WRITERS' GUILD (GB) AWARDS
2021 Olwen Wymark Awards for Theatre
The Olwen Wymark Awards, the brainchild of playwrights Mark Ravenhill and David James (former Chair of the WGGB Theatre Committee), were set up to give WGGB members the opportunity to thank publicly those who had given them a positive experience in new writing over the previous year.
They are named in honour of playwright Olwen Wymark, passionate supporter of WGGB and former Chair of the WGGB Theatre Committee, who died in 2013.
David James, who has organised the award since 2005, said: “The award was set up to make a statement of how important encouragement is, and is based on the simple premise of saying ‘thank you’. "
The winners of the 16th annual awards are:
Suzanne Bell, Dramaturg, The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Nominated by Winsome Pinnock
Samir Bhamra, CEO Phizzical Productions, Creative Director UK
Asian Film Festival and 2021 Senior Producer Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Nominated by Shai Hussain
Philip Carne, Founder, the Carne Trust
Nominated by Tracy Harris
Alison Chaplin, writer and manager at Arts On The Move
Nominated by Lucy Daniel Raby
Jo Clifford, playwright, performer and translator
Nominated by Katherine Mendelsohn
Kirstie Davis, freelance theatre director
Nominated by Joyce Branagh
Jessica Dromgoole, audio drama producer
Nominated by Martin Sketchley
Tommo Fowler and Tamar Saphra, Co-Founders, RoughHewn Dramaturgy
Nominated by Eve Leigh
Penny Gold, former script editor, producer and literary manager,
currently a playwright, Literary Consultant RSC, and undertaking
dramaturgical work for Kali Theatre and others
Nominated by Seamus Finnegan
Grace Gummer, director, dramaturg
Nominated by Natalie Mitchell
Kate Hall, Creative Producer, Jumped Up Theatre, Peterborough
Nominated by Nick Wood
Richard Hart (Corestar Media), producer; Jennifer Matter, actress;
Manuel Puro, casting director; Karen Read, producer and Mark Wingett, actor
Nominated by John Hales
Pippa Hill, Head of Literary at the Royal Shakespeare Company
Nominated by Juliet Gilkes Romero
Julia Holofcener, theatre producer
Nominated by Giles Cole
Gemma Jenkins, Producer, BBC Audio Drama, London
Nominated by Ian Billings
Coni Koepfinger, Director AirPlay and Determined Women,
Playwright in Residence at Cosmic Orchid Theatre, NYC, Manhattan
Repertory Theatre, NYC
Nominated by Brian McAvera
Maria Leaf, teacher, Green School For Boys/Francis Holland/St
Marylebone Weekend School
Nominated by Susan Wokoma
David Mansell, Script Editor/Dramaturg, Professional Writing Academy
Nominated by Emily Beecher
Jake Murray, Artistic Director, Elysium Theatre Company
Nominated by Mike Elliston
Julia Negus and Chris O'Connell, Artist-Producer and Writer-
Director, Theatre Absolute
Nominated by Alexandra Johnson
Stef O'Driscoll, freelance director
Nominated by Sophie Ellerby
Shereen Jasmin Phillips, Director of Taking Part at the Young Vic
Nominated by Somalia Seaton
Leonie Scott-Matthews, Artistic Director of Pentameters Theatre
Nominated by Jan Woolf
Zoe Simpson, Producer, PW Productions
Nominated by Matthew Hurt
Paul Smith, Artistic Director and Joint CEO, Middle Child Theatre, Hull
Nominated by Luke Barnes
Simon Stephens, playwright, teacher
Nominated by Isla van Tricht
Chaz Webb, stage manager
Nominated by Will Jackson
Info. sent by Kate Glasspool, Writers’ Guild of Great Britain; many thanks - ND.
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