Emma Howlett (b.1997) is a British-Irish theatre director, playwright and screenwriter from Bath, now based in London, staging new work and reinventing classics across the UK and in Europe. She is interested in the relationship between movement and text, building ensemble companies, and design-led processes. 

 

As Artistic Director of award-winning company theatregoose, Emma writes, directs, and produces an expanding repertoire of critically acclaimed work including The Plot (2026), Aether (2025), Sisters Three (2024), and Her Green Hell (2023). She was named one of The Stage's Fringe Five for this work in 2025.

 

Emma made her European directorial debut in 2023 with a revival of George Brant's Grounded at The Bridge Theatre, Brussels. 

 

Emma was selected for the National Theatre Studio Directors Course and the Royal Court Writers' Group in 2025. 

 

Emma began directing at theatres such as the Oxford Playhouse and the ADC Theatre in Cambridge whilst studying for her BA in Ancient and Modern History at the University of Oxford, and later researching Greek tragedy for her MPhil at the University of Cambridge.​​​