About Elly

I'm a London-based Freelance Theatre Director. I trained on the MFA in Theatre Directing at Birkbeck College, University of London. 

I recently directed Three Little Words by Joanna Murray-Smith at the Crescent Theatre for Birmingham Conservatoire and Blister by Laura Lomas at LAMDA. 

In 2021 I relocated to London after a decade of living and working in Chicago, where I was an ensemble member with Strawdog Theatre Company and Sideshow Theatre Company. I worked with many other Chicago companies including Timeline, Raven, Jackalope, Victory Gardens, Goodman, Trap Door, Stage Left, Court Theatre and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Chicago credits include US Premieres of THE EFFECT by Lucy Prebble, YEN by Anna Jordan and world premieres of IN THE CANYON by Calamity West and NO MORE SAD THINGS by Hansol Jung. My first production in the US was THE TOMKAT PROJECT at the Playground Theatre, which then transferred to the NY Fringe in 2013. 

In the UK I've worked at the Royal National Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Almeida Theatre, Paines Plough, Papatango Theatre, Southwark Playhouse, Theatre503 and The Gate Theatre. For several years, in London, I worked as a director and producer for Brother Tongue, a company I co-founded which focused on producing new translations of European work.