Ellie Keel:Producing Success
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- Date
- Archive Event
- Time
- 2.00 - 3.30pm
- Venue
- Jermyn Street Theatre, 16B Jermyn St, London SW1Y 6ST
- Type
- Masterclass
Join Olivier Award-nominated theatre producer, Ellie Keel, the youngest ever winner of The Stage’s Producer of the Year Award, and the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Four. She is the Founder Director of the Women’s Prize for Playwriting, which has just returned for 2025 with a prize fund of £20,000 — its largest to date. She is the leader of the National Theatre’s How To Be A Producer course, and a regular contributor to other training courses and the media.
In this Masterclass, Ellie will explore the interplay of strategic thinking, integrity, resilience and serendipity in creative careers. Focused on the role of the producer, the session will provide invaluable guidance and a practical toolkit for those looking to self-produce, produce others’ work, or get the most out of their own work being produced. The Masterclass will also reflect on the current texture of the theatre industry as a whole, and consider ways of mitigating challenges and overcoming hurdles in the course of building a career. There will be plenty of opportunity for audience questions.
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Biography
Previous producing credits include: HOTTER and FITTER by Mary Higgins and Ell Potter (Soho Theatre), Collapsible by Margaret Perry (VAULT Festival/ HighTide’s Disruption Festival in Edinburgh and Aldeburgh/Dublin Fringe/Bush Theatre), Anna Bella Eema by Lisa D’Amour (Arcola Theatre), Redefining Juliet (Barbican Centre), Callisto: a queer epic by Hal Coase (Pleasance, Edinburgh/Arcola Theatre), Mrs Dalloway by Hal Coase (Arcola Theatre),* Reasons You Should(n't) Love Me* by Amy Trigg (Kiln Theatre/UK Tour), The Swell by Isley Lynn (Orange Tree Theatre), SAP by Rafaella Marcus (Roundabout @ Summerhall, Edinburgh/Soho Theatre/UK Tour), You Bury Me by Ahlam (Bristol Old Vic/The Royal Lyceum Theatre/Orange Tree Theatre), The Last Show Before We Die by Mary Higgins and Ell Potter (Roundabout @ Summerhall, Edinburgh), Bellringers by Daisy Hall (Roundabout @ Summerhall, Edinburgh/Hampstead Theatre), Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz by Nathan Queeley-Dennis (Roundabout @ Summerhall, Edinburgh/Royal Court Theatre/UK Tour), An Interrogation by Jamie Armitage (Summerhall, Edinburgh/Hampstead Theatre).
Forthcoming producing credits include: Consumed by Karis Kelly (Sheffield Theatres), Ordinary Decent Criminal by Ed Edwards (Live Theatre).