The application period for the 2015 Linbury Prize for Stage Design is now open.
The Prize, which is open to UK resident, final year students and graduates of recognised courses, sees four winners who will be commissioned for a production in addition to receiving a cash award.
The production companies the finalists will be designing for are the Royal Court Theatre, Traverse Theatre, Nuffield Theatre (Southampton), Lyric Theatre, Belfast.
The four are chosen from twelve finalists all of whom will work with the four production companies and exhibit their work at the National Theatre. One designer from the final four is awarded the overall winner's title.
The judging panel for this year's Prize is composed of designers Sophie Jump, Tom Piper and Tom Scutt. The deadline for applications is 8 July and the overall winner will be announced in December.
The Linbury Prize for Stage Design is sponsored by the Linbury Trust, one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts.