Bindweed by UEA student Martha Loader has won the Judges’ Award at the 2022 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, which is offered in partnership with the Royal Exchange Theatre. Martha (pictured) is a current part-time student on the MA in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting). She won the Award for Promising Young Playwright at the INK Festival 2019 and is an alumna of the Mercury Playwrights, Soho Writers Lab and HighTide Writers programmes. Bindweed was also shortlisted for the main Bruntwood Prize, which was previously won by UEA Scriptwriting lecturer, Ben Musgrove, and 2008 MA alumna Janice Okoh.
Martha Loader wins Bruntwood Judges’ Award
