The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting is a unique engine for the discovery and promotion of new writing talent for theatre. Six full productions, nine prize winners and well over 3000 entries have been generated by the Prize to date and £80,000 has been awarded in prize money. Bruntwood award winning work has now been seen in both the Theatre and The Studio at the Royal Exchange Theatre, at the Lyric Hammersmith and the Soho Theatre.
The Prize has grown out of a partnership between the Royal Exchange Theatre and the Manchester-based property company Bruntwood. After two years of working together on the ‘Write’ initiative, a competition and festival that introduced new writers from the North West, they launched the first Bruntwood Playwriting Competition in 2005, with the second following in 2008.
You can find out more information about previous competitions by clicking on the two links below or on the profiles of each winning writer in the menu to the right.
