Samantha Ellis

Samantha Ellis is a British playwright and writer. Her 2010 play Cling To Me Like Ivy was described by The Guardian newspaper as "genuinely rare beast, a popular comedy with heart, brains and the stomach to make some difficult choices".[1]

Early life

Ellis was born in London to Iraqi-Jewish parents.[2][3] She studied English at Queens' College, Cambridge.

Career and works

Ellis's play The Candy Jar was produced at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1996.[4] She worked as a journalist, and wrote a column on theatrical history for The Guardian newspaper.[5]

Her play Patching Havoc was produced at Theatre 503 in 2003.[6] Her radio play Sugar and Snow, set in the Kurdish community in north London, was produced on BBC Radio 4 in 2006 and given a reading at the Hampstead Theatre.[7] Her short play A Sudden Visitation of Calamity was produced at Menagerie Theatre in 2008.[8] In 2010 her play The Thousand and Second Night was produced by LAMDA.[9] In 2010 her play Cling To Me Like Ivy, published by Nick Hern Books,[10] was produced by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and went on tour.[1][11] In 2012 she was a founder member of women's theatre company Agent 160.[12]

Her book How to be a Heroine was published by Chatto & Windus in January 2014.

References

  1. 1 2 Gardner, Lyn (17 February 2010). "Cling to Me Like Ivy". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.vintage-books.co.uk/nightandday/
  3. ↑ Nathan, John (11 February 2010). "Interview: Samantha Ellis". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2002/08/aaaarggghitsedinburgh/
  5. ↑ Ellis, Samantha. "Samantha Ellis". The Guardian. London.
  6. ↑ The Independent. London http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-trestle-at-pope-lick-creek-southwark-playhouse-london-brpatching-havoc-latchmere-theatre-london-590493.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/page/3031/Daring+Pairings++The+1st+Panoramic+New+Writing+Festival/122
  8. ↑ http://www.menagerietheatre.co.uk/about/associate-artists/
  9. ↑ http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/event_view.php?uid=106022
  10. ↑ http://nickhernbooks.co.uk/index.cfm?nid=025E2296-E2B2-4246-8FA9-9E54784CFB37&isbn=9781848420656&sr
  11. ↑ http://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/event/cling-to-me-like-ivy
  12. ↑ http://www.agent160theatre.co.uk/Launch.html

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