Ella McKeown
She/Her
Artistic Director
As Artistic Director Ella helps guide and facilitate the artistic vision of Ricochet.
She works to seek and create opportunities for those within and outside the company, and oversees the programming and networking with external companies and institutions to put on our shows.
On Tour 2022-2023
This year Ella has directed Maria Cook as Siken in Intricate Rituals, written by Seth Douglas.
Ella also plays the role of Alice in The Same Rain That Falls on Me, written by Logan Jones, directed by Jay Seldon.
Outside Ricochet
Ella is a neurodiverse queer theatre maker from South East London with a particular interest in staging the unstageable and centering mental wellbeing in her creative practice. As a theatre maker she switches between directing, acting, facilitating and sound design but her main focus at the moment is directing having just completed an MA in Theatre Directing at East 15 Acting School. Her directing style is forensic but playful; inquisitive but assured.
Most recently Ella was Assistant Director on Tony! (The Tony Blair Rock Opera), written by Harry Hill and directed by Peter Rowe at the Park Theatre and directed Freaks by Polly Waldron at The White Bear Theatre in London. She has also recently completed a foundation in Puppetry at the Little Angel Theatre.
Contact
You can contact Ella via her website: