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By Gareth FarrOn Christmas Eve 2002, a girl is born in a seemingly ordinary family-run Northern pub. That baby is Amy and from the moment of her birth the fate of the pub is inextricably linked with her own. Cracks that have always existed break wide open and as she grows, the foundations of this legendary local pub start to shake.Narrated by Amy, through intimate and lyrical language, we are guided through the first twenty-one years of her life to a point where she alone must decide the future of those closest to her.Sally . . . . . Siobhan Finneran Amy . . . . . Sophie Cox Brendan . . . . . Pearce Quigley Karen . . . . . Leah Brotherhead Mark . . . . . Matthew Durkan Jack . . . . . David Hounslow Younger Amy . . . . . Maddie Evans Even Younger Amy . . . . . Miriam MiticSound design: Peter Ringrose Production coordinator: Gaelan Connolly-DavisDirector: Sasha YevtushenkoGareth Farr is an award-winning playwright. He started work as an actor, working at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Court and West End as well at several regional theatres and on many TV roles. Gareth's first stage play Britannia Waves the Rules (Manchester Royal Exchange) won a judge's award at the Bruntwood Prize for Playwrighting. His other works include The Quiet House (Birmingham Rep Theatre and Park Theatre London), Biscuits For Breakfast (Hampstead Theatre) and A Child of Science (Bristol Old Vic – nominated for Best New Play at UK Theatre Awards 2024.). Shandyland started life as a stage play but was cancelled during rehearsals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was shortlisted for the George Devine Award in 2021.

Martha Loader is simply an awesome person! We talk to her about her love of writing and the steps she has taken to get to an award-winning playwright. Martha also talks about her brilliant play, Bindweed  - soon to be on the stage at the New Wolsey Theatre and the Colchester Mercury.Bindweed is written by Martha Loader, as part of the Mercury Playwrights scheme, and won the Judges' Award at the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2022.A Mercury Original co-produced with HighTide and New Wolsey Theatre in association with The Royal Exchange Theatre.Show content advice: This show is recommended to those aged 18+, those aged between 16-18 may attend but will need to be accompanied by an adult. This performance contains swearing, violence, misogynistic conversation, reference to coercive control, rape and sexual assault, reference to murder and suicide, and references to children obtaining and sharing pornography.Thank you for listening to the New Wolsey Theatre Podcast.You're all welcome to get involved and if you'd like to be a guest or like to ask a question to the theatre team, please just get in touch.Email: jparker@wolseytheatre.co.uk (Podcast host and Marketing Officer)All show tickets are on sale HERE.Visit the New Wolsey Theatre website HERE.Thanks to our good friends at podtalk.co.uk for managing and producing our podcast. The New Wolsey Theatre is supported by Arts Council England, Suffolk County Council and Ipswich Borough Council.

In this episode, Stephen Moyer, an actor, director, and producer, shares his early movie memories and influences. As a child, he recalls attending Saturday morning pictures and being captivated by Laurel, Hardy, and The Lone Ranger. Stephen also discusses the sentimental value of his childhood toys and the importance of preserving memories. He then delves into his journey into filmmaking, from discovering his passion for acting to realizing the possibility of a career in film. Stephen reflects on the transition from theatre to film and the challenges and adaptations that come with it. In this conversation, Steve Moyer discusses his experience introducing movies to his children and balancing family life with filmmaking. He shares how he and his wife worked together as creative partners and managed to create parallel experiences for their children to enjoy being kids while their parents worked.  Stephen also talks about the development process of his film A Bit of Light and how he found hope in difficult subject matter. He emphasizes the importance of authenticity and healing in storytelling.  The film will be available in theaters and on streaming Friday, April 5th, 2024. A BIT OF LIGHTDIRECTED & PRODUCED BY STEPHEN MOYER STARRING & PRODUCED BY ACADEMY-AWARD WINNER ANNA PAQUIN & BAFTA-AWARD NOMINEE RAY WINSTONE A Bit of Light | Official TrailerA Bit of Light, directed by Stephen Moyer from a screenplay by Rebecca Callard—based on her Bruntwood Prize-nominated play of the same name. The film stars Academy® Award winner Anna Paquin [True Blood, X-Men, Flack)], Bafta-Award Nominee Ray Winstone [currently in Netflix's Damsel & The Gentlemen,The Departed, Black Widow], Pippa Bennett-Warner [Gangs Of London, See How They Run], BAFTA nominee Youssef Kerkour [Home], and in his big screen debut Luca Hogan. Moyer, who can currently be seen in Paramount +'s Sexy Beast, the final two episodes he directed, also helmed several episodes of True Blood and Amazon Prime Video's Flack, starring Paquin and executive produced by the pair.  He made his feature directing debut with The Parting Glass, also produced by Moyer/Paquin. A Bit of Light unfolds as an intimate story about a recovering alcoholic named Ella (Paquin). A series of tough breaks forces Ella to move back in with her father, Alan (Winstone), while her daughters are under the care of her ex-husband, Joseph (Kerkour), and his new partner, Bethan (Bennett-Warner). Mired in guilt, the protagonist finds herself in fights with Joseph and Bethan about the kids and Alan over AA meetings. However, an unlikely friendship with Neil (Hogan) opens her eyes to taking responsibility and making the changes she needs to make.Produced by ANNA PAQUIN, STEPHEN MOYER, PHIL GLYNN AND AXEL KUSCHEVATZKY (Infinity Hill), ISABELLE GEORGEAUX (Pont Neuf Productions).TakeawaysChildhood movie experiences can have a lasting impact on a person's love for film.Nostalgia and sentimental value can be attached to childhood toys and movies.Discovering a passion for filmmaking can lead to a career in the industry.Transitioning from theatre to film requires learning new techniques and adapting to different challenges.Chapters00:00Introduction and First Movie Memories02:24Early Film Influences06:02Childhood Toys and Nostalgia08:13Family Movie Watching09:38Discovering a Passion for Making Movies14:08Realizing the Possibility of a Career in Film22:27Exploring Filmmaking Techniques25:32Challenges and Adaptations in Filmmaking35:55Introducing Movies to Kids37:30Working as Creative Partners39:19Family Dynamic on Set44:36Coming to the Material of A Bit of Light46:30Finding Hope in Difficult Subject Matter48:48Healing and Authenticity in A Bit of Light51:22Introducing Film to Children in Different Generations55:07Creating a Love for Cinema in Children New Episodes Every Wednesday!EPISODE CREDITS:Host, Producer, Editor: Jessica KantorBooker: Noelia MurphyBe sure to follow and tag Raising Cinephiles on Instagram

The Reytons' second album, What's Rock and Roll, debuted at No 1 in the charts - a rare feat for a band without a label. They discuss following it up with Ballad of a Bystander which features songs about pulling and politics.Phoebe Eclair-Powell on her Bruntwood Prize-winning play, Shed: Exploded View, which was inspired by the work of art Cornelia Parker created when she asked the British Army to blow up a garden shed, capturing the fragments in a frozen moment. The play centres on three couples whose conversations coincide, clash, and chime - the play opens at the Royal Exchange in Manchester this week.Poet Andrew McMillan on his debut novel, Pity, an exploration of masculinity and sexuality in a small South Yorkshire town.Presenter: Nick Ahad Producer: Ekene Akalawu

Yemen. 2023. In one of the poorest countries in the world, with civil war raging, life isn't exactly easy, and most days the fishermen return with barely enough to live off, let alone to sell.But fisherman's son Yusuf is an eternal optimist, and dreamer, who keeps the community's spirits high with tales of whales and his dreams of the Gulf's glorious past. Plus, he's secretly in love with his best friend. But when disaster strikes, and Yusuf's optimism is tested to the limit, he ends up at sea in the strangest of scenarios.A heart-warming tale of faith, hope and rizq (the Islamic concept that Allah is responsible for all sustenance provided to us).CAST Yusuf ..... Bilal Hasna Zulaikha ..... Danusia Samal Fatima ..... Sirine Saba Khaled ..... Stewart Scudamore Abdo ..... Fayez Bakhsh Nabil/Mahdi ..... Yassine MkhichenWritten by maatin Directed by Anne Isger Sound by Pete Ringrose and Ali Craig A BBC Audio Production for BBC Radio 4.An EcoAudio certified productionAbout the writer: maatin is a London-based playwright who focuses on Muslim storytelling. In 2023, maatin's play Duck was performed at the Arcola, following a run at Jermyn Street Theatre. His play Friday at the masjid was selected for the RSC 37 Plays project, and longlisted for the The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2022 and the Soho Theatre's Verity Bargate Award 2022. Previously, his work was nominated for the Edinburgh TV Festival's New Voice Awards 2021 and longlisted for BBC Comedy Room 2020. He was selected for the Hampstead Theatre's INSPIRE Programme 2020/21.

It's a Test Match between Australia and England. Who will win the Ashes. But the commentary is interrupted by the mysterious and troubling disappearance of one of England's most talented young batters. This young cricketer has walked out of the match and no one knows where he has gone. Or, why. As the cricketer talks to a therapist his story unfolds. The Batter ..... Dan Parr The Dad ..... Ian Conningham The Ex Girlfriend ..... Melissa Vaughan The Bowler ..... Will Kirk The Therapist ..... Tracy Wiles The Test Commentator ..... Jonathan Agnew Written by James Fritz Directed by Tracey Neale Cricket has been part of this young man's life since he was six years old. Growing up in Lancashire he is talented and incredibly ambitious, always proud of the way that he handles pressure. Under the watchful eye of his dad he has risen from school to club to country and finally international level. His mum died when he was seven, so it's always been just him, his dad and cricket. When his first England Test cap is awarded, he takes to international cricket like a duck to water. A high flyer and settled down with a girlfriend who is studying Climate Science. On tour, although older players tell him not to, he googles his own name and constantly reads and watches everything he can about cricket and then this becomes mixed in with climate fears. He begins to read tweets and articles and watch TikTok videos that inflame his worries even more and things begin to get out of control and his ability to play cricket suffers. Then finally, on the biggest stage, something snaps. With millions watching on the television around the world and without saying a word to his teammates, he drives away from the stadium into the Australian outback and ends up locking himself in a wardrobe in a motel in the middle of nowhere. Frightened and alone. As his demons start to overwhelm him, can he find the strength to open the door? As the cricketer talks to a therapist his story unfolds. Cricket has long had a problem with poor mental health. The unique pressures of ‘a team game played by individuals' have led many prominent players to experience substance abuse, anxiety, depression and at times suicide. It involves extreme scrutiny of talent, technique and mental fortitude combined with extended periods away from the comforts of home and family. The batter who is out for nought is left for days or weeks to stew on their failure: on how it has cost their team, their career prospects, their country. Arguably there has never been a harder time to be a professional athlete. The constant scrutiny of social media means that there is no escape from the public glare for young sports men and women. But this is only reflective of the wider crisis in young men's mental health in our society. Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45. Generations of young men are growing up unable to ask for help, trapped in cycles of anxiety and depression, feeling their own pressure to ‘perform' in a variety of different ways. The Test Batter Can't Breathe is heart-breaking and occasionally terrifying, but hopeful and educational. An honest, unflinching portrayal of a mind under extreme stress that might make those suffering from performance-related anxiety and depression feel a little less alone. The Writer: James Fritz is a multi-award-winning writer from South London, whose plays for BBC Radio include Comment Is Free, Death of A Cosmonaut, Eight Point Nine Nine and Dear Harry Kane. His awards for audio drama include the Imison and Tinniswood BBC Audio Drama Awards – the first time a writer has won both in the same year - and the ARIA award for Best Fictional Storytelling in 2021. He has also been nominated on multiple occasions for Best Single Drama at both the BBC Radio Awards and the BBC Audio Drama Awards. Dear Harry Kane won Best Drama in this year's ARIA Awards. For theatre his plays include Four Minutes Twelve Seconds, Parliament Square and Ross & Rachel. He has won a Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, The Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright and has been nominated for an Olivier Award. Producer and Director: Tracey Neale Technical Production: Alison Craig and Peter Ringrose Production Co-Ordinator: Hannah O'Reilly

Mercury Prize winning and Oscar-nominated artist Anohni returns with a soulful new album, My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, released under the moniker Anonhi and the Johnsons for the first time. The artist Michael Moebius is preparing to launch another legal battle to protect his intellectual property, after successfully suing 399 companies for infringing his copyright in a landmark lawsuit. To discuss why artists and designers need better protection, Nick Ahad is joined by US lawyer Jeff Gluck and Margaret Heffernan, Chair of the Design and Artists Copyright Society. Playwright Nathan Queeley-Dennis is in Edinburgh appearing in his debut play, a monologue which won the Bruntwood Prize last year. Nathan tells Nick about writing and performing Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz, a love letter to Brimingham, barbers and love itself. Presenter: Nick Ahad Producer: Ekene Akalawu

Kimber Lee's provocatively titled winner of the first International Award from the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2019, untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play, opened in June 2023 at the Royal Exchange Theatre as part of the Manchester International Festival and will transfer to the Young Vic in London later in the year. In the lead role of Kim is Mei Mac, who was nominated for a Best Actress Olivier Award earlier this year for playing 4-year-old Mei Kusakabe in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican in London. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Mei in the middle of the Manchester run and asked her about performing in this often physical and funny production and the serious questions it raises, as well as her experiences in Totoro with the RSC and director Phelim McDermott. untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play is at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester until 22 July 2023, then at the Young Vic in London from 18 September to 4 November 2023. (Photo of Mei Mac as Kim by Other Richard - Richard Davenport)

In 2019 Kimber Lee won the first International Award from the Bruntwood Prize, the UK's biggest national competition for playwriting, with her work - Untitled F*ck M*ss S**gon Play. As the play's world premiere production prepares to open this year's Manchester International Festival, Kimber joins Front Row to discuss how Groundhog Day helped her to take on a century of East Asian stereotypes. Finding queer musical stories: tenor and composer Elgan Llyr Thomas has been exploring LGBTQ+ representation in vocal music and performs live. Eric Broug, writer and artist specialising in Islamic geometric design and Annemarie O'Sullivan, basket-maker and artist, join Nick Ahad to discuss the nature of pattern in their respective fields and its fundamental presence in culture. Presenter: Nick Ahad Producer: Ekene Akalawu

Kevin Shen / @_kshen Kevin Shen is an Asian-American and British East Asian actor currently appearing as Mr. Okamoto in LIFE OF PI on London's West End. Originally from Orange County, California, Kevin has worked as an actor in London and Los Angeles for the past twelve years. Prior to becoming an actor, Kevin studied Computer Systems Engineering and Sociology at Stanford University and received an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, before working in the corporate world in New York City and London. He began his acting career in London by producing and starring in the UK Premiere of David Henry Hwang's Pulitzer Prize Finalist play YELLOW FACE, which opened north London's Park Theatre and subsequently transferred into the National Theatre. He was also part of the first ever all-East Asian cast at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Recent television credits include Industry (HBO), Devils (The CW), and the upcoming Litvinenko (ITV). He can also be seen as King Tai in the third installment of the popular Netflix A CHRISTMAS PRINCE films. In addition to acting, Kevin also writes in an effort to increase representation for East Asians and other underrepresented demographics on stage and screen in the US and the UK. His work has been selected to the CAPE List (feature film screenplays centering AAPI stories curated by the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment and the Black List) and longlisted for the UK's prestigious Bruntwood Prize for playwriting. He is a recent participant of the BBC Writer's Room London Voices television writing program, as well as playwriting programs at the Royal Court Theatre, Soho Theatre, and New Earth Theatre, among others. www.kevinshen.co.uk https://builtforthestage.com/ - fill out the form and ask about our next fitness challenge! www.broadwaypodcastnetwork.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Shen / @_kshen Kevin Shen is an Asian-American and British East Asian actor currently appearing as Mr. Okamoto in LIFE OF PI on London's West End. Originally from Orange County, California, Kevin has worked as an actor in London and Los Angeles for the past twelve years. Prior to becoming an actor, Kevin studied Computer Systems Engineering and Sociology at Stanford University and received an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, before working in the corporate world in New York City and London. He began his acting career in London by producing and starring in the UK Premiere of David Henry Hwang's Pulitzer Prize Finalist play YELLOW FACE, which opened north London's Park Theatre and subsequently transferred into the National Theatre. He was also part of the first ever all-East Asian cast at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Recent television credits include Industry (HBO), Devils (The CW), and the upcoming Litvinenko (ITV). He can also be seen as King Tai in the third installment of the popular Netflix A CHRISTMAS PRINCE films. In addition to acting, Kevin also writes in an effort to increase representation for East Asians and other underrepresented demographics on stage and screen in the US and the UK. His work has been selected to the CAPE List (feature film screenplays centering AAPI stories curated by the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment and the Black List) and longlisted for the UK's prestigious Bruntwood Prize for playwriting. He is a recent participant of the BBC Writer's Room London Voices television writing program, as well as playwriting programs at the Royal Court Theatre, Soho Theatre, and New Earth Theatre, among others. www.kevinshen.co.uk https://builtforthestage.com/ - fill out the form and ask about our next fitness challenge! www.broadwaypodcastnetwork.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna Jordan, playwright (Yen/ Bruntwood Prize) and screenwriter (Killing Eve, Succession) on her early years of writing, how she got commissioned and developed as a playwright. Plus, a behind the scenes look at her writing process and how she deals with self-doubt and the reality of making money as a writer.  *ABOUT ANNA JORDANAnna is a playwright, theatre director, and writer for television. Anna is best known for her play Yen, which won the 2013 Bruntwood Prize, going from a successful run in the UK to be performed off-Broadway. Anna's TV credits include Succession (Season 1, HBO), Killing Eve (Season 3, Sid Gentle) and currently Becoming Elizabeth (The Forge / Starz). She originally trained as an actor at LAMDA and runs her own training company for actors and writers: Without a Paddle Theatre.*RESOURCES:Follow Anna:TwitterWebsite:InstagramOther links mentioned:Anna's article on Writing and PlaysJohn Yorke's book Into the WoodsreMarkable digital notebook

Award-winning writer James Fritz's harrowing story of a young Sri Lankan who travels to Qatar to work on building the World Cup Stadiums. Nisal is a life-long Tottenham Hotspur fan, along with his father and his son. When he arrives in Qatar he is elated to be building the stadium in which his hero, Harry Kane, will one day play. But nothing can prepare Nisal for the working conditions he must face. Nisal ..... Hiran Abeysekera Nadeesha ..... Shalini Peiris Joseph ..... Jyuddah Jaymes Supervisor ..... Neil D'Souza Father ..... Amesh Edireweera Football commentary ..... David Hounslow Directed by Sally Avens Hiran Abeysekera (Olivier award winner for best actor in Life of Pi) stars as Nisal. James Fritz has won the Critics Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright, a Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting and the Imison and Tinniswood BBC Audio Drama awards. This drama was originally broadcast on Radio 4.

Since 2005, Manchester-based property company Bruntwood has worked with the Royal Exchange Theatre to present the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. The 2022 ceremony was held at the Royal Exchange on 14 November. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to the three of the winners—International Award winner Rochelle Fong, North West Original New Voice winner Patrick Hughes and Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting winner Nathan Queeley-Dennis—immediately after the ceremony about their work and how they felt about their awards.

Science fiction drama by Katherine Soper delving into humanity's capacity to come together after a moment of great change. An unexpected discovery on Pluto promises to have profound ramifications back down on Earth. Freelance journalist Jodie finds herself in the right place at the right time when the discovery is made - her life is set to be turned upside down. Jodie ….. Maimie McCoy Leo ….. Tom Glenister Young Leo ….. Bertie Cresswell Ted ….. Jonathan Forbes Elliott ….. Chloë Sommer Lorelei ….. Joanna Monro News presenter ….. Tom Kiteley Scientists ….. Ruth Everett and Roger Ringrose Sound design by Alison Craig Directed by Gemma Jenkins Katherine Soper's debut stage play, Wish List, won the prestigious Bruntwood Prize for playwrighting. This is her first audio drama. This drama was originally broadcast on Radio 4.

Tom Berkeley and Ross White are two filmmakers also from the GSA family. They met after completing the BA Acting programme in 2014 and have since set up their own production company Split Second Productions. Which is for everyone from actors, musical theatre performers, and those interested in technical theatre. Their experience in playwriting has seen them be shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize, Papatango Prize and Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama writing. They transitioned into filming in 2020 and co-founded the Belfast-based production company Floodlight Pictures which is the vehicle to drive their own projects. Such as two great films in ROY with David Bradley, and AN IRISH GOODBYE. ROY was shortlisted by BAFTA for Best British Short Film, and AN IRISH GOODBYE recently won the European Audience Award in Leuven International Film Festival in Belgium. Tom and Ross take me through the ins and outs of filmmaking, the challenges, the rewards and the editing process. As well as working for David Bradley and how his preparation is a benchmark for actors working on sets. How to prepare multiple variations of scenes and believing in your work. Such a great talk, Tom and Ross are still active in the filmmaking industry with more exciting projects up and coming in the new year. Links to film festivals where their work will be able to be seen will be available here soon! Can't wait for you to check them out. Tom's Instagram: @tom_berkeley Ross' Instagram: @rossjwhite Oliver Gower SPOTLIGHT LINK: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261 Instagram: goweroliver Twitter: @GowerCritic --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/oliver-gower/message

Emme Hoy joins Regina Botros to talk about her adaptation of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Emme Hoy was appointed Sydney Theatre Company's new Patrick White Playwrights Fellow, one month before her adaptation of Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – opened at Roslyn Packer Theatre. Hoy's relationship with STC began in 2017 when she became a member of the inaugural Emerging Writers Group; she then went on to write additional scenes for the Company's 2018 production of Saint Joan starring Golden Globe Award-winner Sarah Snook. Shortlisted for the 2019 Bruntwood Prize and recipient of the Belvoir's Philip Parson's Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights, the 2020 NIDA STC Pathways Commissions and Melbourne Theatre Company's Writer in Residence Program, Emme completed her Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Performance at NIDA. Her original television series Nobody's Perfect was longlisted for the Australian Writers' Guild's prime time screenwriting competition, shortlisted in the ABC/AWG Laugh Out Loud competition, the Monte Miller Awards, and was a semifinalist in WeScreenplay's international television competition. In 2020 she won the AWG/Audible On Air Competition with her original series Left Behind. In 2017 Emme's play Extinction of the Learned Response was shortlisted for the Patrick White Playwrights Award, the Griffin Award and the 2018 Theatre 503 Playwriting Award; her co-written play Bathory Begins was awarded the 2019 ATYP co-commission; whilst her original play Cry Havoc won the 2020 ATYP Foundation Commission. Emme's plays include: Salem (NIDA); Strangers (Bondi Feast); Five Year Plan (Silent Theatre); Saint Joan (Additional Text, Sydney Theatre Company); La Finta Giardiniera (Queensland Conservatorium), Extinction of the Learned Response (Belvoir's 25a); and Bathory Begins (ATYP, Q Theatre). In June 2022, Emme's play, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall will premiere at Sydney Theatre Company's Roslyn Packer Theatre. Emme currently has various projects in development, including commissions with Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company and ATYP, as well as an audio series with Audible. Emme also has original television shows in development with Disney+ and Clerkenwell Films, Moonriver TV, Firebird Films, Val TV and Jungle. She is a writer for Sally Wainwright's The Ballad Of Renegade Nell and Nautilus for Disney+; as well as The Jump – an upcoming Australian dark comedy for Stan and Sundance.  

Kwame Kwei-Armah is British actor, playwright, director and broadcaster. In 2018 he was made Artistic Director of the Young Vic, where he has directed Twelfth Night and Tree. From 2011 to 2018 he was previously the Artistic Director of Baltimore Center Stage where he directed: Jazz, Marley, One Night in Miami, Amadeus, Dance of the Holy Ghosts, The Mountaintop; An Enemy of the People, The Whipping Man and Things of Dry Hours.Other work as a director includes: Tree (Manchester International Festival), Twelfth Night, Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, Detroit'67 (Public Theatre, New York), The Liquid Plain (Signature Theatre, New York and Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Porgy and Bess (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) the Olivier Nominated One night in Miami for Best New Play 2016 (Donmar Warehouse) and One Love (Birmingham Repertory Theatre). As a playwright his credits include Tree (Manchester International Festival, Young Vic), One Love(Birmingham Repertory Theatre), Beneatha's Place (Baltimore Center Stage) Elmina's Kitchen, Fix Up, Statement of Regret (National Theatre) Let There Be Love and Seize the Day (Tricycle Theatre). Kwame was Artistic Director for the Festival of Black arts and Culture, Senegal, in 2010. He conceived and directed the opening ceremony at Senghor National stadium. He was an Associate Director of the Donmar Warehouse and has served on the boards of the National Theatre, Tricycle Theatre, and Theatre Communications Group. Kwame was the Chancellor of the University of the Arts London from 2010 to 2015, and in 2012 was awarded an OBE for Services to Drama.In 2012, 2013 and 2014 Kwame was named Best Director in City Paper's Best of Baltimore Awards and in 2015 was nominated for the prestigious Stage Directors and Choreographers Zelda Fichandler Award for Best Regional Artistic Director. In 2016 he was awarded the Urban Visionary Award alongside House Representative Elijah Cummings by the Center for Urban Families for his work in the Baltimore community. In 2019 he was the Chair of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. Kwame is a patron of Ballet Black and a visiting fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mhairi Ledgerwood is a Scottish playwright based in the North-East of England. She has had several short plays performed at venues such as The Traverse, Live Theatre, Alphabetti Theatre, and Jabberwocky Market. Her one-act play White Noise was performed at ARC Stockton in 2015 as a rehearsed reading, following mentoring by Bruntwood Prize winner Vivienne Franzmann. Her play Parklife started as a short play at Live Theatre, before being developed for Live Theatre's Live Lab Elevator Festival in 2017. In 2018, Mhairi's play Paper Tiger was given a rehearsed reading at The Royal Court and Northern Stage, following a development process through The Royal Court Writers Group (North). Paper Tiger was shortlisted for Theatre 503's International Playwriting Award 2020. Mhairi was shortlisted for The Pentabus Writer in Residence award and long-listed for Box Of Tricks and Sky Studios Screen/Play award. She is currently developing a play about the first British women to compete at the Olympics for swimming, which is supported by a bursary from Live Theatre. You can find Mhairi on Twitter @meledgerwood --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gemma-louise-hirst/message

We're clicking our heels together three times and travelling to a completely unknown land. In-Sook Chappell's Bruntwood Prize shortlisted play lifts a curtain to show us the reality of life in North Korea in this heartbreaking yet somehow hopeful love story. Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook  - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information and extra content. If you're enjoying the podcast, you can also buy us a virtual Ko-Fi now at https://ko-fi.com/scriptinhandpodEPISODE BIOGuardian Reviewhttps://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jan/10/pyongyang-review-north-korea-finborough-theatre-in-sook-chappellIn-Sook Chappell interview for Bruntwoodwww.youtube.com/watch?v=uFXhkkzZFu8Financial Times Reviewhttps://www.ft.com/content/67c417e4-babd-11e5-b151-8e15c9a029fbEvening Standard Reviewhttps://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/p-yongyang-theatre-review-stinging-insight-into-a-warped-reality-a3153406.htmlNorth Korean Refugee Ted Talkwww.ted.com/talks/hyeonseo_lee_my_escape_from_north_korea?language=en

The NHB Playgroup from Nick Hern Books brings you one great play to read and discuss each month, followed by a Q&A with the writer.  In this episode of The NHB Playgroup Q&A Podcast, we spoke to Janice Okoh about her outrageous and thought-provoking play The Gift. We also discuss how winning the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2011 boosted Janice's career, what to do with ideas that don't quite become fully written plays, using other people's work as a benchmark for your own, and more.  The Gift premiered at the Belgrade Theatre Coventry in January 2020, followed by a UK tour, including a run at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in London. It was a co-production between Eclipse Theatre Company and the Belgrade Theatre, and directed by Dawn Walton.  See more about The NHB Playgroup here: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/playgroup Host: Siân Mayhall-Purvis Producer: Jon Barton Executive Producer: Matt Applewhite 

Welcome to Off The Beat & Track Podcast with me Stu Whiffen.This episodes special guest is actor and writer Rebecca CallardI met with Rebecca remotely during the lockdown and we had a wonderful chat, talking about growing up, school, creativity, clubbing, some great records and so much moreHer television roles have included The Borrowers, Sunburn, The Grand, Plotlands, Blackout, The Accrington Pals, Ordinary Lies, Detectorists, Moving On, Fearless. She also starred in thefilm Orthodox with Stephen Graham and Michael Smiley.In 2017 she won a commendation from The Bruntwood Prize for her first play, “A Bit of Light”.Rebecca is currently writing on series 2 of Breeders for Sky and FX.Hope you enjoy this chat and if you do please feel free to support the podcast herehttps://supporter.acast.com/offthebeatandtrackorwww.patreon.com/offthebeatandtrackListen to all Rebecca's song choices herehttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/2noOmWFtwSNK1h3P7qSP5e?si=Whz2OiViSs-JrN-iKnghkAPlease also subscribe and follow the podcast on the social media links belowOff The Beat & Trackwww.offthebeatandtrackpodcast.comhttps://twitter.com/beatandtrackpodhttps://www.facebook.com/offthebeatandtrackpodcast/https://www.instagram.com/offthebeatandtrack/?hl=en Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/offthebeatandtrack. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's guest is Bruntwood Prize winning playwright, screenwriter and director Anna Jordan. Her work has been performed in theatres around the country from the Royal Court to the Royal Exchange. On screen you'll have heard her whip smart dialogue in shows such as Succession and Killing Eve. Her down to earth charm is combined with a furiously wicked humour – finding laughter and hope in the darkest of places. And it's this combination that is so striking in her monologue for The Bunker's Everywoman, in which playwrights wrote confessions on parenting and identity. Anna's piece was on her miscarriages and navigating a potential motherhood whilst losing her own mother. In Anna's signature style, the account is far from hopeless, more, it's an honest tale about a subject that is still so little spoken of without shame and fear. Anna had three missed miscarriages before she had her son (who makes a star appearance). She talks to us about trying for a baby, the losses along the way, what a missed miscarriage is and the choices that follow. We discuss how writing can help us find a way to remember and the joy of finding just the right word for some of the most painful experiences of life. Anna explores the shame of blood, who to tell about your miscarriages and the act of falling in love with her pregnant body after years of self-scrutiny. She says ‘if one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage then why as a society don't we talk about this more? Why is it that anything that occurs below the belly button and above the knee of a woman is talked about in whispers?'We do go to some darker places here about so take care if you've been affected by miscarriage.CW: Miscarriage, deathAnna is a terrific workshop facilitator and will running a Nurture Ideas and Keep Them Alive workshop on Thurs 3rd Sept, perfect for anyone who wants to get that writing idea down on paper however experienced you are- you can book on eventbrite HEREAnna is represented by Camilla Young at Curtis BrownRead more about Anna's experience in her blog HERE*For support about pregnancy, miscarriage and pregnancy loss/still birth you can contact:Tommy's CharityThe Miscarriage Association provide free advice and supportAnd Sands.org for stillbirths and neonatal... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Chippy Lane’s Podcast, series two the PICTURES / LLUNIAU PROJECT. This series celebrates Welsh and Wales-based writers and their stories. Each episode focuses on a new writer, a personal picture of there’s and a story they want to share with you. So, sit back and enjoy.  Episode 4(Samu(El)egy)by Jacob Hodgkinson Writer: Jacob HodgkinsonA graduate of the 2013 Royal Court Young Writers Programme and the 2016/18 New Welsh Playwrights Programmes at the Sherman Theatre supported by The Carne Trust. His play BETWEEN ETERNITY AND TIME was produced at the RWCMD and the Gate Theatre, London, as part of the RWCMD’s NEW:2019 season. Jacob's other works have received rehearsed readings at the Sherman Theatre and Theatre503 and have been shortlisted for BBC Writersroom Scriptroom 8 and the 2016 Wales Drama Award, and longlisted for BBC Script Room Drama 2019, the 2017 Bruntwood Prize and the 2017 Papatango New Writing Prize. Jacob is the Associate Playwright at Chippy Lane Productions. Director: Hannah NooneAlumni of the Sherman Theatre’s JMK Directors Group (supported by The Carne Trust), Co-Artistic Director of Opera'r Ddraig and an Associate Director for Chippy Lane. Directing credits include: Elixir of Love (Opera’r Ddraig & Kings Head); Arcadia (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama); Worlds Apart in War (Theatr Clwyd & The National Trust); Between Eternity and Time (RWCMD & Sherman Theatre); BoHo (Hijinx & Theatr Clwyd). Credits as Associate and Assistant Director: Uncle Vanya (Theatr Clwyd & Sheffield Theatres); The Assassination of Katie Hopkins (Theatr Clwyd). Credits as Staff Director: Mr Gum & The Dancing Bear (National Theatre); Home, I’m Darling (National Theatre & Theatr Clwyd). Actor: Oliver Morgan-ThomasA Welsh actor who graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2015. Most recently Oliver played the lead in Winners, a Nova Theatre and Sherman Theatre collaboration directed by Samantha Alice Jones. His other theatre credits include Land of my Fathers (Lurking Truth Theatre Company), Woman of Flowers (Theatr Pena), Claw Hammer (Theatre 503), Ugly Lovely (Old Red Lion), Mercury Fur (Company of Sirens) and Passion in Port Talbot (National Theatre of Wales). His Film and TV credits include Forgotten Journeys (Tornado Studious), Canaries (Maple Dragon Films), Orson Welles Complex (BBC Wales) and How The Warrior Got His Name (Evans-Pughe Productions). Oliver is also a co-founder of the theatre company Dalton $wine Clwb and co-wrote their debut play The Book of Now which was selected as one of the top ten shows of 2019 by the GM reviewer. Produced by Steve BennettSound Design by Charlie Foran Music by Grand Tradition Chippy Lane's Podcast 2 is generously supported by The Carne Trust, individual donations and the generosity of the creatives giving up their time and talents to this series.    For more episodes subscribe to our podcast on Itunes, Spotify and our website www.chippylaneproductions.co.uk

This week, we've got the sequel to last week's Shandyland episode as Mark and Matt chat to Gareth Farr, the writer of Shandyland, Gareth also wrote The Bridge, The Quiet House and Britannia Waves the Rules. It's a corker with Gareth giving a great insight into his writing process, teaching, the nerves of press night and winning the Bruntwood Prize. Transcript available to download here. Resource links: Gareth Farr – Curtis Brown page: www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/gareth-farr Hannah Banister - Curtis Brown page: www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/hannah-banister The Quiet House: www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/plays/the-quiet-house-iid-179381 Brittania Waves the Rules: www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/plays/britannia-waves-the-rules-iid-187700 The Bridge: www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/gareth-farr/work/the-bridge-3 The Old Vic 12: www.oldvictheatre.com/join-in/for-creatives/the-old-vic-12 The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC): www.rsc.org.uk The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting: www.writeaplay.co.uk Arts Ed: artsed.co.uk Royal Exchange Theatre: www.royalexchange.co.uk In The Dark - podcast: www.apmreports.org/in-the-dark You're Dead To Me - podcast: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07mdbhg/episodes/downloads The Secret Lives of Colour by Kassia St Clair - available from all good and evil bookshops Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield - available from all good and evil bookshops

The NHB Playgroup from Nick Hern Books brings you one free play to read and discuss each week, followed by a Q&A with the writer. In this episode of The NHB Playgroup Q&A Podcast, we spoke to Anna Jordan about her hard-hitting but tender drama Yen, winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2013. See more about The NHB Playgroup and find out how to get involved here: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/playgroup See more about the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting here: www.writeaplay.co.uk/ Host: Siân Mayhall-Purvis Producer: Jon Barton Executive Producer: Matt Applewhite 

THE GIFT Wed 29 Jan - Sat 15 Feb 2020 Eclipse theatre company present THE GIFT, a brand new comedy drama from Bruntwood Prize-winner Janice Okoh, directed by Dawn Walton. Janice and Dawn sat down with Belgrade Theatre Coventry for a chat about the play and what audiences can expect.

New Amazon Original docudrama The Report sees an idealistic Washington staffer played by Adam Driver tasked by his senator boss to lead an investigation of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program, which was created in the aftermath of 9/11. His relentless pursuit of the truth leads to explosive findings that uncover the lengths to which the nation’s top intelligence agency went to destroy evidence, subvert the law, and hide a brutal secret from the American public. Kirsty Lang talks to The Report’s writer and director Scott Z Burns. Anyone over 16 can enter an unperformed play to the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, have it judged by theatre experts, with the possibility of winning part of the £40,000 prize fund and a chance of working with the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester towards its production. This year there were 2,561 entries, whittled down to a shortlist of 15. Today the winner will be announced and Kirsty Lang will talk to that lucky that playwright and one of the judges, also a previous winner, Anna Jordan. In her poems Katrina Porteous has explored nature, place and time through the local, writing about the coast of Northumberland and its fishing communities, often in their dialect. But in the past few years she has been inspired by the work of research scientists, space telescopes and the Large Hadron Collider. In her new collection, Edge, she concerns extend beyond the human scale. She writes about the tiny - sub atomic particles - and the vast, the moons of Saturn and the workings of the sun. Katrina Porteous talks to Kirsty Lang about how, with no background in science approach particle physics and cosmology, she writes poems about them, poems that the general reader can understand. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Julian May

Hugh Travers is a Dublin-based screenwriter and playwright. His credits include the recent feature film, Your Mother Should Know, the TV miniseries Trial of the Century as well as Election 18 and Red Rock. His theatre credits include Lambo, Clear the Air and the upcoming play These Stupid Things (Smock Alley 16th to 21st of July).  He is a founder member of the White Label theatre collective and a former participant of Rough Magic SEEDS. His plays have been longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize, the Verity Bargate Award and the Papatango New Writing Prize

It was in Manchester in 2013 that Anna Jordan won the Bruntwood Prize, the UK's biggest national competition for new plays. She's now back in the city with her new adaptation of a stage classic – Mother Courage. Bertolt Brecht set his play in 17th century Europe during the Thirty Years' War but Jordan has moved the story into the future. It's 2080, and Europe no longer exists, the countries have been replaced by a grid system with individuals struggling to survive between the warring factions.Six-time Grammy-winning composer and trumpeter Terence Blanchard has written the music for all of Spike Lee's films since Jungle Fever in 1991, and this year he was nominated for a Bafta and an Oscar for his original score for Lee's latest, BlacKkKlansman. The composer discusses his approach to his film music, and the challenge of writing the soundtrack for When the Levees Broke, Spike Lee's 2006 documentary about the devastation of Blanchard's home town of New Orleans.The success of Get Out at last year's film awards gave many horror fans a sense that the genre was finally getting the attention it deserved when it came to the big prizes. But that hope has been dashed as once again, horror has failed to be included in any of the high profile categories in awards such as the Oscars and the BAFTAs. Actor and writer Jacob Trussell, horror film and music producer Mariam Draeger, and critic Gavia Baker Whitelaw discuss why horror should be getting more prizes at the big film awards.

Menashe is a new film set in the Hasidic Jewish community in New York with almost the dialogue in Yiddish. It's a story about a hapless father trying to bond with his son and also conform to religious expectations Parliament Square is the 2017 Bruntwood Prize winning play at London's Bush Theatre about a woman on a mission Her Body and Other Parties is a collection of short stories by American author Carmen Maria Machado The story of the creative minds behind Winnie The Pooh - AA Milne and EH Shepard - are the subject of a new exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum Marvelous Mrs Maisel is a TV drama series about a New York Jewish housewife in the 1950s who decided to become a stand-up comedian Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Lionel Shriver, Bridget Kendall and Michael Arditti. The producer is Oliver Jones.

At the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester on 13 November 2017, the winners were announced of the sixth biennial Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. The winners of three Judges’ Prizes of £8,000 each were announced as Tim Foley for his play Electric Rosary, Laurie Nunn for King Brown and Sharon Clark for Plow. The £16,000 top prize went to the play Heartworm by Tim X Atack, who had just worked at the Royal Exchange as sound designer for a production of Jubilee based on the Derek Jarman film. In this episode, you can hear the moment when Tim was announced as the winner followed by our interview with him about the play, his work in general and what winning the prize will mean to him. For more information about the Bruntwood Prize including advice for playwrights, see writeaplay.co.uk. Tim Atack’s company Sleepdogs can be found at sleepdogs.org.

Curtain up! This week's guest is Archie Maddocks, a stand-up comedian as well as a multi-nominated playwright - his work has been shortlisted for both the highly prestigious Bruntwood Prize and Alfred Fagon Award in 2017. We train both barrels on word-wranglers and script-screwer-uppers as we take on some of the World's Worst Playwrights. Ben gets personal, Barry talks unstageable stage directions and Archie takes down no less than a Nobel Prize winner. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde @ArchieMaddocks

Twenty-one years since the release of Trainspotting, the film based on Irvine Welsh's novel, the sequel is about to be released. T2 Trainspotting is set in the present day with the main characters now in middle age. Irvine Welsh and screenwriter John Hodge discuss the challenges of making a film to satisfy both fans and newcomers and why, despite the comedy, it's a much bleaker film than the original.How do you write a successful stage play? As the biggest national prize for playwriting, the Bruntwood Prize, opens for submissions, Sarah Frankcom, the artistic director of the Royal Exchange in Manchester, and writer Tanika Gupta discuss the craft of the playwright.As part of Radio 4's Reading Europe series, the Norwegian writer Agnes Ravatn discusses her prize-winning novel, The Bird Tribunal, a tense psychological thriller which begins its serialisation on Book at Bedtime tonight. Locals are mourning the destruction of 200 mature beech trees near Caerphilly which have been destroyed by a mystery feller and it won't be long before someone writes a poem about their loss. The writer and academic Jonathan Bate reflects on how Gerard Manley Hopkins, Charlotte Mew, John Clare and William Cowper all wrote poems lamenting the felling of loved trees. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Angie Nehring.

The winner of this year's BBC Young Musician of the Year, 17-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, discusses Shostakovich and Britain's Got Talent.Bryan Singer has directed his fourth instalment of the X-Men series since he began the superhero franchise 16 years ago. We talk to him about the biblical scale of new film, X-Men: Apocalypse.As part of preparations to mark its 250th anniversary, the Royal Academy of Arts in London has commissioned the artist Yinka Shonibare to create a major new public artwork, which was unveiled today. The artist discusses his approach to creating his 71-metre-wide canvas, which features photographs from the RA's archive, as well as Shonibare's distinctive colourful textiles.On Saturday the winner of the International Dylan Thomas Prize was announced. Awarded for the best published literary work of fiction in the English language, it was won by Max Porter for Grief is the Thing with Feathers - part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief. He talks to Samira.Playwright Katherine Chandler discusses her new production Bird for which she won the much-coveted Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2013.Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Rebecca Armstrong.

In association with Nick Hern Books. In this episode, we take an in-depth look at the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Presenter Tim Bano follows the progress of scripts from submission to shortlisting by speaking to judges, readers and writers. Featuring interviews with: Michael Oglesby, Anna Jordan, Sarah Frankcom, Suzanne … Continue reading Pursued by a Bear: The Bruntwood Story See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Carl Davis CBE is a composer and conductor, best known for his film and television music including The World at War; Pride and Prejudice and The French Lieutenant's Woman. He has also created symphonic scores for a range of Charlie Chaplin's movies such as The Gold Rush and City Lights. He conducts a live orchestra in London and Birmingham at the screening of two classic silent movies: Buster Keaton's The General and Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times. Philharmonia at the Movies: The General is at Royal Festival Hall. Friday Night Classics - Charlie Chaplin is at Symphony Hall in Birmingham. The BFI DVD Charlie Chaplin: The Mutual Comedies featuring music by Carl Davis is on general release. Samantha Ellis is a journalist and playwright. Her new play Operation Magic Carpet is based on her own experiences as the daughter of Iraqi-Jewish parents who fled Baghdad before she was born. Featuring a child heroine, the play tackles the stories of second generation immigrants who have never visited the countries their parents came from. Operation Magic Carpet is at Polka Theatre, London. Simon Annand has been a photographer for over 30 years. His work focuses on all aspects of the theatre including production and rehearsal photos, posters and his own project called The Half about actors preparing for the stage. His new exhibition features images of some of Britain's leading playwrights and marks the 10th anniversary of The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. 2015 Bruntwood Prize Exhibition: Portraits of Playwrights by Simon Annand is at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. Caitlin Doughty is a mortician and writer. Her book, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, tells the story of her apprenticeship as a mortician at a crematorium in San Francisco. It also tackles society's fear of death and the funeral industry's approach to the dead and their families. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - and Other Lessons from the Crematorium is published by Canongate. Producer: Paula McGinley.

With Kirsty Lang Veronica Mars, the film spin-off of the noughties TV show, is the first major Hollywood film to be crowd-funded. Raising its entire budget through the Kickstarter platform, its success inspired other high profile stars including Spike Lee and Zach Braff to finance their passion projects through the site. Briony Hanson, Head of Film at the British Council, reviews the film and discusses the impact of Kickstarter on film financing. To discuss the impact of Kickstarter - which marked another milestone last week as total pledges to the site surpassed $1 billion - CEO and co-founder Yancey Strickler discusses the future for the platform, and whether controversial pitches by celebrities are really contrary to the site's original ethos. Vivienne Franzmann's first play, Mogadishu, explored the culture of a contemporary London secondary school. It drew on her background as a secondary school teacher and went on to win her the Bruntwood Prize - the UK's biggest national playwriting competition - in 2008. Franzmann is now a full-time playwright and as her third play, Pests, opens at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, she talks to Kirsty Lang about her writing life and being inspired by the women she came across as a resident prison playwright. As Ricky Gervais prepares for his UK tour as David Brent and his backing band Foregone Conclusion, David Quantick looks at the history of the fake band from Spinal Tap to The Rutles. Producer: Rebecca Armstrong.

The winners of the £16,000 first prize and three judges prizes of £8,000 in the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting were announced at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester on 22 November 2013. We present some highlights of the ceremony itself, followed by a chat with winning playwright Anna Jordan and three members of the judging panel: broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray, Bruntwood chairman Michael Oglesby and Royal Exchange artistic director Sarah Frankcom.

With John Wilson. The photographer Rankin is known for his cutting-edge fashion and advertising images, and his celebrity portraits. His new show at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool is called ALIVE: In The Face Of Death, where he has turned his attention to death and mortality. He talks to John about his experience of photographing people as they face the prospect of death. Actor Terence Stamp chooses The Razor's Edge (1946) for Cultural Exchange. Based on Somerset Maugham's novel, it tells the story of an American pilot played by Tyrone Power who, traumatized by his experiences in World War I, sets off to India in search of transcendent meaning in his life. Terence talks about the huge impact this film has had on his own life. Brilliant Adventures is a new play by Alistair McDowall. which won the Judges' Award in the 2011 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. Set on a Middlesbrough council estate, the play focuses on the relationship between two brothers, one of whom has built a time machine. Writer Charlotte Keatley reviews. The new Daft Punk album, Random Access Memories, is the French duo's fourth long-player after a seven year silence. Regarded as dance music pioneers, on this record Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo are joined by other luminaries of the music world including Nile Rodgers and Giorgio Moroder. Writer and DJ Dave Haslam gives his verdict. Producer Ekene Akalawu.