About me

Ellen is a writer and dramaturg from the Northeast coast of Scotland, now based in London. Her play, Hotdog (Oran Mor, Macrobert Arts Centre, Traverse Theatre) was produced by A Play, A Pie and A Pint as part of their 2024 Spring Season. She was shortlisted for the St Andrews Playwriting Award 2022 and long-listed for the David MacLennan Award 2022. Last year, she was shortlisted for the Peter Shaffer Award with Trinity College Cambridge. She was a mentored playwright with Playwrights Studio Scotland in 2020/21 where she developed her script Catching Sounds. 

My Plays

Hotdog

Synopsis:

Alone, dressed as a sausage in a bun and armed with only a bottle of lemonade, Hotdog is determined to be the life of the party.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right?

Hotdog is a dark comedy that explores the messy aftermath of a traumatic event and how it feels to lose yourself when you thought you were only just beginning.

Number of Characters: 2

Minimum Number of Actors Required: 2

Length (in Pages): 50

Location: Scotland

Key Words: Comedy, Drama, Dramedy, One Woman, Scottish

Has the Play Been Produced? Yes

Are the Rights Available? Yes

Has the Play Been Published? No

Award nominations/wins:

Reviews:

“with enough colourful language to make a sailor blush, Hotdog is a fifty-minute serving of captivating, intimate performance and rage-fuelled flavour”
**** – Corr Blimey

“Ellen Ritchie taps into a prevalent theme in her powerful new drama”
**** - The Scotsman

“Hotdog is at times hilarious but devastating.”
**** – Broadway World

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Location

London / Glasgow

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