Emma-Louise Howell

she/her

I am a Writer from East Anglia creating work that is inherently theatrical, focusing on the specificity and uniqueness of a live space and how that impacts, engages and influences an audience.

In 2021, I was awarded the Michael Ross Prize from RADA and Birkbeck for my first play, PATTERNS. PATTERNS has since been developed with Leicester Curve and shortlisted for Theatre503 International Playwriting Prize.

My professional debut I REALLY DO THINK THIS WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE was produced as the Mercury Theatre's most recent Original Production. The play was shortlisted for The Stage Innovation Award and will embark on a National Tour in 2024.

Alongside theatre, I write for screen. My debut TV Pilot was shortlisted for the BBC Writersroom and ITV Original Voices and my debut short film SILO is under development with BFI Midlands. I was named a Wildseed Studios Talent to Watch writer and am currently developing a second Pilot.

My poems have appeared on BBC Radio and my debut poetry pamphlet YOU TOLD US TO TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER will be released in 2024, with the titular poem being supported by BBC Introducing.

I am also a New Associate for New Perspectives Theatre and a Young Mentor at the Young Vic, working on a reverse mentoring programme that encourages intergenerational conversations amongst artists and industry leaders.

Credits

THEATRE

WRITER, I Really Do Think This Will Change Your Life, Mercury Theatre, Theatre503, 2 weeks, 2023
WRITER, Houses of Sand, New Perspectives, R&D, 2023
WRITER, Patterns, Leicester Curve, Rehearsed Reading, 2022
WRITER, Hide and Seek, Leicester Curve, 2022
WRITER, Home Bird, BBC Upload Festival, Radio, 2021

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, 21 Round for Christmas, The Hope Theatre, 3 weeks, 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Days of Significance, Arcola Theatre, 1 week, 2020
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Who Cares, Just Add Milk, VAULT Festival, 1 week, 2020

DIRECTOR, Hide and Seek, National Student Drama Festival, 2022
DIRECTOR, Like Water for Chocolate, Cervantes Theatre, 2021
DIRECTOR, The Last Straw, Arcola Theatre, 2020

FILM

WRITER, You Told Us To Talk About the Weather
WRITER, Silo, BFI Midlands

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Hedda, Nia de Costa, MGM and Amazon Studios
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Radleys, Euros Lyn, Sky Studios
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie, Netflix
TRAINEE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Red White and Royal Blue, Amazon Studios, 2022
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, St. Nowhere, Short Film, 2021
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, 21 Round for Lunch, Short Film, 2020

Training

HETV Assistant Director Trainee Programme, UK Screenskills
MA Text and Performance, RADA and Birkbeck
Arvon Writing for Performance (Harold Hyam Wingate Scholarship)
Mercury Theatre Writing Programme 21-22
Short Filmmaking, NFTS