SMA are introducing a Brand New Award which every SM can nominate for:
SMA Stage Managers’ Award for Theatre of the Year 2024-2025 Sponsored by Theatre Digs Booker #SMAwards25
This year SMA is introducing a new award category for all SMs (any grade) to vote for their choice for Theatre of the Year 2025. You don’t have to be a member of SMA to vote, nor does the theatre you vote for need to be a member (of course they can be!)
You must have worked at the theatre at least once during the period April 2023-April 2025
This is your individual choice: it could be a favourite theatre, a theatre where you worked on your favourite show, a great and/or welcoming place to work, a theatre with an exciting program or even a place which pays and values SMs exceptionally!
It can be a theatre in England Scotland Wales or Northern Ireland
It could be theatre that always goes the extra mile to welcome stage managers (e.g. welcoming meet and greet, cream teas, discounts on theatre food and drink, a really good SM office, etc)
This could even be a theatre which richly deserves the award but for some reason is not able to produce this season, but you have visited in 2023 or 2024.
Or any or all of the above!!!!
The Winning Theatre and SM's Choice 2025 is ALMEIDA THEATRE!