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The well-made play and the play made well, by Maddy Costa

“Not long ago I was talking with a group of young British dramatists about the theatre and play-writing in general. The term ‘well-made play’ came…


Livestream writing workshop with Jo Clifford- March 7th

We are delighted to announce 6 exciting brand-new livestreamed workshops for 2019.  Led by internationally recognised playwrights these sessions are completely free to access and…


Mother Courage and her Children- a new version by Anna Jordan

2013 Bruntwood Prize winner and Judge for this years Bruntwood Prize Anna Jordan has written a sharp new version of Brecht’s Mother Courage and her…


Livestream writing workshop with David Eldridge- February 19th

We are delighted to announce 6 exciting brand-new livestreamed workshops for 2019.  Led by internationally recognised playwrights these sessions are completely free to access and…


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…