2026
Leading Light Award
Leading Light Winner – Trans People Are Awful
by Writer/Performer Ros Watt, performed at Pleasance Courtyard.
Leading Light Runner Up – Nesting
A Trolley Problem production, performed at Summerhall.
Leading Light Runner Up – Arcana
by Writer/Performer Fay Guiffo, performed at Assembly Roxy.
Bright Spark Award
Euan Munro for Playback
performed at Summerhall
Olivia Caw for Common Tongue
performed at Scottish Storytelling Centre
Judges
The 2025 Judging Panel; Joyce Caplan (chair), John Scott Moncrieff, Anna Stapleton, Neil Weir, Catherine Robins, Jo Cameron Brown, Paul Burrows and Mark Wilson.
The awards were presented by Gillian Garrity, Producer at Raw Material.
Gallery
Beth Sitek and Ros Watt (Trans People Are Awful) with Gillian Garrity
Ros Watt and Beth Sitek (Trans People Are Awful)
Olivia Caw (Common Tongue)
The winners with Gillian Garrity
Fay Guiffo (Arcana) with Gillian Garrity
Olivia Caw (Common Tongue), Fay Guiffo (Arcana), Gillian Garrity, Ros Watt (Trans People Are Awful), Euan Munro (Playback), Peter McCormick (Nesting)
Trans People Are Awful. Photo Credit: Ella Dale
Trans People Are Awful. Photo Credit: Ella Dale
Trans People Are Awful. Photo Credit: Ella Dale
Trans People Are Awful. Photo Credit: Ella Dale
Trans People Are Awful poster
Trans People Are Awful poster
Nesting
Nesting
Nesting
Nesting
Nesting
Nesting poster
Nesting poster
Arcana © Mihaela Bodlovic0
Arcana © Mihaela Bodlovic11
Arcana © Mihaela Bodlovic8
Arcana © Mihaela Bodlovic7
Arcana © Mihaela Bodlovic6
