Calling all budding playwriters.
The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting is looking for great new plays and writers to enter their work and show us the World inside their head.
It’s the biggest national competition of its kind and since 2005 six of the winning plays have been produced at the Royal exchange Theatre and beyond. The winning writer will receive £16,000 with three runner up prizes of £8,000.
Visit www.writeaplay.co.uk to find out more.
You can also follow the competition on Twitter@bruntwoodprize
This year’s judging panel includes actors Sue Johnston (Royle Family, Brookside) and Maxine Peake (Shameless, Dinnerladies), Royal Exchange Artistic Director Sarah Frankcom and Bruntwood Chairman Mike Oglesby. Olivier Award winning playwright Simon Stephens is the chair of the judges.
