Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2015 Set Platform Event to Launch 10th Anniversary Prize

The 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting will launch its 10th anniversary competition on 29 January 2015 with a public platform event at the National Theatre, featuring playwrights Simon Stephens and Duncan Macmillan and journalists Miranda Sawyer and Matt Trueman. The event will be hosted by Kirsty Lang.

The panel will be discussing the issue 'What makes a great play?'.

The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting is Britain's biggest playwriting competition. This round will mark the 10th anniversary of the Prize, which has supported the development and productions of a significant number of playwrights since its inception in 2005. Fifteen playwrights have been awarded a total of £160,000. There have been eleven critically acclaimed productions of winning entries, as well as a number of productions of plays elsewhere that were identified through the judging process.

Over 7,000 entries have been generated from across the United Kingdom and winning playwrights have gone on to have work produced at the Royal Court Theatre, Almeida Theatre, on Broadway and in the West End. It is a significant investment in playwrights and support for new work on our stages. More information about the Prize can be found at www.writeaplay.co.uk/about.

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