Awarding of the Nestroy Theater Prize 2018
The Nestroy Awards 2018 was the 19th award of the Nestroy Theater Prize and took place on November 17, 2018 in the Theater an der Wien . The presenters of the award ceremony were Maria Happel , Viktor Gernot and Peter Fässlacher. The winners of three categories ( Lifetime Achievement , Best Equipment and Best Piece - Author's Award ) were announced in advance on October 10, 2018, together with the nominations. The award ceremony was streamed on ORF III .
Nicole Beutler , Iréna Flury , Maria Köstlinger , Sabine Haupt , Patricia Nessy and Grischka Voss sang You don't own me as a song of solidarity for those who “had the courage to get up” during the MeToo debate.
Jury 2018
The jury was appointed by the City Councilor for Culture and consisted of the following people: Karin Cerny ( profile ) , Wolfgang Huber-Lang ( APA ), Peter Jarolin ( courier ) , Eva Maria Klinger , Wolfgang Kralicek ( Theater heute , Süddeutsche Zeitung ) , Petra Paterno ( Wiener Zeitung ) , Ronald Pohl ( Der Standard ) and Lothar Schreiner ( stage ) . The jury was chaired by Karin Kathrein .
Award-winning and nominated 2018
Note: All nominees for the year are given, the winner is always on top. The awarding of the Nestroy 2018 relates to the 2017/2018 theater season.
| Most Nestroys: | * Before sunrise by Ewald Palmetshofer after Gerhart Hauptmann * Hotel Strindberg by Simon Stone after August Strindberg (both at the Vienna Akademietheater, two awards each) |
| Most nominations: | Hotel Strindberg by Simon Stone after August Strindberg (four nominations) |
Best German-language performance
The Persian production: Ulrich Rasche - Salzburg Festival in coproduction with Schauspiel Frankfurt
- Prey women war - production: Karin Henkel - Schauspielhaus Zurich
- The boarding school - production, stage and costumes: Ersan Mondtag - Theater Dortmund
Best federal state performance
Ivanov - Production: Mateja Koležnik - City Theater Klagenfurt in coproduction with the United Theaters of Bozen
- Böhm von Paulus Hochgatterer - production: Nikolaus Habjan - Schauspielhaus Graz
- Srebrenica based on the report by Hasan Nuhanović - staging and theater version: Peter Arp - Schauspielhaus Salzburg in coproduction with farmers helping farmers
Best director
Dušan David Pařízek - Before Sunrise - Academy Theater
- Thomas Köck and Elsa-Sophie Jach - The future is not enough for us (complains, children complain!) - Schauspielhaus Wien
- Simon Stone - Hotel Strindberg - Akademietheater in coproduction with Theater Basel
Best equipment
Alice Babidge - Hotel Strindberg - Akademietheater in coproduction with Theater Basel
Best Actress
Caroline Peters - Hotel Strindberg - Akademietheater in coproduction with Theater Basel
- Anja Herden - pity. The history of the machine gun - Volx / Margareten ( Volkstheater Vienna ) in cooperation with the Max Reinhardt Seminar
- Sandra Hüller - Penthesilea (Penthesilea) - Salzburg Festival in coproduction with the Schauspielhaus Bochum
- Aenne Schwarz - The Who and the What (Zarina) - Akademietheater
- Valery Tscheplanowa - The Persians - Salzburg Festival in coproduction with Schauspiel Frankfurt
Best actor
Peter Simonischek - The Who and the What (Afzal) - Akademietheater
- Herbert Föttinger - Professor Bernhardi (Dr. Bernhardi) - Theater in the Josefstadt
- Jens Harzer - Penthesilea (Achilles) - Salzburg Festival in coproduction with the Schauspielhaus Bochum
- Michael Maertens - Before Sunrise (Alfred Loth) - Akademietheater
- Martin Wuttke - Hotel Strindberg - Akademietheater in coproduction with Theater Basel
Best supporting role
Dörte Lyssewski - Before Sunrise (Annemarie Krause) - Akademietheater
- Yousif Ahmad - Good People (Yousef) - Volkstheater Vienna
- Falk Rockstroh - Radetzkymarsch (Baron Franz von Trotta and Sipolje) - Burgtheater
- Alexander Strobele - In the Löwengrube (Eder) - Theater in the Josefstadt
- Martin Vischer - The Glass Menagerie (Jim O'Connor) - Academy Theater
Best female offspring
Lara Sienczak - The White Rose (Sophie Scholl) - Theater of Youth
- Irina Sulaver - Saturn returns (Suzanne / Zephyr / Loretta) - Vestibül, Burgtheater
- Claudia Waldherr - The fantastic Mr. Fox (Lottie Fox) - Theater of Youth
Best male offspring
Peter Fasching - The Ten Commandments - Volkstheater Wien
- Nicolaas van Diepen - Swing: Dance to the Right - Action Theater Ensemble in cooperation with Spielboden Dornbirn and Werk X
- Felix Strobel - The White Rose (Hans Scholl / Fritz Hartnagel) - Theater of Youth
Best off production
Mother tongue Mameloschn by Sasha Marianna Salzmann - staging Sara Ostertag - Makemake productions in coproduction with KosmosTheater
- Homohalal by Ibrahim Amir - production by Ali M. Abdullah - Work X
- Lots of good food from Sibylle Berg and Kreisky - Rabenhof Theater
Best Piece - Author Award
everyone (dies) - Ferdinand Schmalz - Burgtheater
special price
Die Kinder der Toten by Elfriede Jelinek - directed by Nature Theater of Oklahoma ( Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska ) - Steirischer Herbst
- Apollon - Concept and Performance Florentina Holzinger - Tanzquartier Wien
- Domestic Violence Vienna by Markus Öhrn - Coproduction Wiener Festwochen , Institutet , Wiesbaden Biennale
Life's work
Audience award
- Stefanie Dvorak , Sarah Viktoria Frick , Maria Köstlinger , Petra Morzé , Sophie Rois , Markus Hering , Philipp Hochmair , Tobias Moretti , Bernhard Schir
Honor Nestroy
Karin Kathrein (chairwoman of the jury who stepped down after 19 years)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 19th NESTROY award ceremony with audience favorites Maria Happel and Viktor Gernot and ORF III presenter Peter Fässlacher . OTS announcement of September 19, 2018, accessed October 10, 2018.
- ↑ Nestroy Prize 2018: The nominations . OTS announcement of October 10, 2018, accessed October 10, 2018.
- ↑ a b diepresse.com: Peter Handke receives Nestroy for his life's work . Article dated October 10, 2018, accessed October 10, 2018.
- ↑ orf.at: Peter Handke receives Nestroy for his life's work . Article dated October 10, 2018, accessed October 10, 2018.
- ^ Tiroler Tageszeitung: Nestroy Prizes 2 - Klagenfurt "Iwanow" wins federal state section . Article dated November 17, 2018, accessed November 17, 2018.
- ↑ Jury members Nestroy 2018 . Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ↑ Kurier: Nestroy 2018: Acting Awards for Peters, Simonischek, Lyssewski . Article dated November 17, 2018, accessed November 17, 2018.