Louise Penn

Dead Poets Live: Emily Dickinson – Coronet Theatre

Dead Poets Live aims to bring poetry to the stage, “creating theatre out of poems and poets”. Over the last…

6 months ago

Loyalties – Questors Theatre

John Galsworthy’s play of society norms and expectations is now over 100 years old, yet Loyalties retains a contemporary relevance.…

7 months ago

Rabbie Burns’ Bottom Drawers – Barons Court Theatre

Entering the space at Barons Court Theatre for this “hands on exploration” of the bawdy works of Robert Burns, we…

1 year ago

Alice in Wonderland – Marylebone Theatre

This new adaptation of the classic novel by Lewis Carroll (and a couple of his other works) is described as…

1 year ago

The Little Foxes – Young Vic

A rare revival for Lillian Hellman's play, set at the turn of the 20th century. With a title taken from…

2 years ago

Kidults the Musical – Bridewell Theatre

Are our schooldays really the best of our lives, or are they a kind of hell? And is ‘kidulthood’, that…

2 years ago

King Troll (The Fawn) – New Diorama Theatre

A “dark and otherworldly thriller” by Sonali Bhattacharyya, King Troll was a finalist for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Playwriting,…

2 years ago

Knives and Forks – Riverside Studios

In Danielle James's ambitious but uneven play, Iris and Thalia live in a flat share. Firm friends who share a…

2 years ago

Nachtland – Young Vic

This play by Marius von Mayenberg  presented in a translation by Maja Zade sells itself as “a jagged new satire”…

2 years ago

Gethsemane – Edinburgh Fringe Online

Gethsemane is a new musical by John Richmond which tells the story of Nadi and Chloe, who were contemporaries of…

3 years ago