These 37 productions were considered and discussed by the jury.
Der zerbrochne Krug
By Heinrich von Kleist
Directed by Peter Stein
Berliner Ensemble
Das Pulverfass
By Dejan Dukovski
Directed by Dimiter Gotscheff
spielzeit’europa | Berliner Festspiele, Deutsches Theater Berlin
Die Möwe [selected]
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Jürgen Gosch
Deutsches Theater Berlin, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Hell on Earth
By Constanza Macras / Dorky Park
Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Kampnagel Hamburg
Anna Karenina
By Leo Tolstoi
Directed by Jan Bosse
Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen
KEAN ou Désordre et Génie …
Based on Alexandre Dumas and Heiner Müller
Directed by Frank Castorf
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Jagden und Formen (Zustand 2008)
Composition Wolfgang Rihm
Concept, choreography Sasha Waltz
Ensemble Modern / Sasha Waltz & Guests
Radialsystem V, Frankfurter Positionen 2008
Drei Schwestern
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Martin Fendrich
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I Hired a Contract Killer
Based on Aki Kaurismäki
Directed by Jorinde Dröse
Schauspielhaus Bochum
Das goldene Vlies
By Franz Grillparzer
Directed by Karin Beier
Schauspiel Köln
Faust. Der Tragödie erster Teil
By Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Directed by Laurent Chétouane
Schauspiel Köln
Kölner Affäre
Multiple authors
Directed by Alvis Hermanis
Schauspiel Köln
Wunschkonzert [selected]
By Franz Xaver Kroetz
Directed by Katie Mitchell
Schauspiel Köln
Glaube Liebe Hoffnung
By Ödön von Horváth
Directed by Michael Gruner
Theater Dortmund
Eine Kirche der Angst vor dem Fremden in mir [selected]
By Christoph Schlingensief
Gebläsehalle Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord
Der Fremde
Based on Albert Camus
Directed by Sebastian Baumgarten
schauspielfrankfurt
Mütter.Väter.Kinder
By Sebastian Nübling
Theater Freiburg, Hebbel am Ufer Berlin
Westwärts
By Katja Eichbaum / Schorsch Kamerun
Directed by Schorsch Kamerun
Maschinenhalle Zeche Zweckel
Marat, was ist aus unserer Revolution geworden? [selected]
Based on Peter Weiss
Directed by Volker Lösch
Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg
Othello, c’est qui
By Monika Gintersdorfer / Knut Klaßen
Kampnagel Hamburg, Forum Freies Theater Düsseldorf
Die Räuber [selected]
Based on Friedrich Schiller
Directed by Nicolas Stemann
Thalia Theater, Salzburger Festspiele 2008
I went to the house but did not enter
By Heiner Goebbels
Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
Don Juan (like a rolling stone)
Based on Molière
Co directed by Jürgen Kruse
Schauspiel Leipzig
Eine Familie / August: Osage County
By Tracy Letts
Directed by Burkhard C. Kosminski
Nationaltheater Mannheim, DAI Heidelberg
Der Prozess [selected]
By Franz Kafka
Directed by Andreas Kriegenburg
Münchner Kammerspiele
Hiob
Based on Joseph Roth
Directed by Johan Simons
Münchner Kammerspiele
Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel)
By Elfriede Jelinek
Directed by Jossi Wieler
Münchner Kammerspiele
Taxi – ein Triptychon der Gewalt
By Judith Al Bakri
Directed by Judith Al Bakri / Jochen Strodhoff
PATHOS transport theater
Tartuffe oder Der Betrüger
By Molière
Directed by Herbert Fritsch
Theater Oberhausen
Verbrechen und Strafe
By Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
Directed by Andrea Breth
Salzburger Festspiele
Das Theater mit dem Waldhaus [selected]
A project by Christoph Marthaler and ensemble
Directed by Christoph Marthaler
Hotel Waldhaus
Manderlay
By Lars von Trier
Directed by Volker Lösch
Schauspiel Stuttgart
Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil
By Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Directed by Laurent Chétouane
Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar
Alle Toten fliegen hoch 1–3 [selected]
By and with mit Joachim Meyerhoff
Burgtheater im Akademietheater
Der Weibsteufel [selected]
By Karl Schönherr
Directed by Martin Kušej
Burgtheater im Akademietheater
A Clockwork Orange
By Anthony Burgess
Directed by David Bösch
Schauspielhaus Zürich
Hier und Jetzt [selected]
By Roland Schimmelpfennig
Directed by Jürgen Gosch
Schauspielhaus Zürich