Broadcaster Kirsty was chair of the 2017 judging panel. Fellow judges include Associate Artistic Director of the Royal Exchange Theatre Matthew Xia; Bruntwood Prize-winning playwright Phil Porter; screenwriter and producer Russell T Davies; playwright Lucy Prebble; director Lyndsey Turner; actor Alfred Enoch and Chairman of Bruntwood Michael Oglesby CBE.

Winners

Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting: HEARTWORM by Tim X Atack

Judges Award: KING BROWN by Laurie Nunn

Judges Award: PLOW by Sharon Clark

Judges Award: ELECTRIC ROSARY by Tim Foley

Commendation: THIS IS NOT AMERICA by Joshua Val Martin

Commendation: A BIT OF LIGHT by Rebecca Callard

Shortlist

OH GRAVEYARD, YOU CAN’T HOLD ME ALWAYS by Alan McKendrick

A PLACE FOR WE by Archie Maddocks

PUMPJACK by Daniel Foxsmith

WHEN AFTER ALL IT WAS YOU AND ME (OR THE GENOCIDE PLAY) by Kevin Doyle