Emma Hawkins | Director | Playwright | Creative
Theatre
The Rhythm of Life
OXOPS 80th Anniversary
Choreographer
July 2026
Oxford Playhouse
Photos by Hannah Veale
Persephone [UK Tour]
by Emma Hawkins and Carrie Penn
Director/Writer
August 2022
Junction Theatre, Cambridge | Little Theatre, Doncaster
The Courtyard, London
Photos by Paul Ashley and Ana Pagu
Reviews
“Ingeniously written and directed by Emma Hawkins”
Fairy Powered Productions
☆☆☆☆
“Rich in romance, comedy and heartache"
Cambridge Edition
“An astounding work of art”
Broadway Baby
☆☆☆☆
Persephone
by Emma Hawkins and Carrie Penn
Director/Writer/Set Designer
November 2021
Oxford Playhouse
Reviews
“The best of modern versus classical storytelling.”
Breaking the Fourth Wall
“Hawkins intertwines the tragic Greek narrative with modern dialogue to create an engaging and wildly relatable show.”
Polkadot Pages
“It is easy to forget that the script is student-written, but Hawkins deserves another applause.”
The Poor Print
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Co-Director
Audio Play
June 2021
Little Shop of Horrors
by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken
Director
Online Production
October 2020
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Chicago
by John Kander and Fred Ebb
Director
Keble O'Reilly
November 2019
Reviews
“Oxford is graced with student vaudeville at its best”
Cherwell
☆☆☆☆☆
“I keep a slim file of memorabilia of a dozen or so student shows from what seems like the hundreds I’ve seen – the crème de la crème. This Chicago‘s programme has already found its way into it.”
Daily Info
“Chicago: well-designed and well-executed… a must-see”
Oxford Opening Night
Your Little Play
By Anna Myrmus
Assistant Director
Michael Pilch Studio
May 2019
The Last Judgement
Adapted by Alex Gunn and Amy Hemsworth
Director
St Edmund Hall (Medieval Mystery Play Cycle)
April 2019
Made in Dagenham
by David Arnold, Richard Thomas and Richard Bean
Assistant Director/Chaperone
Oxford Playhouse
February 2019
Untitled (Greenwich Village 1989)
by Emma Hawkins and Benedict Mulcare
Director/Producer/Designer
Immersive performance installation
Oxford Brookes University
June 2018
Black Comedy
by Peter Schaffer
Director/Designer
Burton Taylor Studio
March 2017
