Etta Murfitt

Previous work for Emma Rice Company includes: North by Northwest (UK and US tours); The Buddha of Suburbia (RSC/Barbican Theatre); Blue Beard (UK tour), Wuthering Heights (UK and International tours); Bagdad Café (Old Vic); and Wise Children (UK tour).

Etta also worked with Emma and Mike Shepherd for Kneehigh theatre in many shows including The Wild Bride, The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, Dead Dog in a Suitcase, Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Tin Drum.

Etta is Associate Artistic Director of Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures and has performed in and collaborated on many shows including Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Edward Scissorhands, Sleeping Beauty, The Red Shoes, Dorian Gray and, most recently, Romeo and Juliet and Midnight Bell.

Choreography credits include: The Unbelievers (Royal Court Theatre); Choreographic Associate for Oliver! (Chichester Festival Theatre); Orpheus in the Underworld (English National Opera); A Clockwork Orange (Everyman & Playhouse); Romantics Anonymous, Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Globe); Le Nozzedi Figaro (Holland Park Opera); The Way of the World (Wilton’s Music Hall); The Infernal Galop (Images of Dance/Sarasota Ballet); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Chichester Festival Theatre/ Haymarket Theatre); Travesties (Birmingham Rep) and Sleeping Beauty (Birmingham Rep).

TV & Film credits include: Nutcracker (BBC/NVC); The Car Man (Channel 4); Cinderella (South Bank Show, ITV); Swan Lake (BBC); Late Flowering Lust (BBC); Roald Dahl’s Red Riding Hood (BBC); Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre (BBC); Storm (Aletta Collins / BBC) and Swan Lake 3D (Sky Arts).