Year by Year
2023 Linbury Prize
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Recipients
Judges
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2021 Linbury Prize
Recipients
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Judges
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2019 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Finalists
Laura Ann Price
Judges
Lizzie Clachan
Katrina Lindsay
Rajha Shakiry
Commissioning companies
Birmingham Royal Ballet, Leeds Playhouse, Nuffield Southampton Theatres, Octagon Theatre Bolton
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2017 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Basia Binkowska (overall winner)
Khadija Raza
Fin Redshaw
Finalists
Jasmine Swan
Laura Albeck
Emily Bates
Sonya Plenefisch
Judges
Tom Piper
Nicky Shaw
Rae Smith
Commissioning companies
Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, Mercury Theatre Colchester, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Unicorn Theatre
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2015 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Grace Smart (overall winner)
Phillipa Brocklehurst
Camilla Clarke
Finalists
Matilde Marangoni
Alex Berry
David Allen
Rebecca Jane Wood
Judges
Tom Scutt
Sophie Jump
Tom Piper
Commissioning companies
The Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, the Royal Court Theatre, and the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
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2013 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Ana Ines Jabares Pita (overall winner)
Madeleine Girling
Alexander Ruth
Florence de Mare
Finalists
Georgia de Gray
Max Dorey
Halla Groves-Raines
Ruta Irbite
Rosanna Vize
Carys Beard
Faye Bradley
Judges
Christopher Oram
Es Devlin
John Macfarlane
Commissioning companies
English Touring Opera, National Theatre of Scotland, Nottingham Playhouse and Scottish Dance Theatre (in association with V & A Dundee)
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2011 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Hyemi Shin (overall winner)
Emma Bailey
Finalists
Colin Eccleston
Nina Patel-Grainger
Holly Pigott
Ellan Parry
Guoda Jaruseviciute
Judges
Miriam Buether
Ian MacNeill
Jon Bausor
Commissioning companies
Lyric Hammersmith, Royal Opera House - ROH2, The Opera Group and Watermill Theatre, Newbury
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2009 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Samal Blak
Ruth Sutcliffe
Finalists
Katerina Angelopoulou
Verena Leo
Sarah Bacon
Christopher Faulds
Anna Hourriere
Francesca Rodrigues
David Woodhead
Judges
Katrina Lindsay
Bob Crowley
Nick Ormerod
Commissioning companies
Birmingham Opera, Royal & Derngate, Sound & Fury in collaboration with Fuel and Unicorn Theatre
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2007 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Garance Marneur (overall winner)
Tom Scutt
Finalists
Holly Waddington
Lorna Ritchie
Maureen Freedman
Mike Handley
Sophie Mosberger
Will Holt
Judges
Tim Hatley
Anthony Ward
Jean Guy-Lecat
Commissioning companies
Headlong, The Opera Group, Hampstead Theatre and the Tricycle Theatre
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2005 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Patrick Burnier (overall winner)
Phil Brunner
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Finalists
Carl Davies
Christopher Giles
Ellie Halls Schiadas
Katherina Radeva
Tom Rogers
Sibylle Warum
Jung Eun Yoo
Judges
Pamela Howard
Tobias Hoheisel
Julian Crouch
Commissioning companies
Bristol Old Vic, Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, Nottingham Playhouse, Sadler's Wells
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2003 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Becs Andrews (overall winner)
Crista Noel Smith
Ben Stones
Adam Wiltshire
Finalists
Ulisses Cohn
Jeremy Daker
Andy Edwards
Cecilia Hernandez Molano
Colin Richmond
Yukiko Tsukamoto
Adonis Volanakis
Martina von Holn
Judges
Hildegard Bechtler
John Macfarlane
Vicki Mortimer
Commissioning companies
Actors Touring Company; Royal Theatre Northampton; The Opera Group; West Yorkshire Playhouse
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2001 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Moritz Junge (overall winner)
Jessica Bergström
Max Jones
Nicholaos Zavaliaris
Finalists
Jonathon Bausor
William Fricker
Pauline Lefevere
Praline Le Moult
Howard Lloyd
Anna Meister
Diego Pitarch
Constantinos Zamanis
Judges
Lez Brotherston
Tom Cairns
Rae Smith
Commissioning companies
English Touring Theatre; Royal Court (Jessica Bergstrom's commission realised at Soho Theatre); Welsh National Opera; Young Vic
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1999 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Miriam Buether (overall winner)
Emma Cattell
Luke Hunt
Isla Shaw
Finalists
Victoria Andrews
Kate Ford
Julia Libiseller
Johanna Mårtensson
Ehud Udi Regev
Irene Stewart
Emma Sutton
Philip Witcomb
Judges
Richard Hudson
Tim Hatley
Vicki Mortimer
Commissioning companies
English Touring Opera; Rambert Dance Company, Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh; Soho Theatre Company
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1997 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Yannis Thavoris (overall winner)
Fiona-Marie Chivers
Stuart Nunn
Julie Watson
Finalists
Kathryn Brazel
Emily Couper
Paul Norris
Cleo Pettitt
Benita Roth
Julia Scholz
Emma Spark
Alison Lynda Williams
Judges
Kandis Cook
Richard Foxton
Ian MacNeil
Commissioning companies
The Bush Theatre; Spitalfields Market Opera/English Touring Opera; Second Stride/Phoenix Dance Company; Salisbury Playhouse
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1995 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Es Devlin (overall winner)
Frank Gerssen
Agnes Treplin
Finalists
Annabelle Batchelor
Kim Beresford
James Bradley
Jens Cole
Atlanta Duffy
Gemma Fripp
Stuart Hembrow
Emma Kingston
Elaine Robertson
Philip Sims
Charlotte Tindle
Sophie Tyrrell
Judges
Robin Cameron Don
Deborah MacMillan
Tanya McCallin
Commissioning companies
Mecklenburgh Opera; Octagon Theatre, Bolton; Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
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1993 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Franziska Wilcken (overall winner)
Scott Sellers
Lakis Yenethli
Finalists
Charlotte Bech Nielsen
John Paul Bishop
Sarah Blenkinsop
Anna Deamer Gough
Lyn Gambles
Anine Kopperud
Mark Milburn
Kitty Percy
Simon Scullion
Stacey Williams
Sarah Williamson
Louise Ann Wilson
Judges
Tom Cairns
Nigel Lowery
Jenny Tiramani
Commissioning companies
The Birmingham Royal Ballet; Gate Theatre, London; West Yorkshire Playhouse
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1991 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Angela Davies (overall winner)
Lucy Bevan
Neil Irish
Finalists
Carla Eve Amie
Simon Beresford
Tomas Burton
Gideon Davey
Christiane Ewing
Monika Frelin
Bruce Gallup
Laura Hopkins
Robert Innes-Hopkins
David Palser
Laura Peckham
Edward Thomas
Judges
Deirdre Clancy
William Dudley
Jocelyn Herbert
Commissioning companies
Second Stride; Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; Opera North
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1989 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Kenny MacLellan (overall winner)
Tim Hatley
Neil Warmington
Finalists
Sky Bone
Jackie Brooks
Rosamund Calthrop
John Clarke
Aldona Cunningham
Anna Georgiadis
Snorri Hilmarsson
Vicki Mortimer
Gill Shaw
Thomasina Smith
Tania Spooner
Matthew Swift
Judges
Alison Chitty
Bob Crowley
Antony McDonald
Dame Judi Dench DBE (2nd stage only)
Commissioning companies
National Youth Theatre of Great Britain; Rambert Dance Company; Théâtre de Complicité
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1987 Linbury Prize
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Winners
Patrick Connellan (overall winner)
Sarah Ashpole
Demetra Maraslis Hersey
Finalists
Luca Antonucci
Hilary Baxter
Paul Buonomini
Damian Doran
Charles Edwards
Jacqueline Gunn
Jane Heather
Sonja Klaus
John Knowles
Charles Maude
Paul Minter
Ruari Murchison
David Neat
Andrew Papademitri
Nigel Prabhavalkar
Shaun Ray
Frank Rowland
Dee Sidwell
Maxim Stewart
Anthony Ward
Colin Whitley