Linda

I'm an award-winning business woman. I'm happily married with two beautiful daughters and I still fit in the same size-ten dress suit I did fifteen years ago. What could possibly threaten me? Linda Wilde has dedicated her life to changing the world. She's won awards for her efforts, at the same time as working hard to become an inspiring mother, and an independent, loving wife. Now, at 55, she seems to have it all. She's a woman in her prime. She's embarking on her most ambitious plan to date. Beneath the surface, though, the cracks are starting to show. Linda by Penelope Skinner premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in November 2015.

Penelope Skinner's plays include Friendly Monsters (MTC online lockdown reading), Angry Alan (Underbelly/Soho), Meek (Traverse/Birmingham Rep), Linda (Royal Court/MTC), The Ruins of Civilisation (MTC), Fred's Diner (Chichester Festival Theatre/Magic Theatre, San Francisco), The Sound of Heavy Rain (Paines Plough/Crucible), The Village Bike (Royal Court/MCC), Eigengrau (Bush), Fucked (Old Red Lion/Assembly Rooms) and Lyonesse (Harold Pinter Theatre). For The Village Bike she was the recipient of the 2011 George Devine Award and the 2011 Evening Standard Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright. For Linda she was shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and was the winner of the Berwin Lee Award. For Angry Alan she was the recipient of the Edinburgh Fringe First Award.