Awarded the Nestroy Theater Prize 2013
The Nestroy Awards 2013 , the fourteenth award of the Nestroy Theater Prize , took place on November 4, 2013. For the first time, Hall F in the city hall in Vienna was the location of the award ceremony. The evening was moderated by the actress Sunnyi Melles , who won the award for best actress in 2005, supported by students from the Max Reinhardt Seminar .
Nominees and award winners 2013
In addition to the nominations, the jury announced three winners in advance: Elfriede Jelinek was awarded the author's prize, Annette Murschetz for the best equipment and Luc Bondy for his life's work.
A jury of critics consisting of Margarete Affenzeller , Thomas Gabler , Wolfgang Huber-Lang , Eva Maria Klinger , Michaela Mottinger and Lothar Schreiner decided on the winners in twelve categories . In the three categories of Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Supporting Role , there were five nominations each, three of which were proposed by the Academy of the Nestroy Theater Prize. In seven categories, Best Director, Best Young Talent, Special Prize, Best Off-Production, Best State Performance and Best German-Language Performance , the winners were selected from three nominations each, with two each being proposed by the Academy in the categories of Best Director and Best Young Talent .
| Most Nestroys: | Elektra (2 awards) |
| Most nominations: | Elektra (5 nominations) |
The following are the award winners and other nominees for the year. The 2013 Nestroy award related to the 2012/2013 theater season.
Best German-language performance
Journey through the night by Friederike Mayröcker - production: Katie Mitchell - Schauspiel Köln
nominated:
- Elektra by Hugo von Hofmannsthal - production: Michael Thalheimer - Burgtheater
- Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen - production: Martin Kušej - Residenztheater Munich
Best federal state performance
Hakoah Vienna by Yael Ronen and the ensemble - production: Yael Ronen - Schauspielhaus Graz
nominated:
- Mamma Medea by Tom Lanoye - production: Philipp Hauß - Landestheater Niederösterreich
- We always sell by Robert Woelfl - production: Ute Liepold - Theater Wolkenflug at the State Museum of Carinthia
Best director
Michael Thalheimer - Elektra ( Hugo von Hofmannsthal ) - Burgtheater
nominated:
- Martin Kušej - In Agony ( Miroslav Krleža ) - Coproduction of the Wiener Festwochen with the Residenztheater Munich
- Georg Schmiedleitner - Kasimir and Karoline ( Ödön von Horváth ) - Theater in the Josefstadt
Best equipment
Annette Murschetz - In Agony by Miroslav Krleža - Coproduction of the Wiener Festwochen with the Residenztheater Munich
Best Actress
Christiane von Poelnitz as Elektra - Elektra ( Hugo von Hofmannsthal ) - Burgtheater
nominated:
- Sandra Cervik as Annie - Speed ( Zach Helm ) - Theater in der Josefstadt
- Gerti Drassl as Franziska Jägerstätter - Jägerstätter ( Felix Mitterer ) - Theater in der Josefstadt
- Franziska Hackl as Medea - Mamma Medea ( Tom Lanoye ) - State Theater Lower Austria
- Katharina Straßer as Karoline - Kasimir and Karoline ( Ödön von Horváth ) - Theater in der Josefstadt
Best actor
Gregor Bloéb as Franz Jägerstätter - Jägerstätter ( Felix Mitterer ) - Theater in der Josefstadt
nominated:
- Norman Hacker as Oberleutnant Walter - In Agonie ( Miroslav Krleža ) - Coproduction of the Wiener Festwochen with the Residenztheater Munich
- Philipp Hochmair as Jedermann - Jedermann ( Hugo von Hofmannsthal ) - Young Directors Project II Salzburg
- Nicholas Ofczarek as Knieriem - The Evil Spirit Lumpazivagabundus ( Johann Nestroy ) - Burgtheater / Salzburg Festival , as Iwan Petrowitsch Wojnizkij - Uncle Vanja ( Anton Chekhov ) - Academy Theater
- Gert Voss as Orgon - Tartuffe ( Molière ) - Academy Theater
Best supporting role
Till Firit as Lewin - Anna Karenina ( Armin Petras ) - Volkstheater Wien
nominated:
- Dominic Oley as Dr. Feldmann - Jägerstätter ( Felix Mitterer ) - Theater in the Josefstadt , as Mulholland - Speed ( Zach Helm ) - Theater in the Josefstadt
- Barbara Petritsch as Frau Muskat - Liliom ( Ferenc Molnár ) - Burgtheater
- Catrin Striebeck as Klytämnestra - Elektra ( Hugo von Hofmannsthal ) - Burgtheater
- Adina Vetter as Chrysothemis - Elektra ( Hugo von Hofmannsthal ) - Burgtheater
Best offspring
Stefan Rosenthal as Sam McQueen - How to become immortal - Every minute counts ( Sally Nicholls ) - Theater der Jugend (Vienna)
nominated:
- Jasna Fritzi Bauer as Luise - Liliom ( Ferenc Molnár ) - Burgtheater , as Purl Schweitzke - Some Messages to Space ( Wolfram Lotz ) - Akademietheater
- Hanna Binder as Kitty - Anna Karenina ( Armin Petras ) - Volkstheater Wien
Best off production
I have the honor of Ibrahim Amir , staged by Hans Escher as a production by Wiener Wortstaetten
nominated:
- Moorland by Gernot Plass based on Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller , staged by the author at the TAG - Theater on Gumpendorfer Straße
- The suicide by Nikolai Erdman , staged by Bruno Max at the Theater zum Angst im Theater Scala
Best Piece - Author Award
Shadow (Eurydice says) - Elfriede Jelinek - Akademietheater Vienna
special price
Thomas Birkmeir for 10 years innovative, contemporary children's and youth theater at the Vienna Theater of Youth
nominated:
- Eva Jantschitsch alias Gustav for the music concept for Ferdinand Raimund's Der Alpenkönig und der misfeen at the Burgtheater
- Andreas Beck for the production of Paul Claudel's Der Seidene Schuh or Das Schlimmste doesn't always apply at the Schauspielhaus Wien
Life's work
Audience award
nominated:
- Maria Bill , Michael Dangl , Stefanie Dvorak , Andrea Eckert , Christine Jirku , Andrea Jonasson , Johannes Krisch , Cornelius Obonya and Nicholas Ofczarek
