Empire Street Productions was set up by James Bierman to develop and produce work across theatre, television and film.

Future and current work includes Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Sunday In the Park With George starring Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande at the Barbican in the Summer of 2027,  Romeo & Juliet at the Harold Pinter Theatre starring Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe and the UK tour of Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie, starring Jodie Comer in 2026.

Recent theatre credits include Self Esteem’s A Complicated Woman at the Duke of York’s Theatre; Anne Carson’s adaptation of Sophokles Elektra starring Brie Larson at the Duke of York’s Theatre; Jeremy O.Harris’s Slave Play starring Olivia Washington and Kit Harington at the Noel Coward Theatre; Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman starring Lily Allen and Steve Pemberton at the Duke of York’s Theatre; Suzie Miller’s Olivier award winning Prima Facie starring Olivier and Tony Award Winning Jodie Comer which transferred to Broadway in April 2023 after a sold out run at the Harold Pinter Theatre and a NTLive co production which is the highest grossing live event cinema of all time in the UK; Sam Shepard’s True West starring Kit Harington and Johnny Flynn at the Vaudeville Theatre; and Tracy Letts’ Killer Joe at the Trafalgar Studio starring Orlando Bloom. Ballywalter, a feature film by Stacey Gregg and directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah; Through the Dunes, a short film starring Ian Hart written & directed by Tim Price; and The Real Charlie Chaplin, directed by Peter Middleton & James Spinney. ESP are currently developing Film and TV projects with FilmNation, and Complete Fiction.