Emma
Dennis-Edwards

Emma Dennis-Edwards is a Writer/Performer of Jamaican and Trinidadian heritage. Emma has been a participant at Royal Court, Soho Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith and Oval House writers programmes. This year she has been chosen as part of the Almeida Theatre's Genesis Writers Programme and her play Bricks has been shortlisted for the Alfred Fogan Award.

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. 

✭✭✭✭✭ "Funeral Flowers is a beautifully presented illustration of a woman whose strength and determination see her through dark times until she is allowed to blossom" – Marbles Magazine

✭✭✭✭✭ "Impassioned, urgent storytelling like this deserves a big audience" – To Do List

✭✭✭✭✭ "Beautifully written in a poetic but conversational style, Funeral Flowers is an unforgettable, intense experience" - BritishTheatre.com

✭✭✭✭ "Written and performed by Emma Dennis-Edwards with warmth and compassion, but also an unblinking eye" - Scotsman

Emma was chosen as one of the Old Vic 12 Playwrights and recently wrote a Young Vic Community play in 2019.

For screen, Emma is developing original comedy and drama projects; and is part of BBC Studios Writers Academy, BBC Television Drama Writers Programme and Drama Room.