Ireland
Freelance Researcher, Set, Puppet and Costume Designer, Puppeteer, Playwright, Educator and Installation Artist. Running workshops in all of the above. Set up Beyond the Bark puppet and installation theatre in 2007. Design Reviews Bread not Profits 'Emma Fisher, Zia Bergin-Holly and John Galvin, with original music by David Blake, use the Cleeves space to create something that is truly exceptional in both scale and content.' https://www.irishtimes.com/topics/topics-7.1213540?article=true&tag_person=Emma+Fisher What Happened Bridgie Cleary "Emma Fisher’s set was simple yet imaginative." http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/Reviews/Current/What-Happened-Bridgie-Cleary The Fishermans Son, Don Juan in Hell and Revengers Tragedy "Emma Fisher’s transformative designs for The Fisherman’s Son, Don Juan in Hell andThe Revenger’s Tragedy used every inch of the limited theatre space, drawing the eye up to its farthest corners, and inviting the imagination to roam down through the concrete floor or suggestively up through the ceiling." Irish Theatre Magazine Sara Keating http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/Features/Current/Sharing-resources-at-the-Limerick-Theatre-Hub Turning Turtles Emma Fisher’s and Daragh Bradshaw’s set design is a feat in visual art Turning Turtles Breda Shannon Irish Theatre Magazine Soh A visually intriguing set designed by Emma Fisher provides physical representations of the onstage themes. Colored ribbons extend long and plentifully from an old typewriter. Flashes of red, yellow and purple as they move, changing the dimensions of the space. All elements coalesce in this intimate glance at the workings of our human hearts. SOH Irish Theatre Magazine Don Juan in Hell Emma Fisher’s cobwebbed set is a refreshingly original version of hell, the half-sunken statues and allusively ascending staircase taking an abstract rather then a literal approach to preconceptions, and her transformative costumes are similarly inventive Don Juan in Hell Sara Keating Irish Times Beyond the Bark Reviews The Bright Side of the Moon The overall feel of this piece is satisfyingly beautiful, enchanting, charming and delicate Erica McElligott Brighton Fringe Review Turning Turtles ...mesmerising and enlightening.....The show’s use of marionette, rod, hand and shadow puppetry is quite magical and entirely captivating Breada Shannon Irish Theatre magazine
Beyond the Bark create visual theatre for both adults and children using puppetry, mask and physical performance. Founded in 2007, our first show What the Cat dragged In was selected to represent Ireland on the main stage at the 2007 Prague Quadrennial . Since then we have been touring to Festivals in Ireland, the Uk and Europe with show’s such as Foreign Object 2007 -2009, Walking Shadow 2007-2008, The Flying Giraffe (street theatre)2008,Oddity of Feathers 2009, Turning Turtles 2009, The Bright Side of the Moon 2011 and currently working on The Old Man and the Sea with Puca Puppets
An early years tradional music and puppet show that premiers in the National Concert Hall as part of the Tradition Now Festival
On the Inside and On the Outside by Tom Murphy, Directed by Joan Sheehy Working with the 4th year BA Contemporary and Applied Theatre students.