Claus von Wagner

Claus von Wagner receives the Dieter Hildebrandt Prize 2016 from Munich's Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter

Claus von Wagner, 2018

Claus Joachim von Wagner (born November 28, 1977 in Munich ) is a German cabaret artist .

Life

Claus von Wagner grew up in Miesbach in Upper Bavaria as the son of north German parents (father a lawyer , mother a housewife ). After graduating from high school, he took up a master's degree at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich with the subjects of communication sciences , modern and contemporary history and media law , which he completed in 2003 with the academic degree Magister Artium ; the topic of his master's thesis was: Political cabaret on German television. Between social criticism and self-promotion. An expert survey . Before and during the studies, the first cabaret program was created in 1997: Waiting for Majola . Parallel to his solo career, he was an ensemble member of the First German Forced Ensemble from 2004 to 2014 . The trio consisted of Claus von Wagner and his colleagues Mathias Tretter and Philipp Weber .

Von Wagner has been part of the heute show since March 2012 . Since February 2014 he can be seen alongside Max Uthoff as the new host of the cabaret show Die Anstalt on ZDF .

Claus von Wagner lives in Munich and has a daughter.

Cabaret programs

Claus von Wagner 2013 in Ludwigsburg

In 1997/98 the first cabaret program Waiting for Majola was born .

The premiere of the new piece The rest is silence followed in 2002 ... An interim balance .

In 2004 the ensemble program Mach 3 was created! of the First German Compulsory Ensemble.

In March 2006 his solo program Im Feld premiered in the Munich Lach- und Schießgesellschaft .

From March 2009 on, Claus von Wagner played his solo program 3 seconds present .

From 2009 to 2014 he played the program The Last Tour with the First German Forced Ensemble .

On April 3, 2012, the artist premiered with Theory of Fine People .

Awards

2001: Munich Cabaret Young Talent Competition

2002: St. Ingberter Pfanne - Jury & Audience Award

2002: Upper Bavarian Cabaret Promotion Prize

2002: Cabaret Kaktus - 1st prize winner

2003: Passau executioners' ax - vice sponsorship award

2003: Hallertau Cabaret Prize - Vice Prize Winner

2004: Obernburger Mühlstein - Jury & Audience Award

2005: Foal from Lower Saxony

2005: Paulaner Solo - Vice winners

2006: Gautinger Theater Prize

2006: German Cabaret Award - Advancement Award

2006: Minden stickleback - special price with the First German forced Ensemble

2007: Bavarian cabaret award in the high- flyer category

2007: Salzburger Stier - German Prize Winner with the First German Forced Ensemble

2008: Lachmesse-Preis Leipziger Löwenzahn with the First German Forced Ensemble

2009: Zeck Cabaret Award - Fresh Zeck Newcomer Award

2010: German Cabaret Prize in the cabaret category with the First German Forced Ensemble

2012: Star of the year of the Münchner Abendzeitung in the cabaret category

2012: German Comedy Award in the category Best Comedy Show as a member of the ensemble of the heute show

2014: German television award in the category of best comedy show as a member of the ensemble of the heute show

2014: Zeck Cabaret Prize - Main Prize ZECK

2015: Grimme Prize for Die Anstalt in the entertainment category (together with Max Uthoff and Dietrich Krauss)

2015: Marl Media Prize for Human Rights Special Prize for Die Anstalt (together with Max Uthoff, Dietrich Krauss and Frank Hof )

2016: German television award for Die Anstalt in the category Best Comedy / Cabaret (together with Max Uthoff, Dietrich Krauss and Stephan Denzer)

2016: Dieter Hildebrandt Prize of the City of Munich

2016: Kleinkunstpreis der Stadt Aschersleben for Die Anstalt (together with Max Uthoff, Dietrich Krauss and the ZDF production team)

2017: Environmental Media Prize from Deutsche Umwelthilfe for Die Anstalt (together with Max Uthoff and Dietrich Krauss)

Publications

The rest is silence ... An interim balance. CD. WortArt, 2006, ISBN 3-86604-255-8 .
In The Field. CD. WortArt, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86604-489-0 .
Three seconds present. CD. WortArt, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8371-0258-1 .
Do 3! with the First German Forced Ensemble. DVD. A smile, 2010, ISBN 978-3-938625-80-4 .
The last tour. with the First German Forced Ensemble. DVD. WortArt, 2011, ISBN 978-3-941082-43-4 .
Fine people theory. CD. WortArt, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8371-2540-5 .
Fine people theory. DVD. WortArt, 2014, ISBN 978-3-941082-70-0 .

watch TV

“ Windshield wiper ” with Bruno Jonas , Mathias Richling and Richard Rogler / ARD
" Mitternachtsspitzen " / WDR
" Ottis Schlachthof " / BR, Munich
“The crazy perky people” with Dieter Hallervorden / MDR-RBB
“Auffahrt Nockherberg” Bruno Jonas presents the elite of Bavarian cabaret newcomers / BR, Munich
“Ultimo” - satirical monthly review / N-TV
“ News from the institution ” with Urban Priol and Georg Schramm
"Under 4 eyes" / BR
“ Satire Summit ” with Mathias Richling / ARD
" Heute-show " with Oliver Welke / ZDF
“ Die Anstalt ” together with Max Uthoff / ZDF

radio

" The diary of daily madness " / Bavaria 3

Others

On December 22nd, 2014, Claus von Wagner spoke with Max Uthoff at the Anti-Pegida demo in Munich. Regarding Pegida , he said on stage that if one wanted to defend the West with misanthropic slogans, "What else is there to defend?"