There are two rounds. There are three undertakings, which premiered from 31st August 2017 to 1st September 2018, in each category in the first correspondence round. Then three undertakings in each category qualify to the second round. The jury decided the winners in the second round on 31st October 2018. The award ceremony took place in the Eliade Library at the Theatre on the Balustrade.

Jan Mikulášek received the award in the “drama theatre” category for directing the production Woodcutters at the Theatre on the Balustrade, Prague, premiere on 16th March 2018.

The award in the “alternative theatre” category went to Jiří Havelka for directing of his production The Fellowship of Homeowners, Vosto5 Theatre, Prague, premiere on 7th October 2017

The professionals in the “music theatre” category awarded Jiří Nekvasil for directing and Bruno Ferrandis for the music staging of Alois Hába’s opera The Kingdom Come, National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Ostrava in the Jiří Myron Theatre, premiere on 24th June 2018

The award in the category “dance and motion theatre” went to Lenka Vagnerová for the concept, directing and choreography of the production of Amazones, Lenka Vagnerova & company, Prague, premiere on 1st November 2017.

The award for the “puppet and visual theatre” went to Apolena Vanišová and Petr Krusha for the project of Kračun, Prague, premiere 26th February 2018

The jury also handed out the award for the “publication undertaking in theatre”, which went to Martin Bernátek, Anna Hejmová and Martina Novozámská for the book Czech Theatre Photography 1859 / 2017, IDU, Prague 2018

The award for an acting performance regardless the genres went to Tereza Marečková for the role of Vitka in the production of Vitka, Goose on the String Theatre, Brno.

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