Edition 17

The Awards for the year 2008

The 17th edition of the Uniter Awards Gala was held on Monday, April 27 2009 in Studio 3 of the Romanian Television.
The nominees were selected by a jury made up of theatre critics Magdalena Boiangiu, Victor Scoradeţ and Ionuţ Sociu, and the final jury, the one who designated the winners, was made up of: Ştefan Caragiu, scenographer; Ion Cocora, theatre critic; Ileana Lucaciu, theatre critic; Mircea Rusu, actor; Cornel Todea, director

The Award for Debut

  • Ioana Anastasia Anton for the part Ofelia in the show Hamlet staged at Metropolis Theatre, Bucharest
  • Florina Gleznea for the part Martha in the show Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Cui i-e frică de Virginia Wolf) staged at Act Theatre, Bucharest
  • Ionuţ Grama for the part George in the show Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Cui i-e frică de Virginia Woolf) staged at Act Theatre, Bucharest

Best Actress in a Supporting Part

  • Valeria Seciu for the part Gloucester in the show Lear staged at Bulandra Theatre, Bucharest
  • Tünde Skovrán for the part Natasha in the show Three Sisters (Trei surori) staged at the State Hungarian Theatre, Cluj-Napoca
  • Ada Simionică for the part Hilda in the show And Bjork, of course staged at „Toma Caragiu” Theatre, Ploieşti

Best Actor in a Supporting Part

  • András Hatházifor the part Andrei in the show Three Sisters (Trei surori) staged at the State Hungarian Theatre, Cluj-Napoca
  • Sorin Leoveanu for the part Lucio in the show Measure for Measure (Măsură pentru măsură) staged at „Marin Sorescu” National Theatre, Craiova
  • Tibor Pálffy for the part The Chamberlain (Şambelanul) in the show Ivona, Princess of Burgundy (Ivona, principesa Burgundiei) staged at „Támasi Áron” Theatre, Sfântu Gheorghe

Best Actress in a Leading Part

  • Dorina Chiriac for the part Ioana in the show Ioana and the Fire (Ioana şi focul)  staged at the Comedy theatre (Teatrul de Comedie), Bucharest
  • Imola Kézdi for the part Masha in the show Three Sisters (Trei surori) staged at the State Hungarian Theatre, Cluj-Napoca
  • Mariana Mihuţ  for the leading part in the show Lear staged at Bulandra Theatre, Bucharest

Best Actor in a Leading Partmai bun actor în rol principal

  • László Mátray for the part Prince Filip in the show Ivona, Princess of Burgundy (Ivona, principesa Burgundiei) staged at the „Támasi Áron” Theatre, Sfântu Gheorghe
  • Victor Rebengiuc for the part Willy Loman in the show Death of a Salesman (Moartea unui comis voiajor) staged at Bulandra Theatre, Bucharest
  • Zsolt Bogdán for the part Vershinin in the show Three Sisters (Trei surori) staged at the State Hungarian Theatre, Cluj-Napoca

Best scenography

  • József Bártha for the scenery of the show Ivona, Princess of Burgundy (Ivona, principesa Burgundiei) staged at „Támasi Áron” Theatre, Sfântu Gheorghe
  • Andrei Both for the scenery of the show Three Sisters (Trei surori) staged at the State Hungarian Theatre, Cluj-Napoca
  • Velica Panduru for the scenery of the show The M Family Disease (Boala familei M) staged at „Mihai Eminescu” National Theatre, Timişoara

The Award for Best Director

  • Radu Afrim for directing the show The Pillow-Man (Omul Pernă) staged at „Maria Filotti” Theatre, Brăila
  • László Bocsárdi for directing the show Ivona, Princess of Burgundy (Ivona, principesa Burgundiei) staged at „Támasi Áron” Theatre, Sfântu Gheorghe
  • Gábor Tompa for directing the show Three Sisters (Trei surori) staged at the State Hungarian Theatre, Cluj-Napoca

Best Show

  • Ivona, Princess of Burgundy I(vona, principesa Burgundiei) – produced by „Támasi Áron” Theatre, Sfântu Gheorghe
  • The Pillow-Man (Omul Pernă) – produced by „Maria Filotti” Theatre, Brăila
  • Three Sisters (Trei surori) – produced by the State Hungarian Theatre, Cluj-Napoca

The Award for Radio Theatre

  • Ionesco, Five Short Plays (Ionesco, cinci piese scurte) by Eugen Ionesco, directed by Alexandru Dabija, at the SRR (Romanian Radio Studio) Bucharest
  • The Planet of Mediocrity (Planeta mediocrilor) by Ioan Groşan, directed by Attila Vizauer, at the SRR Bucharest
  • The Killer (Ucigaş fără simbrie) by Eugen Ionesco, directed by Lucian Giurchescu, at the SRR Bucharest

The Awards offered by the UNITER Senate

The Award for Excellence

  • Olga Tudorache

The Award for Lifelong Achievement

  • Actress: Margareta Pogonat
  • Actor: Mitică Popescu
  • Scenographer: Dan Nemţeanu
  • Director: Gelu Colceag
  • Critic: Alice Georgescu

Special Award for Theatre Music

  • Vlaicu Golcea

Special Award for Choreography in Performing Arts

  • Păstorel Ionescu

The following Awards were also offered during the Gala:

Special Award of the President of UNITER

  • Post mortem Ştefan Iordache

The Maecenas Award

  • Mrs Carmen Palade Adamescu, President of UNIREA SHOPPING CENTER

The Award for Best Romanian Play of the Year 2008 – contest organized under the aegis of the Royal House of Romania and with the support of UNIREA Medical Centre

  • “The Perfect Day” („Ziua perfectă”) by Antoaneta Zaharia