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The Bruntwood Prize 2019- SHORTLIST

We’re delighted to be able to reveal the 15 new scripts by established, emerging and debut playwrights that are in the running for the Bruntwood…


The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting LONGLIST 2019

2019 Bruntwood Prize Longlist Announced. Reaching the longlist This year we received a staggering 2,561 submissions to the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting – 35 per…


Meet the shortlist- Lauren Yee

Periods of Collapse OR Mother Russia By Lauren Yee ‘I don’t know how to buy toothpaste. I go to the store. there are so many…


Meet the Shortlist- Stuart Slade

Glee & Me By Stuart Slade ‘Over the next few days the NHS creaks into action, and suddenly I’ve got a bunch of stuff to…


Meet the Shortlist- Tori Sampson

This Land was Made By Tori Sampson ‘But you want to lay a truth on me and then ask me to shut up about it….


Meet the shortlist- Michael John O’Neill

Akedah By Michael John O’Neill “That’s why I had to get shot of this place longer you hang about all the fucking Bronaghs thinking they…


Meet the Shortlist- Jody O’Neill

Ballybaile By Jody O’Neill “We need to love more We need to do less We need to mind each other We need to stop blaming…


Meet the shortlist- Lee Mattinson

Hares By Lee Mattinson ‘Tape three’s when you really need the stomach for it. When they. When she’s begging them to. And they do by…