Emma Jude Harris

I am a director/dramaturg/maker, originally from the US. I make work across disciplines, including opera, music theatre, classic and early modern theatre, and new writing. I am interested in applying contemporary theatre practice and aesthetics to canonical texts to interrogate their relevance. Additionally, I am interested in dismantling notions of genre and hegemonic value. I am the co-director of Global Origins, a platform and network for international, multicultural, and diasporic multidisciplinary artists. Interests include the Jewish diaspora, mental illness, opera and music theatre, Restoration theatre, and 'the canon'.


She/her

Credits

DIRECTOR, Cabildo, Wilton's Music Hall, 1 week, 2021
DIRECTOR, The Agency, Tete a Tete, operatic film, 2020
DIRECTOR, THE TELEPHONE, Jessie Anand Productions, livestream, 2020
DIRECTOR, Cabildo, Arcola, 3 days, 2019
DIRECTOR, sorry did I wake you, Tristan Bates, 1 week, 2019
DIRECTOR, Ares, The Vaults, 1 week, 2019
RESEARCH EXPERT, Venice Preserved, 3 months, Royal Shakespeare Company, 2019
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Absolute Hell, National Theatre, 3 months, 2018
DRAMATURG, I Promise Tomorrow I'll Forget Where I Buried It, Et Cetera, 1 week, 2018
CURATOR, ARE WE THERE YET? CLF Arts Cafe (Bussey Building), 2 days, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, These Wondering Stones, Barbican, 2 weeks, 2019
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, The Noble Nine, The Vaults, 1 week, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Libuse, UCOpera, 1 week, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Fantastic Bohemian, Arcola, 3 weeks, 2018
DEVISER, Astronaut Battery, Chelsea Theatre, 1 week, 2017

Training

MFA Advanced Theatre Practice, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Soho Theatre Writer's Lab
BOOK Music Lyrics Director's Workshops 2018
Shakespeare's Globe and Kings College London MA Shakespeare Studies