Der Faust (award)
Der Faust | |
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Awarded for | Excellence in German theatre |
Country | Germany |
Presented by | Deutscher Bühnenverein |
First awarded | 2006 |
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Der Faust, officially Deutscher Theaterpreis Der Faust, is a German theatre prize, a national prize from 2006. It is awarded annually by the organizations Deutscher Bühnenverein, Kulturstiftung der Länder, Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste and the state in which the award ceremony is held. The trophy was designed by the Austrian stage designer Erich Wonder.
A jury of mostly members of the Bühnenerein considers proposals from theatres which may not name their own productions. The Jury selects three nominations per category, from which members of the Deutschen Akademie der Darstellenden Künste elect the winners. The prize is awarded in eight categories:
- Regie Schauspiel (Direction play)
- Darstellerin/Darsteller Schauspiel (Actor play)
- Regie Musiktheater (Direction musical theatre)
- Sängerdarstellerin/Sängerdarsteller Musiktheater (performer musical theatre)
- Choreografie (Choreographer)
- Darstellerin/Darsteller Tanz (Dancer)
- Regie Kinder- und Jugendtheater (Direction children's and youth theatre)
- Bühne/Kostüm (Stage / costumes)
Additional optional awards are a prize for a life's work (Lebenswerk) and Preis der Präsidentin (prize of the [female] president).
Award ceremonies
The award ceremonies have taken place at alternating locations, presented by notable actors:
- Der Faust 2006 in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, moderation: Rufus Beck
- Der Faust 2007 in Munich, Bavaria, moderation: Peter Jordan (actor) and Bernd Moss
- Der Faust 2008 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, moderation: Wiebke_Puls and Moss
- Der Faust 2009 in Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, moderation: Inga Busch and Gustav Peter Wöhler
- Der Faust 2010 in Essen, moderation: Samuel Finzi and Wolfram Koch
- Der Faust 2011 in Frankfurt, Hesse, moderation: Michael Quast
- Der Faust 2012 in Erfurt, Thuringia, moderation: Dominique Horwitz
- Der Faust 2013 in Berlin, moderation: Jordan
- Der Faust 2014 in Hamburg, moderation: Ulrich Matthes
- Der Faust 2015 in Saarbrücken, moderation: Bernd Moss
- Der Faust 2016 in Freiburg, moderation: Milan Peschel