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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; Tokyo, 2021); 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).

Author photo by Peter Hickson

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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.

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.

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
    Oil

    Oil

    By Ella Hickson

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

    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.

    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.

    Hot Mess

    Hot Mess

    By Ella Hickson

    A dark and lyrical tale about friendship, loss and loneliness.

    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.

    Boys

    Boys

    By Ella Hickson

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

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    Decade

    Decade

    Two towers. Ten years. Twenty plays.

    By various

    Ten years after 9/11, twenty international writers respond to the defining event of our times.