The Nestroy Theatre Prize is an Austrian theatre award named after the poet Johann Nestroy . In 2000, the city of Vienna decided to combine two less noticed theatre awards: the Kainz Medal and the Nestroy Ring for Viennese Satire. The prize honours outstanding achievements at the Viennese and other Austrian theatres. The prize has been awarded annually in eight up to fourteen categories. Its ceremony is held in Vienna and broadcast live on national television.
Categories
Best German-language performance
Best direction
Best equipment
Best actress
Best actor
Best supporting role
Best young talent
Best off production
Best play – Authors prize
Lifetime achievement
Special prize
Audience award
Best federal state performance
Recipients best direction
Simon Stone at the Nestroy Theatre Awards 2015 (Ronacher , Vienna, Austria)
Recipients best actress
Actress Regina Fritsch, honored as 'Best Actress' at the Nestroy-Theaterpreis 2008 (Etablissement Ronacher, Vienna)
Jahr
Actress
Production
Role
2000
Birgit Doll
Wer hat Angst vor Virginia Woolf?
Martha
2001
Judith Engel
Bash
Sue/Die Frau
2002
Ulli Maier
Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften
Agathe
2003
Maria Happel
Die Zeit der Plancks
Maria
2004
Birgit Minichmayr
Das goldene Vlies
Medea
2005
Sunnyi Melles
Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald
Valerie
2006
Edith Clever
Schlaf
Die ältere Frau
2007
Sylvie Rohrer
Medea. A project by Grzegorz Jarzyna & Über Tiere
Medea, Monolog
2008
Regina Fritsch
Verbrennungen
Nawal
2009
Birgit Minichmayr
Der Weibsteufel
Weib
2010
Kirsten Dene
Eine Familie
Violet Weston
2011
Sarah Viktoria Frick
Stallerhof
Beppi
2012
Dörte Lyssewski
Endstation Sehnsucht (A Streetcar Named Desire )
Blanche DuBois
2013
Christiane von Poelnitz
Elektra (Hofmannsthal)
Elektra
2014
Nicole Heesters
Vor dem Ruhestand
Vera
2015
Elisabeth Orth
die unverheiratete
Die Alte
2016
Sona MacDonald
Fräulein Julie & Blue Moon
Julie, Sie
2017
Andrea Jonasson
Stage version of The Damned
Sophie von Essenbeck
2018
Caroline Peters
Hotel Strindberg
multiple roles
2019
Steffi Krautz
Endstation Sehnsucht
Blanche DuBois
2020
Caroline Peters
Schwarzwasser
2021
Lina Beckmann
Richard the Kid & the King
Richard
Recipients best actor
Martin Wuttke at the award ceremony of the Nestroy Theater Prize 2010 in the Burgtheater in Vienna
Year
Actor
Production
Role
2000
Gert Voss
Die Möwe
Trigorin
2001
Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Drei Mal Leben
Hubert Finidori
2002
Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Das weite Land
Hofreiter
2003
Markus Hering
Chorphantasie
Conductor
2004
Toni Slama
Automatenbüffet
Adam
2005
Michael Maertens
König Ottokars Glück und Ende
Rudolf von Habsburg
Nicholas Ofczarek
Zu ebener Erde und erster Stock, König Ottokars Glück und Ende
Johann, Zawisch
2006
Nicholas Ofczarek
Höllenangst
Wendelin
2007
Bernhard Schir
Das Fest
Christian
2008
Markus Hering
Verbrennungen, Freier Fall, Pool (Kein Wasser)
Hermile, Erich, C
2009
André Jung
Das letzte Band / Bis dass der Tag euch scheidet oder Eine Frage des Lichts
Krapp
2010
Martin Wuttke
Das Begräbnis & Peking Opel
Christian
2011
Max Mayer
Grillenparz & Bruno Schulz: Messias
Hunter called Fischer, multiple roles
2012
Joachim Meyerhoff
Die Kommune
2013
Gregor Bloéb
Jägerstätter (Mitterer)
Franz Jägerstätter
2014
August Diehl
Hamlet
Hamlet
2015
Martin Wuttke
John Gabriel Borkman
John Gabriel Borkman
2016
Rainer Galke
Alte Meister
Irrsigler
2017
Joachim Meyerhoff
Die Welt im Rücken
2018
Peter Simonischek
The Who and the What
Afzal
2019
Steven Scharf
Medea (Simon Stone ) and Woyzeck
Lucas and Franz Woyzeck
2020
Franz Pätzold
Die Bakchen
Dionysos
2021
Michael Maertens
Der Leichenverbrenner
Karel Kopfrkingl
Recipients best play – authors prize
Playwright Gert Jonke (r.) and actor André Pohl (l.) at the Nestroy-Theaterpreis 2008 (Etablissement Ronacher, Vienna)
Recipients lifetime achievement
Ulrike Kaufmann and Erwin Piplits at the award ceremony of the Nestroy Theater Prize 2010 in the Burgtheater in Vienna