Puppet Technician / Captain / Puppeteer
Emily Cooper trained as a puppeteer at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Theatre Credits include: Dragons & Mythical Beasts ( London & UK tour), War Horse (West End), Kate Bush Before the Dawn (The London Apollo), Dinosaur World Live (UK, Kuwait & Us Tour), Into The Dark Blue (Autin Dance), Finders Keepers (Theatre Rites), Lucid (Twice Shy Theatre), Sooty (National Tour), Crazy Kitchen Crew (European Tour), Puppetry Director - Morphic Grafitti’s Sherlock Holmes.
TV credits include: Newzoids (ITV), Strange Hill High (CBBC), Ellie Goulding (The Royal Variety Performances), Becca’s Bunch ( Nickelodeon Junior), Gerry Anderson’s Firestorm (Minisode), Luna Greenpeace Advert.
Emily is also a professional musician and singer songwriter. She has performed nationally and internationally.
Emily joined the permanent Nicoll Entertainment team earlier this year as a Senior Puppet Technician & Consultant, and oversees and trains new puppet technicians across all of our shows.