The Butaca Theater Awards of Catalonia (full Catalan name: Premis Butaca de teatre de Catalunya, short form: Butaca Awards, i.e. Premis Butaca) are annual theater awards judged by popular vote existing since 1995 in Catalonia to reward those who have made valuable contributions to Catalan theater.
The idea was to create awards that were direct and honest, unfettered by manipulation by interested parties.
[3] The nominations are done by a committee of people who have neither direct nor indirect connections to the world of theater and have to have attended at least 36 productions during the season.
[5] Every three years, the awards ceremony takes place in Premià de Mar, but is otherwise itinerant.
[8] The following is a listing of a few editions of the Butaca Awards, though only indicating the winner of the Best Theater Production.