The ZKB Prizes

WINNERS ZKB PRICES 2022

Ali Chahrour receives the ZKB Patronage Prize. The jury praised how his piece «The Love Behind My Eyes» was developped in Beirut in the time of the pandemic and other severe crises, insisting on intimacy, personal stories and embodied knowledge. Martha Luisa Hernández Cadenas reiceves the ZKB Acknowledgment Prize. The dramaturgy of her piece «No soy unicornio», according to the jury, is both simple and of striking clarity. The jury is sure to have spotted a very talented writer, creator and performer in the Cuban artist. Finally, the ZKB Audience Award goes to «The Children of Amazi (Kinder des Wassers)» by SMALL CITIZENS. We warmly congratulate all award winners!

See here for the statements of the jury.

The ZKB Audience Prize Fr. 10,000.-

Since 2016, spectators at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel have been able to cast their vote for the ZKB Audience Prize. At the entrance to the nominees’ productions, they are handed out a ballot to rate the show. The prize is awarded to the production with the best audience ratings.

In this win-win situation, not only artists, but also the audience can benefit. All voters automatically enter a raffle for one of the following prizes:

  • 1st prize: 10 g fairtrade gold
  • 2nd prize: VIP package for the ZKB award ceremony 2023
  • 3rd prize: Dinner voucher worth Fr. 100 for the Zürcher Theater Spektakel

ZKB Patronage Prize Fr. 30,000.-

The ZKB Patronage Prize is awarded to a company or an artist working in theatre, dance or performance art. The aim of this prize is to support the chosen recipient in their future projects. It is awarded to a performance whose premiere has taken place within the past three years and represents independent theatre in a distinctive way. The nominees are chosen by the festival board. Precedence is given to artists who have yet to receive a level of public recognition commensurate with their achievements. Former prize-winners are excluded from nomination.

Nominees

ZKB Acknowledgment Prize Fr. 5000.-

The ZKB Acknowledgement Prize allows for additional recognition and support of a nominee. It is awarded to a company or artist for extraordinary achievement in such areas as choreography, dramaturgy, audience participation or acting. All productions shown in «Short Pieces» are nominated for the ZKB Acknowledgment Prize, unless they have previously been nominated.

Nominees

  • Bibata Ibrahim Maiga (Mali) – «Esprit Bavard»
  • Samaa Wakim & Samar Haddad King (Palestinian) – «Losing It»
  • Wanjikũ Mwawuganga (Kenia) – «Roots»
  • Anna-­Marija Adomaityte & Gautier Teuscher (Switzerland) – «workpiece»
  • Martha Luisa Hernández Cadenas (Cuba) – «No soy unicornio»

International Jury

An independent jury of five experts decides on awarding the ZKB Prizes. The jury panel is chosen by the programme board and is presided by one of its members, who is not entitled to vote. The jury’s decisions, but not their consultations, are made public.

MONIKA TRUONG

Monika Truong, sociologist, sinologist and theatre maker based in Zurich, stages participatory performances that deal with the asymmetry of social possibilities and power relations.

NATALY SUGNAUX HERNANDEZ

Nataly Sugnaux Hernandez has managed and produced the work of various performing artists in and outside Switzerland. Since 2018, she has been co-director of Grütli Theater in Geneva (with Barbara Giongo).

NEDJMA HADJ BENCHELABI

Born in Algiers, dramaturge and curator Nedjma Hadj Benchelabi has been associated with the On Marche Festival in Marrakech since 2014, and works for the Halaqat project and the Mahmoud Darwish Chair Programme at Bozar, Brussels.

YOKO KAWASAKI

Since 2011, Yoko Kawasaki has been involved in the festival Kyoto Experiment. Currently she holds the position of co-director (alongside Juliet Knapp and Yuya Tsukahara).

EVA NEKLYAEVA

Eva Neklyaeva is a co-founder of Samara Editions (Milan), Wonderlust festival (Helsinki) and co-curator of SPIELART Theaterfestival (Munich).

Former Prize Winners

2021

Patronage Prize: Mallika Taneja (India) – «Allegedly»
Acknowledgement Prize: Edna Jaime (Mozambique) – «O Bom Combate (The Good Fight)» 
Audience Prize: Tschuku Tschuku (Namibia) – «Zilin» & Marina Otero Argentinien – «FUCK ME»

2020

Due to the corona pandemic and the ensuing conditions for the festival, the criteria for nomination and awarding prizes could not be applied. Accordingly, Zürcher Kantonalbank and the festival direction have decided not to award any ZKB Prizes in 2020.

2019

Patronage Prize: Samara Hersch & Lara Thoms (Australia) – «We All Know What's Happening»
Acknowledgement Prize: Ira Melkonyan & The Rubberbodies Collective (Ukraine/Niederlande) «Upstairs Geology 50/50»
Audience Prize: Samara Hersch & Lara Thoms (Australien) – «We All Know What's Happening»

2018

Patronage Prize: Silke Huysman & Hannes Dereere (Brazil, Belgium) – «Mining Stories»
Acknowledgement Prize: Youness Atbane & Youness Aboulakoul (Morocco) – «The Architects»
Audience Prize: Casus Circus (Australia) – «Driftwood»

2017

Patronage Prize: Wojtek Ziemilski & Nowy Teatr (Poland) – «Jeden gest (One Gesture)»
Acknowledgement Prize: Fatoumata Bagayoko (Mali) – «Fatou t'as tout fait»
Audience Prize: Lukas Avendaño (Mexico) – «No soy persona. Soy mariposa»

 

For a complete list of the prize winners since 1996 please check here