Emily James

Cast Set For THE GLASS MENAGERIE at Dundee Rep Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Aug 21, 2025

Dundee Rep Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for a major new production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, directed by Dundee Rep Theatre’s Artistic Director, Andrew Panton.

Emily James Sets New EP 'Summer Nostalgia,' Shares First Single
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 21, 2025

Singer-songwriter Emily James has announced her next project, Summer Nostalgia. Over six songs, she unfolds a coming-of-age tale of two people reconnecting after years of distance. James introduces listeners to the story with the first single “Suburbia,” available now.

Emily James Releases New Three-Song EP 'The aFtErMaTh' 　​  ​ 
by Josh Sharpe - Nov 22, 2024

New York-based singer-songwriter Emily James is pleased to share her three-song EP, The aFtErMaTh. The project serves as an epilogue to the two part EP project, The aLtErNaTeS, released earlier this year. Listen to it now.

Review: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Royal Lyceum Theatre
by Mary Baillie - Nov 4, 2024

Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Kirsty Stuart) arrives at her sister Stella’s (Nalini Chetty) run-down apartment in New Orleans. Almost immediately Blanche starts butting heads with Stella’s abusive husband Stanley (Matthew Trevannion) catalysing a whirlwind of events toying between naturalism and magical realism. The play touches on themes of female ageism, misogyny, beauty standards, queerness and the darker side of the ‘American Dream’.

SHIRLEY VALENTINE Returns To Pitlochry Festival Theatre in July
by Stephi Wild - May 7, 2024

Pitlochry Festival Theatre will welcome back its award-winning production of the much-loved comedy Shirley Valentine this summer. 

Emily James Releases 'London' From The 'ALtErNaTeS Pt. 2' EP
by Michael Major - Mar 22, 2024

Emily James unveils her latest EP, THE ALTERNATES PT. 2, featuring the lead single 'London'. Dive into her new music and explore the creative journey behind the release. 'London' is the song that everyone needs, fresh out of a breakup. The stunning, heart-wrenching ballad is the lead single for Emily James' forthcoming EP, The aLtErNaTeS, Pt. 2.

Review: THE SNOW QUEEN, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Nov 25, 2023

When the beautiful and fearsome Snow Queen steals young Kei away to her frozen kingdom, she leaves behind the brave and brilliant Gerda, an Edinburgh lass who will stop at nothing to rescue her best friend.

Review: HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING at Rogue Machine-Matrix
by Evan Henerson - Sep 1, 2023

The L.A. premiere of Will Arbery’s HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING is an example of Southland live stage at its finest – an intelligent, slickly-cast think play, compellingly directed by Rogue Theatre Company Artistic Director Guillermo Cienfuegos for a company that rarely misfires.

Interview: Playwright Will Arbery Takes on Catholic Conservatives in His HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING
by Gil Kaan - Aug 21, 2023

Rogue Machine Southern California Premiere of Will Arbery’s Heroes of the Fourth Turning just opened August 19, 2023, at the Rogue Machine at the Matrix. Rogue Machine Theatre’s artistic director Guillermo Cienfuegos directs the cast of Roxanne Hart, Evangeline Edwards, Samuel Garnett, Stephen Tyler Howell and Emily James. Will found time between his moving in and rehearsals to answer a few of my queries.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Presents Barrowland Ballet's FAMILY PORTRAIT At Zoo Dovecot Studios
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 20, 2023

Selected as part of the prestigious Made in Scotland Showcase, FAMILY PORTRAIT is an interactive video installation work, full of humour, candour, joy and love capturing Barrowland Ballet's Artistic Director, Natasha Gilmore, and her three children - Otis, Iggy and Frieda. It allows the audience an in-depth insight into what it is to be a mother and a single parent to three young children.

Cast Set For A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at Pitlochry Festival
by Stephi Wild - Apr 19, 2023

This June Pitlochry Festival Theatre is set to stage an exciting and rare Scottish revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams’ powerful and iconic portrayal of love, lust and loneliness.

Portair Shares New Single 'Hellbent' Amid Tour Dates
by Michael Major - Apr 6, 2023

Australian-born and Los Angeles-based artist Portair announces he will join pop singer-songwriter Begonia on several east coast dates later this month. The new dates compliment the run Portair is currently on supporting City Of The Sun. Tickets are also on-sale for his first headline tour of his home country since before 2020.

Emily James Shares the New Single 'Happy For Me'
by Michael Major - Feb 3, 2023

For the accompanying music video, Emily took on directorial duties, delivering a fun, expressive, carefree visual to go with the track. We see her at a decked-out party complete with a champagne tower and fine China. Yet inside, she can’t let go of her aprehension. As the video plays, we see her let loose, unafraid to just be herself.

Portair Shares New Single 'Afterglow' Featuring Wynne
by Michael Major - Jan 13, 2023

The Learning How To Die EP includes his recent singles “Above The Salt,” which features VÉRITÉ, and “Life We’ve Built,” which tapped singer-songwriter Emily James.   The EP follows his viral single “Gloaming Hour,” which racked up over 5 million plays on TikTok.

Emily James Shares New Single 'Life We've Built'
by Michael Major - Dec 2, 2022

Australian-born and Los Angeles-based artist, Portair, teams up with fellow Angelino singer-songwriter Emily James on their intimate new single, “Life We’ve Built (featuring Emily James).” The achingly beautiful track is a hushed love letter from one partner to another.

Review: SHIRLEY VALENTINE, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Oct 23, 2022

Shirley Valentine is a celebration of women, freedom and what it means to find yourself again. We meet Shirley, a bored, middle-aged wife and mother, when she’s contemplating what has happened to her youth, feeling stagnant and in a rut. Her children are all grown up and she frequently talks to the wall in her kitchen while preparing her husband’s regular evening meal of egg and chips. When her best friend offers to pay for a trip for two to Greece, she packs her bags, leaves a note on the cupboard door in the kitchen, and heads off for a fortnight of rest and relaxation. In Greece, she meets Costas, rediscovers herself, finds happiness, and everything she has been missing. She realises that there is more to life than the dull, mundane existence she leads back home. So now, Shirley has a big decision to make.

Sally Reid Will Play Shirley Valentine in Pitlochry Festival Theatre Revival of SHIRLEY VALENTINE Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 21, 2022

Pitlochry Festival Theatre is set to open its Autumn season with television and stage actor Sally Reid (Scot Squad, BBC Scotland) starring in a brand-new revival of the much-loved award-winning comedy Shirley Valentine, Willy Russell's (Blood Brothers and Educating Rita) heart-warming story about a middle-aged, working-class Liverpool housewife whose life is transformed after a holiday in Greece.

BWW Review: ORPHANS, Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Apr 9, 2022

Glasgow, 1998, one hell of a storm is ripping through the city. The Flynn siblings just need to survive the night and make it to their mother's funeral in the morning. Read our BWW critic's review.

Colonial Williamsburg Actors Portray Historical Characters Both on Stage and Off
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2021

Colonial Williamsburg is showcasing its past with live theater on the streets. The town features actors portraying iconic figures in history, including Emily James as Edith Cumbo, a free woman of color who once walked the streets of Williamsburg. She chats with tourists, teaching them about Cumbo's past. She has been playing the role for a decade.

10th Annual New Play-Reading Festival Announced at The Growing Stage
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 20, 2021

The Growing Stage: The Children's Theatre of New Jersey, located in the Historic Palace Theatre on Route 183 in Netcong has announced four plays selected for their 10th Annual New Play-Reading Festival happening March 26th through the 28th.