ICYMI: The winners of the 2025 @SkyArts Awards have been revealed, with Sally Rooney winning the top gong for literature for her novel Intermezzo (@FaberBooks) 👇 https://t.co/Syoj3F6BPl
Your Sky Arts Hero 2025 is Diane Carroll!
Diane is the Assistant Manager at Òran Mór in Glasgow, and since 2004 has been working the ticket desk for the venue's lunchtime phenomenon A Play, A Pie and A Pint, giving the warmest welcome at over 600 shows.
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Lola Young takes home the award for Popular Music for "This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway", which boasts raw, soulful vocals and lyrics that feel both personal and universal.
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Congratulations to Barbara Walker, winner of the Visual Art award for Being Here, a powerful exploration of memory, erasure, and justice.
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Congratulations are in order for Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney and the Nederlands Dans Theater & Complicité dancers for winning the Dance award. Figures in Extinction is a powerful cross-disciplinary dance trilogy examining the devastation of our environment.
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I last saw The Boomtown Rats in 1981, at the age of 15. They’ve still got it.
Inspiring, intersectional, inclusive #SkyArtsAwards. All the food groups were represented. @SimonMcBurney spoke proud and loud for a #FreePalestine 🇵🇸
Huge congrats to Caleb Femi, who wins the Poetry award for "The Wickedest", a minute-by-minute depiction of a typical night at the legendary monthly house party of the same name.
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From fronting The Boomtown Rats to starring in Pink Floyd – The Wall, Bob Geldof has never stopped making an impact. Beyond the stage, he founded Band Aid, leading Live Aid, and fighting poverty with tireless activism.
Congratulations to Classical Music award winner Bold Tendencies, recognised for their energised concerts that push the boundaries of what classical can be.
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The winner of the Theatre award is LUNG: The Children’s Inquiry, a revolutionary true story crafted from the voices of the children themselves.
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