld (Royal College of Music); Britten, Debussy, Ravel (RCM); Brundibar (Opera North Youth Company); Riders to the Sea, Cupboard Love (Byre Opera). 

Yates’ associate design credits include: Figures in Extinction 2.0 (Complicité/Nederlands Dans Theater); Rusalka (ROH); La Boheme (ENO Drive & Live); The Antipodes (National Theatre); Duchess of Malfi (Almeida).