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Cast member: So how are you doing?

Me: Well, I dyed my hair purple, so...

Unpicking the relationship between power and sex during Elizabeth I's reign.

Ella Hickson on today's women's hour talking about Swive.

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Little Darlings

WENDY AND PETER PAN The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, Wednesday 22nd July 2026 This version was first produced by the RSC—at least, this evening’s cast are closer to the characters’ ages! Stage 2 is a large youth theatre group, and Ella Hickson’s script allows for plenty of parts for everyone. You can’t have too many pirates or lost boys or shadows… Director Mark Shaun Walsh and his…

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Four

8 Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, Thursday 28th May 2026 Ella Hickson’s first play, written and produced in 2008, is a collection of eight monologues. The original production had audiences voting for which four of the eight they wanted to hear. Here, instead, the Crescent is offering the complete set in two batches of four. Tonight I’m here for Batch A. The intimate ‘Underground’ space…

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How Different From The Life of Our Dear Queen

SWIVE [ELIZABETH] The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, Saturday 17th January 2026 First produced at the Globe Theatre, Ella Hickson’s play is a whistle-stop tour through the life and reign of Elizabeth I. Two actors portray the Queen. First we get Alex Crutchley as the Princess, who in her ginger wig, has a look of Jessie Buckley about her. She delivers the clear-thinking of youth as well as…