Emma Adams
Emma’s first play was shortlisted for a Meyer-Whitworth Award. She has gone on to be Writer in Residence for the West Yorkshire Playhouse New Writing Season, attended the Royal Court Invitation Group, and selected for Accelerate – the Programme for Artistic Development, (Lowry/Jerwood Charitable Foundation). Recent commissions include work for Leeds Playhouse and Opera North. She has been commissioned by Shiny Button to write a four-part TV drama for ITV, and is currently developing an original series for Longboat.
Emma’s plays include: Animals (Theatre 503) [‘Animals is as funny as it is relevant, with a malevolent streak a mile wide. With its willingness to get weird, creative and disgusting it hit all my critical bases. A winner. ★★★★’ London City Nights / ‘Dripping with inverted Orwellian-inspired newspeak and almost perverse slapstick humour, Animals creates a glittering dystopia that somehow executes its departure from sanity with grace.’ A Younger Theatre]; Freakoid (Nominated for an Off West End Theatre Award 2013) (Oval House, London); Home Sweet Home (Freedom Studios) (4 Stars from the Guardian); Forgotten Things, shortlisted for the 2009 Meyer-Whitworth Award); and Ugly, published by Oberon in 2010 (both Red Ladder).
Emma is represented by Meg Davis