As a journalist and academic with experience in history, theatre, and film studies, Emily Garside has a wide range of experience in cultural analysis. Garside's PhD reflects on the use of theatre as a cultural response to HIV/AIDS. She has worked for the National Theatre as a consultant on their 2017 production of Angels in America. Her book on that play is due in 2021 (McFarland). She teaches at University of Wolverhampton and Bishopsgate Institute, and is also a facilitator for the National Theatre and Sherman Theatre.