Silhouetted performers gesture and reach in front of an intense blue-white backlight and haze.

The Cockpit2026

The Penelopiad

The Production

London Youth Theatre’s 2026 Summer Show at The Cockpit: Margaret Atwood’s stage retelling of The Odyssey, centring Penelope and the chorus of wronged maids as they reclaim the story behind the myth.

45 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Shane Dempsey
Sound Design: Hattie North
Photography: Steve Gregson

The empty stage is shown in blue light, with tiered seating, hanging ropes and a central rope structure visible.

A lone performer in a red dress stands beneath two white spotlights on an otherwise dark stage.

An ensemble forms dramatic silhouettes with raised arms in a saturated red wash.

A performer in a red dress is surrounded closely by many reaching hands under cool blue stage light.

A wide blue-lit stage picture shows performers on both sides holding long ropes toward a central red-dressed figure.

A red-dressed performer and a seated performer in camouflage touch raised hands in a quiet, focused exchange.

A wide stage view frames a kneeling ensemble with raised arms, seen past performers at the edges of the scene.

A performer stands amid taut crossing ropes as the surrounding ensemble is lit in vivid magenta and red.

Two performers in camouflage stand prominently downstage while others kneel and watch behind them.

A red-dressed performer sits alone in front of a silhouetted ensemble glowing in blue backlight.

A performer in a pale dress extends one arm outward into a shaft of blue stage light.

Bodies lie across a dark blue stage while a small group gathers around a raised rope structure in the background.

A red-dressed performer stands in blue light among bodies lying on the stage floor.

A red-dressed performer leads a symmetrical ensemble holding ropes under blue backlight.

A red-dressed performer is caught within horizontal ropes while others sit and stand around the rope structure.

Performers sit in a wide circle around two standing figures beneath narrow overhead spotlights.

A group of performers in pale costumes reaches toward a performer in camouflage at the edge of the stage.

A central performer in red is encircled by kneeling performers whose hands reach toward her face and body.

Performers gather in a wide red and blue lighting state, with a bright red glow burning behind the ensemble.

A performer stands between vertical ropes with both arms stretched upward in blue and purple light.

A red-dressed performer sits alone on the floor beneath a slanted white beam of light.

An ensemble moves across the stage in front of a bright white-blue backlight and low haze.

Several performers in pale dresses cluster around a red-dressed performer, adjusting her hair and costume in warm light.

Shadowed bodies bend around a central standing silhouette in front of a strong blue backlight.

A line of performers advances downstage through blue haze beneath bright overhead lights.

A red-dressed performer clasps hands with a seated performer in camouflage, her face lit with urgent emotion.

A red-dressed performer stands centered among hanging ropes while an ensemble gathers around her in a staged tableau.

An ensemble in pale costumes reaches upward together, lifting a bundled rope above their heads.

A small group of performers stands close together in blue and magenta light, appearing to confer or confront one another.

A red-dressed performer stands still in deep blue light while surrounding bodies bow or crouch low around her.

A performer in camouflage reaches back to hold hands with a red-dressed performer under a warm side light.

Performers kneel and stand across the stage in blue light, with several arms lifted in a choreographed tableau.

A red-dressed performer raises bound ropes overhead while an ensemble pulls and holds the ropes around her.

Two performers stand close together in red and purple light, one holding the other by the chest in an intimate confrontation.

From above, a red-dressed performer sits center stage while others lie and kneel around her with ropes stretching across the space.

A close blue-lit portrait shows a red-dressed performer looking offstage with an intent expression.

Several performers crowd tightly around a red-dressed figure, clutching her arms and shoulders in a tense blue-lit moment.

A dark wide composition shows performers reaching and moving in a circle beneath two stark overhead spotlights.

A red-dressed performer stands between hanging ropes as pale-costumed performers work around the vertical set.

A kneeling performer in white reaches toward a performer in camouflage lying on the floor under warm side light.

A red-dressed performer stands inside a web of ropes stretched across the stage by surrounding performers.

A single silhouetted figure raises an arm against a brilliant blue backlight, surrounded by lower shadowed bodies.

A performer in camouflage gestures downstage while the rope set and seated performers recede behind him.

An ensemble in pale costumes raises arms and rope lengths toward the hanging rope set behind them.

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