Introduction


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. Each resource approaches things from their writers own perspective – so take from each one what you like!

Writing resources


10 TRAITS IN 10 YEARS by Duska Radosavljevic

Theatre-Making in the 21st Century – Duška Radosavljević on the changing face on contemporary theatre-making. 1. Education and Training – It is symptomatic that artists who…


Create your own stage – what does this mean?

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Prize, Bruntwood and the Royal Exchange Theatre have commissioned the acclaimed photographer Simon Annand to photograph a selection…


Finding the Words by Catherine Love

In the third in a series of pieces to mark the opening for entries of this year’s Bruntwood Prize, Catherine Love discusses the reasons why…


Provocations, tips & tutorials – with Simon Stephens

We are really excited to bring you a series of tutorials by different writers to help you with your script and shape your writing practice. Our…


Provocations, tips & tutorials – with Duncan Macmillan

We are really excited to bring you a series of tutorials by different writers to help you with your script and shape your writing practice….


Provocations, tips & tutorials – with Nell Leyshon

We are really excited to bring you a series of tutorials by different writers to help you with your script and shape your writing practice….


Chris Thorpe on Form and the Audience

Chris Thorpe on Form and the Audience – Written by Alex Summers, Literary Assistant Royal Exchange Associate Artist, Chris Thorpe (THERE HAS POSSIBLY BEEN AN INCIDENT,…


The Next Stages writers on the journey of a playwright

Week 2 of our Next Stages blog is a video diary asking how the course was influencing the writers consideration of the audience and ideas…