Emma Black
Emma Black
Actor
Emma Black is an actor, director and teaching artist. She began her career in 2015 creating Share House Theatre Company and has since worked with Queensland Theatre, La Boite, Queensland Music Festival, Ad Astra and QPAC. Emma is passionate about creating new Queensland work.
Biography
Emma Black is an actor, director and teaching artist. She graduated from USQ with a Bachelor of Creative Arts (theatre/acting) in 2014 and co-created Share House Theatre Company. Acting credits with Share House include Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Motormouth and Suckface and Jane and Kel Go To Hell. Other acting credits include Zig Zag Street with Ad Astra and Cocoon with Pink Lake Productions which showed at Wynnum, Adelaide and Melbourne Fringes. Emma’s Directing credits include Squad Goals for Share House, as well as assistant directing Single Asian Female at LaBoite and Mt Isa Blast for Queensland Music Festival. In 2020, Emma participated in Queensland Theatre’s Teaching Artist Program and has taught many programs with QT including their Youth Ensembles, Scene Project and In-school residencies. In 2022, she was a part of a project with Upside Down Media where she performed in 12 short films over 12 months. Most recently, Emma performed in PodSquad, a QPAC educational show at the Ekka.
Ad Astra Plays
Upcoming Plays
Past Plays
Other Plays
2023 - Pod Squad (theatre) - QPAC - Actor
2022 - The Cocoon (theatre) - Pink Lake Productions - Actor- Unrequited
2021 - Zig Zag Street (theatre) - Ad Astra- Hillary/Sal
2019 - Jane and Kel go to Hell (theatre) - Share House TC - Actor - Kel
2019 - Single Asian Female (theatre) - LaBoite - Assistant Director
2019 - Mt Isa Blast (theatre) - Queensland Music Festival - Assistant Director
2019- Squad Goals (theatre)- Share House TC - Director
2018 - Define : Adult (theatre) - La Boite - Actor - Kristy
2017 - Motormouth and Suckface (theatre) - Share House TC - Actor - Tank Ramone
2017 - Macbeth (theatre) - Share House TC - Actor - Lady Macbeth
2017 - Romeo and Juliet (theatre) - Share House TC - Actor - Nurse
Training
2014- University Southern Queensland, Bachelor of Creative Arts (Acting)
2018- La Boite, Young Artist Company
2020- Queensland Theatre, Teaching Artist Program
2021- Kristy Sexton, 101, 102, Comedy Intensive
Representation
Reviews
The entirety of the cast worked so well as a cohesive collective, it is difficult to describe their performances individually. Each were committed to their character, which had clearly been researched and developed into well-rounded and thought out personalities, and interacted with one another with the familiarity one would expect from members of a sports team. Each brought a powerful intensity, light and shade and above all, energy, to their performance. Each actor was faultless in their execution of dialogue and blocking contributing to the overall professionalism of the show.
Yasmin Elahi - Queensland Stage Critics | Read Full Review Here
“ #14, Emma Black, is desperate to stay close to her bestie (#7) but at what price?”
Beth Keehn - Stage Whispers | Read Full Review Here
“Emma Black grabbed attention at the top of the piece, with a playful yet emotionally raw performance. Black was generally a delight to watch.”
Lachlan Driscoll - Theatre Haus | Read more