The Theatre Prizes for 2011 were announced at a ceremony that took place on Friday, May 11, 2012 at Gesher Theatre. Cabaret was selected as “Play of the Year,” actor Yossi Garber was honored with a lifetime achievement award, and actor Shimon Lev Ari received a prize for his contribution to the Israeli theatre.
Prizes were awarded in the following categories:
Best Original Play:
Ulysses on Bottles – Haifa Theatre
Best Play in Translation:
All My Sons – Cameri Theatre & Haifa Theatre
Best Comedy:
Eating – Khan Theatre
Best Musical:
Cabaret – Cameri Theatre
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Asi Levy – His Mother – Beit Lessin Theatre
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
Itay Tiran – Cabaret – Cameri Theatre
Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
Zaharira Harifa’i – Happy Ending – Cameri Theatre
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
Norman Issa – Art – Haifa Theatre
Best Director:
Omri Nitzan – Cabaret – Cameri Theatre
Best Playwright:
Gilad Evron – Ulysses on Bottles – Haifa Theatre
Best Translator:
Dori Parnes – Comedy of Errors – Cameri Theatre
Best Set Design:
Roni Toren – Cabaret – Cameri Theatre
Best Costume Design:
Ola Shevatzov – Mandragola – Beit Lessin Theatre
Best Lighting Design:
Alexander Sikirin – Pigeon and a Boy – Gesher Theatre
Best Theatre Music Composer:
Yoni Rechter – Private Investigator – Khan Theatre
Best Choreography:
Gilad Kimchi – Mandragola – Beit Lessin Theatre
Most Promising Actress:
Yael Eitan – Why Didn’t You Come Before the War – Beer Sheva Theatre
Most Promising Actor:
Nadav Nates – Blood Brothers – Beit Lessin
For more photos from the event, click here to see Elizur Reuveni’s album.
