News


Want to write a play?

The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting is a genuine endeavor to discover new stories and help playwrights develop their craft, providing everybody and anybody with the…


The Almighty Sometimes wins major Australian drama award

We are delighted that 2015 Judge’s Prize winner THE ALMIGHTY SOMETIMES has won the The Prize for Drama at the prestigious Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards- announced…


REPOST: Meet the 2017 Shortlist- Laurie Nunn

Laurie Nunn’s brilliant Netflix’s series Sex Education debut in early Jan 2019. In the run up to the ceremony we profiled all the shortlisted writers and their…


Introducing the Judges

We are delighted to announce our brilliant panel of Judges for the 2019 Prize. Chair of the Judges and Artistic Director of the Young Vic…


Nick Hern books- 25% discount on Bruntwood Prize winners

Our partnership with Nick Hern Books, who have published many of the winning plays, enable the prize winning plays to have a far wider reach. To…


The Bruntwood Prize and The Royal Exchange

Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre Company transforms the way people see theatre, each other and the world around them. Our historic building, once the world’s biggest…


What are the stories we should tell on our stage- Jo Clifford

21st July. My Gospel According To Jesus Queen of Heaven is being performed at a Festival in Garanhuns, in north Brazil.   The theme of…


What is your responsibility as a theatre-maker to the work and theatre-makers that have come before you?- Kevin Loring 

Our work as artists should be to subvert and transform the previous generation’s assumptions, to question their approaches and attitudes, and to challenge their authority…