2021 Shortlist

Thank you to everyone for your submissions, below are the 30 plays that made it to the shortlist.

MOUNTAIN WARFARE by Abi Zakarian

Little Sister by Alice Flynn

Birdie by Alison Carr

Like.Share.Kill by Bella Enahoro

Awareness by Beth Westbrook

Foreign by Carmen Harris

YELLOW TEETH by Dina Nayeri

Of Silent Words by Diya Sengupta and Amy Brian

Time, Like the Sea by Georgia Bruce

A Bouffon Play About Hong Kong by Isabella Leung

FURIES by Isley Lynn

Consumed by Karis Kelly

Void by Laura Waldren

upright enuf by lydia luke

The Middle by Mandi Chivasa

And Tomorrow I’ll Dance With You by Méábh de Brún

Kissing by Miriam Battye

Dollars and Sense by Naomi Sumner

Sankofa by Nicole Acquah

Blessed Spirits by Nicole Joseph

Some of Us Exist in the Future by Nkenna Akunna

4 Decades by Paula B Stanic

SAMUEL TAKES A BREAK IN MALE DUNGEON NO. 5 AFTER A LONG BUT GENERALLY SUCCESSFUL DAY OF TOURS by Rhianna Kemi Ilube

A Woman Walks into a Bank by Roxy Cook

Rojava by Sharon Farrell

HOW I LEARNED TO SWIM by Somebody Jones

The Kilburn Muhammad Ali by Tam J Miller

Imposter Syndrome by Tolu Fagbayi

Ripe by Trudie Shutler

The Light Trail by Lydia Sabatini