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

Eight

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

Boys

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

The Authorised Kate Bane

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

Wendy & Peter Pan

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

Oil

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

The Writer

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

PMQ

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

ANNA

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

Swive [Elizabeth]

Sex is power in the reign of Elizabeth I. Ella Hickson's play explores the ways and means by which women in power neg...

Decade

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

Precious Little Talent

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

Hot Mess

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