Etta Murfitt is the Associate Artistic Director of New Adventures. She has performed in, collaborated on and staged numerous productions for the company including The Midnight Bell, Romeo and Juliet, The Red Shoes, Swan Lake, Early Adventures, Cinderella, Dorian Gray, Edward Scissorhands, Highland Fling, Nutcracker!, The Car Man, The Infernal Galop, The Percys of Fitzrovia, Deadly Serious and Town and Country.
She is the Movement Director and Choreographer for Emma Rice’s Wise Children. Credits for the company include North by Northwest (Directed by Emma Rice, UK Tour); Blue Beard (Directed by Emma Rice. UK Tour); Bagdad Café (Directed by Emma Rice. Old Vic); Wuthering Heights (Directed by Emma Rice. Bristol Old Vic, York Theatre Royal, National Theatre, UK Tour and USA Tour); Romantics Anonymous (Directed by Emma Rice); Choreographer and Nora in Emma Rice’s Wise Children.
Etta was awarded an MBE in June 2022 for services to dance.