Joanna Lewicka laureate of the FAUST - the most important theatre award in Germany

Joanna Lewicka, a director working in Germany and Poland, has won Germany's most important theatre prize, ‘Der Faust’. She received it for directing ‘Antigone’ at the Zwickau-Plauen Theatre.

The winners of the DER FAUST 2024 awards were announced on 16 November at a gala at the Gera Theatre. Joanna Lewicka was awarded for her staging of ‘Antigone’ at the Zwickau- Plauen Theatre. The winners were selected by a seven-member jury made up of representatives of the German Academy of Performing Arts (Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste).

Quote from the jury's justification: ‘What more does theatre need than confidence in text and acting? Joanna Lewicka has taken Sophocles' Antigone seriously and intelligently and created a very moving and extremely topical performance at the Plauen-Zwickau Theatre.’ (Read more at: derfaust-theaterpreis.de) 

Joanna Lewicka and Aleksander Janas have formed a very strong artistic duo for years. The artist is responsible for the set design and video in the performance.

The winner of the Life's Work Award was Nele Hertling.

The Theatre Prize ‘Der Deutsche Theaterpreis DER FAUST’ 2024 is awarded for the 19th time by the German Academy of Performing Arts (Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste), the Association of German Stages (Der Deutsche Bühnenverein) and the Cultural Association of the Länder (Kulturstiftung der Länder). This year's partner is the Theater Altenburg Gera. The media partner of the event is 3sat TV and the theatre magazine Die Deutsche Bühne.

Last year, the award went to Stefan Bachmann, the current director of Burgtheater Wien. In 2020, the award went to Ewelina Marciniak.