Billie Collins is a writer from the Wirral, currently based in Manchester. Billie also works as a dramaturg and facilitator and is a BBC Writersroom Northern Voices graduate. They lead the Young Writers programme at the Royal Exchange Theatre and are published by Nick Hern Books.

Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Credits include: The Walrus has a Right to Adventure at the Everyman.

Their recent work includes: Peak Stuff (Thickskin Theatre, UK tour); Too Much World at Once (Box of Tricks Theatre, UK tour); Saga (BBC radio 4) and episodes of Malory Towers series 5 and 6 (King Bert productions for CBBC).

Ellie is a Liverpool based director. She was a member of the Young Directors Programme at the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse in 2017, which led to her first job as assistant director on Fiddler on the Roof as part of the newly formed REP Company at the theatre. She is delighted to be back at the Everyman in the place she began her career.

Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Credits include: Romeo & Juliet and Fiddler on the Roof (as Assistant Director) at the Everyman.

Recent directing credits include: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Storyhouse); A Christmas Carol (The Dukes); Hamlet (National Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Shakespeare North Playhouse); The Owl that came for Christmas (UK tour) and Murder Ballads (Liverpool’s Royal Court, The Other Palace, Edinburgh Festival Fringe).

Assistant/ Associate Director Credits include: School For Scandal (The Royal Shakespeare Company as part of their season last summer) and Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World (Kenny Wax UK tour).