Awarded the Nestroy Theater Prize 2005
The Nestroy Awards 2005 was the sixth award of the Nestroy Theater Prize and took place on November 26, 2005 in the Volkstheater (Vienna) . Of the winners in a total of 11 categories, 4 were announced in advance, the remaining 7 only at the award gala.
Maria Bill and Michael Schottenberg acted as moderators of the gala .
This year saw the first Ex eaquo result within a category. Michael Maertens and Nicholas Ofczarek both won in the Best Actor category, only Tobias Moretti , who was also nominated , was left empty-handed.
Awarded and nominated 2005
| Most Nestroys: | Hunt or Total February and King Ottokar's Luck and End (2 Nestroys each) |
| Most nominations: | King Ottokar's Luck and End (4 nominations) |
Notes: All nominees for the year are given, the winner is always on top. The award of the Nestroy 2005 relates to the 2004/05 theater season.
Best German-language performance
The Nibelungs by Friedrich Hebbel - production: Andreas Kriegenburg - Münchner Kammerspiele
- Protection from the future by Christoph Marthaler - production: Christoph Marthaler - Art Nouveau theater
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee - production: Jürgen Gosch - Deutsches Theater Berlin
Best director
Christoph Marthaler - Protection from the Future - Art Nouveau Theater
- Martin Kušej - King Ottokar's luck and end - Salzburg Festival / Burgtheater
- Nicolas Stemann - Babel - Akademietheater / Burgtheater
Best equipment
Ulrike Kaufmann , Max Kaufmann , Antonio Nodari and Erwin Piplits - Xenos - Serapionstheater
- Katrin Nottrodt - Babel - Akademietheater / Burgtheater
- Peter Schubert - The Steppenwolf - Burgtheater
Best Actress
Sunnyi Melles - Stories from the Vienna Woods (Valerie) - Salzburg Festival / Bavarian State Theater
- Andrea Clausen - The Cherry Orchard (Ranjewskaja) - Burgtheater
- Christiane von Poelnitz - The woman from before (Romy Vogtländer) - Burgtheater
Best actor
Michael Maertens - King Ottokar's Luck and End (Rudolf von Habsburg) - Salzburg Festival / Burgtheater
Nicholas Ofczarek - On the ground floor and first floor (Johann) / King Ottokar's happiness and end - Burgtheater
- Tobias Moretti - King Ottokar's Luck and End (King Ottokar) - Salzburg Festival / Burgtheater
Best supporting role
Erni Mangold - Princesses' Dramas (Snow White) - Volkstheater (Vienna)
- Sabine Haupt - The cat on the hot tin roof (Mae) - Burgtheater
- Siegfried Walther - Amphitryon (Sosias) - Theater in the Josefstadt
Best offspring
Stefano Bernardin - The heart of a boxer (Jojo) - Theater of youth
- Christoph Nussbaumeder - With the cucumber plane in the South Seas (playwright) - Landestheater Linz
- Carolin Pienkos - Dear Far Away (Director) - Vestibül / Burgtheater
Best off production
Rabenhof Theater - entire 2004/05 season (especially for Udo 77 from monochrom , The Great Television Swindle from maschek and friendship from Erwin Steinhauer and Rupert Henning )
Best Piece - Author Award
Hunt or the total February - Franzobel - Theater Hausruck
special price
Hunt or the total February - Franzobel - Theater Hausruck
- Heidelinde Leitgöb - director of the Ursulinenhof of the Landestheater Linz
- Schwarzenbergplatz project - (Rimini Protokoll), Casino / Burgtheater