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On taking stock and getting started (again)
Arts spaces will be back, so get ready to make your boldest work yet. Kieran Knowles, who was longlisted for… -
On trust and beginnings
kimber lee won the inaugural International Award at the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2019 for her play UNTITLED F*CK M*SS… -
Essay: The collective imagination
What can one person do to change a whole story? Dramaturg and director Anthony Simpson-Pike extends three thought experiments to… -
Ten survival tips for writers
Bruntwood Prize-winning playwright Anna Jordan has been sharing #WritersSurvivalTips on her Twitter, and has gathered them here for us. -
Essay: Finding the words
Arts journalist and academic Catherine Love on why she writes about theatre and new ways of seeing the stage. -
Essay: Adventure time
Playwright and Senior Dramaturg at the National Theatre Stewart Pringle gives us notes on magic boxes and the transporting power… -
Development Diary: Tim Foley on writing in isolation
We are exploring ways in which we can all remain connected and optimistic during the Covid-19 pandemic. Tim Foley won… -
On giving your character a voice
Kendall Feaver won a Bruntwood Prize for Playwrighting Judges Award in 2015 for the brilliant THE ALMIGHTY SOMETIMES. She offers a… -
On theatre as enquiry
Chinonyerem Odimba was shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwrighting in 2015 for WILD IS DE WIND. She offers three… -
On telling a theatrical tale
Tim Foley won the Bruntwood Prize for Playwrighting in 2017 for ELECTRIC ROSARY. He interrogates what we mean by theatrical… -
On redrafting and submissions
Frances Poet's play GUT was shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2015. She offers a checklist for your… -
A dramaturg's guide to redrafting
The Royal Exchange Theatre's dramaturg has worked on countless plays with hundreds of playwrights in her career. Here is her…
Writing Resources
We will use this page to share provocations, tips, tutorials and advice all with the aim of helping you shape and develop your writing practice.
