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Ring Award- Internationaler Wettbewerb für Regie & Bühnengestaltung in Graz/Styria

About this Competition

RING AWARD - International Competition for Stage Direction and Design in Musical Theatre in Graz / Austria.

The RING AWARD offers emerging, not yet established stage directors and designers a professional platform for planning and realizing actual theatre performances and awards prizes to them for outstanding achievements in their work. It gives young artists a chance of finding international resonance for their ideas of what contemporary musical theatre should be like. By thus stimulating the creative potential of present-day theatre the RING AWARD has gained a solid reputation for being a stepping stone for promising young talent both in Europe and beyond.

The competition is held in three-year intervals in Graz, Austria, and has reached a wide-ranging international dimension through its contestants and high profile jury members from all over the world.  It is organized in three stages, its unique feature being actual stage performances at the finals.

Semifinale: 09.-11. Januar 2020

Finale: 27.-28. Juni 2020