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Ella Hickson

Ella Hickson

Ella Hickson is an award-winning writer whose work has been performed throughout the UK and abroad.

Her work includes: Swive [Elizabeth] (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe, 2019); ANNA (National Theatre, 2019); The Writer (Almeida Theatre, 2018); Oil (Almeida Theatre, London, 2016); Wendy & Peter Pan (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2013 and 2015); Riot Girls (Radio 4); Boys (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton/Headlong Theatre/HighTide Festival Theatre, 2012); The Authorised Kate Bane (Grid Iron/Traverse Theatre, 2012); Rightfully Mine (Radio 4); Precious Little Talent (Trafalgar Studios/Tantrums Productions, 2011), Hot Mess (Arcola Tent/ Tantrums Productions, 2010) and Eight (Trafalgar Studios/Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh, 2008/9).

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Eight

Eight

By Ella Hickson

Eight compelling monologues offering a state-of-the-nation group portrait for the stage.

Precious Little Talent & Hot Mess

Precious Little Talent & Hot Mess

By Ella Hickson

Two plays by award-winning playwright Ella Hickson.

Boys

Boys

By Ella Hickson

Four boys face the tricky transition to adulthood in Ella Hickson's riot of a play.

The Authorised Kate Bane

The Authorised Kate Bane

By Ella Hickson

A painfully comic excavation of a family history asks if there is an authorised version of the past - or just the one we can live with.

Wendy & Peter Pan

Wendy & Peter Pan

By Ella Hickson Original author J. M. Barrie

A refreshingly modern version of J.M. Barrie's much-loved story that puts the character of Wendy firmly centre stage.

Oil

Oil

By Ella Hickson

An explosive play that drills deep into the world's relationship with this finite resource.

The Writer

The Writer

By Ella Hickson

A young writer challenges the status quo but discovers that creative gain comes at a personal cost.

Ella Hickson Plays: One

Ella Hickson Plays: One

By Ella Hickson

A first collection of plays by Ella Hickson.

PMQ

PMQ

By Ella Hickson

A short play set in a Westminster dressing room, as Prime Minister Dave prepares for his first ever bout of Prime Minister's Questions.

Published in volume Ella Hickson Plays: One
    ANNA

    ANNA

    By Ella Hickson

    A radical play set in East Berlin in 1968, unfolding with all the tension of a spy thriller and the inexorable revelations of an Ibsen drama.

    Swive [Elizabeth]

    Swive [Elizabeth]

    By Ella Hickson

    Sex is power in the reign of Elizabeth I. Ella Hickson's play explores the ways and means by which women in power negotiate patriarchal pressure in order to get their way.

    Precious Little Talent

    Precious Little Talent

    By Ella Hickson

    A touching and funny play about 20-somethings graduating into a world that's sold them down the river.

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