Dick Bird has worked as a stage and costume designer in opera, theatre and dance throughout the world, including The pearl fishers for the English National Opera, Le Donneur de Bain for Théâtre Marigny, Beatrice et Benedict for the Opéra Comique, La grande Magie for the Comédie Francaise, The Firebird and Carl Davies’ ballet of Aladdin for the New National Theatre Tokyo, Un segreto d’Importanza at the Teatro Communale di Bologna, The Gambler and Il Trittico at Opera Zuid in Maastricht, and El Burlador de Sevilla at Teatro Abadia Madrid. In the UK and Ireland designs include Snegurochaka at Wexford Festival Opera, Complicite’s Light, Jonathan Kent’s production of Lear at The Crucible, Il re pastore for Garsington Opera, The canterville ghost with the English National Ballet, The walls, Owen meany and The night season at the National Theatre, and Harvest at the Royal Court Theatre, which won the 2005 Critics’ Choice Award for Best New Play. He designed Swimming with sharks at the Vaudeville Theatre, The enchanted pig, How much is your iron? and Been so long at the Young Vic and Shakespeare’s Globe’s productions of Othello and As you like it.