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Louise Penn
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Blogger and Contributor, Freelance
London
Beats
Biography
I am an experienced theatre and arts reviewer and published author (academic articles, book chapters on archive televison, poetry). As well as being sole owner and reviewer for my own blog, loureviews.blog, I have bylines on broadwayworld.com/westend and northwestend.com. My theatre specialisms include female-led and queer-led projects, mental health related shows, new and classic musicals, classic plays, and experimental pieces. I regularly review live shows across London and digital shows from anywhere in the world, and interview creatives across the industry.
Films , Classic Cinema, Archive , Television , Theatre, Food & Drink , Mixed Drinks , Restaurants , Orchestras , Operas , Plays , Movies , Comedy , Festivals , Musicals, Books , Fringe Theatre, Exhibitions , Arts
I no longer cover education, having left academia in 2018
Content
By Louise Penn| loureviews.blog@ Based on the ‘lost’ novel by Simone de Beauvoir, only published in 2021 after sixty years, The Inseperables is the story of the friendship between Sylvie Lepage and Andrée Gallard. Rooted in the real story of de Beauvoir and her friend Elisabeth ‘Zaza’ Lacoin, The Inseperables seems a perfect candidate to move to the stage, and Grace Joy Howarth rises to the challenge here at the Finborough Theatre. We first meet Sylvie (Ayesha Ostler) and Andrée (Lara Manela) at school.
By Louise Penn| loureviews.blog@ A new musical with a leading character responding to a motor neurone diagnosis could easily fall into the trap of being too light or maudlin. Supersonic Man, written and directed by Chris Burgess, takes the musical/comedy route. In 2020, a Channel 4 documentary on Peter Scott Morgan, Peter: The Human Cyborg, followed a journey to conquer MND with robotics, pre-emptive surgery, and AI. This inspired Burgess to develop Supersonic Man, setting it in hedonistic gay Brighton.
By Louise Penn| loureviews.blog@ Midnight Cowboy is best known as the iconic 1969 film that pushed the boundaries of the buddy movie. In this musical version by Bryony Lavery and Eg White, directed by Nick Winston, the story of Joe Buck and Ratso Rizzo is brought to the Elephant stage. Young Buck (Paul Jacob French) has dreams of a large payday hustling women in New York. He reinvents himself as a cowboy with fringed jacket, hat, loud boots and strut, but finds life just isn’t that easy.
Company Info
Freelance
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