Looking to develop your producing skills in theatre?

Join us for a Mercury Creatives Producing Masterclass with Ellie Keel, followed by a producers’ networking event.

Whether you are new to producing or looking to brush up on new approaches, all experiences welcome.

About Ellie Keel
Ellie Keel is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Four (HarperCollins), an Olivier Award-nominated theatre producer, and the youngest ever winner of The Stage’s Producer of the Year Award (in 2024). She is the Founder Director of the Women’s Prize for Playwriting, the leading award for female and non-binary playwrights from the UK and Ireland.

With her company EKP, she has produced over twenty-five new plays to critical acclaim in London, at the Edinburgh Festivals, and on tour across the UK, at venues including the Royal Court Theatre, Barbican Centre, Southbank Centre, Chichester Festival Theatre, and Sheffield Theatres. She is the leader of the National Theatre’s How To Be A Producer course, and is a frequent contributor to masterclasses, panel discussions and the media on theatre producing and wider cultural topics. Her journalism and short stories have appeared in The Guardian, The Daily Express, and The Stage.

She is a Trustee of the Brontë Society and London Youth Theatre, and in 2017 she collaborated in the founding of leading LGBT+ youth charity, Just Like Us. In August 2025, her début play SKYE: A Thriller had a critically-acclaimed, sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Her second novel, A Bad Day To Hide A Body, will be published by HarperCollins in January 2027.