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Em Sparkes

Director | Choreographer

Em Sparkes is a non-binary (she/they) theatre practitioner based in London. With a strong textual background, they approach the rehearsal room as a space for empathy, visibility, challenge and change.

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Directing 

Assistant Directing 

Choreographing

Bubbly
The Ladder to Heaven
Young Artists Gala
Lady (Macbeth) 
How To Hold Your Breath  
Sweeney Todd 
The Chaplain: A New Musical
Metamorphosis
Storytelling
Mary Shelley 

The Elixir of Love ( Resident Director) 
Sea Change
The Elixir of Love 
Amelie: The Musical
The Wolves
Gypsy
No Flirting in the Bunker, Please 

Pride and Prejudice
Lord of the Flies
The Pirates of Penzance
Thunderstorm
Sweeney Todd
The Drowsy Chaperone
Electra: Haimara
The Herb Garden

Camden People's Theatre (upcoming) 
St Martin In The Fields (upcoming)
Waterperry Opera Festival, Oxford
The Backstage, Mountview
Studio 2, Mountview
ADC Theatre, Cambridge
Lion & Unicorn Theatre, London
Corpus Playroom, Cambridge
Larkum Studio, ADC Theatre, Cambridge
Larkum Studio, ADC Theatre, Cambridge

Dir. John Wilkie, Wilton's Music Hall, London
Dir. Will Jackson, Birmingham Hippodrome 
Dir. John Wilkie, Waterperry Opera Festival, Oxford
Dir. Steve Grihault, The Mack, Mountview, London
Dir. Laura Checkley, Studio 2, Mountview, London
Dir. Steve Grihault, Sudio 2, Mountview, London
Dir. Jennifer Lane Baker, Hen & Chickens Theatre, London​

ADC Theatre, Cambridge
Corpus Playroom, Cambridge
Minack Theatre, Cornwall
ADC Theatre, Cambridge
ADC Theatre, Cambridge
ADC Theatre, Cambridge
Willow Studio, Edinburgh
Corpus Playroom, Cambridge

Education

2025-2026

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts 

Master's Degree in Directing

Across her invaluable time at Mountview, Em directed multiple shows of her own, including Lady (Macbeth), which she also adapted and choreographed, and How to Hold Your Breath, and assisted on productions of Amelie, The Wolves and Gypsy. 

2022-2025

Christ's College, University of Cambridge

Undergraduate Degree in English 

Whilst achieving her degree in English at Christ's College, Em was also President of the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, sat on the executive committee of the ADC Theatre, and a choral scholar, touring to Canada, New Zealand and Belgium, alongside recording multiple albums with the choir. 

2015-2022

Kimbolton School

A Levels and GCSEs

At Kimbolton, Em was both an Academic Exhibitioner and received a Music Scholarship. She achieved straight A*'s and 9/8's across all of her A Levels and GCSEs. 

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