Editing Ben Elton (section)

=== Stage ===
Elton has written five West End plays.

* ''Gasping'' (1990) was first performed at the [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]], London. It starred [[Hugh Laurie]] and featured the voice of [[Stephen Fry]].
* ''Silly Cow'' (1991) again at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London. It was written for and starred [[Dawn French]].
* ''Popcorn'' (1996) was adapted for the stage and went on a UK tour. It also toured Australia in a production starring [[Marcus Graham]] and [[Nadine Garner]] in its Eastern-States seasons. ''Popcorn'' won the [[TMA Awards|TMA]] Barclays Theatre Award for new play and the [[Olivier Award]] for comedy. The Paris production of ''Popcorn'' ran for a year and was nominated for seven Molière awards.
* ''Blast From the Past'' (1998) was also adapted for the stage and was produced at the [[West Yorkshire Playhouse]].
* ''[[The Upstart Crow]]'', like the TV series ''[[Upstart Crow]]'', a comic version of [[William Shakespeare]]'s life and society, and sharing some of the same actors and characters, opened in London on 7 February 2020. Starring [[David Mitchell (comedian)|David Mitchell]] as Shakespeare and [[Gemma Whelan]] as Kate, the play was intended to run until 25 April 2020, but only ran up to mid-March, with the remainder cancelled as a result of restrictions put in place due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/coronavirus-theatre-closure-events-west-end_51154.html |title=West End and UK Theatre venue performances cancelled due to coronavirus |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=16 March 2020 |website=What's on Stage |publisher= |access-date=2 April 2020 |quote=}}</ref> The play reopened in the West End at the [[Apollo Theatre]] for a ten-week season from 23 September until 3 December 2022.