Awarding of the Nestroy Theater Prize 2020
The Nestroy Awards 2020 is the 21st award of the Nestroy Theater Prize and took place on October 4, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the award was not made as a live gala, but was broadcast as a pre-recorded TV broadcast on ORF III .
The award ceremony was moderated by Stefanie Reinsperger , Philipp Hochmair and Peter Fässlacher, while the Viennese Wurstelprater at night served as the setting . The evening was musically accompanied by musical actress Ana Milva Gomes and Florian Teichtmeister as well as Denise Jastraunig, Anna Carina Buchegger , Anneke Brunekreeft, Florian Fetterle , Gerben Grimmius and Lucius Wolter from the ensemble of the musical Cats and the orchestra of the United Stages Vienna under the direction of Herbert Pichler. The concept and book came from Florian Stanek .
The winners of the categories Best Play - Author's Award and Lifetime Achievement were announced in advance on September 15, 2020, together with the nominations. The chairman of the jury was Ulli Stepan for the first time.
Award-winning and nominated 2020
Note: All nominees for the year are listed, the winner is always on top. The awarding of the Nestroy 2020 refers to the 2019/2020 theater season.
Best German-language performance
Man appears in the Holocene - production by Alexander Giesche - Schauspielhaus Zurich
- The Robbers - production by Leonie Böhm - Münchner Kammerspiele
- Belief in the possibility of a complete renewal of the world - production by René Pollesch , Fabian Hinrichs - Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin
Best federal state performance
Hamlet - production by Rikki Henry -State Theater Lower Austria
- Cold Songs: Rome - production by Agnes Kitzler , Johannes Lepper , Catharina May - Vorarlberger Landestheater
- The physicist production Claudia Bossard - Schauspielhaus Graz
Best director
Florentina Holzinger - DANCE. A sylphidic dreaming in stunts - coproduction Spirit with Tanzquartier Wien
- Viktor Bodó - Peer Gynt - Volkstheater Vienna
- Amélie Niermeyer - Der Kirschgarten - Theater in the Josefstadt
Best equipment
Ene-Liis Semper and Tiit Ojasoo - Masters and Margarita (stage, costume, video) - Academy Theater
- Bettina Meyer - The Party (stage) - Burgtheater
- Annelies Vanlaere - The cherry orchard (costumes) - Theater in der Josefstadt
Best Actress
Caroline Peters - Schwarzwasser - Akademietheater
- Beatrice Cordua - DANCE. A sylphidic dreaming in stunts - coproduction Spirit with Tanzquartier Wien
- Theresa Palfi - Maria Stuart (Elizabeth) - Landestheater Linz
Best actor
Franz Pätzold - The Bacchus (Dionysus) - Burgtheater
- Florian Köhler - Heldenplatz (Mrs. Zittel) - Schauspielhaus Graz
- Johannes Krisch - He wants to make a joke (Weinberl) - Theater in der Josefstadt
Best supporting role
Alexander Absenger - The Cherry Orchard (Charlotta Iwanowna) - Theater in the Josefstadt
- Sabine Haupt - birds (Norah) - academy theater
- Markus Hering - The Party - Burgtheater
Best female offspring
Bérénice Hebenstreit - Urfaust / FaustIn and out (director) - Volkstheater Wien
- Isabella Knöll - Heavy Bones (various roles) - Volkstheater Vienna
- Anja Rüegg - Youth without God (various roles) - Theater of Youth
Best male offspring
Mathias Spaan - Die Nibelungen (director) - Landestheater Niederösterreich as a guest on the stage in the courtyard
- Alireza Daryanavard - Bloody Summer (author and director) - Theater collective Hybrid in cooperation with WERK X-Petersplatz
- Nils Hohenhövel - Peer Gynt (Peer Gynt) - Volkstheater Vienna
Best off production
Dark alluring world - staging Nurkan Erpulat - WERK X
- The big issue - production by Sara Ostertag - coproduction makemake produktionen and Kosmos Theater
- Habitat / Halle E - Concept and choreography Doris Uhlich - Coproduction Tanzquartier Wien and Theaterverein insert
- In the heart of violence - production by Tomas Schweigen - Schauspielhaus Wien
- Queen of the Mountains - production by Margit Mezgolich - IG FOKUS theater
Best Piece - Author Award
Schwarzwasser - Elfriede Jelinek - Akademietheater
Corona special price
The Kreisky-Test online production by Nesterval , staged by Mr. Finland
- Outcome : Offen - coproduction by DARUM ( Laura Andreß , Victoria Halper , Kai Krösche ) and WUK performing arts
- Viennese mood , authors from Austria write for the Burgtheater ensemble in isolation
Life's work
Audience award
- Bibiana Beglau , Ruth Brauer-Kvam , Mavie Hörbiger , Maria Köstlinger , Claudia Sabitzer , Tobias Moretti , The Nino from Vienna , Otto Schenk and Martin Wuttke
Special Price
Herbert Föttinger and Helga Rabl-Stadler
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Nestroy Awards: Awards for Marthaler and Jelinek. In: ORF.at . September 15, 2020, accessed September 15, 2020 .
- ↑ a b TV show instead of gala: Nestroy for Peters and Pätzold. In: ORF.at . October 4, 2020, accessed October 4, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Georg Leyrer: The winners of the NESTROY prizes: performance show, this time on TV. In: Kurier.at . October 4, 2020, accessed October 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Nestroy 2020: Awards ceremony only on television. In: Kurier.at . September 14, 2020, accessed September 15, 2020 .
- ↑ NESTROY Prize 2020: The nominations. September 15, 2020, accessed September 15, 2020 .