Award ceremony 2016

The Faust Awards 2016 , the eleventh award of the German Theater Prize Der Faust , took place on November 5th in the Freiburg Theater. The prize is awarded in cooperation with the Kulturstiftung der Länder, the German Academy of Performing Arts and an annually changing federal state. The prize was sponsored in 2016 by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts , the Cultural Foundation of the Federal States , the German Academy of Performing Arts and the German Stage Association. Another cooperation partner in 2016 was the city of Freiburg im Breisgau . The actor Milan Peschel moderated the award ceremony.

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Hans Neuenfels received the Faust Theater Prize for his life's work in 2016

Best director in drama: Frank Castorf , " The Brothers Karamasow ", Volksbühne Berlin (co-production of Wiener Festwochen & Volksbühne Berlin)
Best performance in acting: Edgar Selge , François in " Submission ", Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
Best direction in music theater: Peter Konwitschny , “ La Juive ”, Nationaltheater Mannheim
Best singer performance in music theater: Nicole Chevalier , Stella / Olympia / Antonia / Giulietta in " Les Contes d'Hoffmann ", Komische Oper Berlin
Best choreography: Alexander Ekman , “Cow”, Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden
Best performance in dance: Aloalii Naughton Tapu , “Urban Soul Café”, Ballhaus Ost Berlin
Best director for children's and youth theater: Liesbeth Coltof , “The boy with the suitcase”, Young Theater Düsseldorf at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
Best equipment costume / stage: Achim Freyer , for "Esame di mezzanotte", Nationaltheater Mannheim
Life's work: Hans Neuenfels