These 64 productions were considered and discussed by the jury.
Amphitryon
By Heinrich von Kleist
Directed by Barbara Frey
Theater Basel
Der seidene Schuh
By Paul Claudel
Directed by Stefan Bachmann
Theater Basel / RUHRtriennale
Der Unterricht in der Kunst, die Fröhlichkeit nicht einzubüßen
No-act play by Ruedi Häusermann
with texts by Robert Walser
Directed by Ruedi Häusermann
Theater Basel
Hedda Gabler
By Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Stephan Müller
Theater Basel
Odyssee
By Homer
Directed by Lars-Ole Walburg
Theater Basel
Alles muss man selber machen.
Globalisierung in 20 Lektionen
By Matthias von Hartz
sophiensæle / FFT Düsseldorf / Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst Dresden Hellerau
Andromache
By Luk & Peter Perceval based on Racine
Directed by Luk Perceval
Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
Das Käthchen von Heilbronn
By Heinrich von Kleist
Directed by Nicolas Stemann
Deutsches Theater
Die Juden
By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Directed by George Tabori
Berliner Ensemble
Einsame Menschen
By Gerhart Hauptmann
Directed by Michael Thalheimer
Deutsches Theater
Forever Young
Based on Tennessee Williams
Directed by Frank Castoff
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz / Wiener Festwochen
Im Dickicht der Städte
By Bertolt Brecht
Directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna
Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
Kampf des Negers und der Hunde [selected]
By Bernard-Marie Koltès
Directed by Dimiter Gotscheff
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxenburg-Platz Berlin
Super Night Shot
By Gob Squad
Volksbühne am Rosa- Luxemburg-Platz, Prater
The Pillowman
By Martin McDonagh
Directed by Tina Lanik
Deutsches Theater
1979
By Christian Kracht
Directed by Matthias Hartmann
Schauspielhaus Bochum, Zeche
Electronic City
By Falk Richter
Directed by Matthias Hartmann
Schauspielhaus Bochum
Wolf [selected]
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Alain Platel, Sylvain Cambreling
Conceived and directed by Regie Alain Platel
Koproduktion der RUHRtriennale mit Les Ballets C. de la B. Gent und der Opéra National de Paris
Tartuffe
By Molière
Directed by Klaus Weise
Theater Bonn
Endstation Sehnsucht
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Karin Henkel
Bremer Theater
Der ewige Guido
By Matthias Geyer
Directed by Harald Schmidt / Manuel Andrack
Studio 449 Bonito tv
Kabale und Liebe
By Friedrich Schiller
Directed by Michael Talke
Schauspiel Köln
Orestie
By Aeschylus
Directed by Volker Lösch
Staatsschauspiel Dresden
Wünschen hilft
By Sabine Harbeke
Directed by Barbara David-Brüesch
Theater in der Fabrik
Der Impresario von Smyrna
By Carlo Goldoni
Directed by Patrick Schlösser
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
Die Jungfrau von Orleans
By Friedrich Schiller
Directed by Patrick Schlösser
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
Sommergäste [selected]
By Maxim Gorky
Directed by Jürgen Gosch
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
Die Glasmenagerie
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Armin Petras
schauspielfrankfurt (schmidtstraße 12)
Die Logik des Zerfalls
A Samuel Beckett Event
Directed by André Wilms
schauspielfrankfurt
Endstation Sehnsucht
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Burkhard C. Kosminski
schauspielfrankfurt
Maria Magdalena
By Friedrich Hebbel
Directed by Armin Petras
schauspielfrankfurt
Anatomie Titus Fall of Rome
Ein Shakespearekommentar
By Heiner Müller / William Shakespeare
Directed by Martin Kloepfer
Theater Freiburg
Die Fliegen
By Jean-Paul Sartre
Directed by Christiane Pohle
Theater Freiburg
Das Fest
By Thomas Vinterberg / Mogens Rukov
Directed by Stephan Kimmig
Thalia Theater
deadline [selected]
A theatre project by Haug / Kaegi / Wetzel (Rimini Protokoll)
Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg | Neues Cinema
Splatterboulevard
By René Pollesch
Directed by René Pollesch
Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg
Unschuld
By Dea Loher
Directed by Andreas Kriegenburg
Thalia Theater
WE ARE CAMERA / jasonmaterial [selected]
mamapapafinlandia
By Fritz Kater
Directed by Armin Petras
Thalia Theater Hamburg
Woyzeck
By Georg Büchner
Directed by Michael Thalheimer
Thalia Theater / Salzburger Festspiele
Fünf Goldringe
By Joanna Laurens
Directed by Christina Paulhofer
schauspielhannover
Wilde – Der Mann mit den traurigen Augen [selected]
By Händl Klaus
Directed by Sebastian Nübling
schauspielhannover / steirischer herbst Graz
Dreamtime
A Theatre Spectacle based on Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”
By Michael Simon / Knut Weber
Directed by Michael Simon
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Fette Männer im Rock
By Nicky Silver
Directed by Wolfgang Engel
Schauspiel Leipzig
Jakob von Gunten
By Robert Walser
Directed by Jarg Pataki
Luzerner Theater
Anatomie Titus Fall of Rome [selected]
ein Shakespearekommentar
By Heiner Müller
Directed by Johan Simons
Münchner Kammerspiele
Das Fest des Lamms
By Leonora Carrington
Directed by Jossi Wieler
Münchner Kammerspiele
Kabale und Liebe
By Friedrich Schiller
Directed by Florian Boesch
Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel
Residenz Theater
Onkel Wanja [selected]
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Barbara Frey
Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel München / Residenz Theater
Othello
By William Shakespeare
Adaptation Feridun Zaimoglu, Günter Senkel
Directed by Luk Perceval
Münchner Kammerspiele
Der kaukasische Kreidekreis
By Bertolt Brecht
Directed by Jacqueline Kornmüller
Schauspiel Staatstheater Stuttgart
LSD
By Rene Pollesch
Directed by René Pollesch
Schauspiel Staatstheater Stuttgart
Peer Gynt
By Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Hasko Weber
Schauspiel Staatstheater Stuttgart
Reier
By Simon Stephens
Directed by Sebastian Nübling
Schauspiel Staatstheater Stuttgart
junges theater basel / Kaserne Basel
Bambiland
By Elfriede Jelinek
Directed by Christoph Schlingensief
Burgtheater
Das goldene Vließ
By Franz Grillparzer
Directed by Stephan Kimmig
Burgtheater
Das Werk [selected]
By Elfriede Jelinek
Directed by Nicolas Stemann
Burgtheater im Akademietheater, Wien
Der verlorene Atem
Based on Franz Kafka
Directed by Barrie Kosky
Schauspielhaus Wien
Die Ziege
By Edward Albee
Directed by Andrea Breth
Burgtheater, Akademietheater
Minna von Barnhelm
By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Directed by Andreas von Studnitz
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Attabambi Pornoland
By Christoph Schlingensief
Directed by Christoph Schlingensief
Schauspielhaus Zürich
Bei Banküberfällen wird mit wahrer Liebe gehandelt
By René Pollesch
Directed by Stefan Pucher
Schauspielhaus Zürich / Volksbühne am Rosa- Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin
Dantons Tod [selected]
By Georg Büchner
Directed by Christoph Marthaler
Schauspielhaus Zürich
Die Kopien
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Falk Richter
Schauspielhaus Zürich
Visitors Only
By Meg Stuart & Damaged Goods
Directed by Meg Stuart
Schauspielhaus Zürich / Volksbühne am Rosa- Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin