POPCORN WRITING AWARD IN EDINBURGH
The Popcorn Writing Award is the only award celebrating new writing at the Edinburgh Fringe.
It champions brave and imaginative writing which playfully and artistically questions and addresses current affairs and societal trends and contributes positively to public debate.
Partnering venues include Assembly Festival, Gilded Balloon, Pleasance, Summerhall, Traverse Theatre, Underbelly.
Past Committee members have included: Lena Headey, Wunmi Mosaku, Ruth Wilson, Gonzalo Maza, Michael Longhurst and many others from across film, television, theatre and beyond.
Finalists
2020
ES AND FLO
by Jennifer Lunn
BURN by Chris Thompson
LITTLE MISS BURDEN by Matilda Ibini
Special Mention:
DADDY by Camilla Whitehill
2019
I’M A PHOENIX BITCH
by Bryony Kimnings
A WOMB OF ONE’S OWN by Claire Rammelkamp
DROWNING by Jessica Ross
2021 committee
Francesca Moody
Tony Grisoni
Jessica Malik
Charlotte Colbert
Anthony Anderson
Natalie Denton
Andreja Pejić
Annabelle Wallis
Inua Ellams
Jonny Woo
Jennifer Lunn
Art Malik
Noma Dumezweni
2020 committee
Aurora
Ruth Wilson
Gonzalo Maza
Charlotte Colbert
Wunmi Mosaku
Francesca Moody
Kerry Fox
Jessica Malik
Bryony Kimmings
Natalie Denton
Art Malik
Katie Pennick
Tony Grisoni
Fatima Bhutto
Anthony Alderson
2019 committee
Lena Headey
Enda Walsh
Michael Longhurst
Penny Martin
Anthony Alderson
Gonzalo Maza
Carrie Cracknell
Art Malik
Charlotte Colbert
Jessica Malik
Tony Grisoni
Francesca Moody
Extracts
ES AND FLO by Jennifer Lunn
Performed by Celia Imrie & Sharon D. Clarke
Directed by Emma Callander
This play was due to be performed at The Travserse Theatre in Edinburgh, August 2020.
BURN by Chris Thompson
Performed by Kit Harington & Tuppence Middleton
Directed by Kate Wasserberg
This play was due to be performed at Assembly Festival in Edinburgh, August 2020.
Daddy by Camilla Whitehill
Performed by Rory Bremner
Directed by Sarah Meadows
Little Miss Burden by Matilda Ibini
Performed by Saida Ahmed, Ani Nelson & Michelle Tiwo
Directed by Debbie Hannan