Owen Cooper in Adolescence / Netflix
Breakout Adolescence star Owen Cooper, Charli XCX and controversial Irish rap group Kneecap are among the nominees at this year’s Sky Arts Awards.
Launched last year, the now-annual ceremony recognises artistic achievement across a wide range of categories, from dance and poetry to pop music, film and opera.
This year’s event will be hosted by Bill Bailey from The Roundhouse in London on Tuesday, September 16, with the ceremony airing on Sky Arts the same night.
Scroll on to see the full list of categories and nominees!
Classical Music
- Bold Tendencies – Body of work
- Errollyn Wallen – Body of work
- Manchester Camerata – Body of work
Comedy
- Elf Lyons – Horses
- Jen Brister – Body of work
- Sarah Keyworth – My Eyes Are Up Here
Dance
- Lost Dog – Ruination
- Nederland Dans Theatre and Complicité – Figures in Extinction
- Stopgap Dance Company – Lived Fiction
Film
- Conclave
- KNEECAP
- Sister Midnight
Literature
- Alan Hollinghurst – Our Evenings
- Gwyneth Lewis – Nightshade Mother: A Disentangling
- Sally Rooney – Intermezzo
Opera
- Garsington Opera – Body of Work
- Opera North – Simone Boccanegra
- Sound Voice – The Sound Voice Project
Poetry
- Caleb Femi – The Wickedest
- Janetta Otter-Barry – Body of work
- Roundhouse – The Roundhouse Poetry Slam
Popular Music
- Charli xcx – Brat
- KNEECAP – Fine Art
- Lola Young – This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway
Television
- Adolescence (Netflix)
- Mr Loverman (BBC)
- Rivals (Disney+)
Theatre
- David Byrne – Body of work
- Jamie Hale – Body of work
- LUNG – The Children’s Inquiry
Visual Art
- Barbara Walker – Being Here
- Claudette Johnson – Three Women
- Michelle Roberts – Body of work, including Red Blue Up
The Times Breakthrough Award
- Alex Margo Arden (Visual art)
- Nussaibah Younis (Literature)
- Owen Cooper (TV)
