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On the Bruntwood Prize Readers

The submission window to The Bruntwood Prize 2017 closed at 6pm on 5th June. We received 1,898 submissions that were address by over over 95…


London Playwright’s Blog: Pathways to Playwriting

The wonderful writers resource The London Playwright’s blog interviewed Bruntwood Prize winners James Fritz and Phil Porter to look at competitions as a route into the…


Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2017- longlist announcement

This year we received 1,898 submissions to the 2017 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. Since the June 5th deadline the plays have been through a  rigorous…


Cast announced for Bruntwood Judges Award winner James Fritz’s powerful new play

A Royal Exchange Theatre and Bush Theatre co-production PARLIAMENT SQUARE By James Fritz Directed by Jude Christian Designed by Fly Davis   18 – 28…


Katherine Soper wins Best Writer at The Stage Debut Awards for Wish List

Katherine Soper has won Best Writer at the 2017 Stage Debut Awards for her Bruntwood Prize Award winning script Wish List. After winning the 2015…


Anonymous, by anonymous

There’s an interesting two-part exchange under the last Bruntwood Readers’ Blog post, “The Feminist Gaze,” by Meg Vaughan. In it, below-the-line, “James Wang” asserts: “A…


Tatton Park Flower Show Discussion

Recorded live in the Bruntwood garden at Tatton Park during the RHS Flower Show on Saturday 22nd July. Join BBC Front Row presenter Kirsty Lang…


The Feminist Gaze by Megan Vaughan

  This is the second time I’ve read for Bruntwood. In the two years since the 2015 competition I’ve been struck by images from those…