The Bread & Roses Playwriting Award 2016/2017
The first Bread & Roses Playwriting Award was open for submissions in 2016 and presented in collaboration with Lazy Bee Scripts. It called for full length theatre plays (by UK based playwrights) that have not previously been produced or published and feature at least half of female roles, non-binary or gender neutral roles. The winner was chosen out of over 450 submissions and announced as well as produced in 2017. Two runner-ups were produced in 2018.
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Winner
The Black Eye Club by Phil Charles
Production November 2017 "Funny, moving, powerful new play" ★★★★★ - Remotegoat "a renewed sense of wonder at the human spirit" ★★★★★ - Breaking the Fourth Wall "Full of mellow humour and tasty conflict of character" ★★★★ & Top Pick of the Month - LPT Magazine Runner-ups: Little Did I Know by Doc Andersen-Bloomfield Production February 2018 "A strong and touching play" ★★★★ & Top Pick of the Month - LPT Magazine "sidesteps empathy fatigue and gives the audience a palpable figure" ★★★★ - Breaking the Fourth Wall The Buzz by Lydia Rynne Set for publication & production in May 2018 |
The winning playwright will receive:
Two runner-up playwrights will receive:
Submission Criteria
Competition JudgesRebecca Pryle – Managing Director of The Bread & Roses Theatre
Tessa Hart – Artistic Director of The Bread & Roses Theatre Additional readers/associates of The Bread & Roses Theatre Lazy Bee Scripts (judging top 3) |
2016/2017 Shortlist
2016/2017 Longlist
The plays longlisted (in no particular order) are below. Congratulations to the top 12% of plays longlisted!
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