# Bruntwood Prize

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#054: Anna Jordan — Developing as a Playwright, TV Writing (Killing Eve/ Succession), Shitty First Drafts, Overcoming Self Doubt.

Anna Jordan, playwright (Yen/ Bruntwood Prize) and screenwriter (Killing Eve, Succession) on her early years of writing, how she got commissioned and developed as a playwright. Plus, a behind the scenes look at her writing process and how she deals with self-doubt and the reality of making money as…

The Bruntwood Prize For Playwriting with Royal Exchange Theatre Dramaturg Suzanne Bell

Suzanne Bell is currently the New Writing Associate and Dramaturg at the Royal Exchange Theatre. She has worked on a number of award-winning productions of new work and has led writer development workshops at Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, Royal Court Theatre, Soho Theatre, Live Theatre, Gate Th…

The Reytons, Phoebe Eclair-Powell, Andrew McMillan

The Reytons' second album, What's Rock and Roll, debuted at No 1 in the charts - a rare feat for a band without a label. They discuss following it up with Ballad of a Bystander which features songs about pulling and politics. Phoebe Eclair-Powell on her Bruntwood Prize-winning play, Shed: Exploded…

Mei Mac: from 4-year-old to century-old prisoner of Western stereotypes

Kimber Lee's provocatively titled winner of the first International Award from the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2019, untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play, opened in June 2023 at the Royal Exchange Theatre as part of the Manchester International Festival and will transfer to the Young Vic in London…

Anohni, artists' intellectual property, Bruntwood Prize-winning play Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz

Mercury Prize winning and Oscar-nominated artist Anohni returns with a soulful new album, My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, released under the moniker Anonhi and the Johnsons for the first time. The artist Michael Moebius is preparing to launch another legal battle to protect his intellectual …

Playwright Kimber Lee, the art of pattern discussed, Elgan Llŷr Thomas on queer culture in classical song

In 2019 Kimber Lee won the first International Award from the Bruntwood Prize, the UK’s biggest national competition for playwriting, with her work - Untitled F*ck M*ss S**gon Play. As the play’s world premiere production prepares to open this year’s Manchester International Festival, Kimber joins…

Summer Stage Sensations: Cowboys, Comedy, and Classical Ballet

This week, we dive into an exciting lineup of theatre and dance, featuring the heart-warming queer comedy My Life as a Cowboy at the Omnibus Theatre, the revival of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors at the Globe, the riotous Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the stunning Swan Lak…

Love, Legacy & What We Hold On To

This week Darren and Natalie cover a packed episode spanning major casting announcements, explosive physical theatre, and an intimate world premiere that cuts straight to the heart. We were at the Thomas Hopkins Productions press launch announcing three exciting productions: Maureen Lipman starring…

Jane Upton on Scenes From a Friendship and (the) Woman

Her Bruntwood Prize-shortlisted play (the) Woman picked up huge acclaim on a UK tour and at London’s Park Theatre, where Paloma Faith called it the “best play I’ve seen in years”. Now, just months later, her totally gorgeous piece Scenes From A Friendship has earned similar plaudits at the Nottingh…