Ellen King
Composer – Lyricist – Librettist
Ellen King is a new musical theatre writer based in the UK. She is currently working on a musical called ‘The Bet’ based on the short story 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.