About

Emily Collins is a London based Theatre Director and Dramaturg, originally from the North East. She is currently Resident Director on the UK and International Tour of SIX: The Musical, and was Laboratory Associate Director at Nuffield Southampton Theatres in 2018/19.

Emily’s previous work as a director includes: PLAY (The Customs House), Fledglings (Nuffield Southampton Theatres), Alcatraz (VAULT Festival), Cheer Up Slug (The North Wall); ITCH (The North Wall, Roundhouse, Green Man Festival); Border Control (Theatre 503, Norwich Arts Centre, Roundhouse); TILT (The Lyric Hammersmith); Clownfish (Arcola Theatre); Glaze, (Bunker Theatre) and JELLYFISH (Pleasance Theatre).

As an Assistant Director, Emily has assisted Michael Fentiman (CinderElla: A New Musical, Nuffield Southampton Theatres), Sam Hodges (The Audience, Nuffield Southampton Theatres); Clare Lizzimore (Snowflake; Arts at the Old Fire Station); Ria Parry (Fragment; Battersea Arts Centre and The North Wall Arts Centre), Lisa Blair (Jerusalem; The Watermill Theatre) and Clive Judd (SPARKS; Old Red Lion Theatre).

Emily is also a script reader for the Bruntwood Prize and has read for The Old Red Lion Theatre and Pint Sized in the past. She has also taught acting, improvisation and performance at Identity School of Acting.