In the Playwriting Competition for the best original text, the jury including Julek Neumann, Martin Porubjak, Daniel Přibyl, Milan Uhde and Martin Velíšek selected following playwrights:
First prize went to
Miroslav Djablik for his play, Don Juan in Bed
Second prize went to
David Drábek for Brothers Mašín Square
Third prize went to
Tomáš Svoboda for The Does
A Special Mention went to
David Nejedlý and Stanislav Jiránek for The White Mace
Czech Radio 3 Award went to Tomáš Svoboda for his text The Does
This year's Production Awards went to:
PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR
Franz Kafka and Dušan D. Pařízek: The TRIAL
directed by Dušan D. Pařízek, Prague Chamber Theatre - Theatre Komedie, opened on September 3, 2007
Dmitri Merezhkovsky: DEATH OF PAUL I.
directed by Hana Burešová, Městské Theatre Brno, opened on September 8, 2007
John Millington Synge: THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
directed by Ondřej Sokol, Činoherní klub, Prague, opened on June 20, 2007
BEST ACTOR
MARTIN FINGER (for his performance as JOSEF K.)
in Franz Kafka a Dušan D. Pařízek: The Trial
ERIK PARDUS (for his performance as PAUL I.)
In Dmitri Merezhkovsky: Death of Paul I.
JAROSLAV PLESL (for his performance as CHRISTY MAHON)
in John Millington Synge: The Playboy of the Western World
BEST ACTRESS
HELENA DVOŘÁKOVÁ (for her performance as FAIDRA)
in Seneca: Phaedra, directed by Hana Burešová, Theatre v Dlouhé Prague
TALENT OF THE YEAR
JIŘÍ HAVELKA - director
COMPANY OF THE YEAR
PRAGUE CHAMBER THEATRE-THEATRE KOMEDIE, Prague
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION OF A CZECH PLAY
MILAN UHDE: A MIRACLE AT THE DARK HOUSE
Produced by Theatre Na zábradlí Prague, directed by Juraj Nvota
BEST SET DESIGN
MATĚJ FORMAN (set)
Jiří Suchý and Jiří Šlitr: A Promenade Worthwile (Dobře placená procházka), directed by Miloš and Petr Forman, National Theatre, Prague
KRISTÝNA TÄUBELOVÁ (set)
Rudyard Kipling and Jiří Adámek: From the Jungle Book, directed by Jiří Adámek, Theatre Minor Prague
BEST STAGE MUSIC
VLADIMÍR FRANZ
Dmitri Merezhkovsky: Death of Paul I., directed by Hana Burešová, Městské Theatre Brno