Liz Kingsman nominated for South Bank Breakthrough Award
- Liz Kingsman has been nominated in the Breakthrough category in the South Bank Sky Arts Awards
- Her One-Woman Show creation was the live comedy performance that received the most five star reviews in 2021
- The South Bank Awards Comedy category features Starstruck, We Are Lady Parts and Alma's Not Normal
Liz Kingsman wins Breakthrough Award
Liz Kingsman has been shortlisted for The Times Breakthrough Award in the South Bank Sky Arts Awards.
The writer and actor, who has starred in TV shows including Power Monkeys and Borderline, and performed live and online sketches as part of comedy group Massive Dad, created a hit live solo show last year.
Liz Kingsman: One-Woman Show, a spoof of formats such as Fleabag, was named by The Guardian as the number one comedy show of 2021 and it has featured in top ten lists in The Times, Telegraph and other publications too. Her Soho Theatre run received more five star reviews than any other comedy performance in 2021, and was extended into 2022. Kingsman will reprise the show at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival this summer.
The Times Breakthrough Award covers all categories of arts, and she is shortlisted alongside In My Skin actor Gabrielle Creevy (TV Drama), Catriona Ward (Literature), Nardus Williams (Opera), Dani Howard (Classical), Rachel Jones (Visual Art), Emily Suzuki (Dance), Samuel Creasey (Theatre), Emilia Jones (Film) and Wet Leg (Pop).
Meanwhile the South Bank Sky Arts Awards Comedy category features:
Elsewhere in the shortlists, the comedy drama This Is Going To Hurt features alongside Time and It's A Sin in the TV Drama shortlist.
The results of the awards will be announced at a ceremony at The Savoy Hotel on Sunday 10th July, with the awards broadcast on Sky Arts on Wednesday 13th July at 10pm.
Host Melvyn Bragg comments: "The British Arts forge on with enormous vigour and international success - we could make a claim to be the world centre of culture! Back again for our 26th South Bank Sky Arts Awards, a brilliant swathe of artistic talent appears - across every spectrum of the Arts."