We are delighted to announce our shortlist for the Bruntwood Royal Exchange Playwriting Competition. Our judges will now decide from this list which four plays will win cash prizes.

BEFORE THE ECHOES DIE AWAY

BUTCHER BOYS

COMING UP FOR AIR

EIGHTY EIGHT

MOGADISHI

PADDY BLACK AND THE UN

SALT

SANCTUARY

THE WAKE

The competition winners will be announced at the Bruntwood Awards Ceremony at the Royal Exchange Theatre on November 20th.

Download the longlist

* We reserve the right to amend the longlist due to changing circumstances of the availability of plays etc

However, below are the titles of plays that made it to the second round. We would like to publicly recognise the talent of the writers who made it this far, and although their plays will go no further in the competition, the writers will all receive full reports from us in due course.

Download the second round list

Who's involved?

The Bruntwood Playwriting Competition is a partnership between The Royal Exchange Theatre and Bruntwood.

You should be able to find most of the answers to your questions on this site (please see Frequently asked questions).  However should you need to contact us you can do so by emailing bruntwood@royalexchange.co.uk.


Opening scripts in the Bruntwood Playwriting Competition office at the Royal Exchange Theatre.