Penelope Skinner News

Donmar Warehouse presents THE PROMISE, now playing through December 8, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.

Unique staging and naturalistic performances as Penelope Skinner's sparky comedy arrives in Sheffield

Written by award-winning contemporary British writer Penelope Skinner (The Sound of Heavy Rain, Sheffield Theatres and Paines Plough's co-production) and directed by Jonathan Humphreys (Happy Days), The Village Bike is a daring and hilarious play about moving to the countryside, becoming parents and growing up. Originally staged at the Royal Court in London, this will be the regional premiere of the play, continuing Sheffield Theatres' tradition of staging new writing in the Studio Theatre.

Written by award-winning contemporary British writer Penelope Skinner (The Sound of Heavy Rain, Sheffield Theatres and Paines Plough's co-production) and directed by Jonathan Humphreys (Happy Days), The Village Bike is a daring and hilarious play about moving to the countryside, becoming parents and growing up. Originally staged at the Royal Court in London, this will be the regional premiere of the play, continuing Sheffield Theatres' tradition of staging new writing in the Studio Theatre.

The third production to be staged at the brand new pop-up theatre space in Chichester is the world premiere of a witty and disturbing thriller by Penelope Skinner, one of the UK's most highly praised emerging playwrights. The cast includes award-winning actress Cush Jumbo and Olivia Poulet.

The third production to be staged at the brand new pop-up theatre space in Chichester is the world premiere of a witty and disturbing thriller by Penelope Skinner, one of the UK's most highly praised emerging playwrights. The cast includes award-winning actress Cush Jumbo and Olivia Poulet.

A season of high drama and razor-sharp comedy takes to the stage this autumn as Sheffield Theatres unveils its new season from September 2012 - January 2013. The season opens with Sheffield Theatres' Artistic Director Daniel Evans directing a new production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, followed by the regional premiere of Penelope Skinner's The Village Bike and a major revival of Shelagh Delaney's seminal work, A Taste of Honey. Other highlights include the world premiere of DC Moore's latest play Straight, and a major revival of the classic musical My Fair Lady at Christmas.

Sheffield Theatres and Paines Plough transfer the trio of plays about love, life and the world to Shoreditch Town Hall for a London run ahead of a national tour. The Roundabout Season will run from Wednesday 19 September to Saturday 27 October and features One Day When We Were Young by Nick Payne, Lungs by Duncan MacMillan and The Sound of Heavy Rain by Penelope Skinner.

As Chichester Festival Theatre celebrates 50 years of internationally renowned work, Festival 2012 looks to the future with Theatre on the Fly, a temporary new space for the next generation of theatre-makers and theatre-goers.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer; Mandy Greenfield, Artistic Producer) today announced the lineup for this spring's Ernst C. Stiefel "7@7" Reading Series. The Ernst C. Stiefel Foundation has supported Manhattan Theatre Club's reading series since 2006.

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards winners were announced tonight - Sheridan Smith won Best Actress with awards presented by star names including Karen Gillan, Gemma Arterton and Olivia Williams.

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre. Sponsored by the Evening Standard newspaper, this year's awards will be announced on November 20.

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre. Sponsored by the Evening Standard newspaper, this year's awards will be announced on November 20.

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre. Sponsored by the Evening Standard newspaper, the 2010 Awards will be presented at the Savory on November 28, 2010. The short list of the 2010 nominees will be released one week prior to the ceremony.

Western Edge Plays presents a Strawberry Vale production in association with the Bush Theatre, Eigengrau, by Penelope Skinner. Eigengrau is described as intrinsic light, or the color seen by the eye in perfect darkness.

Western Edge Plays presents a Strawberry Vale production in association with the Bush Theatre, Eigengrau, by Penelope Skinner. Eigengrau is described as intrinsic light, or the color seen by the eye in perfect darkness.

Western Edge Plays presents a Strawberry Vale production in association with the Bush Theatre, Eigengrau, by Penelope Skinner. Eigengrau is described as intrinsic light, or the color seen by the eye in perfect darkness.

The Bush Theatre has announced its new season of plays, comprising 2nd May 1997, If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, The Stefan Golaszewski Plays, The Whisky Taster and Eigengrau.