Em Leites McPherson

Oh, hey there. As you will see, I wouldn’t know what having a niche feels like.

Librarian 2022-23, 23-24
Archivist 2023-24
Co-President 2024-25

In addition to Bedlam projects, I was one of the stage and set managers for Paradok’s play Ondine in March 2022.
I also work with a non-student amateur company, Strawmoddie. We do Terry Pratchett plays and other fun stuff.
Guards! Guards!, June 2023, Cymera Festival
Hogfather, December 2023, Pleasance Theatre
Men At Arms, June 2024, Cymera Festival
Going Postal, to be perforned December 2024, Pleasance Theatre.

I am one of the army of EUSA Ents crew, so if you need deets on a EUSA venue I can probably provide.

I enjoy reading new writing! If you want anything read over for a general grammar edit, vibes check, or just AGH HELP, shoot me an email or a message and I’ll read your stuff :))

Projects

"Songs from the Bedlam" by Mick Zijdel

Friday 15 October - Sunday 17 October 2021

Bedlam’s back, with music!

Position: Set Assistant

"Freshers Play 2021: The Plays That Never Were" by The Freshers

Saturday 23 October 2021

Please purchase tickets in advance, they will be £1 more expensive on the door! Bedlam’s back, but it wasn’t an easy...

Position: Group 2 Child (Director / Co-Writer / Official Panicker)

"Escape the Bedlam" by Phoebe Kellogg

Wednesday 10 November - Friday 12 November 2021

Bedlam Theatre is now the site of two terrible tragedies. Come join us and test your skills by solving puzzles, conun...

Position: Co-Stage Manager

"Festival of New Theatre in Scotland (FoNTS) " by Various

Monday 14 March - Wednesday 16 March 2022

A new festival celebrating new theatre from our Community

Position: Co-Marketing Manager/Archivist

"The Silver thread: Stories from the North Sea" by Ailsa Dixon

Thursday 06 October 2022

Ailsa Dixon weaves the personal, fantastical, and historical into a tapestry of tales that explores the mythologies a...

Position: Stage Manager

"halfBaked 2022/2023" by Never Set

Monday 10 October 2022 - Thursday 30 March 2023

halfBaked is an EUTC series of shows with the single aim of just enjoying acting. We don’t do auditions we just take ...

Position: Person who came up with the name

"Spiderman: Into the Pantoverse" by Em Leites McPherson & Lewis Eggeling

Wednesday 30 November - Saturday 03 December 2022

With great panto comes great responsibility.

Position: Co-Director / Writer

"The Nativity! (2022)" by Liz Dooley, Jude Rogers, Rorke Wilson, Alexander Morzeria-Davis, Jane Simmons

Friday 16 December 2022

As the first great Nativity proposal reads: “Why don’t we do a school nativity in Bedlam” “Yes, why don’t we?” “No wa...

Position: Tinsel Inspector (Actor)

"Bedfest 2023" by The Edinburgh University Theatre Company

Monday 23 January - Saturday 28 January 2023

The annual celebration of Bedlam. Open all week midday to midnight

Position: Welfare Contact

"Midlands in Midlothian 2023" by Never Set

Friday 17 February - Sunday 19 February 2023

Nottingham New Theatre visit and perform a show!

Position: Programming

"Translations" by Brian Friel

Wednesday 01 March - Saturday 04 March 2023

Even if I did speak Irish, I’d always be considered an outsider here, wouldn’t I?

Position: Lighting Assistant / Set Assistant

"A Halfbaked Heist" by Em Leites McPherson

Friday 10 March 2023

A silly play about baking. Tickets come with cake!

Position: Writer

"Candlewasters March Showcase" by Candlewasters

Friday 24 March 2023

March 24th marks the final Candlewasters showcase of the year! We are ending everyone’s hard work this year with a no...

Position: Director

"The Tempest" by William Shakespeare

Tuesday 28 March - Saturday 01 April 2023

We are such stuff as dreams are made on.

Position: Actor (Gonzalo)

"Bedlam Fringe 2023" by EUTC

Wednesday 02 August - Sunday 27 August 2023

We are very excited to be opening the big red doors again for the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival! Our programme is no...

Position: Deputy Venue Manager

"The Booth" by Otis Kelly

Wednesday 02 August - Sunday 13 August 2023

Step into the sound studio and witness the mysterious world of radio theatre in this comedy/thriller. Our story cent...

Position: Tech Manager

"Welcome Week 2023" by The Edinburgh University Theatre Company

Monday 11 September - Sunday 17 September 2023

Find all information about workshops, socials, and shows taking place this Welcome Week (as well as throughout the ye...

Position: Archivist

"halfBaked 2023/2024" by Never Set

Tuesday 17 October 2023 - Thursday 28 March 2024

halfBaked returns for its second year of goofiness, hijinks, low-stakes theatre, and fully baked goods!

Position: Assistant to Mx. Niven

"Guards! Guards!" by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Stephen Briggs

Wednesday 25 October - Saturday 28 October 2023

‘He made a big speech about how he was going to kill the dragon, overthrow the usurpers and right all wrongs. Everyon...

Position: Director

"halfBled: DRACULA" by Bram Stoker

Thursday 02 November 2023

A halfBaked Halloween

Position: Actor (Renfield/Ivan/Ship Captain)

"Slash" by Huw Turnbull

Thursday 02 November - Friday 03 November 2023

Slash is a stylised pressure cooker black comedy that draws upon the tropes of dark academia, murder mysteries, horro...

Position: Set Designer

"Monty Panto and the 12-ish Labours" by Miki Ivan & Fiona Connor

Wednesday 29 November - Saturday 02 December 2023

In the beginning was the game, the game was with God, and the game *was* God.

Position: Welfare

"Sherlock Holmes: Choose Your Own halfVenture" by Leon Niven

Friday 26 January 2024

A halfBaked Improv

Position: Actor (Billy Whiggins)

"Pride & Prejudice" by Eloise Reading and Em Leites McPherson, after Jane Austen

Friday 09 February 2024

A halfBaked Valentine's

Position: Writer

"A Taste of Honey" by Shelagh Delaney

Wednesday 20 March - Friday 22 March 2024

“My usual self is a very unusual self, Geoffrey Ingram, and don’t you forget it!” Manchester, 1958. The leaden Irwel...

Position: Producer / Set Assistant

"M.A.D: Mutually Assured Destruction" by William Oliveira

Wednesday 27 March - Saturday 30 March 2024

Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Brian De Gousch, and I warmly welcome you all to the world premiere of my live-actio...

Position: Set Designer

"Sherlock Holmes and the Bohemian Scandal (StuFF)" by Dave Bumnote

Tuesday 11 June 2024

A halfBaked production, in Nottingham!

Position: Stage Manager

"Around the World in Nine-ish Plays" by The Freshers

Thursday 26 September - Saturday 28 September 2024

Good evening, assistants. My name is Fileas Frogg. Thank you for joining me for this momentous retelling of my advent...

Position: Creative Director

"A halfBaked Carol" by Em Leites McPherson

Thursday 21 November 2024

’Twas the night before November 21st, and Ebeneezer Scrooge is not in a celebrating mood. He’s the most miserly, grum...

Position: Writer

"Bedlam Community Festival" by the Edinburgh University Theatre Company

Saturday 07 December - Sunday 08 December 2024

CommunityFest

Position: Tech contingency