Isn't she gorgeous? Hardly been ridden. She's been in the garage just gathering dust.
Becky's pregnant and frustrated. But her husband is more interested in the baby manual than her new underwear, so she turns to the porn stash under the bed. As the summer heats up, a brief encounter sends her speeding downhill towards reckless abandon.
A provocative and darkly comic look at fantasy and romance, The Village Bike by Penelope Skinner premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in June 2011.
Penelope Skinner won the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright 2011.
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.
