Samuel Beckett Award
# Samuel Beckett Award

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 and in recognition of his distinctive contribution to world theatre and literature.

Award-winning writers included:

* Farrukh Dhondy
* Nick Perry
* Karim Alrawi
* Anne Devlin
* Shirley Gee
* Jim Cartwright
* Ronald Frame
* Kevin Elyot

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 Barbican'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, Megan Hefferman, Vanessa Faye-Stanley, Seiriol Cwyfan Davies, Kevin Albi Gravener
* 2008- Slung Low
* 2009- Levantes Dance Theatre
* 2010- You Me Bum Bum Train
* 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 for "CRYCRYKILLKILL"
* 2022- HighRise Entertainment for "The UK Drill Project", Zoo Co for "Perfect Show for Rachel"
