These 65 productions were considered and discussed by the jury.
Das goldene Vlies
Trilogy by Franz Grillparzer
Directed by Lars-Ole Walburg
Theater Basel
Die Schöpfer der Einkaufswelten
Based on the documentary film by Harun Farocki
Directed by Tom Kühnel
Theater Basel
Cappuccetto Rosso
By René Pollesch
Directed by René Pollesch
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz / Salzburger Festspiele
Der Kick [selected]
By Andres Veiel / Gesine Schmidt
Directed by Andres Veiel
Maxim Gorki Theater / Theater Basel
Die Fruchtfliege
A project by Christoph Marthaler
Directed by Christoph Marthaler
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Directed by Michael Thalheimer
Deutsches Theater Berlin
Hedda Gabler [selected]
By Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Thomas Ostermeier
schaubühne am lehniner platz
Iwanow [selected]
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Dimiter Gotscheff
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Schuld und Sühne
By Fjydor M. Dostoevsky
Directed by Frank Castorf
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz / Wiener Festwochen
Turista
By Marius von Mayenburg
Directed by Luk Perceval
schaubühne am lehniner platz / Het Toneelhuis Antwerpen / Wiener Festwochen
Die Zeit und das Zimmer
By Botho Strauß
Directed by Dieter Giesing
Schauspielhaus Bochum
Nietzsche-Trilogie
By Einar Schleef
Directed by Ernst Stötzner
Schauspielhaus Bochum
Die Dreigroschenoper
By Bertolt Brecht
Directed by Thirza Bruncken
Theater Bonn
Geburt der Jugend
By Arnolt Bronnen
Directed by Thirza Bruncken
Bremer Theater
Die Möwe
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Günter Krämer
Schauspiel Köln
Vom Fluss
By Katharina Gericke
Directed by Hermann Schein
Staatsschauspiel Dresden
Das Chrom und Du
New Dance
Chor(e)ography VA Wölfl
Marstall Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf / Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt
Macbeth [selected]
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jürgen Gosch
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
Ein Sommernachtstraum
By William Shakespeare
Directed by David Bösch
Schauspiel Essen – Grillo Theater
Die Liebe zur Leere
By Martin Heckmanns
Directed by Simone Blattner
schauspielfrankfurt
Floh im Ohr
By Georges Feydeau
Directed by Simone Blattner
schauspielfrankfurt
For Sale
An imagination/exhibition byWanda Golonka
Directed by Wanda Golonka
schauspielfrankfurt
Three Atmospheric Studies [selected]
The Forsythe Company
Directed by / Choreografie William Forsythe
Die Räuber
By Friedrich Schiller
Directed by Stephan Rottkamp
Theater Freiburg
Allein das Meer [selected]
By Paul Binnerts, based on Amos Oz
Directed by Paul Binnerts
Kulturinsel Halle – neues theater
Seefahrerstück
By Oliver Schmaering
Directed by Claudia Bauer
Kulturinsel Halle – neues theater
Buddenbrooks
By John von Düffel based onThomas Mann
Directed by Stephan Kimmig
Thalia Theater
Die Krönung Richards III.
By Hans Henny Jahnn
Directed by Sebastian Nübling
Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg
Eines langen Tages Reise in die Nacht
By Eugene O'Neill
Directed by Michael Thalheimer
Thalia Theater
Frühlings Erwachen
By Franz Wedekind
Directed by Nils Daniel Finckh
Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg
Lenz
By Georg Büchner
Directed by Laurent Chétouane
Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg
Sauerstoff
By Iwan Wyrypajew
Directed by Andreas Kriegenburg
Thalia in der Gaußstraße
Drei Schwestern [selected]
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Jürgen Gosch
schauspielhannover
Planet Porno
By Patrick Wengenroth
Directed by Patrick Wengenroth
Theater und Philharmonisches Orchester
der Stadt Heidelberg – zwinger1 / Impulse 2005
Hermannsschlacht
By Heinrich von Kleist
Directed by Roger Vontobel
Theaterhaus Jena / Impulse 2005
Prinzessinnendramen
Der Tod und das Mädchen I – V
By Elfriede Jelinek
Directed by Michael Simon
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Onkel Wanja
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Volker Schmalöer
Staatstheater Kassel
Don Karlos Infant von Spanien
By Friedrich Schiller
Directed by Wolfgang Engel
Schauspiel Leipzig
Peer Gynt
By Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Wolfgang Engel
Schauspiel Leipzig
Macbeth
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Sebastian Hartmann
theatermagdeburg
Süßer Vogel Jugend
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Tobias Wellemeyer
theatermagdeburg
Wallenstein [selected]
Play / Directed by Helgard Haug and Daniel Wetzel (Rimini Protokoll)
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Zitrone Schlüssel Ball
Theatre project about Dementia and Demenz und Normality
Concept / directed by Ulrich Greb
Schlosstheater Moers
Dunkel lockende Welt [selected]
By Händl Klaus
Directed by Sebastian Nübling
Münchner Kammerspiele
Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald
By Ödön von Horváth
Directed by Barbara Frey
Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel – Residenztheater / Salzburger Festspiele
Gier
By Sarah Kane
Directed by Tina Lanik
Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel – Marstall
Iphigenie auf Tauris
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Directed by Laurent Chétouane
Münchner Kammerspiele
Ein Traumspiel
By August Strindberg
Directed by Alexander Lang
Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin
Der Revisor
By Nicolai Gogol
Directed by Volker Lösch
Schauspiel Stuttgart
Dogville
By Lars von Trier
Directed by Volker Lösch
Schauspiel Stuttgart
Kirchenlieder. Ein Chorprojekt
By Ulrich Rasche
Directed by Ulrich Rasche
Schauspiel Stuttgart
Platonow [selected]
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Karin Henkel
Schauspiel Stuttgart
Woyzeck
By Georg Büchner
Directed by Thomas Dannemann
Schauspiel Stuttgart
Area 7
Matthäus expedition by Christoph Schlingensief
Directed by Christoph Schlingensief
Burgtheater
Babel
By Elfriede Jelinek
Directed by Nicolas Stemann
Burgtheater – Akademietheater
Der Kirschgarten
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Andrea Breth
Burgtheater
Die versunkene Kathedrale
By Gert Jonke
Directed by Christiane Pohle
Burgtheater im Akademietheater
König Ottokars Glück und Ende
By Franz Grillparzer
Directed by Martin Kušej
Burgtheater / Salzburger Festspiele
Schutz vor der Zukunft [selected]
Play / Directed by Christoph Marthaler
Wiener Festwochen
Was ihr wollt
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Tilman Gersch
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Der Kirschgarten
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Jürgen Gosch
Schauspielhaus Zürich
dna
By Suzanne Zahnd
Directed by Christoph Frick
Klara Theaterproduktionen Basel / Theaterhaus Gessnerallee u. a.
John Gabriel Borkman
By Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Barbara Frey
Schauspielhaus Zürich
Nach der Liebe beginnt ihre Geschichte
By Botho Strauss
Directed by Matthias Hartmann
Schauspielhaus Zürich
Wandernutten
By Theresia Walser
Directed by Sandra Strunz
Theater am Neumarkt