Each year, VAULT Festival collaborates with partner organisations to offer “Programming Awards”. Here are the Programming Awards that were awarded for the 2020 Festival.

VAULT Festival Pick of Pleasance Award

VAULT Festival awarded one production in the Pleasance Edinburgh 2019 programme to be part of VAULT Festival 2020. The successful company received a guaranteed slot in the programme of VAULT Festival 2020 and a cash investment of £1000 from the Pleasance Theatre Trust.

The recipient of the 2020 VAULT Festival Pick of Pleasance Award was:

Madame Ovary by Wildchild Productions
A ‘breathtakingly sad and intensely funny’ true-story of Rosa Hesmondhalgh’s ovarian cancer treatment aged 23. The 5 star sell-out hit of Edinburgh Fringe is returning to London. Madame Ovary is a life-affirming show about the importance of love when your world comes crashing down.

VAULT Festival Pick of Summerhall Award

VAULT Festival awarded one production in the Summerhall Edinburgh Fringe 2019 programme to be part of VAULT Festival 2020. The successful company received a guaranteed slot in the programme of VAULT Festival 2020.

The recipient of the 2020 VAULT Festival Pick of Summerhall Award was:

First Time by Nathaniel Hall presented by Dibby Theatre & Waterside Arts
Fresh from his critically-acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe debut, award-winning HIV+ theatre-maker Nathaniel Hall presents this ‘hilarious’ and ‘heart breaking’ autobiographical solo show about growing up positive in a negative world.