Join Olivier Award-nominated theatre producer, Ellie Keel, the youngest ever winner of The Stage’s Producer of the Year Award, and the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Four. She is the Founder Director of the Women’s Prize for Playwriting, which has just returned for 2025 with a prize fund of £20,000 — its largest to date. She is the leader of the National Theatre’s How To Be A Producer course, and a regular contributor to other training courses and the media.

In this Masterclass, Ellie will explore the interplay of strategic thinking, integrity, resilience and serendipity in creative careers. Focused on the role of the producer, the session will provide invaluable guidance and a practical toolkit for those looking to self-produce, produce others’ work, or get the most out of their own work being produced. The Masterclass will also reflect on the current texture of the theatre industry as a whole, and consider ways of mitigating challenges and overcoming hurdles in the course of building a career. There will be plenty of opportunity for audience questions.