Hello, I'm Sarah Penney

Chair

Sarah is the Senior Producer for Middle Child and the previous Producer for Absolutely Cultured. A graduate of the University of Hull's Drama and Theatre programme, she has worked with Silent Uproar, The Herd UK, Regional Theatre Young Director's Scheme and Hull Truck Theatre among others.

Sarah has worked on large-scale outdoor projects, theatre productions, visual arts exhibitions, community engagement programmes, workshops and more, managing budgets of up to £200,000 and creative teams of up to fifty people. Her producing ethos has transparency, integrity, wellbeing and kindness at its core.

Credits include Helen by Maureen Lennon at Theatre503, Luminarium for Absolutely Cultured, Advocacy in Action for Regional Theatre Young Director’s Scheme, I am a Sexy Cat Woman Performing the Miracle of Life by Lily Williams, we used to be closer than this for Middle Child Theatre, PRSF New Music Biennial at Southbank Centre, The Witching Hour for Periplum and The Collective for Silent Uproar.

The Team