# Orlando: A Pornobiography

Orlando: A Pornobiography at New Diorama Theatre, Tuesday 10 November 2026, 19:30.

- Price: £19
- Venue: New Diorama Theatre, 15 – 16 Triton Street, Regent's Place, NW1 3BF London
- With: pissCARNATION, Charli Cowgill, Laurie Ward
- Get tickets: https://newdiorama.com/whats-on
- Go to page: https://newdiorama.com/whats-on/orlando

![Orlando: A Pornobiography](https://noky.io/images/58ca11be92b219f360331f74a176d9d723f8ff24818a0cfbcf4d94878d49e1fe-2000.webp)

Orlando: A Pornobiography is a theatre piece, part pornographic bildungsroman and part frosted fever dream, presented as a bold and fearless reinterpretation of Virginia Woolf's Orlando. It is created by the award-winning duo pissCARNATION, Charli Cowgill and Laurie Ward, and performed by an ensemble of transfemme performers in a world premiere commissioned by New Diorama Theatre. The story follows Orlando across centuries, from palace hunts and skaters on the frozen River Thames to a plane ticket to Neukölln, Berlin, as the 16th Century dials a phone sex hotline and finds the 21st Century seeking a body capable of enduring its own desires. The piece explores erotic entanglements, historical ruptures, and queer intrusions in this daring anti-adaptation.

## Dates

- Tuesday 10 November 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Wednesday 11 November 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Friday 13 November 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Saturday 14 November 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Tuesday 17 November 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Thursday 19 November 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Friday 20 November 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Saturday 21 November 15:00 — New Diorama Theatre
- Saturday 21 November 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Tuesday 24 November 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Wednesday 25 November 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Thursday 26 November 14:00 — New Diorama Theatre
- Thursday 26 November 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Friday 27 November 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Saturday 28 November 15:00 — New Diorama Theatre
- Saturday 28 November 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Tuesday 1 December 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Wednesday 2 December 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Thursday 3 December 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre
- Friday 4 December 19:30 — New Diorama Theatre

Written by a model, sources: [qxmagazine.com](https://www.qxmagazine.com/event/orlando-a-pornobiography/2026-12-12/2/)

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