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Bryony Shanahan steps in to Judge 2019 Prize

We are delighted to announce that Bryony Shanahan, our new joint Artistic Director alongside Roy Alexander Weise, will be joining the judging panel for this…


Phase 3 reader Blog- Natasha Tripney

All plays are submitted anonymously to the Bruntwood Prize and are read by an expert panel of readers appointed by the Royal Exchange Theatre. There…


Phase 2 reader blog- Katherine Chandler

All plays are submitted anonymously to the Bruntwood Prize and are read by an expert panel of readers appointed by the Royal Exchange Theatre. There…


On the Bruntwood Prize readers 2019

UPDATED: 17TH JUNE with new reader stats on taking on greater numbers of readers for the record 2019 entries All plays are submitted anonymously to…


Phase one reader blog- JN Benjamin

All plays are submitted anonymously to the Bruntwood Prize and are read by an expert panel of readers appointed by the Royal Exchange Theatre. There…


REPOST: Taking Up Space: Playwrights, Audiences and Everything In Between- Bridget Minamore

For many of us, theatre—writing it, writing about it, working with it, working in it—is less of a hobby, less of a job, and more…


£1 MILLION GIFT FROM THE OGLESBY CHARITABLE TRUST SUPPORTS BRAND NEW POP-UP THEATRE

THE DEN is part of the theatre’s newest strand of work Local Exchange which makes space to explore how the relationship between people, places and…


On Anonymity

On its launch in 2005 the Bruntwood Prize was one of the first writing competitions to ensure complete anonymity during the judging process by asking…