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Review: The Independent Socialist Republic of... at Royal Court Studio ***
If a week is deemed a long time in politics, then the five years since parts of the traditional northern Red Wall ‘turned blue’ is surely...
Prize play set for Royal Court Studio premiere
A comedy which won the 2022 Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize is set to be premiered at the Royal Court next month. Lawrence Quilty’s The...
Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize 2022 winner revealed
A comedy about a politician’s extreme bid to cling on to power has won this year’s Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize. Cardiff-based...
Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize 2019 winner revealed
London-based playwright and children’s author - and primary school headteacher - Colin Dowland has won the third Liverpool Hope...
Les Dennis brings World Cup fever to the Royal Court
Football World Cup fever is about to strike again – but who remembers the FIFA tournament of 1978? Writer Gerry Linford for one, who used...
The £10,000 Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize returns
The Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize is back for a third time – and with one of the biggest first prizes in the country. The winner of...
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