Emma Rucastle is a Lancaster-based theatre director and creative practitioner. Passionate about inclusive theatre, she has devised and directed a wide variety of professional and community performances in theatres, libraries, churches, parks, streets, squares and castles. She has particular interests in early modern texts, verbatim theatre, audio drama and new writing. Selected directing credits include: Love's Victory (Penshurst Place), Macbeth (Rotherham Shakespeare Festival), A Christmas Carol and Holmes for Christmas (Lancaster Castle), I Have A Speech of Fire (The Rose Company), Right Where We Are (TramShed Inclusive Theatre Company), A Midsummer Night's Dream and A North Lancashire Passion (ELART Productions). www.elartproductions.co.uk @elartpro