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Electric Rosary- 2017 Judges Prize winner at the Royal Exchange Theatre from June 2020

Electric Rosary By Tim Foley. Directed by Elizabeth Freestone 15 June 2020 – 4 July 2020 The Studio “We’re children of God, Sister. No hunk…


Bruntwood Blog: Round Five by Tommo Fowler

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


Nick Hern Books Playscript Subscriptions

Introducing Nick Hern Books Playscript Subscriptions: a new way to keep up to date with the most exciting contemporary plays by today’s top writers, from…


Royal Exchange Theatre Local Exchange Playwrights on attatchment

We are delighted to announce that as part of our growing Local Exchange programmes in Cheetham Hill and Leigh we are working with local playwrights…


Nick Hern books Winter Sale!

10am, Wednesday 27 November – 10am, Thursday 28 November From now until 10:00 GMT on Thursday 28 November, all NHB-published titles* are available at HALF…


Michael Oglesby CBE DL

It is with great sadness that we received the news this morning that founder of The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting Michael Oglesby has passed away….


A personal reflection – Sarah Frankcom remembers Michael Oglesby

I met Mike on my very first day working at the Royal Exchange. Bruntwood were sponsoring a New Play for the first time and he…


Kimber Lee wins the Bruntwood Prize International Award!

American writer Kimber Lee’s untitled f*ck miss sa*gon play (srsly this is not the title) scooped the International Award, a newly introduced category for the…