East Berlin. Anna and Hans are married, in love and moving up in the world - but it is a world ruled by suspicion. Who can be trusted when everyone is listening? Can we ever escape our past? Ella Hickson's tense new thriller receives its world premiere at the National Theatre in May 2019.
Elizabeth I is the only unmarried woman to have ever ruled England. And she reigned for forty-four years. Mastermind. Seductress. Survivor. Swive [Elizabeth] shines a light on the ways and means by which women in power negotiate patriarchal pressure in order to get their way.
A first collection of plays from the playwright described by the Guardian as the voice of her generation.
'I want the world to change shape.''I'm not sure theatre can do that.''Well then where am I supposed to take that impulse because I'm very serious about the endeavour?' A young writer challenges the staus quo but discovers that creative gain comes at a personal cost.
Epic new play from an award-winning writer, exploring our reliance on a dwindling energy source.
Benny, Mack, Timp and Cam are due out of their five bedroom flat tomorrow morning; five bedrooms, five chairs, four boys - and one hell of a party. Stepping into a world that doesn't want them, these boys start to wonder whether there's any point in getting any older. How will they find the fight to make it as adults?
Two plays by award-winning playwright Ella Hickson.
A collection of eight monologues that offer a group-portrait of diverse characters, from high-class hookers to 7/7 survivors. It paints a revelatory picture of Britain.