Andrea Volk
Andrea Volk (* 1964 ) is a German cabaret artist, presenter and book author.
Career
In 2005 the former TV journalist (consumer, job market, science) and poetry slammer Volk founded the duo Volk und Knecht together with singer and pianist Nina Knecht . They entered with the following programs: Asis Modestübchen - two dead stock unpack , the enslaved people , greetings from the Fettnapf , Gone to the stallion and Christmas full fat . For the most part, Volk und Knecht play business cabaret and appear at company parties, incentives and in front of trade fair audiences.
In 2011 Volk brought out their first solo program VolksBelustigung at the same time . This was followed by teleshopping makes sexy (the show to the book), only the couch counts (holiday comedy) and party evening! Office and lunatic , which is also booked in part for company celebrations. End of working day! The office and the crazy is concerned with survival in digital change 4.0.
Volk worked as a comedy writer for the publishers Eichborn, Heyne, Hoffmann and Campe as well as for SWR and WDR. Her specialty is business cabaret on the subject of industrial change 4.0 / working world / sales after briefing. Volk was nominated for the Black Sheep from the Lower Rhine , won 3rd place at the Niederkassel cabaret and second place at the Kremenholler Comedy Prize. She and her comedy partner Nina Knecht (Volk & Knecht) won 1st place in the women's power award, 2nd place in the cabaret competition in Oelsnitz bar stool and 3rd place in the Gummersbacher Comedy Award. In April 2017, Volk won 2nd place at the Rhaden Asparagus Cabaret Prize and was nominated for the Reinheimer Satirelöwen 2017. In 2018 she won the Lower Saxony Laubenpieper Prize. In 2019 she won the 2nd prize and the audience award of the Tuttlinger Krähe .
Volk, who lives in Cologne, is committed to animal welfare and is the "ambassador" of the German Animal Welfare Association.
Publications
So far, Volk has published 4 titles:
- Got to the stallion: a horse farm thriller. Atlantik-Verlag , Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-455-65020-4
- If you call now, you will get the moderator for free! : Unbelievable things from the world of teleshopping. Heyne Verlag , Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-453-64535-6
- Now all the puppets are dancing: from the everyday life of a comedy expert. Eichborn Verlag , Frankfurt / Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-8218-6088-6
- Evil fairy tales for adults. Lerato-Verlag, Oschersleben 2007, ISBN 978-3-938882-65-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Andrea Volk in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Andrea Volk in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Andrea people in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Official website
Footnotes
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Volk, Andrea |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cabaret artist and book author |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |