Emma Jordan is Artistic Director of Prime Cut Productions and has directed a strong body of critically acclaimed plays for the company, most recently The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Border Game (Lyric co-productions), Darren Murphy’s X’ntigone, Fionnuala Kennedy’s Removed and East Belfast Boy (Edgefest at The MAC, Edinburgh Fringe and Island of Ireland Tour 2018–19), Red by John Logan (a Prime Cut / Lyric co-production, winner of 4 awards at the 2017 Irish Times Theatre Awards including Best Director and Best Production, nominated for Best Director at the 2017 UK Theatre Awards), Stacey Gregg’s Scorch (winner of 7 international awards including a Scotsman Fringe First, Adelaide Fringe Best Theatre Award and the 2015 Irish Times Theatre Award for Best New Play).
Directing credits also include After Miss Julie (Patrick Marber), The God of Carnage (Yasmina Reza), The Conquest of Happiness (Co-created and directed with Haris Pasovic), I Am My Own Wife (Doug Wright), Blackbird (David Harrower), Shoot the Crow (Owen McCafferty), Scarborough (Fiona Evans), Woman and Scarecrow (Marina Carr) and After the End (Denis Kelly). Emma has also directed The New Electric Ballroom (Gate Theatre, Dublin); Educating Rita, Lovers Winners and Losers and A Streetcar Named Desire (Lyric Theatre); Lord of the Flies (Sherman Theatre Cardiff and Theatr Clwyd) and A Good Turn (Abbey Theatre, Dublin).
Her digital work during the Covid-19 lockdown throughout 2020-21 includes Father the Father by Gilly Campbell for The MAC online; Fionnuala Kennedy’s Removed for Traverse 3 Online, SEODA Culture Ireland Showcase and Imaginate; Solas Nua Prime Cut Showcase and Fintan Brady’s East Belfast Boy for Eastside Arts Festival, Carmarthen Film Festival (Winner Best Poetic Film), Maui Film Festival, Dancer From The Dance Festival at Irish Film Centre and Sydney Opera House UK Australia Season.