Ellie’s love of classic theatre motivated her to start up Elysium Theatre, and she has enjoyed the challenge of directing and producing the summer shows. Ellie is currently finishing a Master of Fine Arts in Staging Shakespeare at Exeter University, a course which includes workshops at Shakespeare’s Globe theatre in London and time spent at the RSC. During her time in Exeter she has performed various Shakespearean roles such as Desdemona in ‘Othello’ at the University and as Isabella in ‘Measure for Measure’ at the Exeter Fringe Festival, and for a bit of a change co-directed a production of ‘Beowulf’ at the end of 2011. For her first degree Ellie read English Literature at Bristol University. In 2009 she trained in Stage Combat at the Cygnet Theatre in Exeter and achieved a certificate for BADC Level One. In her spare time she also enjoys painting, gaming, walking, cooking, dressmaking and Pilates.