PART 3: Bruntwood Playwriting Competition 2011

VIVIENNE FRANZMANN...was a Drama teacher in London for twelve years. She left teaching in 2009 to pursue writing after winning the 2008 Bruntwood Playwriting Competition for Mogadishu. The play also won the George Devine Award in 2010. What did it mean to win the Bruntwood Prize? The first thing was that it was a total … Continue reading PART 3: Bruntwood Playwriting Competition 2011

PART 2: Bruntwood Playwriting Competition 2011

BEN MUSGRAVE...on winning the inaugural Bruntwood Prize in 2007 for his play Pretend You Have Big Buildings How has winning the first Bruntwood Prize affected your career as a writer? A week before the prize announcement, I had given up my job to concentrate on writing full-time. Winning the prize felt like a miraculous validation … Continue reading PART 2: Bruntwood Playwriting Competition 2011