Der Faust
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,, 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 Bühnenverein 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 Darstellerin/Darsteller Schauspiel Regie Musiktheater Sängerdarstellerin/Sängerdarsteller Musiktheater Choreografie Darstellerin/Darsteller Tanz Regie Kinder- und Jugendtheater Bühne/Kostüm
Additional optional awards are a prize for a life's work and Preis der Präsidentin.
Award ceremonies
The award ceremonies have taken place at alternating locations, presented by notable actors:- in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, moderation: Rufus Beck
- * Evelyn Herlitzius
- * Meg Stuart
- in Munich, Bavaria, moderation: Peter Jordan and
- * Angela Denoke
- in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, moderation: and Bernd Moss
- * Christof Loy
- * Iris Vermillion
- * William Forsythe
- in Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, moderation: and
- * Barrie Kosky
- * Michael Volle
- in Essen, moderation: Samuel Finzi and
- * Claus Guth
- * Sophie Rois
- * Eva-Maria Westbroek
- in Frankfurt, Hesse, moderation:
- * Martin Wuttke
- * Claudia Barainsky
- * Neco Celik
- in Erfurt, Thuringia, moderation: Dominique Horwitz
- * Martin Kušej
- in Berlin, moderation: Peter Jordan
- * Claus Guth
- * Christian Gerhaher
- * Bridget Breiner
- in Hamburg, moderation: Ulrich Matthes
- * Evelyn Herlitzius
- * Aleksandar Denić
- in Saarbrücken, moderation: Bernd Moss
- * Ulrich Matthes
- * Andrea Breth
- * Barbara Hannigan
- * Bridget Breiner
- in Freiburg, moderation: Milan Peschel
- * Frank Castorf
- * Peter Konwitschny
- * Nicole Chevalier
- in Leipzig, moderation: Christian Friedel
- * Christoph Marthaler
- in Regensburg, Bavaria, moderation:
- * Tobias Kratzer
- in Kassel, Hesse, moderation: Wiebke Puls
- * Johannes Martin Kränzle
- * Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
- in Düsseldorf, moderation: André Kaczmarczyk
- * Marlis Petersen
- in Hamburg
- * Fritzi Haberlandt
- * David Hermann
- in Gera, moderation:,
- * Asmik Grigorian
- in Stuttgart
- * William Forsythe
Lifetime achievement
- 2006: George Tabori
- 2007: Michael Gielen
- 2008:
- 2009: Pina Bausch
- 2010:
- 2011:
- 2012: Tankred Dorst,
- 2013: Inge Keller
- 2014:
- 2015: Franz Mazura
- 2016: Hans Neuenfels
- 2017: Elfriede Jelinek
- 2018: Aribert Reimann
- 2019:
- 2020: William Forsythe
- 2021: Nicole Heesters
- 2022: Achim Freyer
- 2023: Klaus Zehelein
- 2024: Nele Hertling
- 2025: