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Playwright Neil Flynn has been awarded first prize for the 27th International Radio Playwriting Competition

Neil’s script ONCE UPON A CLOCK was also Longlisted in this years Bruntwood Prize Competition. Flynn’s International Playwriting Competition winning script titled ‘The Snowman’, inspired…


GUN TO YOUR HEAD – by Simon Jaggers at the VAULT Festival

Tue 14th Feb – Sat 18th Feb 20:30,14:30,18:10 (70 mins) Tickets from £13.00 Venue: Cavern Age Guidance: 15+ It’s summer and teenage runaways Dakota and…


2023 Longlisted script productions

In 2022 for the first time- the Longlist was 130 plays. This extended Longlist reflects the quality and creativity of the 2022 submitted plays, and our…


UNTITLED F*CK M*SS S**GON PLAY- BY KIMBER LEE- until 22 JULY 2023

The reviews are in for Kimber Lee’s untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play ★★★★★ ‘A wickedly funny satire’ WhatsOnStage ★★★★★ Manchester Evening News ★★★★★ Northern Soul…


J.N. Benjamin on reading

The Bruntwood Prize closed to entries on June 6th. We were delighted to receive 1890 scripts. Since that date out large cohort of around 150…


Compositor E By Charlie Dupré. Bruntwood Prize Longlist 2022

Falling Sparrow presents: Compositor E By Charlie Dupré February 14-19th; 20.15, 19.45, 14.30 Network Theatre VAULT Festival An apprentice typesetter works on the First Folio…


Bruntwood Prize 2022 Winners

Nathan Queeley-Dennis’ debut play BULLRING TECHNO MAKEOUT JAMZ  won the overall 2022 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting at the 2022 Award ceremony here at the Royal…


North West Original New Voice Award 2022

Patrick Hughes has been announced as the winner of the new North West Original New Voice Award and Residency, launched in recognition of the Prize’s…