Ella Hickson is an award-winning writer whose work has been performed throughout the UK and abroad.

Her work includes: Swive [Elizabeth] (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe, 2019); Anna (National Theatre, 2019); The Writer (Almeida Theatre, 2018); Oil (Almeida Theatre, 2016); Wendy & Peter Pan (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2013 and 2015; Tokyo, 2021); Riot Girls (Radio 4); Boys (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton/Headlong Theatre/HighTide Festival Theatre, 2012); The Authorised Kate Bane (Grid Iron/Traverse Theatre, 2012); Rightfully Mine (Radio 4); Precious Little Talent (Trafalgar Studios/Tantrums Productions, 2011), Hot Mess (Arcola Tent/Tantrums Productions, 2010) and Eight (Trafalgar Studios/Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh, 2008/9).

Zoë Hollyoak is a director and creative producer who has worked across a range of organisations including Belvoir, Performing Lines, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) and Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA. She holds a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Performance Making) from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and a Master of Fine Arts (Directing) from NIDA.

Zoë is currently the Program Producer for Performance Space, Australia’s leading organisation for the development and presentation of experimental art. Zoë combines her significant producing and project management skills with an extensive artistic background that includes theatre and film projects for PICA, triple j Unearthed, Belvoir, The Blue Room Theatre, The Old Fitz and the State Theatre Centre of WA. Zoë also runs essential workers, a Sydney-based theatre company that presents and produces new works.

Zoë’s recent projects include Collapsible (Red Line Productions), Never Closer (25a), Horses (25a) Antigonick (NIDA), Slutdrop (Multiple Fringe World Winner) and Cotton Wool Kid (State Theatre Centre of WA).