Ellen Dennis

I had the exciting opportunity to chat with director Ellen Dennis about Anna Jordan’s Yen. Yen is Nottingham New Theatre’s latest in house production, and debuted on Wednesday 14th November. What attracted you to directing Yen? “After seeing a version of the play at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer,...

NSFW, written by Lucy Kirkwood, is a play that reinforces feminist views while seriously questioning others. The NNT production comes to life under the directing eye of Natalie Henderson, who does justice to the more serious topics raised without sacrificing Kirkwood’s bawdy humour. NSFW is set across two offices...

Based on the original Greek tragedy by Euripides, Medea tells the blood-soaked tale of the eponymous princess of Colchis, who marries the hero Jason following their successful capture of the mythical Golden Fleece. However, things turn ugly when Jason leaves Medea for Creusa, daughter of King Creon of Corinth....

Medea is a Greek tragedy written by Euripides and first performed in 431 BC, therefore it has a long legacy of performances and adaptations. With this performance in particular, the director (Emma Fearon) and producer (Emily Wong) have chosen to alter the tragic Greek conventions in some ways to...