Emily Ling Williams

Emily is currently a Resident Director at the Almeida Theatre and is part of the Fresh Direction group at the Young Vic. She was previously the Trainee Director at Paines Plough where she directed Turbines which premiered at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama before transferring to the Gate Theatre.

Credits

DIRECTOR, Buried Kingdom, Yellow Earth/ Tristan Bates Theatre, 1 night, 2019
DIRECTOR, Yellow Earth Academy Showcase, ALRA, 1 night, 2019
DIRECTOR, Preach, Rose Bruford/ Hoxton Hall, 3 nights, 2019
DIRECTOR, Turbines, Paines Plough/ RWCMD/ Gate Theatre, 7 nights, 2019
DIRECTOR, Lungs (extract), Young Vic, 2016

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Blood Wedding, Young Vic, 6 weeks, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Apology, NT Studio, Soho Theatre, R&D, 2018/2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Meeting, Chichester Festival Theatre, 4 weeks, 2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Chalk Garden , Chichester Festival Theatre, 3 weeks, 2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Out of Love, Paines Plough's Roundabout/ Orange Tree/ Theatr Clwyd, 5 months, 2017-2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Black Mountain, Paines Plough's Roundabout/ Orange Tree/ Theatr Clwyd, 5 months, 2017-2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, How To Be A Kid, Paines Plough's Roundabout/ Orange Tree/ Theatr Clwyd, 5 months, 2017-2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Island Nation, Arcola Theatre, 4 weeks, 2016

Training

Resident Director Scheme, Almeida Theatre, 2019 -2020
Fresh Direction, Young Vic, from 2017 (ongoing)
Writing for Directors with Leo Butler, Young Vic, 2017-2018
Paines Plough Trainee Director, 2017
Soho Theatre Writers Lab, 2016-2017
Springboard, Young Vic, 2016
Introduction to Directing, Young Vic, 2016
RADA Acting Foundation Course, 2010