Berlin cabaret Klimperkasten
The Berlin cabaret "Klimperkasten" is since 1971 existing cabaret ensemble .
founding
It was founded in September 1971 in the theater of the DGB house on Wittenbergplatz by Jerry Roschak, who designed a monthly stage show there for the "Club of the Elderly" and invited artists from various disciplines to do so , together with a few colleagues. His proposal to make the events public and to create a permanent team of "independent actors and singers to design a literary-musical cabaret program" met with great approval and was soon implemented.
development
At the end of 1971 , the "Domizil am Lützowplatz ", where Wolfgang Neuss had performed up until then , became the new venue, and after a detour to the "University Brewery " , the Klimperkasten moved to the Charlottenburg Town Hall , where after a few years it became the "Bürgersaal" again in the "Ratskeller" you can see.
The first touring tours took place as early as 1974 , and the first long-playing record with texts and chansons was made. In addition to the two weekly cabaret events, "Berliner Liedermacher " performed regularly on Tuesdays . a. were Jürgen von der Lippe , Reinhard Mey , Beppo Pohlmann and Gerald man of the party.
In 1982 the cabaret (as the first western cabaret) gave foreign guest performances in the Korona Podium in Budapest and on the Greek island of Aegina (35 km from Athens ). In 1983 the "Café Möhring at the Gedächtniskirche" became an additional venue for cabaret collages and the so-called "Talk Breakfast" . There were early concerts in the "Rixdorfer Biergarten ", regular events in the former Lankwitz animal shelter , in the Urania , in the Reinickendorfer "Ernst-Reuter-Saal" , in the community center in Gropiusstadt , in the Bürgersaal Zehlendorf , in the Deutschlandhaus, in the Hotel Seehof and also an abundance of businesses -, senior and street parties, birthdays and anniversaries .
Contributors
Many members of the ensemble (around 140 over the course of 32 years) have taken on tasks at other stages, in radio , television or in dubbing, e.g. B.
- Jürgen von der Lippe , later a TV presenter, singer and actor
- Charles Williams , later sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York
- Gerald Mann , later a versatile entertainer
- Max Raabe , later very successful with the palace orchestra
- Michael W. Hansen , later founder of the Berliner Brettl
- Britta and Delf , singing duo
The ZDF turned on Klimperkasten-co-founders Ada Hecht and Leni Schulz the film "Because they need the applause" . RIAS Berlin broadcast all four parts of the program.
organization
A team leader is responsible for coordination , there is no employer, everyone has a percentage of the gross profit. According to the artists' social security fund, all ensemble members are so - called self - marketers . Critics attest the members of the Klimperkastes playfulness, improvisation talent and artistic ability. It is often played in a wide variety of formations and many visitors have become regulars. Today the ensemble has over 500 ready-to-play titles in their repertoire .
Awards
In 1992, Jerry Roschak received the Federal Cross of Merit , among other things, for promoting young cabarets .