Ewan Bailey was born in 1966 in Sussex, England. He studied acting at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He was the founder of a small theatre company Rubbaball that took several comedy plays to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.