Emma Rice

This article is about the theatre director. For other people with the same name, see Emma Rice (disambiguation).
Emma Rice
Born
Emma Juliet Rice

1967 (age 56–57)
Oxfordshire, England
Occupation(s)Director, Actress, Writer
Known forKneehigh Theatre,
Shakespeare's Globe,
Wise Children

Emma Juliet Rice[1] (born August 1967) is a British actor, director and writer. Hailed as a fearless director,[2] 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.[3] Rice worked with Kneehigh Theatre[4] 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.[5][6]

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