South Bank Sky Arts awards 2016 nominees announced — theguardian.com

Pop band Years & Years, street artist Banksy and the TV adaptation of Wolf Hall have been announced as nominations for the 2016 South Bank Sky Arts awards, which are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. The awards are unique in focusing on the arts in their entirety and are due to take place in London on 5 June. Other nominations include an embroidery of the Magna Carta by artist Cornelia Parker, Northern Ballet’s 1984 and the Almeida theatre’s politically charged contemporary production of Aeschylus’s Oresteia.

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