These 60 productions were considered and discussed by the jury.
Dido und Aeneas [selected]
Based on Henry Purcell and Christopher Marlowe
Directed by Sebastian Nübling
Theater Basel
Baumeister Solness
By Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Armin Petras
Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin
Das große Fressen
By Marco Ferreri, Rafael Azcona, Francis Blanche
Directed by Dimiter Gotscheff
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Der feurige Engel
Based on Valeri Brjussow
Directed by David Marton
Sophiensæle and others
Der Kirschgarten
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Barbara Frey
Deutsches Theater Berlin
Der starke Stamm
By Marieluise Fleißer
Directed by Hermann Schein
Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin
Dialoge 06 – Radiale Systeme
By Sasha Waltz
Directed and choreographed by Sasha Waltz
Radialsystem V
Die Leiden des jungen Werthers [selected]
By Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Directed by Jan Bosse
Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin
Die Orestie [ausgewählt]
By Aeschylus
Directed by Michael Thalheimer
Deutsches Theater Berlin
Die Perser
By Aeschylus
Directed by Dimiter Gotscheff
Deutsches Theater Berlin
Don Karlos
By Friedrich Schiller
Directed by Nicolas Stemann
Deutsches Theater Berlin
Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald
By Ödön von Horváth
Directed by Christoph Marthaler
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
L’affaire Martin!
By René Pollesch
Directed by René Pollesch
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Medea
By Euripides
Directed by Barbara Frey
Deutsches Theater Berlin
Platonow
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Luk Perceval
schaubühne am lehniner platz
Schwarze Jungfrauen
By Feridun Zaimoglu and Günter Senkel
Directed by Neco Çelik
Hebbel Am Ufer – HAU 3
Volpone
By Ben Jonson
Directed by Dimiter Gotscheff
Deutsches Theater Berlin
Wo Du nicht bist. Ein Stück über das Glück
By Nico and the Navigators & Franui
Directed by Nicola Hümpel
Sophiensæle / Bregenzer Festspiele
Ein idealer Gatte
By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Armin Holz
Schauspielhaus Bochum
VSPRS
A creation by Les Ballets C. de la B., Gent
Based on Claudio Monteverdi
Directed by / Concept Alain Platel
RuhrTriennale u.a.
Wie es so läuft
By Neil LaBute
Directed by Klaus Weise
Theater Bonn
Der Kaufmann von Venedig
By William Shakespeare
Directed by David Mouchtar-Samourai
Bremer Theater
Die Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Bettina Jahnke
Staatstheater Cottbus
Karl Marx – Das Kapital, Erster Band
By Helgard Haug & Daniel Wetzel
Directed by Helgard Haug & Daniel Wetzel
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and others
Das goldene Vließ
By Franz Grillparzer
Directed by Roger Vontobel
Schauspiel Essen
Die Orestie
By Aeschylus
Directed by Karin Neuhäuser
schauspielfrankfurt
Horns Ende und
In seiner frühen Kindheit ein Garten
By Christoph Hein
Directed by Armin Petras
schauspielfrankfurt / Schauspiel Leipzig
Liebesruh
By Jan Neumann
Directed by Jan Neumann
schauspielfrankfurt
Das Leben ein Traum
Based Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Directed by Johan Simons
RuhrTriennale / NTGent
Auslöschung. Ein Zerfall
By Thomas Bernhard
Directed by Christiane Pohle
Thalia Theater
Clavigo
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Directed by David Bösch
Thalia Theater
Der Tartuffe [selected]
Based Molière
Directed by Dimiter Gotscheff
Thalia Theater / Salzburger Festspiele
Die schmutzigen Hände [selected]
By Jean-Paul Sartre
Directed by Andreas Kriegenburg
Thalia Theater
Gefährliche Liebschaften
By Heiner Müller / Christopher Hampton
Directed by Stephan Kimmig
Thalia Theater / RuhrTriennale
Rose Bernd
By Gerhart Hauptmann
Directed by Michael Thalheimer
Thalia Theater
Ulrike Maria Stuart [selected]
By Elfriede Jelinek
Directed by Nicolas Stemann
Thalia Theater
Unten (Nachtasyl)
By Maxim Gorki
Directed by Jürgen Gosch
Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg
Zur schönen Aussicht
By Ödön von Horváth
Directed by Martin Kušej
Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg / Stadttheater Klagenfurth
Für alle das Beste
By Lutz Hübner
Directed by Barbara Bürk
schauspielhannover
Gewähltes Profil: Lautlos
By Ruedi Häusermann
Music / Directed by Ruedi Häusermann
schauspielhannover u.a.
Die Räuber
By Friedrich Schiller
Directed by Schirin Khodadadian
Staatstheater Kassel
Die Orestie des Aischylos
By Aeschylus
Directed by Wolfgang Engel
Schauspiel Leipzig
Heuschrecken
By Biljana Srbljanovic
Directed by Isabel Osthues
schauspielmagdeburg
Drei Schwestern [selected]
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Andreas Kriegenburg
Münchner Kammerspiele
Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung
By Ödön von Horváth
Directed by Stephan Kimmig
Münchner Kammerspiele
Trauer muss Elektra tragen
By Eugene O’Neill
Directed by Stefan Pucher
Münchner Kammerspiele
Herr Ritter von der traurigen Gestalt
By Soeren Voima
Directed by Christian Weise
Schauspiel Stuttgart
Liliom
By Franz Molnár
Directed by Karin Henkel
Schauspiel Stuttgart
Der Drache
By Jewgeni Schwarz
Directed by Tilmann Köhler
Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar
Krankheit der Jugend [selected]
By Ferdinand Bruckner
Directed by Tilmann Köhler
Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar
Cargo Sofia–Wien
A European Truck Trip
By Stefan Kaegi (Rimini Protokoll)
Concept / Directed by Stefan Kaegi
Tanzquartier Wien
Goethe-Institut Sofia, Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin and others
Das purpurne Muttermal
By René Pollesch
Directed by René Pollesch
Burgtheater im Akademietheater
Die Unvernünftigen sterben aus
By Peter Handke
Directed by Friederike Heller
Burgtheater im Akademietheater / Salzburger Festspiele
Höllenangst
By Johann Nestroy
Directed by Martin Kušej
Burgtheater / Salzburger Festspiele
Medea
A project by Grzegorz Jarzyna
Directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna
Burgtheater im Kasino
Viel Lärm um nichts [selected]
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jan Bosse
Burgtheater Wien
Der Gott des Gemetzels [selected]
By Jasmina Reza
Directed by Jürgen Gosch
Schauspielhaus Zürich
Der zerbrochne Krug
By Heinrich von Kleist
Directed by Jan Bosse
Schauspielhaus Zürich
Motortown
By Simon Stephens
Directed by Samir
Schauspielhaus Zürich