Penelope Skinner
Penelope Skinner is a British playwright.[1] Born in 1978,[2] she came to prominence after her play Fucked was first produced in 2008 at the Old Red Lion Theatre and the Edinburgh Festival to critical acclaim[3] and has had other plays staged in London including at the Bush Theatre, National Theatre and Royal Court Theatre.[4]
Penelope Skinner | |
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| Born | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter |
| Nationality | British |
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Skinner's play Eigengrau, staged at the Bush Theatre in 2010, was a critical and box office hit and Skinner was nominated for the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2010. Her play The Village Bike was her first play to be staged at the Royal Court Theatre where it had a sell out, twice-extended run starring Romola Garai and directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins, winning her the George Devine Award and the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2011. In 2011, she wrote episodes for the Channel 4 series Fresh Meat. In the same year, her play The Sound of Heavy Rain was produced by Paines Plough and Sheffield Theatres touring in Roundabout. In 2012. her play Fred's Diner was staged at the Chichester Festival Theatre's pop-up stage, following which The Independent newspaper described Skinner as "Our leading young feminist writer."[5] In 2013, Skinner co-wrote the screenplay for the film How I Live Now.[6]
In 2015, Skinner's play "Linda", staged at London's Royal Court theatre, was described as; "well acted, but not very well written".[7] Also in 2015, her off-broadway play "The Ruins of Civilisation", received a negative review from the Hollywood Reporter.[8] In 2018, her play "Meek", staged at the Traverse in Edinburgh, received mixed reviews.[9][10][11] In 2023, Skinner's play "Lyonesse" received mainly negative reviews: The Times' critic Clive Davis summarised them with; "Lyonesse is, I’m afraid, an example of theatreland trying to pass off shoddy work — in this case, by a writer who hadn’t even had a play in the West End — with the help of VIP casting".[12]
Work edit
- 2023 "Lyonesse", Harold Pinter Theatre, London.
- 2018 Meek premiered at Traverse Theatre directed by Amy Hodge
- 2017 Linda Manhattan Theatre Club, New York; directed by Lynne Meadow[13]
- 2015 Linda Royal Court Theatre[14]
- 2015 The Ruins of Civilization premiered at Manhattan Theatre Club directed by Leah C. Gardiner
- 2012 Fred's Diner premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre directed by Tim Hoare
- 2011 The Sound of Heavy Rain premiered as part of Paines Plough's Roundabout Season directed by James Grieve[15]
- 2011 The Village Bike premiered at the Royal Court Theatre directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins[16]
- 2011 Greenland co-written with Moira Buffini, Matt Charman and Jack Thorne premiered at the National Theatre directed by Bijan Sheibani[17]
- 2010 Come To Where I'm From Season a short play commissioned by Paines Plough premiered at the Oxford Playhouse
- 2010 Don't Look Back premiered at the Young Vic directed by Natalie Ibu
- 2010 Eigengrau premiered at the Bush Theatre directed by Polly Findlay[18]
- 2008 Fucked premiered at the Old Red Lion Theatre directed by Daniel Goldman then went to the Edinburgh Festival in 2009
References edit
- ^ Doollee.com
- ^ Gillinson, Miriam (13 October 2023). "Penelope Skinner on her #MeToo play: 'We focus on perpetrators. I wanted to explore the life that was lost'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Fucked Review Edinburgh Festival
- ^ Unitedagents.co.uk
- ^ Nione Meakin (15 August 2012). "Penelope Skinner: More nourishing drama from a truly gutsy playwright". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (7 November 2013). "Young Love, Interrupted by a Nuclear Bomb". The New York Times.
- ^ "Linda, Royal Court Theatre". theartsdesk.com. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Scheck, Frank (18 May 2016). "'The Ruins of Civilization': Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Meek - Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh". The Reviews Hub. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Treneman, Ann (15 November 2023). "Edinburgh theatre review: Meek at the Traverse". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Fisher, Mark (10 August 2018). "Meek/Angry Alan review – Penelope Skinner probes into power, resistance and men's rights". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Davis, Clive (15 November 2023). "I'm still angry about Lyonesse, the one-star West End fiasco". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Brantley, Ben. Review: "In Linda, the Lures and Snares of Leaning In". The New York Times. February 28, 2017
- ^ "Kim Cattrall returns to London stage in Linda". BBC News. 17 July 2015. July 2015.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ Royalcourttheatre.com
- ^ Nationaltheatre.org.uk 17 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bushtheatre.co.uk 21 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine