The Samuel Beckett Award was a British award set up in 1983 and, over the next decade, awarded to writers, who in the opinion of a committee of critics, producers and publishers, showed innovation and excellence in writing for the performing arts. The award was established in honour of Irish Nobel Laureate, novelist, playwright and poet

Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal and tragicomic expe ...

and in recognition of his distinctive contribution to world theatre and literature. Award-winning writers included: *

Farrukh Dhondy Farrukh Dhondy (born 1944) is an Indian-born British writer, playwright, screenwriter and left-wing activist who resides in the United Kingdom. Education Dhondy was born in 1944 in Poona, India, where he attended The Bishop's School, and obtai ...

* Nick Perry *

Karim Alrawi Karim Alrawi (Arabic كريم الراوي) is a writer born in Alexandria, Egypt. He has taught at universities in the UK, Egypt, US and Canada. He was an International Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa and taught creative writing at the ...

Anne Devlin Anne Devlin (1780 – 1 September 1851) was an Irish republican who in 1803, while his ostensible housekeeper, conspired with Robert Emmet, and with her cousin, the rebel outlaw Michael Dwyer to renew the United Irish insurrection against the ...

Shirley Gee Shirley Gee (born 25 April 1932, London; died 22 November 2016, London) was a British playwright. Life She married actor Donald Gee on 30 January 1965; They have two sons; Joby (born in 1966) and Daniel (1968) and six grandchildren (in age orde ...

Jim Cartwright Jim Cartwright (born 27 June 1958) is an English dramatist, born in Farnworth, Lancashire. Cartwright's first play, ''Road'', won a number of awards before being adapted for TV and broadcast by the BBC. His work has been translated into more t ...

Ronald Frame Ronald Frame (born 23 May 1953) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, and dramatist. He was educated in Glasgow, and at Oxford University. He has written many original plays and adaptations (most recently The Other Simenon) for BBC Radio. ...

Kevin Elyot Kevin Elyot (18 July 1951 – 7 June 2014) was a British playwright, screenwriter and actor. His most notable works include the play ''My Night with Reg'' (1994) and the film ''Clapham Junction'' (2007). His stage work has been performed by lea ...

The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award was formed in 2003 to support the showcasing of new innovative theatre and is for a company or individual to create a production to be performed at

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's Pit Theatre in the City of London. *2003- Dan Hine and Kirsty Housley *2004- Lucy Ellinson, Wendy Hubbard, Mamoru Iriguchi, Sarah Levinsky and Ben Pacey *2005- Gareth Fry, Lu Kemp, Dominic Leclerc, Neil Laidlaw and Chris Dunkley *2006- The Work Theatre Collective *2007-

Sophie Hunter Sophie Irene Hunter (born 16 March 1978) is an English theatre director, playwright and former actress and singer. She made her directorial debut in 2007 co-directing the experimental play ''The Terrific Electric'' at the Barbican Pit after her ...

, Megan Hefferman, Vanessa Faye-Stanley, Seiriol Cwyfan Davies, Kevin Albi Gravener *2008- Slung Low *2009- Levantes Dance Theatre *2010-

You Me Bum Bum Train ''You Me Bum Bum Train'' was an Interactive theatre performance devised by Kate Bond and Morgan Lloyd in 2004. The pair met as art students in Brighton, where they were studying illustration and film. ''You Me Bum Bum Train'' gained critical accla ...

*2013- Kristin McGuire and Davy McGuire *2014- Dickie Beau *2015- Nigel Barett and Louise Mari *2016- Collectif and then... *2017- Mars.tarrab *2018- Alan Fielden with Sophie Grodin, Malachy Orozo and Jemima Young (JAMS) *2019- James Baldwin for "Meet the Meat", Ellie Dubois for "Nosedive",

Louise Orwin Louise Orwin is a performance artist who makes research-based performance and video projects about what it means to identify as a queer femme, in a world that prizes masculinity, straightness and whiteness. A performer-playwright who uses writin ...

for "CRYCRYKILLKILL" *2022-

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for "The UK Drill Project", Zoo Co for "Perfect Show for Rachel"

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*{{Official website, www.osbttrust.com British theatre awards British literary awards Dramatist and playwright awards Awards established in 1983 1983 establishments in the United Kingdom