Emma Dennis-Edwards

Emma Dennis-Edwards is a Writer/Performer of Jamaican and Trinidadian heritage.

Emma’s play BRICKS which she wrote as part of the Old Vic 12 was shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award in 2020. In 2018 Emma’s play Funeral Flowers (which Emma wrote and stars in) was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018 and won the Scotsman’s Fringe First Award and the Filipa Bragança award for best female solo performance. It has since enjoyed sold-out London transfers to The Bunker, Free Word Centre, Bernie Grant Arts Centre, The Roundhouse and Hackney Empire.

In addition to her writing for Theatre, Emma also writes for Television; she was selected for the BBC Studios Writers Academy 2019 and has written Episodes of  EastEnders and Holby City.  Emma is working on original television ideas for independent production companies Balloon, The Forge Red Planet Pictures and Moonage.

Emma recently wrapped filming on BBC3 series Jerk (series 2)Previous Television and Film credits includes: Madly Involved (BBC/Dazed), Sparks: Big Juice (Merman/Ch4), Trap for Cinderella (Forthcoming Productions) BBC Ident Over the Rainbow (Red Bee Media), The Naked Poet (Triple Threat Media). Previous stage credits include venues such as The Traverse, Southwark Playhouse, Arcola Theatre, The Belgrade, Hull Tack and The Finborough.