The pincers
The political-satirical cabaret Die Kneifzange was founded in 1953 as a teacher and student cabaret in Hennigsdorf near Berlin. Since 1955, under the direction of the writer Horst Heller, it has been active as part of the Erich Weinert Ensemble as a touring cabaret of the National People's Army . It was one of the four professional cabarets in the GDR. His main author and dramaturge was the later writer Karl-Heinz Tuschel from 1961 to 1976 , followed by Horst Heller, who was awarded the Theodor-Körner Prize in 1978 as the director and director of the pincers .
In 1990 the director Wolfgang Rumpf took over the management. The cabaret has recently played in a 100-seat theater in Berlin on Friedrichstrasse in the House of Russian Sciences and Culture . The cabaret ensemble includes the actors Madeleine Lierck-Wien , Vera Müller , Tom Deininger , Fabian Oscar Wien and Klaus Zeim. On October 26, 2011, the theater announced the end of the performance at the end of this month.
literature
- Walter Rösler, Karl-Heinz Tuschel: 25 years of “pincers”. Cabaret for soldiers . In: Ernst Günther, Heinz P. Hofmann, Walter Rösler (eds.): Cassette. An almanac for the stage, podium and ring (= cassette ). No. 5 . Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1981, p. 86-97 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Matthias Rogg : Army of the People? The military and society in the GDR, p. 167f.
- ^ Literature prizes of the GDR, 17th supplement, 1978 (supplement to Börsenblatt Leipzig) 146th year, p. 3
Web links
- kneifzange-berlin.de ( Memento from August 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Closure of the house according to dpa / BZ
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 49 ″ N , 13 ° 23 ′ 20 ″ E