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Belfast Girls is shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize

Very good news for Belfast Girls. The play has been shortlisted for the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. This award goes to the very best plays (in the world) written by women:


http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118049594

I am so happy for the play. Not bad at all for a work that wasn't commissioned and had a non-existent budget. Nonetheless, London's Kings Head Theatre nominated it and it is now a finalist for this prestigious award. It's a real triumph for a small theatre like the Kings Head as well as for the play.

The director Svetlana Dimcovic and I have just completed a three-week attachment at the National Theatre where we developed Belfast Girls. We had a remarkable reading of the play at the NT Studio last week.

Some some press about the play's shortlisting for this award:


http://theandygram.com/Broadway-Press-Release-Retweet/2011-12-Theatre-Season-Press-Releases
http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/35096/four-british-playwrights-in-running-for-susan

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118049594


Comments

  1. Rachel FentonFebruary 3, 2012 at 2:17 AM

    Brilliant news - so thrilled for you - congratulations, Jaki!
    I'm dying to see the play now!

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  2. LizFebruary 4, 2012 at 3:46 PM

    Fantastic, Jaki...you go girl! Would love to see the play.

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  3. JAKI MCCARRICKFebruary 6, 2012 at 6:50 AM

    Thank you Rachel and Liz.
    All the best,
    Jaki

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