Emily has been working as a writer, director, and dramaturg since 2015. She debuted her first show, TWO THIRDS, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and joined the Old Vic, New Voices writing scheme in 2015.
Since then she has directed another critically-acclaimed Edinburgh run, PARTIAL NUDITY, and has worked with a range of fantastic theatre companies, including Great Egg Theatre Company, Flat4 Theatre, Matchstick Theatre Company, Atramental Theatre, Women's Writes at the Arcola, and West Avenue Theatre Company. In 2024, she made her off-west directorial debut when Tiff Milner's WHEN ATLAS MET TANTALUS transferred to Greenwich Theatre, after a successful run at The Bridge House Theatre and The Lion and Unicorn Theatre. She was also a producer at Charthouse Square Theatre Company from January to August 2016, working alongside actor and director, Richard Franklin, and has workshopped new writing with the Masterclass Theatre Trust. Emily is passionate about working with writers on the research and development of new shows. For a full list of Emily's theatre credits visit her CV.
As of November 2025, Emily has been working with Omnibus Theatre as their Learning and Participation Facilitator and Producer, coordinating and delivering their youth theatre and community projects. She is currently working as a director with Flat4 Theatre's Natasha Brotherdale-Smith on the development of her new play, STUCK, and is working with Francesca D'Souza on the development of her show, HOW TO CREATE A LIFE.
Emily has been collaborating with Flat4 Theatre since 2023. As a writer and director she has worked on HOLLYWOOD LIED TO ME ABOUT CHILDBIRTH (2023); I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE SKY (2024); AND SO THE RABBIT DIED (2025); HOW TO CREATE A LIFE (2026). She is also supporting as a director on the development of Natasha Brotherdale-Smith's latest play, STUCK.
1897. A parlour in Victorian London. Two men trapped together, facing a secret that will change their lives forever. In June 2024, Emily co-directed Tiff Milner's brilliant 'When Atlas Met Tantalus' at The Bridge House Theatre and the Lion and Unicorn Theatre. The show was produced by Great Egg Theatre Company and transferred to Greenwich Theatre in August 2024.
365 Women a Year is an international playwriting project that puts women's voices and experiences back into the canon. In 2019, Emily worked on monologues looking at the lives of Marianne Elliott, Vivian Reed, Magaret Anglin, Eliska Peskova, Tsuru Aoki, Pearl Eytinge, Phyllis Ryan, and Leilani Jones. Her short plays include Empty Shoes, Older Soul, In Conversation with Sophocles, Smichov, Issei, The Slaying of My Creative Self, On the Steps of the Gas Company Theatre & Behind the Voodoo Lady
Emily has been collaborating with Flat4 Theatre since 2023. As a writer and director she has worked on HOLLYWOOD LIED TO ME ABOUT CHILDBIRTH (2023); I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE SKY (2024); AND SO THE RABBIT DIED (2025); HOW TO CREATE A LIFE (2026). She is also supporting as a director on the development of Natasha Brotherdale-Smith's latest play, STUCK.
Praise for Emily's work:
"A very exciting debut from a company I look forward to following in the future" (Two Thirds Broadway Baby, 2015)
"Laugh out loud" (Partial Nudity,The Scotsman, 2016)
"Compelling... A brave and perceptive piece of new writing" (Two Thirds, Cambridge TAB, 2015)
*****Ed Fringe Review ****The List ****Broadway Baby ****The Reviews Hub ****Liverpool Sound & Vision ****Sincerely, Amy