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BEST EVER PLACE EVER Created by Joe Gilmour & Community Company from Leigh, Atherton and Tyldesley

Spinners Mill, Community Room Saturday 9 July 2.00pm & 4.00pm Free. ‘BUT TODAY WE’VE ORGANISED A SPECIAL LEIGH, ATHERTON AND TYDESLEY OPEN DAY FOR YOU,…


Royal Exchange Theatre- YOUNG COMPANY WRITERS

A YEAR-LONG PROGRAMME FOR PEOPLE AGED 16-21 INTERESTED IN READING PLAYS, WRITING SCRIPTS AND LEARNING ABOUT PLAYWRIGHTS. WRITERS: AGES 16 – 21. WEEKLY SESSIONS, TUESDAYS…


A letter to Everyone who has entered the 2022 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting

Take a moment. You have written a play. Not only have you written a play but you have sent it out into the world to…


Royal Exchange Theatre ELDERS COMPANY opportunities

ELDERS AREN’T JUST OLDER – THEY’RE WISER. IN A GOOD SOCIETY, OLDER PEOPLE ARE RESPECTED FOR THEIR EXPERIENCE, FOR THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND FOR EVERYTHING THEY…


ENTRY FAQ- What’s the difference between professional and amateur?

We ask that anyone submitting a script to exclusively own and control all copyright and all other related rights to their work. As we aspire…


ENTRY FAQ- Can I include music? (short answer- yes!)

The Bruntwood Prize cannot accept full musicals, however if your script demands passages of music then please do indicate this within the script in a…


Other Worlds: Putting Science Fiction On Stage. Longread by Lauren Mooney

One of these performers is not like the others. The rest of the cast are all of a piece, voices sweetly complementary, a sisterhood of…


ENTRY FAQ- What should my script look like?

As the Bruntwood Prize Co-ordinator- I get questions from people interested in the Prize to bruntwood.prize@royalexchange.co.uk. In the run up to the June 6th- 6pm…