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Work

Directing and Assisting

Additional Credits and Training

Production Team 

Observer / Assistant

NHM's Dinosaurs, Live!

October 2025

 

Jette-Parker Observer

Carmen (stage and piano) and Semele (studio rehearsal)

June 2025 - Royal Ballet and Opera

 

Observer

Itch by Johnathan Dove (dir. Stephen Barlow)
May 2025 - Opera Holland Park

 

Production Assistant 

Immersive Experience Network Summit

May 2022 - the Vaults, Waterloo 

Fight Choreographer 

Requiem Stained with Grass by James Morris (dir. James Morris)

March 2022 - ThreeBugs Fringe Theatre 

Fight Director 

Frankenstein: The Panto by Imogen Booth (dir. Imogen Booth)

November 2021 - UoB Panto Society 

Stage Manager

bright/wild by Hayley Gow (dir. Frances Eva and Casseline Gilet)

February 2021 - ThreeBugs Fringe Theatre

Producer/Stage Manager

Threadsand by David Longworth (dir David Longworth)

December 2019 - Live Art Society 

Participant

First Encounters Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (dir. Robin Belfield)

Research and Development Week

October 2019 - Royal Shakespeare Company

Sound 1, Smoke Technician, Stage Manager, Production Photographer

The Bacchae by Emma Rice (dir. Gillian Dunn) 

March 2019 - Dr Challoner's High School 

Stage Manager, Set Painter, Follow Spot Operator

The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertold Brecht (dir. Gillian Dunn)

November 2018 - Dr Challoner's High School

Facilitation and Outreach

Creative Careers Youth Forum

The Arts Theatre, Cambridge | September - November 2025

Worked with a group of like minded young people to produce a documentary about careers in theatre and the arts.

 

Turtlenecks and a Bad Attitude: Student Drama as Director Training

October 2023

Published in 'Theatre, Dance and Performance Training' journal, vol 14 - issue 3 : Contemporary Directions in Director Training

Birmingham REP Schools Practitioner

June - July 2022

Creator and Facilitator - 'Ancient Egyptian Death and Burial'

September 2021, Commissioned by Speen Festival

Teachers reported a higher average mark in the next assessment on this topic.

Creator and Facilitator - 'Monster Workshops', 'Battlefield Combat' and 'Happy Hour Fight Club' 

September 2021, Commissioned by Speen Festival

Facilitator - 'Spy School' and 'Play in a Week'

August 2021, Birmingham REP 

Co-creator and Facilitator - Monster Puppets

July 2021, Commissioned by Chesham Bois Parish Council for Kickback Theatre

Performance, Presenting and Voice Acting

Voice Over and Presenting

Library Flex Introduction Video and Induction Training

Buckinghamshire Council | November 2025

 

Regular Guest

Kickin' Back, Kickback Theatre's Podcast

Until July 2023

Listen on YouTube

 

Host 3 / Alec / Erin / Clara / Erin 3 / Morgan / Connie

The Girls Guide to Good Sex by Kirsten Ellis, Abi Morris, Mia Joyce, Emma Large and Heather Collier

dir. Emma Large 

Old Joint Stock Theatre | February 2023

Prima

Casa Nova by Violet Alexis Bea

Available on YouTube

Voice Over

Career opportunities with an Arts and Humanities degree

Available on YouTube | September 2022

Marshall

The Commonwealth Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies 2022

dir. Iqbal Khan

Alexandra Stadium | August 2022

Wellington Heart / Ensemble 

Tack and Toil, devised by the company 

dir. Adam Ledger 

The Birmingham Roundhouse and University of Birmingham 

Daenerys Targaryen and Others

Game of Thrones, the 48hr by Heidi Gauntry

dir. Heidi Gauntry

Debating Hall, University of Birmingham 

Zellen

Spy School, Birmingham REP Summer School

Birmingham REP | August 2021

Host

Airtime: The Live Art Podcast

Available online | March 2021

Chorus

The Mikado Online

Squillo Opera

Available online | May 2020

Ensemble

The Sandbox, devised by the company 

dir. Sam Strachan

Basement, Guild of Students | December 2019

Mrs Appleby and Dance Captain 

Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein 

dir. Matthew Dye

Wycombe Swan 

Sailor's Girlfriend 

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim

dir. Matthew Dye

The Old Town Hall 

Moon

Blood Wedding by Garcia Lorca

dir. Gillian Dunn

The Studio, Dr Challoner's High School 

Natalie

31 New Messages by Joshua Robey

dir. Joshua Robey

Available on Soundcloud

Grace

The Passenger by Joshua Robey

dir. Joshua Robey

Available on Soundcloud

Polly Peachum

The Beggar's Opera by John Gay

dir. Gillian Dunn 

The Studio, Dr Challoner's High School 

Judith

The Ashgirl by Timberlake Wertenbaker

dir. Gillian Dunn and Zorica Bowie

The Studio, Dr Challoner's High School 

Training and Memberships

Emma is a member of Equity and Stage Directors UK

Creative Stages: Integrating BSL Interpretation into Theatre

Paptertrail Theatre - September 2025

Directing in the Sam Wannamaker Playhouse

Shakespeare's Globe - June 2025

 

Emma attended the Immersive Experience Network Summit '24 under the mentorship of White Light

Future of Theatre Conference
Online Attendee - May 2025

Max Webster: Making Visible the Invisible

Masterclass - May 2024

Direct Your First Play 
Kalungi Ssbandeke - March - April 2024

 

Immersive Acting School

Immersive Everywhere and Butterfly Theatre - October 2022

BA Drama and English ( First Class Honours)
University of Birmingham - July 2022

Movement and Combat in Middle Earth

New Zealand Stage and Screen Combat School - January 2022

Proficiency in Dagger, Messar and Longsword

School of Historic Combat - September 2021

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