Emma Kelly

Emma She/Her

My work is comic, dark and provocative, I experiment with sci-fi, historical and political theatre. I have been commissioned in the UK and internationally, collaborating as a playwright with theatre companies, schools and community groups.I founded Wild Elk Productions in 2023, producing my award nominated play 2145 for Brighton Fringe. Recent projects include an environmental site specific show The Tower, I also like to write and develop immersive projects such as What If Walls Could Speak, a theatrical promenade in The Regency Town House, Hove.

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Credits

Second Hand Problems
Associate writer at Junction Theatre
Feminist dramedy selected for an R&D with Slackline Productions at The Pleasance London
Performed at Theatro Technis as part of Camden Fringe 2024


The Tower
Writer & Producer for The Tower a play about climate emergency
Performed at Brighton Fishing Museum in May 2024
Shortlisted for the Farnham Maltings Prize at Brighton Fringe

CULT
Commissioned by Close Encounters Theatre to write a dark comedy play about cults
Performed in Zurich April 2024

Rising Tides, Further Evidence - Plankton Dreams
Commissioned to write an environmental play for Good Cop Bad Cop Festival 28
Performed at The Space London in November 2023


2145
Writer & Producer for new Sci-Fi at Brighton Fringe 2023
This play reached the top 3% of a BBC Drama Room Open Call
Performed at The Lantern Theatre

Heritage XR Demo
Commissioned to develop a Heritage XR Audio experience for a demo at Brighton Dome.
Working closely with Immersive Networks to produce and lead the narrative design. It featured stories from the suffragette movement, Brighton quakers and 90’s ravers.

No Way Out & Survival
Commissioned to R&D, then write a double bill of youth and adult plays on the theme of survival. Produced by Close Encounters Theatre at Millers in Zurich April 2023

Circulate - My Name is Sheena
Commissioned to collaborate as a writer on a circus and theatre R&D funded by ACE
Performed at Jacksons Lane February 2023

Town House Voices, an Immersive Site-Specific Play
Written in collaboration with the Town House Company after leading community workshops. Performed at The Regency Town House, in September 2022 revived in 2023


Christmas Carol an Immersive Experience
Commissioned to write an adaptation of the classic tale by Charles Dickens
Produced at Zurich International School November 2022

Le Chat Noir
Resident writer at Close Encounters Theatre Company
AI meets Alan Turing in a cabaret bar in the Metaverse
Premiered at The Millers cabaret bar in Zurich in May 2022, with post show discussion

The Three
Commissioned by Zurich International School
A short science fiction film to empower young people. Filmed in May 2022

Training

MA in Dramatic Writing with Merit, Drama Centre, Central Saint Martins, London

BA Hon’s Degree in Theatre and Visual Art (2-1), Brighton University of Art, Brighton

LAMDA Diploma in Speech and Drama Eduction - Distinction