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Modern Female

Play or Script	Author	Character	Speech	Age	Link
Hush	April di Angelis	Denise	Once I got really pissed	23	Link
Breathing Corpses	Laura Wade	Amy	I'm OK	19	Link
The Roses of Eyam	Don Taylor	Emmot	Father died on the Sunday	17	Link
The Arcata Promise	David Mercer	Laura	I came to live with you because	20's	Link
Steaming	Nell Dunn	Josie	What do you know of it	30's	Link
Three Birds Alighting on a Field	Timberlake Wertembaker	Biddy	I didn't at first understand	35+	Link
The Love of the Nightingale	Timberlake Wertembaker	Philomele	I was the cause	16+	Link
The Glass Menagerie	Tennessee Williams	Amanda	Honey, you go ask sister	40-ish	Link
The Glass Menagerie	Tennessee WIlliams	Amanda	Well, well, well, so this is Mr O'Conner	40-ish	Link
Keeping Tom Nice	Lucy Gannon	Charlie	What is it you're afraid of, you two?	20's	Link
Fear and Misery in the 3rd Reich	Bertold Brecht	The Jewish Wife	Yes, I'm packing	30's	Link
Ivanov	Anton Chekov	Sasha	What did you do it for?	20's	Link
Enemies	Maxim Gorky trans David Hare	Tatyana	Do I? Do I really?	30-40's	Link
Cigarettes and Chocolate	Anthony Minghella	Lorna	Look at that cat	25+	Link
Cigarettes and Chocolate	Anthony Minghella	Gemma	When you stop speaking	25+	Link

Training with Ellis is like taking your instinct to the gym. He will teach you that like a classical musician, great actors will not leave out a single note. Ellis helps you find the oak tree in the acorn of each word.

Jamie Houghton, NYU Atlantic Studio, October 2024

Brilliant, challenging, intensive - a rare level of training - I have gained so many new skills and a lot of confidence.
The result- I have achieved a place at drama school! I have now started my BA Acting course at Rose Bruford. I am so grateful to Ellis for making this possible!

Aminata Kanneh Mason, London
October 2024

Ellis’s love for acting is completely infectious - being taught by someone who understands fully the demands of performing - for example, Shakespeare - has enabled me to audition successfully for a major new production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, in which I am currently rehearsing the rôle of Puck! .

Will Hopkins, October 2024.

Ellis makes you think about every word you say and to wield language like a weapon. Once this precision is mastered, he challenges you to let it go—delivering the text with natural ease by integrating intellect, emotional depth, and physicality to meet the demands of Shakespeare at the highest level. He transformed my approach and helped refine my audition for RADA, where I will be attending next fall.

Noah Livingston NYU trained, NY based actor
February 2025

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