SCOTT ELLIS
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Scott is the Artistic Director of award-winning gender-blind rep company Merely Theatre.
He also spent 2017 as Artistic Director of Theatre N16 in Balham, one of the first venues to sign up for Equity’s Low Pay No Payagreement. Scott is an accomplished director with extensive experience devising and directing at accredited drama schools. In 2018 Merely completed their 3rd UK tour with productions of Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing. Since 2017 Merely have performed in over 40 venues throughout the UK including Wakefield Theatre Royal and The Kings Theatre, Edinburgh. Other recent directing credits include A School for Scandal, As You Like It and The Way of the World at The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Scott also worked as an Associate Director with Simon Evans on A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Southwark Playhouse and Assisted Simon on Fool For Love at Found 111. |
Credits
HENRY V Director, UK Tour with Merely Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Director, UK Tour with Merely Theatre
THE TAMING OF THE SHEW Director, Cockpit with Merely Theatre
TWELTH NIGHT Director, Cockpit with Merely Theatre
FESTIVE HITCH Director, Hen and Chickens with Velvet Trumpet
SAINT Director, Old Red Lion with Me Plays
BURYING A STRANGER Director, Old Red Lion with Me Plays
HENRY IV PART I Director, Old Red Lion with Merely Theatre
ROMEO AND JULIET Director, Cockpit with Merely Theatre
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Director, Cockpit with Merely Theatre
HAMLET Director, London Theatre - New Cross with Merely Theatre
LAST MAN STANDING Director, Nursery Theatre with Merely Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Director, Rhum Jungle with Merely Theatre
MACHBETH Director, Lion and Unicorn with NLC
HENRY V Director, Kew Bridge Steam Museum with Merely Theatre
LAST MAN STANDING Director, Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Dragons Men
OTHELLO Director, Birmingham School of Acting - BA(Hons) Acting Course
HENRY V Director, Birmingham School of Acting - BA(Hons) Acting Course
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL Director, Birmingham School of Acting - MFA
MACBETH / MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Director, UK Tour with Merely Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Director, UK Tour with Merely Theatre
THE TAMING OF THE SHEW Director, Cockpit with Merely Theatre
TWELTH NIGHT Director, Cockpit with Merely Theatre
FESTIVE HITCH Director, Hen and Chickens with Velvet Trumpet
SAINT Director, Old Red Lion with Me Plays
BURYING A STRANGER Director, Old Red Lion with Me Plays
HENRY IV PART I Director, Old Red Lion with Merely Theatre
ROMEO AND JULIET Director, Cockpit with Merely Theatre
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Director, Cockpit with Merely Theatre
HAMLET Director, London Theatre - New Cross with Merely Theatre
LAST MAN STANDING Director, Nursery Theatre with Merely Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Director, Rhum Jungle with Merely Theatre
MACHBETH Director, Lion and Unicorn with NLC
HENRY V Director, Kew Bridge Steam Museum with Merely Theatre
LAST MAN STANDING Director, Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Dragons Men
OTHELLO Director, Birmingham School of Acting - BA(Hons) Acting Course
HENRY V Director, Birmingham School of Acting - BA(Hons) Acting Course
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL Director, Birmingham School of Acting - MFA
MACBETH / MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Director, UK Tour with Merely Theatre
reviews
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
“All in all I must say that this has to be one of the best performances I have ever seen, I laughed from start to finish and came away with a whole new appreciation for the work of Shakespeare and it is simply not to be missed.” - North West End
MACBETH
“...one of the most thrilling, most exciting and most impressive adaptations of Shakespeare I have ever seen... The directorial skill is so high... Macbeth’s forced suicide is an ingenious addition from director Scott Ellis... really something quite special” - A Younger Theatre
“...fresh and dynamic production ...overall it was thrilling to watch” - One Stop Arts
HAMLET
“...fresh even to those who have seen Hamlet many times." - The Public Review
"Shakespeare was enthralling, fresh and relevant and I was invested in it like I have never been...phenomenally exciting!” - The Good Review
TWELTH NIGHT
"If you enjoy being overcome by paroxysms of laughter, it would be difficult to trump this wildly funny production” - Everything Theatre
“All in all I must say that this has to be one of the best performances I have ever seen, I laughed from start to finish and came away with a whole new appreciation for the work of Shakespeare and it is simply not to be missed.” - North West End
MACBETH
“...one of the most thrilling, most exciting and most impressive adaptations of Shakespeare I have ever seen... The directorial skill is so high... Macbeth’s forced suicide is an ingenious addition from director Scott Ellis... really something quite special” - A Younger Theatre
“...fresh and dynamic production ...overall it was thrilling to watch” - One Stop Arts
HAMLET
“...fresh even to those who have seen Hamlet many times." - The Public Review
"Shakespeare was enthralling, fresh and relevant and I was invested in it like I have never been...phenomenally exciting!” - The Good Review
TWELTH NIGHT
"If you enjoy being overcome by paroxysms of laughter, it would be difficult to trump this wildly funny production” - Everything Theatre
