Director
Emma Juliet Rice is a British actor, director and writer. Described as a fearless director, Rice's work includes theatrical adaptations of Brief Encounter, The Red Shoes and Wise Children. In 2022, Rice was named in the Sky Arts Top 50 most influential British artists. Rice worked with Kneehigh Theatre in Cornwall for twenty years as an actor, director, then artistic director with co-artistic director, Mike Shepherd. She was the Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe from 2016 to 2018, before founding her own touring theatre company Wise Children.
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Beginning her career as an actress and emerging as a director through Kneehigh Theatre's collaborative model, Emma Rice developed a distinctive theatrical language rooted in physical invention and musical storytelling. Her tenure as artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe positioned her as a major institutional leader before she founded Wise Children, establishing herself as one of contemporary theatre's most innovative and accessible voices.
Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe (2016–2019); founder and creative director of Wise Children (2019–present)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
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