www.oilycart.org.uk
www.upfrontperformancenetwork.wordpress.com
Ellie Griffiths is a performance maker who creates sensory installations and performances for and with misbehaving audiences. This includes anyone who does not want to sit still and quietly during a performance, prefering a more sensory experience.
Ellie has made shows for an with babies, toddlers, young people with complex needs and on the autistic spectrum. She worked for Oily Cart as a performer and director for six years. She is also a Winston Churchill Research Fellow (2017).
Ellie collaborated with Barrowland Ballet to make a dance piece for audiences with complex autism, was Assistant Director on The Reason I Jump by the National Theatre of Scotland. She is currently in Sweden working on an inclusive sensory exhibition for Scen:se.
Since 2019, Ellie has been Artistic Director at Oily Cart.
Image by Brian Hartley / Stillmotion