Ella Road
Film, TV & Theatre
Acting
Film, TV & Theatre
Ella Road is a writer and actor from London, working across stage, screen and audio. Her first play ‘The Phlebotomist’ premiered at the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs in Spring 2018, and transferred to the Main House in Spring 2019. The play was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate theatre, and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Her second play 'Fair Play' opened at the Bush Theatre in Winter 2021 to critical acclaim.
Ella was a Soho Theatre Young Writer 2017/18, one of the Bush Theatre’s 'Emerging Writers’ 2018/19, and was on the BBC Drama Writers Programme 2019/20.
Twitter: @ella_road
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
DAUGHTER 2022 | Liberty Films / Film 4 | Writer |
UNTITLED | Element Pictures | Writer. TV Series. |
ALICE | Drama Republic | Writer. TV Series. |
THE MATCH | The Almeida | |
UNTITLED COMMISSION | Hampstead Theatre |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
DOCTOR WHO: THE LEGEND OF THE SEA DEVILS 2022 | BBC1 | Co-written with Chris Chibnall. |
TEN PERCENT 2022 | Bron Studios & Headline Pictures | Writer, two episodes |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2021 | The Bush Theatre | Writer. Directed by Monique Touko. |
THE PHLEBOTOMIST 2019 | Hampstead Theatre | Writer. |
THE PHLEBOTOMIST 2018 | Hampstead Theatre Downstairs | Writer. Directed by Sam Yates. |
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE PHLEBOTOMIST | BBC Radio 3 | Radio adaptation |
ROAD TO OXFORD 2016 | BBC Radio 4 | Additional Story Material |
Short Films
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
SOMETHING WILL DISAPPEAR | The Almeida | Writer. Short Film |
STAND UP TO CANCER VIDEO CAMPAIGN 2018 | RSA Films | Writer. |
THE WYRD 2016 | Prod. Helen Gladders | Story co-creator. |
Acting
Film
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
WINTER RIDGE | Amanda Jacobs | Dom Lenoir | Camelot Films |
THINGS I WILL NOT MISS (Short) | Alma | Jessica Palmorozza | |
JOSEPH'S REEL (Short) | Rose | Michael Lavers | Forty Foot Pictures |
THE WYRD (Short) | Aida | Chloe Wicks | |
TINY BIBLE (Short) | Evie | Zu Quirke |
Stage
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
HOW THE VOTE WAS WON | Maudie Spark | Alice Hamilton | Bunker Theatre |
LOOKED AFTER THE CHILDREN | Naomi | Lynette Lynton | Arcola Theatre |
UNDERWATER LOVE | Jess | Caroline Bryant | Arcola Theatre / Tour |
THE FANCIES CHASTE AND NOBLE | Clarella | James Wallace | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse |
HOW TO FIND US | Charley | Cordelia Mondsey | Soho Theatre |