About The Playwright

Samantha Ellis

Samantha Ellis was born in London in 1975 to Iraqi Jewish parents. She studied at Cambridge University, where she co-wrote two plays and a musical before starting to write on her own. She worked for several years as a freelance arts journalist.

Samantha wrote Cling To Me Like Ivy whilst on attachment at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Her previous plays include Patching Havoc (Theatre 503), A Sudden Visitation Of Calamity (Menagerie Theatre), Startle Response (Young Vic workshop) and Sugar And Snow (BBC Radio 4).