Historian Dr Lucy Munro, theatre critic Gary Naylor and performer and director Tricia Thorns will form the panel, chaired by STR Committee Member Howard Loxton, to select the 2025 winner of The Society for Theatre Research Theatre Book Prize.
Established in 1998, the Book Prize recognises a broad range of new writing on British-related theatre history and practice with previous winners including Out for Blood: A Cultural History of Carrie the Musical by Chris Adams (Bloomsbury), An Actor’s Life in 12 Productions by Oliver Ford Davies (Book Guild) and Stirring Up Sheffield: The Battle to Build the Crucible Theatre by Colin and Tedd George (Wordville).
The window for submissions for the 2025 Prize closes on 20 January 2025, with the shortlist announced in May and the winner in June.
To be eligible, submissions must be in English and be about British or British-related theatre. They may be on any form of theatrical performance and any aspect of production, history, architecture or management, whether presenting theatre of the past, recording contemporary theatre or looking forward to the future. A first publication date and copyright date of 2024 is essential, and play texts and studies of drama as literature are excluded.