Troubles-rooted play Sapling wins Women’s prize for playwriting

Judges, including Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner, praise Georgina Duncan's play as the kind producers dream of and audiences yearn to watch'

A work that explores what happens when trauma is left to fester, set in Troubles-era Belfast, has been named the winner of the Women's prize for playwriting 2025.

Judges praised what they described as unflinching and moving writing in Sapling by Georgina Duncan, a working-class playwright from Lancashire.