Brilliant Adventures by Alistair McDowall, winner of a judges award in the Bruntwood Prize 2011, will be presented as a staged reading at the Royal Court Theatre on 2-3 March as part of their Young Writers Festival.
Selected from over 300 scripts by writers aged 25 and under, Brilliant Adventures is one of four plays to receive a reading at the Royal Court and is also under development at the Royal Exchange as part of its Bruntwood Prize win.
Brilliant Adventures
Rob’s less than impressed by his brother Luke’s new flat. That is until he discovers it’s ideally placed to become the area’s drug supply epicentre. Thrown into a dangerous world, the brothers must salvage what’s left of the home and family. Luke’s got an ingenious solution which could solve all their problems…
Alistair McDowall is 24-year-old writer from the North East of England. Previous plays include Plain Jane, Some Stories, and 5:30. He has been a writer-on-attachment at the Royal Court and is currently on attachment with Paines Plough. Brilliant Adventures was recently awarded a Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2011. Caroline Steinbeis directs the staged reading of Brilliant Adventures at the Royal Court Theatre.
Brilliant Adventures 2-3 March, 6pm
As part of Young Writers Festival 2012
Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London SW1W 8AS
Tickets £8
Book online or by 020 7565 5000
