Award ceremony 2008
The third awarding of the German Theater Prize Der Faust took place on November 29, 2008 in the opera house of the Stuttgart State Theater . The organizer was the Deutsche Bühnenverein and the state of Baden-Württemberg was a co-organizer.
Award winners & nominees
Best director in acting
Andreas Kriegenburg - The Last Fire - Thalia Theater Hamburg
- Sewan Latchinian - Faust I and II - Neue Bühne Senftenberg
- Johan Simons - Job - Münchner Kammerspiele
Best acting performance
Ulrich Matthes - Uncle Wanja (Wanja) - Deutsches Theater Berlin
- Constanze Becker - The rats (Mrs. John) - Deutsches Theater Berlin
- Patrycia Ziółkowska - The Nibelungs (Kriemhild) - Cologne theater
Best director in music theater
Christof Loy - Così fan tutte - Frankfurt Opera
Best singer-performance in musical theater
Iris Vermillion - Penthesilea (Penthesilea) - Saxon State Opera Dresden
- John Mark Ainsley - Billy Budd (Edward Fairfax) - Oper Frankfurt
- Michael Volle - The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Beckmesser) - Bayreuth Festival
Best choreography
William Forsythe - Yes we can't - Festspielhaus Hellerau / The Forsythe Company
Best performing performance in dance
Kenji Takagi - Bamboo Blues (Solo) - Tanztheater Pina Bausch
- Lucia Lacarra - The Storm (Ariel) - Bavarian State Ballet
- Xavier Le Roy - Le sacre du printemps (Solo) - Hebbel am Ufer
Best director for children's and youth theater
Kristo Šagor - Törleß - German Theater Hamburg
Best equipment costume / stage
Olaf Altmann - The Rats - Deutsches Theater Berlin
- Bert Neumann - La juive - State Theater Stuttgart
- Thilo Reuther - The Master and Margarita - Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
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