The Women’s Prize for Playwriting
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We find the best new plays by women in the UK and Ireland and produce them on national stages.
from left to right:
Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me by Amy Trigg - 📸 Marc Brenner
The Swell by Isley Lynn - 📸 Ali Wright
You Bury Me by Ahlam - 📸 Pamela Raith
Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me by Amy Trigg - 📸 Marc Brenner
The Swell by Isley Lynn - 📸 Ali Wright
You Bury Me by Ahlam - 📸 Pamela Raith
March 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
from left to right:
Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me by Amy Trigg - 📸 Marc Brenner
The Swell by Isley Lynn - 📸 Ali Wright
You Bury Me by Ahlam - 📸 Pamela Raith
Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me by Amy Trigg - 📸 Marc Brenner
The Swell by Isley Lynn - 📸 Ali Wright
You Bury Me by Ahlam - 📸 Pamela Raith
The play will perform at Belgrade Theatre and Sheffield Theatres, with additional tour dates to be announced.
It is a co-production with Paines Plough, Belgrade Theatre, Sheffield Theatres, and the Women’s Prize for Playwriting.
Image credit: Rebecca Pitt
It is a co-production with Paines Plough, Belgrade Theatre, Sheffield Theatres, and the Women’s Prize for Playwriting.
Image credit: Rebecca Pitt
February 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The play will perform at Belgrade Theatre and Sheffield Theatres, with additional tour dates to be announced.
It is a co-production with Paines Plough, Belgrade Theatre, Sheffield Theatres, and the Women’s Prize for Playwriting.
Image credit: Rebecca Pitt
It is a co-production with Paines Plough, Belgrade Theatre, Sheffield Theatres, and the Women’s Prize for Playwriting.
Image credit: Rebecca Pitt
This exceptionally funny and deeply moving play won the Prize in 2022, chosen unanimously by our judging panel (Arifa Akbar, Mel Kenyon, Lucy Kirkwood, Winsome Pinnock, Indhu Rubasingham, Jenny Sealey, Nina Steiger, Nicola Walker, Jodie Whittaker).
February 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This exceptionally funny and deeply moving play won the Prize in 2022, chosen unanimously by our judging panel (Arifa Akbar, Mel Kenyon, Lucy Kirkwood, Winsome Pinnock, Indhu Rubasingham, Jenny Sealey, Nina Steiger, Nicola Walker, Jodie Whittaker).
Email literary@sheffieldtheatres.co.uk with the subject line ‘Women’s Prize Event’ to RSVP for this free event. Join us to ask questions, find out more about the prize's impact and what the readers are looking for in submissions.🏆
February 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Email literary@sheffieldtheatres.co.uk with the subject line ‘Women’s Prize Event’ to RSVP for this free event. Join us to ask questions, find out more about the prize's impact and what the readers are looking for in submissions.🏆
Once we've got your script, we'll assign it to our panel of expert readers. The readers & Prize team will determine a longlist, which will be announced in October. Then, a shortlist will be sent to our judging panel & a winner will be announced in December.
Good luck!⭐️
Good luck!⭐️
January 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Once we've got your script, we'll assign it to our panel of expert readers. The readers & Prize team will determine a longlist, which will be announced in October. Then, a shortlist will be sent to our judging panel & a winner will be announced in December.
Good luck!⭐️
Good luck!⭐️
The prize is open to writers who are female or non-binary, age 16 or older, and resident in the UK or the Republic of Ireland.
Submitted scripts may be co-written, any cast size, and any genre and style, except musicals.
Submitted scripts may be co-written, any cast size, and any genre and style, except musicals.
January 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The prize is open to writers who are female or non-binary, age 16 or older, and resident in the UK or the Republic of Ireland.
Submitted scripts may be co-written, any cast size, and any genre and style, except musicals.
Submitted scripts may be co-written, any cast size, and any genre and style, except musicals.
⭐️ Nancy Medina
⭐️ Nina Steiger
⭐️ Romola Garai
⭐️ Nina Steiger
⭐️ Romola Garai
December 12, 2024 at 1:54 PM
⭐️ Nancy Medina
⭐️ Nina Steiger
⭐️ Romola Garai
⭐️ Nina Steiger
⭐️ Romola Garai
⭐️ Katharine Viner
⭐️ Milli Bhatia
⭐️ Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
⭐️ Milli Bhatia
⭐️ Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
December 12, 2024 at 1:54 PM
⭐️ Katharine Viner
⭐️ Milli Bhatia
⭐️ Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
⭐️ Milli Bhatia
⭐️ Morgan Lloyd Malcolm