Anne Curry has a degree in theatre design and completed two years post graduate study at the Slade School of Art. She received the Sir Barry Jackson Memorial Scholarship; The Jacobs Memorial Award; and has worked in Rome, Florence and Vienna after receiving a travel bursary from the Royal Society of Arts.A wide variety of design experience includes both resident and freelance work. Anne worked at Oldham Coliseum after receiving an Arts Council Design Bursary. "Dreams of San Francisco" (Bush Theatre 1978) won the Thames Television Award for Best Production; "The Boys in the Band" (King's Head and Aldwych Theatre 1997); The Vivian Ellis Prize (Her Majesty's Theatre 1997).
Anne joined the department of theatre design at Nottingham Trent University in January 2002 as senior lecturer in Costume Design and Interpretation. Prior to that she was Course Director for BA (Hons) Theatre Design, BA (Hons) Performance Design and MA Scenography at the University of Central England. She is currently completing an MA in Education and has been a visiting tutor at Central School of Speech and Drama.
Nine recent designs for the Birmingham Theatre School include the Shakespeare in Education Tour and "Oh, What A Lovely War!" performed in the Social History Gallery of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.