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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…


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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…


Chloe Todd Fordham on the Kenyon College Playwright’s Conference

When the Royal Exchange asked me if I’d like to attend the Kenyon College Playwright’s Conference in Gambier, Ohio, my response was a resounding OBVIOUSLY…


Ambassadors announced for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting

Acclaimed British actors, Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp become the first Bruntwood Prize ambassadors Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp known for their roles as Scott…


THEATRE FOR NOW, STORIES WE ALL SHARE

THE ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE AUTUMN/WINTER SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT  The Royal Exchange Theatre is at the centre of Manchester, a dynamic global city which demands theatre that…


To everyone who has entered their work for the 2017 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting

Congratulations to each and every one of you.  You have completed a script and sent it out into the world to be experienced by other…