The David MacLennan Award: 2022 Longlist Announced
A Play, a Pie and a Pint are delighted to announce the 51 longlisted submissions for The David MacLennan Award 2022 selected from 132 entries.
| Christine Hoy | A Lap to Go |
| Sophie Jacome | All The Breathless |
| Douglas Yannaghas | Blacklist |
| Michael Monroe | Bulletproof |
| Aine King | Burning Bright |
| Bryony Robinson | Bust and Boom |
| Corinne Salisbury | Cruelty Free |
| Ava Hickey | Eggs? |
| Laila Noble | Flick and Pie Go Fishing |
| Ellen Ritchie | Fortune |
| Conor McLeod | GOD>>DOG |
| Gail Winters | I’m Ready For My Close Up Now Mr De Mille |
| Simon Barker | Last Supper |
| Joseph Brown | Late to the Party |
| Richard Lister | Love & Aliens |
| Grant McDonald | Meeting the Devil on a Random Tuesday |
| Daisy Jo | Money Love |
| Charlotte Smith | Moth |
| Guy Woods | My Upstairs Neighbour, the Murderer |
| Ellen Bannerman | Not Much Here on The Way To Heaven |
| Grant Reid | Open Spot |
| Anonymous | Paper Walls – A Play with Songs…and Art |
| Max Chase | Strawberry Sky |
| Jess Brodie | Superkiss |
| Claudia Saavedra | The Best Ideas Happen in The Toilet |
| James Boyce | The Prodigal Bloody Son |
| Wendy Lap | The Richard Osman Fan Club |
| Mercedes McGurn | The Small Man |
| Sophie Good | The Tide |
| Anna McGrath | The Wake |
| Jane Sunderland | The Wood, the Trees |
| Melanie Combe | Things Fall Apart |
| Kate Hammer | Two Burdens: A Musical |
| Stewart Aitken | What’s The Score! |
| Fiona Barry | Witches |
| Harriet Mould | Can I Speak to Brenda |
| James McNulty | Hush |
| Joanne Thomson | Jack in a Box |
| Robert Sproul-Cran | Look Out |
| Francis Shennan | News of the Screwed |
| Elena Stauffer | Oxytocin |
| Thomas Ambrosini | Pale Winter Sky |
| Rennie Clark | Pronto |
| Chris Tapley | Quiet Still |
| Michael Guest | Shooting Birds |
| Matt Anderson | Space Bin Men |
| Jonathan O’Neill and Isaac Savage | Stay |
| Dominic Watters | The Bothy |
| Eimi Quinn | The Funeral Club |
| Cairan McLaggan | Venus in Plastic |
| Kirsty Curror | WALLOP |
Stage 2 of The David MacLennan Award commences w/c 4th April with longlisted candidates invited to submit a full 45 – 50 minute play, using the treatment they submitted in stage one as the basis of the play. Candidates will also be invited to join award-winning playwright Oliver Emanuel for a workshop to help further develop their idea and work towards a full draft of their script, with full scripts due to be submitted by 12pm, 29th Aug 2022.
The David MacLennan Award 2022
Named in honour of PPP’s founder, The David MacLennan Award aims to uncover new writing talent by providing first-time writers with the opportunity to have their work professionally developed and produced, before being presented for the first time on stage at A Play, A Pie and A Pint. Full details on the award can be found HERE.
