Award Ceremony
Winner: Nikita Buldyrski
Juror: Ursina Lardi
Nikita Buldyrski © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Fabian Schellhorn
The Alfred-Kerr-Acting-Award recognises the outstanding achievement by a young actor in one of the productions invited to the Theatertreffen. This year’s juror was the renowned theatre and film actor Ursina Lardi. Nikita Buldyrski received the award for his outstanding performance in the production “Die Hundekot-Attacke” from Theaterhaus Jena in co-production with Wunderbaum.
This award comes with a sum of 5,000 Euro and recognises an outstanding performance by a young actor in one of the productions invited to Theatertreffen. The prize was awarded for the 28th time on the final weekend of the festival at Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
The Alfred-Kerr-Acting-Award was initiated in memory of the Berlin theatre critic Alfred Kerr by his children Judith and Michael Kerr in 1991, together with Pressestiftung Tagesspiegel and Berliner Festspiele / Theatertreffen. It is offered by the Alfred Kerr Foundation with support from Berliner Festspiele. Further supporters are Verlag Der Tagesspiegel, the Hartung family and Gustav Kiepenheier Bühnenvertriebs-GmbH.
Every year, a different renowned theatre personality is the award’s juror.
Nikita Buldyrski – Winner
Ursina Lardi – Actor and juror Alfred-Kerr-Acting-Award 2024
Dr. Deborah Vietor-Engländer – President of the Alfred-Kerr-Stiftung
Tatiana Kneale – Great-grandchild of Alfred Kerr
An AlfredKerr Stiftung event