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Introducing our international partners and the International Award

At the heart of the Bruntwood Prize is collaboration and partnership – to support playwrights, to encourage people to tell stories, to see work on…


Bruntwood Prize winning Playwright Anna Jordan ‘Have your own voice, and use it’

In the second of our video interviews with the 2019 Judges, playwright Anna Jordan discusses what makes a story into a play, and how the…


Like You Hate Me- by Tom Lodge

Tom is a working-class playwright and theatre maker from Skipton, now based in London with an interest in formally bold, politically engaged work. Tom’s short…


Faith Yianni- The People’s Judge- on the year so far

This time last year I was sitting in a Leeds library for what felt like the 100th day in a row, pounding away at my…


Free livestream workshop- Winsome Pinnock From Intimacy to the Epic-18 April 6pm-8pm

Winsome Pinnock From Intimacy to the Epic Thursday 18 April 6pm-8pm here on writeaplay!  In this workshop we will explore the idea of the “big”…


International Livestream workshops- next up Naomi Iizuka

At the heart of the Bruntwood Prize is collaboration and partnership – to support playwrights, to encourage people to tell stories, to see work on…


Tamar Saphra on reading and directing THE NOISES

The murmur of writers was regular background noise when I was growing up. There were books in every room. I always smiled politely at the…


Bruntwood Prize Judge Kate Vokes on corporate sponsorship

Kate Vokes, Culture Director at Bruntwood and Judge for the 2019 Prize has written on the need to change the narrative around corporate sponsorship of…