These 64 productions were considered and discussed by the jury.
Doubleface oder Die Innenseite des Mantels
By Anna Viebrock / Malte Ubenauf
Directed by Anna Viebrock
Theater Basel
Amphitryon
By Heinrich von Kleist
Directed by Jan Bosse
Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin
Anatomie Titus Fall of Rome
Ein Shakespearekommentar
By Heiner Müller
Directed by Dimiter Gotscheff
Deutsches Theater Berlin
Breaking News
By Helgard Haug / Daniel Wetzel (Rimini Protokoll)
Directed by Helgard Haug / Daniel Wetzel
Hebbel am Ufer and others
Die Dreigroschenoper
By Bertolt Brecht / Kurt Weill
Directed by Robert Wilson
Berliner Ensemble
Die Ratten [selected]
By Gerhart Hauptmann
Directed by Michael Thalheimer
Deutsches Theater Berlin
Die Wildente
By Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Michael Thalheimer
Deutsches Theater Berlin
Diktatorengattinnen I
By René Pollesch
Directed by René Pollesch
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Heaven (zu tristan)
By Fritz Kater
Directed by Armin Petras
Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin / schauspielfrankfurt
Onkel Wanja [selected]
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Jürgen Gosch
Deutsches Theater Berlin
Tosca
Based on Sardou / Music by Tarwater & Puccini
Directed by Sebastian Baumgarten
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Über Tiere
By Elfriede Jelinek
Directed by Nicolas Stemann
Deutsches Theater Berlin
Wallenstein
By Friedrich Schiller
Directed by Peter Stein
Berliner Ensemble
Der einsame Weg
By Arthur Schnitzler
Directed by Armin Holz
Schauspielhaus Bochum
Penthesilea
By Heinrich von Kleist
Directed by Lisa Nielebock
Schauspielhaus Bochum
Die Erscheinungen der Martha Rubin [selected]
A Nonstop-Performance-Installation by SIGNA
Directed by Signa Sørensen / Arthur Köstler
Schauspiel Köln
Die Nibelungen
By Friedrich Hebbel
Directed by Karin Beier
Schauspiel Köln
Kommt ein Mann zur Welt
By Martin Heckmanns
Directed by Hermann Schmidt-Rahmer
Theater Dortmund
Woyzeck
By Georg Büchner / 529 Dresdner Theatre Goers
Directed by Volker Lösch
Staatsschauspiel Dresden
Kommt ein Mann zur Welt
By Martin Heckmanns
Directed by Rafael Sanchez
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
Was ihr wollt
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jürgen Gosch
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
Blütenträume
By Lutz Hübner
Directed by Anselm Weber
Schauspiel Essen
Liliom
By Franz Molnár
Directed by David Bösch
Schauspiel Essen
Next level Parzival
By Tim Staffel
Directed by Sebastian Nübling
Salzfabrik Zollverein / RuhrTriennale
Woyzeck
By Georg Büchner
Directed by David Bösch
Schauspiel Essen
Gertrud [selected]
Based on Einar Schleef
Directed by Armin Petras
schauspielfrankfurt
Kredit
By Jan Neumann
Directed by Jan Neumann
schauspielfrankfurt
Das Leben auf der Praça Roosevelt
By Dea Loher
Directed by Sandra Strunz
Theater Freiburg
Merlin oder Das wüste Land
By Tankred Dorst
Directed by Johan Simons
Maschinenhalle Zeche Zweckel
RuhrTriennale / NTGent
Sauser aus Italien. Eine Urheberei
By Giacinto Scelsi / Christoph Marthaler / Klangforum Wien
Directed by Christoph Marthaler
Maschinenhalle Zeche Zweckel
RuhrTriennale / Salzburger Festspiele
Leonce und Lena
By Georg Büchner
Directed by Claudia Bauer
Kulturinsel Halle
Alter Ford Escort Dunkelblau
By Dirk Laucke
Directed by David Bösch
Thalia Theater
Aus dem Leben der Marionetten
By Ingmar Bergmann
Directed by Andreas Kriegenburg
Thalia Theater
Die Helden auf Helgeland
By Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Roger Vontobel
Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg
Iphigenie
By Euripides / Goethe
Directed by Nicolas Stemann
Thalia Theater
Maria Stuart [selected]
By Friedrich Schiller
Directed by Stephan Kimmig
Thalia Theater
Minna von Barnhelm
By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Directed by Karin Henkel
Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg
Pornographie [selected]
By Simon Stephens
Directed by Sebastian Nübling
Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg / schauspielhannover / Festival Theaterformen 2007
Frühlings Erwachen
By Frank Wedekind
Directed by Nuran David Calis
schauspielhannover
Wie es euch gefällt
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jürgen Gosch
schauspielhannover
Idioten
By Lars von Trier
Directed by Sebastian Schug
Theater der Stadt Heidelberg
Mitten durch Jerusalem
By Julia Pascal
Directed by Donald Berkenhoff
Schlaglichter N°1 / Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Liliom
By Franz Molnár
Directed by Jan Jochymski
Schauspiel Leipzig
Wallenstein
By Friedrich Schiller
Directed by Wolfgang Engel
Schauspiel Leipzig
Bilder von Männern und Frauen
By Marcus Braun
Directed by Simon Solberg
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Der Sturm [selected]
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Stefan Pucher
Münchner Kammerspiele
Die Ehe der Maria Braun [selected]
Based on Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Directed by Thomas Ostermeier
Münchner Kammerspiele
Hass
Based on Mathieu Kassovitz
Directed by Sebastian Nübling
Münchner Kammerspiele
Mamma Medea
By Tom Lanoye
Directed by Stephan Kimmig
Münchner Kammerspiele
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
By Heinrich von Kleist
Directed by Johan Simons
Münchner Kammerspiele
Woyzeck
By Georg Büchner
Directed by Martin Kušej
Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel
Faust I und II
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Directed by Sewan Latchinian
4. GlückAufFest FÄUSTE / Neue Bühne Senftenberg
Elvis lebt. Und Schmidt kann es beweisen
By and with Harald Schmidt
endstation stammheim II / Schauspiel Stuttgart
Liebe ist kälter als das Kapital
By René Pollesch
Directed by René Pollesch
endstation stammheim I / Schauspiel Stuttgart
Die Brüder Karamasow
By Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
Directed by Nicolas Stemann
Burgtheater im Akademietheater
Julius Caesar
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Falk Richter
Burgtheater
König Lear
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Luc Bondy
Burgtheater / Wiener Festwochen
Spuren der Verirrten
By Peter Handke
Directed by Friederike Heller
Burgtheater im Akademietheater
Über Tiere
By Elfriede Jelinek
Directed by Ruedi Häusermann
Burgtheater im Kasino
Verbrennungen
By Wajdi Mouawad
Directed by Stefan Bachmann
Burgtheater im Akademietheater
Hamlet [selected]
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jan Bosse
Schauspielhaus Zürich
Platz Mangel [selected]
By Christoph Marthaler
Directed by Christoph Marthaler
Rote Fabrik Zürich / dieproduktion gmbh
The Defenders
By William Forsythe
Directed by William Forsythe
Schauspielhaus Zürich
Väter
By Alvis Hemanis
Directed by Alvis Hermanis
Schauspielhaus Zürich