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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

Title TBC 

Young Artists Gala

Lady (Macbeth) 

How To Hold Your Breath  

Sweeney Todd 

The Chaplain: A New Musical

Metamorphosis

Storytelling

Mary Shelley 

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) 

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. Will Jackson, Birmingham Hippodrome (upcoming)

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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