SUMMER 2017: Ellis will be directing THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST at the Plymouth Barbican this August.
NEWS: CHARLOTTE'S WEB which Ellis recently directed for Singapore Repertory Theatre has been nominated for Best Children's Show in the Straits Times Awards!
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SUMMER 2016:
Ellis devised and directed MAELSTROM, a new musical for YMTuk which premiered at the Lemon Tree Theatre in Aberdeen last summer. Info here Ellis also wrote and directed a new show THE MIDNIGHT FLOWER PRESS, that premiered at The Barbican Theatre, Plymouth last August. 
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THE POTTING SHED!Welcome to the Potting Shed where all Ellis' writing takes place:
Plays Novels Picture Books Musicals! HARINGEY SHED & UPSWING CIRCUS
Ellis wrote, devised and directed a new adaptation of Anderson's The Ugly Duckling for Haringey Shed and Upswing Circus. FREAK OR UNIQUE was performed in August with a wonderfully talented cast. As a writer & director Ellis creates plays, musicals and books for young people.
Work includes: Little Lord Paul of Heritage Hall (Chapter book for 8-12 year olds) The Hippopotabe (Picture book for 4-7 year olds) Bertie Brown’s Bits’n’Bob Shop (Family Musical for Museums) Storms (Menier Gallery - Play for 11 year olds +) The dark dark… (Theatre503 - Family play for 7 year olds +) Vortex (Musical commission/Youth Music Theatre UK) The Forest (Musical commission/Youth Music Theatre UK) A Drug Called Love (Musical commission/Youth Music Theatre UK) Lost Legends of Sleepy Hollow (YMTuk) Freak or Unique (Haringey Shed) |
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STORMS!
'Underneath the North star
Drawn like silk In a stream from afar Bobbed a boat With a man sat afloat...' A play for young people Is Life worth living? There is something missing - a connection to something bigger perhaps. But all the Gods and Goddesses are long since forgotten...arn't they? With only one day left before oblivion a lone sailor sets out to fight the storm within and finds himself caught up in social uprising of Godly proportions! Workshopped at The Menier Gallery, London. |
THE HIPPOPOTABEE
Join Hippo and his friend Bee having fun in the depths of the jungle, where the big leaves dangle, where the trees grow tall and the vines all tangle...!
The Hippopotabee is a children's picture book for 3-7 year olds. |
LITTLE LORD PAUL OF HERITAGE HALL
'A right royal rumpus! '
Come join in the hoo-har at Heritage Hall this summer when Paul Winner and his squatter friends turn the tumbledown mansion into Charleston's (Top-Secret) Academy For the Sportily Gifted! But be quick - before the dastardly Edgar Pickles ruins everything...! Book 1 in a series for 8-12 year olds. |
BERTIE BROWN'S BIT'N'BOB SHOP
Written especially for Museums, this brand new musical for 6-11 year olds takes us on a journey through Adventuria using objects from the Museum Of Magic!
Join Doogie, Grandpa and Wotzit on their frantic storytelling quest!
Composed by: Andy Collyer
Image: denise carbonell www.metalthread.com
Join Doogie, Grandpa and Wotzit on their frantic storytelling quest!
Composed by: Andy Collyer
Image: denise carbonell www.metalthread.com
THE DARK DARK...
'The dark dark comes...
Seeps... Looms... Thud! It comes...' An ensemble play for young people Kaya Fon has no gift. Unlike all the others. The tyrant Meepsie King's soliders are everywhere. How will he possibly survive The Great Catch with the dark dark on the loose... Written in broken poetry with a large cast of characters The dark dark... is also ideal for youth theatres and schools. Workshopped at Theatre503 in London with a strong cast of creatives, exploring text, physical theatre and puppetry. It is now in further development. |
MUSICALS FOR YMT (Youth Music Theatre UK)
SUMMER 2016 - MAELSTROM - Legends of the Underworld. Aberdeen
SUMMER 2015 - THE MIDNIGHT FLOWER PRESS this Summer in Plymouth. SUMMER 2014 - LOST LEGENDS OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. Edinburgh. Ellis has written, devised and directed three other new musicals for the talented young performers at YMT: Vortex! The Forest A Drug Called Love 
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