Since performing her own work for the first time in 2015, Ellen Renton has read at venues including The Scottish Parliament, The Roundhouse, and Leith Theatre, and at festivals such as Verve, and Norwich + Norfolk Festival. While always keeping poetry at its core, her work is varied and has included theatre, journalism, and multimedia collaborations. In 2021, her debut poetry pamphlet was published with Stewed Rhubarb Press and she undertook a Scottish Emerging Writer Residency at Cove Park.