John Whiting Award

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The John Whiting Award (from 2007 renamed the Peter Wolff Trust Supports the John Whiting Award) is awarded annually to a British or Commonwealth playwright who, in the opinion of a consortium of UK theatres (until 2006, the drama panel of the Arts Council England), shows a new and distinctive development in dramatic writing with particular relevance to contemporary society. Until 2006, the play did not need to have been staged, but from 2007 only plays which have been performed in the subsidised sector will be eligible. The award was established in 1965 to commemorate John Whiting and his distinctive contribution to post-war British theatre. The award was initially worth £1000, but is currently worth £6000 per year.

From 2007, the award is supplied by the Peter Wolff Theatre Trust and is administered by a consortium of UK theatres which specialise in new writing. The theatres currently involved are:

• Birmingham Repertory Theatre
• Bush Theatre, London
• Cleanbreak, London
• Hampstead Theatre, London
• Liverpool Everyman
• Liverpool Playhouse
• Nottingham Playhouse
• Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
• Paines Plough, London (touring)
• Royal Court Theatre, London
• Sgript Cymru, Cardiff
• Soho Theatre, London
• Tamasha Theatre Company, London
• Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

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• Arts Council England
• Peter Wolff Theatre Trust

• Birmingham Repertory Theatre
• Bush Theatre
• Cleanbreak
• Hampstead Theatre
• Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse
• Nottingham Playhouse
• Nuffield Theatre
• Paines Plough
• Royal Court Theatre
• Sgript Cymru
• Soho Theatre
• Tamasha Theatre Company
• Traverse Theatre

• The Stage