Monday, March 09, 2026
‘I paid people with pints and chips’: Georgina Duncan on the prize-winning play she tapped out on her phone
Stage | The Guardian: It took Georgina Duncan a few seconds to realise that Indhu Rubasingham, when announcing the winner of the Women’s prize for playwriting last week, was talking about her drama, Sapling. The 30-year-old recalls the moment: “The first sentence I heard her say, I was like, ‘That could be any of the plays.’ Then I was like, ‘Holy shit! This is the maddest thing that’s ever happened to me.’”
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I loved that this article emphasized the research that Georgina Duncan did during the writing process for her play Sapling. She “took prison tours” in Belfast, where the play is set, and met actors and townspeople to talk about her ideas and learn the city’s history and geography.
It was interesting to find out that Duncan has a background in acting! The theatre community is so interconnected: I know production staff who sing and act, and actors who love the production side or the directing side. It is part of what makes theatre so magical. It makes sense that Duncan’s playwriting is elevated because of her background. As the author puts it, there is an “aliveness to her words.” I also enjoyed hearing that Duncan reads her play aloud as she works. That seems like a great way to check if the words make sense and read right.
I can imagine it was so gratifying to hear that Sapling won Duncan the Women’s prize. It is always great to hear about successes in theatre.
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