The Scottish Emerging Theatre Awards 2024
The Scottish Emerging Theatre Awards are awards for emerging theatre-makers based in Scotland, chosen by emerging theatre-makers based in Scotland.
We want to celebrate the amazing work done by early-career and emerging artists that often goes unrecognised by larger awards. In the current climate, we believe that it’s important to champion the lesser-known work and provide people with an opportunity to be commended for their work!
Nominations for 2024 are now closed.
Meet The 2024 Scottish Emerging Theatre Awards Recipients:
Production of the Year
Kev Campbell Was He by Alexander Tait
Artist of the Year
Afton Moran
Company of the Year
Scylla's Bite
The Categories:
Artist of the Year: For an emerging theatre artist who has grown significantly, created work and developed themself as an artist in 2024.
Company of the Year: For an emerging theatre company or collective which has grown significantly, created work and developed as an organisation in 2024. All artists in this company should identify as early-career.
Production of the Year: For a theatre show made entirely by emerging/early-career artists that showcased ambitious, high quality work being produced in Scotland. This could be at the Fringe, or outwith but must have premiered in 2024.
Artist of the Year Shortlist:
Abbie Craigmyle
Afton Moran
Éimi Quinn
Parasol Wu
Tinashe Warikandwa
Production of the Year Shortlist:
Kev Campbell Was He
by Alexander Tait
Produced by Alexander Tait
PALS
by Mirren Wilson
Produced by Higgledy Piggledy Productions
Wish You Were Here
by Michael Johnson
Produced by Without Compromise Theatre
Company of the Year Shortlist:
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The Avison Brothers
Canonical Theatre
Scylla's Bite
The Nominees:
Artist of the Year
Abbie Craigmyle
Afton Moran
Alex Medland
Alexander Tait
Anna Tiia Sorjonen
Caden Scott
Catriona Faint
Courtney Bassett
Edoardo Berto
Éimi Quinn
Ellen Ritchie
Elliot Comnene
Emery Schaffer
Emma Lynne Harley
Erin Elkin
Harry Walker
Huw Turnbull
Jack MacGregor
James Jennifer Nell Wright
Julienne Restall
Keira Smith
Kennedy Thomson
Kit Laveri
Lawrence Boothman
Lucy Beth
Lucy Pedersen
Michael Johnson
Michelle Chantelle Hopewell
Mirren Wilson
Molly Graham
Niall Moorjani
Parasol Wu
Paul Case
Peter McCormick
Phoebe Wiseman
Roisin McLinde
Ross Somerville
Sanjay Lago
Sweætshops
Tinashe Warikandwa
Zoë Bullock
Company of the Year
The Avison Brothers
Canonical Theatre
The Crunch Collective
Cutty Sark Theatre
Drive Official
The Forth Act
F-Bomb Theatre
Half Trick Theatre
Hey Thanks Theatre Collective
Knights Theatre
Knot Tied Theatre
Not so Nice! Theatre Company
Scylla's Bite
Shark Bait Theatre
Some Kind of Theatre
Weegie Hink Ae That?
Without Compromise Theatre Company
Production of the Year
A History of Fortune Cookies by Sean Wai Keung
Athens of The North by Mark Hannah
Beyond Krapp by Peter McCormick, directed by Ben Standish
Birdland directed by Stephanie Austin
Gracie and the Start of the End of the World (Again), by Zoe Bullock, produced by Louise Oliver & Zoe Bullock in association with Assembly Festivals
He's Not Gay, He's Just My Brother! by Ryan Lithgow, Produced by Not So Nice! Theatre Company
Jennie Lee: Tomorrow is a New Day, Knights Theatre
Kev Campbell Was He by Alexander Tait, Produced by Alexander Tait
Mary, Queen of Rock! by Mhairi McCall, Cal Ferguson and Lewis Lauder Produced by Pretty Knickers Productions
Kanpur 1857 by Niall Moorjani
PALS by Mirren Wilson, produced by Higgledy Piggledy Productions
The Funeral Club by Éimi Quinn
The King in Yellow by Half Trick
The Sound of the Space Between Created & Performed by Harri Pitches, Produced by Ruth Darling
The Wound, The Rag and The In-Between by Annie MacDonald, Produced by Vivid Roots Collective
To The Letter written by Charlotte Smith, Elliot Comnene, Jessica Massey, Jonas Laursen, Lexi Crockford, Rebecca Russell, and Thomas Witton. Directed by Jan Gruca. Produced by Canonical Theatre.
We Used to be Girl Scouts by Emery Schaffer, Produced by Hey Thanks! Theatre Collective with New Celts
Wish You Were Here by Michael Johnson, Produced by Without Compromise Theatre
Wtf Happened To Love And Hope by Olivia McGeachy, Produced by wtfhappenedto in a co-production with The Counterminers
What do you get if you receive an award?
We will announce the recipients online, and give them a profile on our website and social media to shout about their work.
Recipients will also have a meeting with the Framework team in the new year, where we will see what we can do to support their careers. This may involve introductions to industry professionals or help with a funding application.
As a project-to-project organisation, we are self-funding these awards. As such there is no financial award or in-person event. These awards are just a chance to celebrate the hard work and achievements of emerging artists in 2024!
What is the selection process?
1. Nominations
Nominations closed at 2pm on the 11th November. You can nominate yourself or others. Only emerging theatre-makers can submit nominations. You can nominate as many times as you like for each award. The number of nominations for each artist does not matter, they will all be assessed the same.
2. Information Gathering
After nominations close, all nominees will be contacted and asked to fill out a short form telling us what they’ve done this year so we can get the best sense of their work and how they might fit the award description! By having the nominees fill this out themselves, it puts all nominees on a level playing field. Who knows their work better than themselves?
3. Longlisting & Shortlisting
Based on the information from stage 2, the core Framework team will then assess the nominations, creating a longlist and a shortlist for each award.
4. Panel Stage
This shortlist will be sent to a panel of emerging theatre-makers who have worked with Framework since the last awards in 2021. They will select the recipients of each award.
5. Announcements
Recipients will be contacted via email and announced on social media!
They will also have a meeting with the Framework team in the new year, where we will see what we can do to support their careers. This is not financial support, but may involve introductions to industry professionals or help with a funding application.