About

Joan Greening is an award winning playwright. She created ITV situation comedies including ‘The Cabbage Patch’ and ‘Troubles and Strife’.  Her theatre plays are performed nationally and internationally.  Her award-winning comedy ‘Madame Blavatsky Lives’ had an extensive tour in 2013 and 2014, including performances in Australia. A historical play ‘Mistresses’ had a national tour and another comedy ‘The Book Club of Little Witterington’ was performed in Washington DC and won Best Comedy at the Maidenhead Festival 2014.

Joan has premiered many new plays at the Edinburgh Festival over the past few years. 'The Allergic Audience' was a tremendous hit in 2016 and her play 'The Rape of Artemisia Gentileschi', was extremely well received in 2017. The Amours of Lillie Langtry, will debuted in 2018 and had great reviews. In 2021, Joan will take a rewritten version of Rossetti’s Women to Edinburgh, 16th-28th August (see News section for booking details).

Since the coronavirus pandemic, Joan has three new plays available to view online at Scenesaver - At Home with the Brontes, Scammed and Charlotte Snares the Suitor (which has been nominated for an OnCom Award). Go to the News section for details.