Ellen King

Lyricist – Composer – Librettist

Ellen King is a new musical theatre writer based in the UK. She is currently working on three musicals. Her first musical, ‘The Bet’ is based on an intense fable written by Anton Chekhov.

About Me

Musical theatre has been a huge passion of mine for my whole life, but I properly fell in love with it after seeing a student production of Fiorello when I was about 13. You wouldn’t have thought that an old musical about American politics would have kicked off a lifetime obsession with musical theatre, but here we are.

However, it was only recently that I decided to take the step into creating musical theatre myself. With years of going to small, intimate venues and seeing a huge range of musicals, I especially love those that tackle quite dark and sinister themes, using music to bring more to the story and introduce people to stories that they have not come across before – so that’s what I hope to create.