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Emma Adams

Emma has been a tourist guide, a dinner lady and a musician; she is now a writer. She has made short films (Elipticus and Ripe), which have been shown in festivals in the UK as well as Internationally. She wrote her first play 'For Sale', written specifically for the house it was performed in (April 2007) and a two part radio drama 'The Silver Hammer Gated Community Radio Hour' for Interplay's 'I Love West Leeds' Festival 2007. 'Forgotten Things' is her first play for Red Ladder. She is currently developing a TV Series: ‘Northern Souls’ - a dark comedy/satire - co writing with Caroline Mitchell and is writing another play, ‘Ugly’ for Red Ladder Theatre Company which plans to Tour Autumn-Winter 2010. She divides her time between writing, working with young people on creative projects, making experimental music with her present band ‘Portable Pony’, lecturing in Creative Writing and DJing. She lives in Bradford. She loves tea..

The Enough Project – In the eye of the storm and after…
September 15, 2011 – 8:16 pm | One Comment
The Enough Project – In the eye of the storm and after…

After the rehearsed reading at Theatre in The Mill, Emma Adams looks back on the process and talks about what come next.

#DandD6 – A place where thought and passion transforms into action.
February 3, 2011 – 11:21 am | No Comment
#DandD6 – A place where thought and passion transforms into action.

Fresh back from Devoted & Disgruntled 6 in London Emma Adams gives us the low down.

The Ugly Truth Blog 12 – And then it was gone…
November 24, 2010 – 11:32 am | No Comment
The Ugly Truth Blog 12 – And then it was gone…

The Ugly tour is over and writer Emma Adams looks back at one hell of a roller coaster ride.

The Ugly Truth Blog 11 – Letting Go…
September 19, 2010 – 6:38 pm | 10 Comments
The Ugly Truth Blog 11 – Letting Go…

One week before Ugly opens, Emma give her thoughts about seeing the script come to life in the rehearsal room.

The Ugly Truth: Blog 10 – Everything Happens At Once
August 25, 2010 – 10:19 pm | No Comment
The Ugly Truth: Blog 10 – Everything Happens At Once

It’s now a week before the rehearsals for Ugly begin, but first Emma Adams has 2 months of exciting news for you to catch up on.

The Ugly Truth: Blog 9 – Creative meetings…
June 29, 2010 – 8:19 pm | No Comment
The Ugly Truth: Blog 9 – Creative meetings…

This month Writer Emma Adams attends a creative meeting about the sound and set design of Ugly and gets very over excited.

The Ugly Truth:Blog 8 – Casting
June 1, 2010 – 9:37 am | No Comment
The Ugly Truth:Blog 8 – Casting

This month Ugly takes a step closer to realisation as the parts get cast…

The Ugly Truth: Blog 7 – OH MY GOLLY – Or how I learned to love the scalpel, and sliced the 2nd draft.
April 26, 2010 – 3:16 pm | 3 Comments
The Ugly Truth: Blog 7 – OH MY GOLLY –  Or how I learned to love the scalpel, and sliced the 2nd draft.

This month writer Emma Adams gets her red pen out and faces up to the horror of delivering the 2nd draft of Ugly, her new play for Red Ladder.

The Ugly Truth Blog 6 – Notes From My Sick Bed
April 6, 2010 – 2:19 pm | No Comment
The Ugly Truth Blog 6 – Notes From My Sick Bed

This month find out if writer Emma Adams survives the first read though of Ugly at Red Ladder HQ.

The Ugly Truth Blog 5 – For Every Action There Is An Equal And Opposite Reaction
February 21, 2010 – 7:49 pm | One Comment
The Ugly Truth Blog 5 – For Every Action There Is An Equal And Opposite Reaction

With draft one of Ugly in – its feedback time!

Blog 4 – An Unnatural Sense of Calm…
January 25, 2010 – 10:17 am | One Comment
Blog 4 – An Unnatural Sense of Calm…

Draft one is almost complete, the calm before the storm descends…Emma battens down the hatches and takes a mouthful of bombay mix before preparing to send her baby out into the world.

Blog 3 – Draft Zero
January 5, 2010 – 11:26 am | One Comment
Blog 3 – Draft Zero

Wash that potty mouth out! Poor Emma struggles to get to Draft 0 but after some serious prevarication she get’s it done! Hurrah

The Ugly Truth 2 – Stories from behind the scenes:
December 2, 2009 – 8:18 pm | No Comment
The Ugly Truth 2 – Stories from behind the scenes:

The second in a series of blogs where writer Emma Adams shares the highs and lows of writing ‘Ugly’ her next play for Red Ladder Theatre Company. This month its all about tone…

The Ugly Truth – Stories from behind the scenes:
October 26, 2009 – 7:39 pm | No Comment
The Ugly Truth – Stories from behind the scenes:

The first in a series of blogs where writer Emma Adams shares the highs and lows of writing ‘Ugly’ her next play for Red Ladder Theatre Company. From commission to opening night the trip starts here!

Forgotten Things – Postscript From Edinburgh
September 18, 2009 – 4:53 pm | 4 Comments
Forgotten Things – Postscript From Edinburgh

Catch up with Emma after her momentous journey to Edinburgh, read the reviews and find out where you can see Forgotten Things

Frenetic a go go I should co co as Forgotten Things takes flight at the Edinburgh Festival
August 11, 2009 – 6:21 pm | 3 Comments
Frenetic a go go I should co co as Forgotten Things takes flight at the Edinburgh Festival

The final chapter from Emma Adams on her road to Edinburgh Festival journey. Want to find out how the Meyer-Whitworth Award shortlisted play went? Then read on…

Butterflies zinging round my belly – Forgotten Things enters ‘week zero’ – a technical phrase – at the Edinburgh Festival
August 2, 2009 – 9:19 pm | One Comment
Butterflies zinging round my belly – Forgotten Things enters ‘week zero’ – a technical phrase – at the Edinburgh Festival

So. Blimey it’s been a frightening / exhilarating week. I had to wait, biting my nails, till this Friday to see the dress rehearsal.  I won’t bore you with the nervous twitching I went through …

Excitomatic – Forgotten Things is going to the Edinburgh Festival:
July 26, 2009 – 9:05 pm | No Comment
Excitomatic – Forgotten Things is going to the Edinburgh Festival:

First installment of a warts and all ‘Road to Edinburgh Festival’ blog where we follow local writer Emma Adams as she takes her play, Forgotten Things, to Edinburgh Festival this summer.