Sam Burns longlisted for Blackburn Prize
We’re super excited to announce that Sam Burns, who we nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2011, has been named in the 10-strong longlist for her extraordinary debut play NOT THE WORST PLACE....
View ArticleCongratulations to Arinze Kene – ‘Most Promising Playwright’
Thanks to tweets from @OvalDirector we’re thrilled to see that one of our Associate Company playwrights, Arinze Kene, won the award for Most Promising Playwright at OffWestEnd.com’s Offie Awards last...
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Penelope Skinner wins 2011 George Devine Award
Penelope Skinner We were thrilled to be at this morning’s George Devine Award ceremony at the Royal Court Theatre where Penelope Skinner was announced as the winner of this year’s George Devine Award...
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LOVE, LOVE, LOVE wins Best New Play
We were delighted to accept the Best New Play Award at last night’s re-branded TMA Theatre Awards on behalf of our Associate Playwright Mike Bartlett. The newly-christened ‘Theatre Awards UK‘ honoured...
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Penelope Skinner scoops Standard Award
Penelope Skinner. Photo: The Evening Standard Much cheering at PP HQ at the news that Penelope Skinner scooped the prestigious Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright at yesterday’s...
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The writer / director relationship
James and Mike. Just hanging out. By a wall. (Photo: Penny McGuire) Calling all directors and playwrights… Paines Plough and The Young Vic have teamed up to curate an open discussion on the writer /...
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‘Old but urgent’ says Stephens
In case you missed it in today’s METRO, here is Simon Stephens‘ timely reminder of why we do what we do: “…in the theatre, those big loves of mine synthesized: the dramatic narratives of the TV I...
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In Battalions … still on the attack
You might remember a blog we did on the challenge that playwright Fin Kennedy was set by Ed Vaizey – to prove that cuts made to Arts Council England are having a dramatic impact on the culture of new...
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THE BIG ROOM Playwright-in-residence
We’d like introduce our newest member of the PP team – THE BIG ROOM Playwright-in-residence Alexandra Wood. Alexandra’s play THE ELEVENTH CAPITAL was produced by the Royal Court as part of their Young...
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Dennis Kelly wins a 2013 Tony Award
PP alumnus Dennis Kelly won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical at last night’s 2013 Awards for MATHILDA. Watch Dennis’ brilliant acceptance speech here. We worked with Dennis on AFTER THE END...
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