Sue Willmington
Born in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
She has designed costumes for many productions in the UK and worldwide. Recently Un Giorno di Regno at Garsington Opera & Asrael at Bonn, Germany
directed by Christopher Alden. Norma at Teatro Real, Madrid directed by Justin Way. Faust at Opera Poznan, Poland directed by Karolina Sofulak. Tristan & Isolde at Theatre San Carlos, Lisbon. directed by Charles Edwards. Pilgrim’s Progress at English National Opera directed by Yoshi Aida. Otello & Flying Dutchman at Korean National Opera directed by Stephen Lawless. Owen Wingrave at the Aldeburgh festival and the Edinburgh Festival directed by Neil Bartlett. Artus at Theatre St Gallen in Switzerland and La Boheme & Showboat at the Royal Albert Hall in London directed by Francesca Zambello. Simon Boccanegra at Welsh National Opera, Prague & Tel Aviv directed by Sir David Pountney. La Rondine at La Fenice in Venice directed by Graham Vick.
She designed additional costumes for Phantom of the Opera in Las Vegas and was the associate designer for many other re-productions of Phantom directed by Hal Prince. She has worked at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre.
Sue lives near the sea in North Yorkshire in an old farmhouse where she has a studio and print workshop.