Theater of the year
The title Theater of the Year is awarded annually by the magazine “ Theater heute ”. It is based on surveys among the most important German-speaking critics.
List of award winners
- 2020: Münchner Kammerspiele , artistic director: Matthias Lilienthal
- 2019: Münchner Kammerspiele , artistic director: Matthias Lilienthal
- 2018: Theater Basel , artistic director: Andreas Beck
- 2017: Volksbühne Berlin , artistic director: Frank Castorf
- 2016:
- Volksbühne Berlin , artistic director: Frank Castorf
- Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin, artistic directors: Shermin Langhoff and Jens Hilje
- 2015: Burgtheater Vienna, artistic director: Karin Bergmann
- 2014: Maxim-Gorki-Theater, artistic director: Shermin Langhoff
- 2013: Münchner Kammerspiele , artistic director: Johan Simons
- 2012: Hebbel am Ufer (HAU), Berlin, artistic director: Matthias Lilienthal
- 2011: Schauspiel Köln , artistic director: Karin Beier
- 2010: Schauspiel Köln, artistic director: Karin Beier
- 2009: Münchner Kammerspiele , artistic director: Frank Baumbauer
- 2008: Deutsches Theater Berlin , artistic director: Bernd Wilms
- 2007: Thalia Theater Hamburg , artistic director: Ulrich Khuon
- 2006: Staatstheater Stuttgart , artistic director: Hasko Weber
- 2005:
- Deutsches Theater Berlin , artistic director: Bernd Wilms
- Münchner Kammerspiele , artistic director: Frank Baumbauer
- New stage Senftenberg , artistic director: Sewan Latchinian
- Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg , artistic director: Tom Stromberg
- 2004: Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin , artistic director: Matthias Lilienthal
- 2003: Thalia Theater Hamburg , artistic director: Ulrich Khuon
- 2002: Zürcher Schauspielhaus , artistic director: Christoph Marthaler
- 2001: Zürcher Schauspielhaus , artistic director: Christoph Marthaler
- 2000: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg , artistic director: Frank Baumbauer
- 1999: Schauspiel Basel ; Artistic director: Stefan Bachmann
- 1998: Barracks of the German Theater , artistic director: Thomas Ostermeier
- 1997: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg , artistic director: Frank Baumbauer
- 1996: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg , artistic director: Frank Baumbauer
- 1995: Vienna Burgtheater , artistic director: Claus Peymann
- 1994
- 1993: Volksbühne at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin, artistic director: Frank Castorf
- 1992
- 1991: Thalia Theater in Hamburg, artistic director: Jürgen Flimm
- 1990: Thalia Theater in Hamburg, artistic director: Jürgen Flimm
- 1989: Thalia Theater in Hamburg, artistic director: Jürgen Flimm
- 1988: Theater an der Ruhr in Mülheim an der Ruhr , artistic director: Roberto Ciulli
- 1987
- 1986: Münchener Kammerspiele , artistic director: Dieter Dorn
- 1985: Münchener Kammerspiele , artistic director: Dieter Dorn
- 1984: Münchener Kammerspiele , artistic director: Dieter Dorn
- 1983 Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus , artistic director Günther Beelitz
- 1982: Schauspielhaus Bochum , artistic director: Claus Peymann
- 1981
- 1980: Schauspielhaus Bochum , artistic director: Claus Peymann
- 1979: Theater Bremen , artistic director: Arno Wüstenhöfer
- 1978: Staatstheater Stuttgart , artistic director: Claus Peymann
- 1977: State Theater Stuttgart , artistic director: Claus Peymann
- 1976: State Theater Stuttgart , artistic director: Claus Peymann
Individual evidence
- ↑ The evaluation: The greatest honor. In: kultiversum. The culture platform. Retrieved August 25, 2016 .
- ^ Theater heute (ed.): THEATER HEUTE yearbook 1983 . ISBN 3-85541-013-5 , pp. 23 : “Perhaps the sensation of the season: the theater of the year is Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, clearly chosen with 11 votes, which are probably mainly due to the remarkable program (five first and first performances, otherwise pieces from Calderon to Heiner Müller, by Goethe to Oscar wild) - Reason to be happy for Artistic Director Günther Beelitz and his dramaturgical collaborators Michael Huthmann, Gerd Jäger and Jürgen Fischer ..... "