Emily Bestow

Set & Costume Design

Emily is a freelance set and costume designer. She has won an Offie for “Best Pantomime Design” and been nominated for four other Off West End Design awards.

Design work credits include: Dick Whittington (Greenwich Theatre), The River (Greenwich Theatre), Alice In Wonderland (Derby Theatre), Fun at the Beach Romp-Bomp-A-Lomp (Southwark Playhouse) Dick Whittington and his Cat (New Wolsey Theatre), Snow White (Greenwich Theatre), Anything Goes / Sister Act / Spring Awakening (Bernie Grant Arts Centre), Metamorphoses (New Wolsey Theatre) Robin Hood and the Major Oak (Derby Theatre) Flashdance, Carrie The Musical, Kipps (Urdang Academy – Bernie Grant Arts Centre); Little Red Robin Hood (Battersea Arts Centre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hull Truck); The Lies You Tell (UK Tour); Kinky Boots, Urinetown (Urdang Academy – Bernie Grant Arts Centre); Cratchit (Park Theatre); From Rushmere With Love (Eastern Angles); Sleeping Beauty and the Beast (Battersea Arts Centre); Extra Time (Derby Theatre); No Particular Order (Southwark Playhouse); Circle Game (Southwark Playhouse); Sam Snape and the Chillesford Chough (Eastern Angles); Fame (Bernie Grant Arts Centre);  42nd Street (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); Fast (Park Theatre); Anahera (Finborough Theatre); Flat Out (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); Honk (UK Tour); The Marvelous Wonderettes (Upstairs at the Gatehouse/ Windsor Theatre Royal); Cry Havoc (Park Theatre); Cry God for Harry, England and St George! (Duke of York/Edinburgh Fringe); Top Hat (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); Pete ’n’ Keely (Tristan Bates); Anything Goes (Upstairs at the Gatehouse).

Assistant and Associate work credits include: Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder (Ambassadors Theatre)Vanara (Hackney Empire); Doctor Who:Time Fracture (Immersive Everywhere); The Great Gatsby (Immersive Everywhere); A Very Very Very Dark Matter (The Bridge); The Way of the World (Donmar Warehouse); The Writer (The Almeida); Home, I’m Darling (National Theatre/Theatre Clwyd).