It tells the story of 16-year-old Hench and 13-year-old Bobbie, young boys who are just surviving. “I’m fascinated by what would happen to a person if they were never taught how to express themselves. I think it’s where a lot of the world’s pain and violence comes from. The play, she explains, “explores a childhood lived without boundaries and the consequences of being forced to grow up on your own. “It felt like the end of one journey and the beginning of another.” “Winning the Bruntwood Prize was a total game-changer,” she tells Northern Soul. There’s no doubt that the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting has changed the world of new theatre writing very much for the better.Īnna Jordan, who won the Bruntwood Prize in 2013 and whose winning play YEN has its world première at the Royal Exchange’s Studio this month, enthuses that her own experience since has been “incredible”.
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