The 15th International Windsor Fringe Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama writing has announced the three winning scripts received from 301 submissions from 24 countries and evaluated anonymously by 45 readers, and the short-list of ten by the two judges , Joan Lane & Pete Gallagher.
The three winning scripts are:
The Claykickers Chorus by Kevin McMahon
CUT AND PASTE by Jeff Nolan
Waiting for Hamlet by David Visick
The other short-listed ;‘The Good Daughters’ by Callie Cooper,’Shards’by John Barron,‘Let them Eat Cake’by Marjorie H Morgan, ‘’The Final Act of Gratitude’ by Sal;ly Merriott, ‘Aspects of Betrayal’ by David Pollard, ‘Sunflowers’ by Eilish Mullane & ‘An Agreeable Arrangement’ by Suzanne Ellison.
All three plays will be performed nightly during the Fringe Festival on October the 4/5 /6th at The Old Court Windsor, when the overall winner of the £500 prize, will be announced at the Awards Ceremony after the last performance.