Katherine Soper awarded £16,000 and residency at Royal Exchange for 'first proper play' about mental health and changes to the benefits systemThe UK's biggest playwriting competition has been won by Katherine Soper, a 24-year-old perfume seller, for a play informed by what she calls the government's "systematic assault" on disabled and mentally ill people. Nicholas Hytner, the former director of the National Theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AM on January 8, 2017