The Scottish Emerging Theatre Awards 2025
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!
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Nominations for 2025 are now open!
How SETA 25 works:
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This year we have revamped SETA - instead of having categories we will be selecting 12 artists (or groups of artists) to receive a 2025 Scottish Emerging Theatre Award.
This might look like an individual who has improved a lot, or had a big year creatively. It could also be a company who has done brilliant work, in which case you’d nominate the group behind the company. It also might be a show that you loved, in which case you’d nominate the creative team. This allows us to celebrate even more of the brilliant early-career artists working in Scotland!
e.g last year our Company of the Year was Scylla’s Bite, if they were nominated this year that would be Abbie Lowe & Rebekah Smith. Our Production of the Year was Kev Campbell Was He, in which case you’d nominate Alexander Tait & Ivan Hamshaw-Thomas.
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.
Each recipient will also be invited to a celebration event in December 2025 to meet other recipients, network, and celebrate their achievements.
Who is eligible?
Anyone who identifies as an emerging or early-career Scotland-based theatre maker is eligible. This could be technicians, designers, producers, writers, directors, performers and so many more! Anyone who makes theatre. You can nominate yourself, or others.​
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​However, core Framework team members or Board Members are ineligible. We appreciate the emerging theatre sector is small, and a group you may want to nominate may contain a Framework Board Member, so If you have questions about whether this applies to your work please email us at hello@frameworktheatre.com. Alternatively, nominate away and we will confirm eligibility when we are longlisting!
What is the selection process?
1. Nominations
Nominations close at 5pm on Monday 13th October 2025. 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.
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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?
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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.
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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 the past year. Between them they will select our 12 awardees!
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.