Awarded the Nestroy Theater Prize 2006
The Nestroy Awards 2006 was the seventh award of the Nestroy Theater Prize and took place on November 25, 2006 in the Theater in der Josefstadt . Of the winners in a total of 11 categories, 4 were announced in advance, the remaining 7 were only announced at the award gala.
Michael Maertens and Nicholas Ofczarek acted as moderators of the gala .
Awarded & nominated 2006
| Most Nestroys: | Hell Fear (3 Nestroys) |
| Most nominations: | Hell Fear (4 nominations) |
Notes: All nominees for the year are given, the winner is always on top. The awarding of the Nestroy 2006 relates to the 2005/06 theater season.
Best German-language performance
Hell fear by Johann Nestroy - staging: Martin Kušej - Salzburg Festival / Burgtheater
- dark alluring world by Händl Klaus - production: Sebastian Nübling - Münchner Kammerspiele
- Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen - production: Thomas Ostermeier - Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
Best director
Karin Beier - petty bourgeois - Akademietheater / Burgtheater
- David Bösch - Much Ado About Nothing - Salzburg Festival / Thalia Theater
- Christiane Pohle - The Sunken Cathedral - Akademietheater / Burgtheater
Best equipment
Martin Zehetgruber - Fear of Hell - Salzburg Festival / Burgtheater
- Katrin Brack - Tartuffe - Salzburg Festival / Thalia Theater
- Lena Kvadrat - De Lady in de Tutti Frutti Hat - Künstlerhaus Vienna
Best Actress
Edith Clever - Sleep (The Elderly Woman) - Akademietheater / Burgtheater
- Judith Hoffmann - Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice) - Salzburg Festival / Thalia Theater
- Christiane von Poelnitz - petty bourgeoisie (Tatjana) - Akademietheater / Burgtheater
Best actor
Nicholas Ofczarek - Fear of Hell (Wendelin) - Salzburg Festival / Burgtheater
- Michael Maertens - Arsenic and lace cap (Mortimer) - Akademietheater / Burgtheater
- Joachim Meyerhoff - Overall acting performance in the 2005/06 season - Akademietheater / Burgtheater
Best supporting role
Gertrud Roll - At nightfall (Countess) - City Theater Klagenfurt
- Dietmar König - The Sunken Cathedral (Senior Doctor) - Akademietheater / Burgtheater
- Caroline Peters - Hell Fear (Rosalie) - Salzburg Festival / Burgtheater
Best offspring
Nuran David Çalış - Die Räuber (Direction) - Volkstheater (Vienna)
- Florian Carove - Bunbury (Gwendolen) - Theater in the Josefstadt
- Silvia Meisterle - Miranda im Spiegelland (Miranda) - Theater of Youth
Best off production
Projekttheater Vorarlberg How much, Schatzi? by HC Artmann
Best Piece - Author Award
The sunken cathedral - Gert Jonke - Akademietheater / Burgtheater
special price
Dietmar Pflegerl (outgoing director) - City Theater Klagenfurt