about
"What a publicist"
"To be in such safe hands is truly delightful."
Suzie Miller, Playwright
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Emma Collison Publicity is a PR consultancy specialising in the performing arts - dance, music, theatre, circus, musicals, film and visual arts.
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With over 37 years in the industry, ECP's track record speaks for itself.
After completing a BA in Dance, Emma decided to dive head-first into PR. Her aim was to fill theatres with audiences by enticing Australian media to sthe magic of the performing arts with the
Her first stop was the '1988 Adelaide Festival, Artistic Director Lord Harewood. What a place to learn, artists included Twyla Tharp Dance, Sarah Vaughan and Peter Brook’s Mahabharata at the Quarry.
In '89 Emma was the first full-time Publicist Sydney Dance Company appointed, selected from 100 applications. It was a publicist’s’ dream, a creative minefield, promoting the work of legends Graeme Murphy and Janet Vernon, and to be guided by marketing dynamo Janine Kyle.
The job introduced Emma to the national media landscape, planning and implementing national SDC tour campaigns. The international tours were an added bonus and Emma travelled with the company to Colombia and Venezuela for a very memorable tour! The Some Rooms set went missing in action for part of the tour when a drug dealer hijacked the aircraft which was transporting the set! Armed with media and client contacts in 1995 Emma departed SDC and established her own PR consultancy Emma Collison Publicity.
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80s Flashback - Emma setting up a PR photoshoot with Paul Mercurio for Sydney Dance Company
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Sydney Opera House, Creative Australia, WOMADelaide, House of Oz, Sydney Dance Company, Bangarra, Sydney Film Festival, Adelaide Festival, NZ International arts festival, APRA AMCOS, Concourse Theatre Chatswood, MCA, Biennale of Sydney, Arts Projects Australia, MG Presents,, Sydney Theatre Company, Griffin Theatre, ​Bell Shakespeare, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, SIMA, Ensemble Offspring, Australian String Quartet, Canberra International Music Festival, and Piano Plus.​​ (formerly Sydney International Piano Competition).​
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"From radio to print to TV you have me moving around, have kept me in the know through texts, emails and calls - to be in such safe hands is truly delightful.
What a publicist."
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International Festivals
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Creative Australia's Next Wave Down at BAM, New York city 2001
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Celebrate Australia – Shanghai – a week of Australian arts as part of the 2002 Shanghai Festival NZ International arts festival - Australian publicist,2010
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House of Oz - Philanthropist - Edinburgh Fringe and Edinburgh Festival –2024 and 2025
Australian Festivals
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National Publicist - Adelaide Festival 1988, 1996, ,1998 & 2000
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Sydney Fringe Festival Publicist 2020
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WOMDelaide - National Publicist and on site media1995 to 2007
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Message Sticks Film Festival - Sydney Opera House​​ – 2010 - 2012
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Queensland Biennial Festival of Music – 2001
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​Sydney Con Jazz Festival - 2021, 2022, 2024
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Canberra International Music Festival - 2024
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Dance ​
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Sydney Dance Company Resident Publicist
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Bangarra Dance Theatre consultant 2000 to 2008
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NAISDA
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English National Ballet - Concourse Theatre 2012
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Eifman Ballet (Russia) 2012
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Victorian State Ballet 2022, 2023
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Form Dance Dance Projects 2022, 2023
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Pilobolous Andrew Kay and Associates 2009​​
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Theatre
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Moira Blumenthal Productions 2023, 2024
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Bell Shakespeare's Richard III with Kate Mulvaney (national tour 2017 )
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Kneehigh Theatre UK Brief Encounter UK (Arts Projects Australia national tour 2015).​
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Sydney Theatre Company (national publicist 2010)
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Griffin Theatre Company (2014 & 2015)
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Lenny Henry (national tours Maggie Gerrand Productions 1996 & 1998)
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The Boy from Oz with Hugh Jackman (Pollack Consulting 2016) ​
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Priscilla (Back Row Productions and Bridges PR 2017)
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La Fura Del Baus XXX - 2003 Andrew Kay
Visual Arts
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Museum of Contemporary Art (2000 and 20022 including Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe and Jeff Koons Puppy.)
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Biennale of Sydney (Publicist for the 12th and 13th)​
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Music highlights
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Joshua Fields and Academy of St Martin in the Fields (Sydney Opera House) ​
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Burt Bacharach, Michael Parkinson and the Whitlams (Sydney Opera House Sydney Symphony Orchestra 2007)​
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Buena Vista Social Club’s Adios (national tour MG Presents 2015)
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Ludovico Einaudi, Original Gypsies, Angélique Kidjo (Arts Projects Australia)​​​​
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Enemble Offspring - Music Machine - April 2025 - new music triumph
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Thank you to my mentors to
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Bruce Pollack who kindly contracted me to work on block-buster musicals Priscilla and Boy from Oz.,
Janine Kyle, former SDC Marketing Manager, for guiding me through my early years.
Graeme Murphy for being the most creative and funniest person ever!
Barrie Kosky for setting Adelaide on fire in 1996 with his Hills Hoist Adelaide Festival.
Former Sydney Opera House producers Wendy Martin, Greg Clarke, &Maggie Gerrand of MGPresents for being such
supportive and creative producers and connecting me with so many wonderful projects.
Stephen Page for welcoming me into the Bangarra family and for keeping those fires burning so brightly through good and bad times.
Ian Scobie and Rob Brookman I worked with them on many great projects, tours and festivals in Adelaide, such great leaders in the arts.
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media
testimonials
"From radio to print to TV you have me moving around, have kept me in the know through texts, emails and calls - to be in such safe hands is truly delightful.
What a publicist."
Suzie Miller, Playwright
"Emma Collison is more than an arts publicist. During her time as publicist with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Emma achieved wide ranging publicity across arts, lifestyle, design, fashion, and news and current affairs for a number of high profile projects including Jeff Koons Puppy, exhibitions on the work of Robert Mapplethorpe and Andy Warhol, as well as John Kaldor Art Projects and the Biennale of Sydney.
Emma has an extensive network of media contacts and is proactive in her approach to securing publicity for her clients."
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Christopher Snelling, Head of Marketing and Sponsorship
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
"Emma is one of the leading lights of Sydney's performing arts scene, she has worked for most of the major companies and artists. She is a sparkling and rewarding fixture in the industry."
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Diana Simmonds, Sydney Media Commentator
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