Awarded the Nestroy Theater Prize 2007
The Nestroy Awards 2007 was the eighth award of the Nestroy Theater Prize and took place on November 24, 2007 in the Theater an der Wien . Of the winners in a total of eleven categories, three were announced in advance, the remaining eight not until the award gala.
Sophie Rois and Caroline Peters acted as moderators of the gala .
(During the gala, the Wikipedia description of the Nestroy Theater Prize was literally quoted as "information from the Internet".)
Awarded and nominated 2007
Most Nestroys: | Medea. A project by Grzegorz Jarzyna (2 Nestroys) |
Most nominations: | King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing (3 nominations each) |
All nominees for the year are listed, with the winner on top. The 2007 Nestroy award relates to the 2006/07 theater season.
Best German-language performance
The God of Slaughter by Yasmina Reza - production: Jürgen Gosch - Schauspielhaus Zürich
- Faith, Love, Hope by Ödön von Horváth - production: Stephan Kimmig - Münchner Kammerspiele
- Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller - production: Peter Stein - Berliner Ensemble
Best director
Grzegorz Jarzyna - Medea. A project by Grzegorz Jarzyna - Kasino am Schwarzenbergplatz / Burgtheater
Best equipment
Katrin Brack - Molière. A Passion - Salzburg Festival / Schaubühne on Lehniner Platz
- Stéphane Laimé - Much Ado About Nothing - Burgtheater
- Rolf Langenfass - My Nestroy - Theater in the Josefstadt
Best Actress
Sylvie Rohrer - Medea. A project by Grzegorz Jarzyna (Medea) & About Animals (Monologue) - Casino am Schwarzenbergplatz / Burgtheater
- Christiane von Poelnitz - Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice) - Burgtheater
- Barbara Sukowa - Quartet (Merteuil) - Salzburg Festival
Best actor
Bernhard Schir - Das Fest (Christian) - Theater in the Josefstadt
- Joachim Meyerhoff - Much Ado About Nothing (Benedict) - Burgtheater
- Gert Voss - King Lear (King Lear) - Burgtheater
Best supporting role
Regina Fritsch - Measure for Measure (Chantal) - Burgtheater
- Martin Schwab - King Lear (Gloster) - Burgtheater
- Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger - My Nestroy (Augustinus Fitl) - Theater in the Josefstadt
Best offspring
Katharina Straßer - The naked madness (Vicki) & Liebelei (Mizi Schlager) - Volkstheater (Vienna)
- Martin Vischer - On the beach of the wide world (Christopher) - Volkstheater (Vienna)
- Matthias Mamedof - Bradley - last row, last seat (Bradley) - Theater of Youth
Best off production
Nestroy-Hof - Markus Kupferblum - The abandoned Dido
Best Piece - Author Award
The purple birthmark - René Pollesch - Akademietheater / Burgtheater
special price
Stephanie Mohr - Die Weberischen (production) - United Theaters Vienna
- maschek for Beim Gusenbauer with the original Wiener Praterkasperl in the Rabenhof Theater
- Nina Ball for developing the Kurhaus Semmering for Alma
Life's work
- Laudator: Paulus Manker