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‘I paid people with pints and chips’: Georgina Duncan on the prize-winning play she tapped out on her phone

Revisiting the Troubles in 1990s Belfast, Sapling is the result of intensive research in the city. And winning the Women’s prize, says Duncan, ‘is the maddest thing that’s ever happened to me’

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Troubles-rooted play Sapling wins Women’s prize for playwriting

Judges, including Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner, praise Georgina Duncan’s play as the kind ‘producers dream of and audiences yearn to watch’

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Skye: A Thriller review – gothic family drama simmers with otherworldly tension

A woman pieces together her memories of a family tragedy in Ellie Keel’s atmospheric two-hander set on Skye

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James Graham unveils AI comedy at ‘greatest hits’ gala for Paines Plough

Playwrights and actors paid homage to the small but mighty UK theatre company that nurtured them, as part of a fundraising initiative for new writers

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Women’s prize for playwriting returns with record £20,000 award

Prize aims to support and showcase established writers and emerging talent in Britain’s stage industry

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Crime and thrillers of the month – review

An unreliable narrator keeps her husband and readers guessing; the welcome return of burned-out cop Jake Jackson; a multilayered family thriller; and a disturbing boarding school secret

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‘I felt deep rage’: Sarah Grochala on her prize-winning play about snubbed computer genius Ada Lovelace

It took her eight years to write Intelligence, an era-hopping epic about the pioneer’s battle for recognition. Now that it’s won the Women’s prize for playwriting, will Grochala stop telling her students to try a different career?

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Play about computing pioneer Ada Lovelace wins Women’s prize for playwriting

Sarah Grochala’s Intelligence follows Lovelace’s attempts to be taken seriously as a scientist in 1840s London

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‘She will make the National Theatre truly feel national’: applause for Indhu Rubasingham appointment

As she is named the National Theatre’s first female director, those who have worked with Rubasingham praise her warmth, rigour and willingness to take risks

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Visiting your grandparents can help them live longer – and help you to live better

My grandma has sewn every costume and baked every birthday cake. Now, I can give her my time, says writer and theatre producer Ellie Keel

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National Theatre in London to pilot earlier start times

Midweek performances to start at 6.30pm from February to fit with post-Covid working patterns

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s very hard to make any kind of reasonable living’: the risky business of theatre

As their Edinburgh fringe hit Sap heads on a UK tour, playwright Rafaella Marcus and producer Ellie Keel discuss the future of new writing, the rise of ‘safe’ programming and the need for better funding

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