AWKWARD PRODUCTIONS
PRESENTS
NEW US ENGAGEMENTS OF THEIR VIRAL THEATRICAL SENSATIONS
“GWYNETH GOES SKING”
AND THE NEW YORK AND LA PREMIERES OF
“DIANA: THE UNTOLD AND UNTRUE STORY”
FOLLOWING SOLD-OUT HOUSES AND RAVE REVIEWS AROUND THE GLOBE
BOTH SHOWS WRITTEN BY AND STARRING
LINUS KARP AND JOSEPH MARTIN
JANUARY 2026
Awkward Productions – harbingers of queer chaos and brilliantly original theatre – are excited to announce that their two viral theatrical sensations Gwyneth Goes Skiing and Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story will be performed in select US cities in January 2026. Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story will make its highly anticipated New York debut at Off-Broadway’s SoHo Playhouse from January 6-10. The shows will then ski into Aspen for Gay Ski Week from January 14-17 at The Wheeler Opera House. The Elysian Theater in Los Angeles will present Gwyneth Goes Skiing from January21-24 and Diana fromJanuary25-28, which marks Diana’s Los Angeles debut.
Gwyneth Goes Skiing – which has made international headlines in The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, BBC, TMZ, and beyond – stars Linus Karp as the Goop-founding, Door-Sliding, Shakespeare-In-Loving, consciously uncoupling Hollywood superstar Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Martin as her nemesis Dr Terry Sanderson. This ever-evolving show about the Gwyneth Paltrow ski trial is a story of justice, betrayal and optometry, recounting the biggest case to rock the legal world since law was invented. The show makes the audience the jury, asking them to decide who’s guilty and who’s gooped. Featuring original music by Leland (Troye Sivan, Cher), vocals by Cat Cohen (Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner) and Emmy, Golden Globe, and Tony Award winner Darren Criss (“Glee,” “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”) – and a special video appearance from drag legend Trixie Mattel – this queer extravaganza is “unlike anything else you’ll see.” (Attitude – ★★★★★)
Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, the multiple award-winning, Edinburgh Fringe 2023 sell-out show, became an immediate cult hit with UK audiences for its unique audience participation and staggeringly camp portrayal of the royals. The show has won an OffFest Award for Best Play and the prestigious LAURA Award and has enjoyed three UK Tours, multi-week runs in London and, as of this year, a world tour through Bangkok, Australia, Canada, and Europe. Through a comedic and unhinged lens, the show highlights Princess Diana’s ground-breaking stances on social and queer issues and allows her to finally speak her (un)truth and break free from the monarchy. Completing the cast digitally are Geri Allen (Operation Mincemeat), Rob Madge (Cabaret, My Son’s a Queer), Zina Badran (“Doctor Who”) and Broadway’s Princess Diana herself, Jeanna de Waal. Told by Princess Diana from heaven, Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story is “so much more than just a show. It’s an experience. It’s a lifestyle. It is the moment” (The Reviews Hub – ★★★★★).
Awkward Productions was created by queer Swede Linus Karp and his gay lover Joseph Martin to bring ridiculous genre-mixing comedy, niche pop culture references, audience participation and queer joy to the stage. Their holy tetrad of shows consists of Gwyneth Goes Skiing, Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here)) and how to live a jellicle life: life lessons from the 2019 hit movie musical ‘cats’. These shows have all been performed at Edinburgh Fringe for sold-out crowds, received international media coverage, and won awards. An Awkward Prods show isn’t performed for you, it’s performed with you – making each one unique.
TICKET INFO
JANUARY 6-10 (NYC)
Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story (New York Debut)
SoHo Playhouse, Six shows from Tuesday, January 6 to Saturday, January 10
Tickets: https://www.sohoplayhouse.com/see-a-show/diana
JANUARY 14-17 (Aspen, CO)
Gwyneth Goes Skiing
Wheeler Opera House, Two shows; Wednesday, January 14 and Friday, January 16
Tickets: https://wheeleroperahouse.com/event/gwyneth-goes-skiing-2/
Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story
Wheeler Opera House, Two shows; Thursday, January 15 and Saturday, January 17
Tickets: https://wheeleroperahouse.com/event/diana-the-untold-and-untrue-story-2/
JANUARY 21-24 (Los Angeles)
Gwyneth Goes Skiing
The Elysian Theater, Five shows from Wednesday, January 21 to Saturday, January 24
Tickets: https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/gwyneth2026
JANUARY 25-28 (Los Angeles)
Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story (Los Angeles Debut)
The Elysian Theater, Four shows from Sunday, January 25 to Wednesday, January 28
Tickets: https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/diana2026
Gwyneth Goes Skiing is for ages 16+, it contains strong language, adult humour
and exploding vagina candles.
Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story is for ages 16+, it includes flashing lights,
audience participation, strong language, and Camilla Parker Bowles.
Praise for Awkward Productions’ work:
“Awkward Prods mines all the laughs” – Graham Norton
“Outrageous triumph” – Edgar Wright
“Masterminds” – The New York Times
“Fringe triumph” – Vogue
“An unhinged, gay fantasia” – Playbill
“★★★★★ A perfectly executed piece of theatre” – Broadway World
“★★★★★ Perfectly imagined and brought to life on stage with vision and heaps of silliness” – The National
“★★★★ Gloriously ridiculous” – The Stage