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Ella Hickson

January 2022

  • Hope Kenna (Tink), Amber James (Wendy) and Ami Okumura Jones (Tiger Lily) in Wendy & Peter Pan.

    Wendy & Peter Pan review – Wendy finds her way in a boy-shaped world

    Developed between teams in Leeds and Tokyo, this spectacular reimagining brings new complexity to JM Barrie’s story

December 2019

  • Samuel Blenkin and Marli Siu in The Ocean at the End of The Lane.

    The week in theatre: The Ocean at the End of the Lane; Swive [Elizabeth]; Teenage Dick – review

  • Colin Tierney as Robert Dudley and Abigail Cruttenden as Elizabeth I.

    Swive [Elizabeth] review – a not so modern queen fights for absolute power

May 2019

  • Phoebe Fox as Anna.

    Anna review – lies and surveillance in communist East Berlin

  • Anna at the National Theatre, designed by Vicki Mortimer

    Wired up: East Berlin thriller makes National Theatre a surveillance centre

March 2019

  • Charles Browning, Heather Alicia Simms and Roslyn Ruff in Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury at Soho Rep in 2018.

    'Dazzling' drama about race wins prize for Jackie Sibblies Drury

    US dramatist wins Susan Smith Blackburn prize for female playwrights with Fairview, beating dramas by debbie tucker green and Ella Hickson

December 2018

  • Isobel McArthur (Wendy) and Dorian Simpson (Smee/Doc Giles) in Wendy and Peter Pan at Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh

    Wendy and Peter Pan review – a blast of fairy dust

    Ella Hickson’s adaptation of JM Barrie’s story is a funny and heartbreaking coming-of-age tale for its swashbuckling heroine

April 2018

  • The Writer at the Almeida. Romola Garai. Photo credit Manuel Harlan (11)

    The Writer review – Romola Garai blazes into the battlefield of desire

    Almeida, London
    Ella Hickson’s riveting play about a writer exploring the sexual revolution boasts a shining performance from Romola Garai

March 2018

  • The Crucible

    The best political plays, from The Crucible to The Jungle – picked by David Hare, James Graham and more

    A gripping story of the Calais camp. A caper about media greed. A pair of startling dramas from Caryl Churchill. Leading playwrights choose their favourite political plays

October 2016

  • l to r Christina Tam, Brian Ferguson, Ellie Haddington, Patrick Kennedy, Sam Swann, Anne-Marie Duff in Oil by Ella Hickson

    Oil review – scorchingly ambitious with plenty of renewable energy

    Anne-Marie Duff time travels from 1800s Cornwall to 70s Libya in Ella Hickson’s remarkable new play about empire, energy and parenthood

November 2014

  • Grounded

    Theatre blog
    Plan your week’s theatre: top tickets

    Anything Goes in Sheffield, Ella Hickson puts a spell on theatregoers with Merlin in Northampton, and it’s your last chance to catch the devastating Grounded on tour

December 2013

  • Wendy and Peter Pan: Fiona Button as Wendy and Guy Henry as Hook

    Wendy and Peter Pan – review

    This reinvention of JM Barrie's story dispenses with the original's dark ambiguity, but there's still plenty to enjoy, writes Michael Billington

August 2010

  • Hot Mess, Edinburgh 2010

    Hot Mess

    Hawke & Hunter, Edinburgh: This gripping drama has its finger firmly on the pulse of the twentysomething generation, writes Lyn Gardner

August 2009

  • Precious Little Talent at the Edinburgh festival

    Precious Little Talent

  • Playwright Ella Hickson

    My Edinburgh festival
    My Edinburgh: Ella Hickson

July 2009

  • Eight

    Trafalgar Studios, London
    Though well-crafted, these monologues suffer from laboured epiphanies and strained performances, finds Hermione Hoby

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