Emily is a London-based director, originally from Greece, working across theatre, opera, and film. She is the founder and artistic director of Collide, a theatre company specialising in blending classic texts with dance and music. She holds an MFA in Theatre Directing from Birkbeck, University of London as well as a BA in English Literature from UCL. In addition to her directing credits, she has also worked as a Resident Assistant Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, as an Associate Director at the Greek National Opera, and as Staff Director at OperaUpClose and the English Touring Opera. Emily has also directed for a variety of London drama schools, including ArtsEd, Drama Studio London, Rose Bruford, and UAL. Selected theatre credits as Director include: Tick, Tick… Boom! (Greek National Opera - 2025/2026), Blindness (Athens & Epidaurus Festival - 2025), Fabulous Creatures (Arcola Theatre - 2024), The Woman Who Turned Into A Tree (Omnibus Theatre - 2023), Symptoms of Weightlessness (Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus, Greece - 2023), The Coral (Finborough Theatre - 2022), Labor (Poreia Theatre, Athens - 2022), Metamorphosis (HOME;New Diorama - 2019). https://www.emilylouizou.com/