Sky Arts Awards

Fantastic night at the Sky Arts Awards. @SkyArts @JamesMoir10 @goddivafashion

Lifetime Achievement recipient Bob Geldof on how the arts can bring things into perspective. #SkyArtsAwards

Owen Cooper followed his historic Emmys victory with anointment as the country’s leading young talent as he was honoured with The Times breakthrough award at the annual Sky Arts Awards #Echobox=1758088549-2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/uk/media/artic…

‘The Wickedest’ won a @SkyArts awards! Ever grateful!!!

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) 👇 ebx.sh/tZMPVU

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. #SkyArtsAwards

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. #SkyArtsAwards

Congratulations to Barbara Walker, winner of the Visual Art award for Being Here, a powerful exploration of memory, erasure, and justice. #SkyArtsAwards

The 2025 Times Breakthrough Artist is Owen Cooper, who gave an unbelievably chilling performance in Adolescence. #SkyArtsAwards

Sally Rooney wins the Literature award for Intermezzo, an intimate, sharp look at the emotional tensions in everyday life! #SkyArtsAwards

The Comedy award goes to Elf Lyons' Horses, a performance full of imagination, absurdity and yes, horses. #SkyArtsAwards

Opera North takes home the Opera Award for ‘Simon Boccanegra’ directed by PJ Harris with Anthony Hermus conducting. Congratulations! #SkyArtsAwards

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. #SkyArtsAwards

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. #SkyArtsAwards

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.

Singer, songwriter, author, and political activist Bob Geldof is this year's recipient of the Sky Arts Lifetime Achievement Award. #SkyArtsAwards

Adolescence, a raw, unflinching look at youth, trauma, and society’s fractures takes home the Television award! #SkyArtsAwards

Congratulations to Classical Music award winner Bold Tendencies, recognised for their energised concerts that push the boundaries of what classical can be. #SkyArtsAwards

The winner of the Theatre award is LUNG: The Children’s Inquiry, a revolutionary true story crafted from the voices of the children themselves. #SkyArtsAwards