An enigmatic glimmer

A puzzling glimmer, press photo 2015

The stage show An Enigmatic Shimmer was premiered by Robert Nippoldt and the trio megalomania in 2015. The show is based on zeitgeist and events in Berlin in the 1920s and combines visual elements with musical and theatrical performances.

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The analogue multimedia show “A Mysterious Shimmer” is told to the audience in individual sections from Berlin in the 1920s from different perspectives, just like in the Varieté. The draftsman Robert Nippoldt leads through the program as a mute conferencier from his drawing table with brush, scissors and ink. The drawing table is filmed live for the audience with a camera and projector and broadcast on a large screen. This happens in direct cooperation with the trio megalomania, consisting of Lotta Stein (vocals), Christian Manchen (piano) and Christoph Kopp (double bass). In addition to typical musical works and impressions from the time, chansons by Marlene Dietrich , Friedrich Hollaender , the Threepenny Opera and the Comedian Harmonists are closely linked to the visual events.

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Robert Nippoldt

The illustrator and book artist became known for his multiple award-winning book trilogies "Gangster", "Jazz" and "Hollywood" about America in the 20s and 30s, as well as his drawings for New Yorker and TIME Magazine . In the winter of 2017, after five years of work, Es wird Nacht im Berlin appeared in the Wild Twenties (Taschen Verlag). The show was developed in parallel to the Berlinbuch.

Trio of megalomania

Lotta Stein (vocals, piano, flute), Christian Manchen (piano, accordion, tabla, vocals) and Christoph Kopp (double bass, snare drum, vocals) have been successfully active in various formations in the music scene for years. As a trio of megalomania, they dedicate themselves to the music of the 20s and 30s in the show, some of which is presented in traditionally oriented and contemporary interpretations. In 2018 they released their own CD with songs from the show, consisting of their own compositions and interpretations of chansons from the 20s.

Venues (selection)

The show has been performed more than 60 times. The ensemble mainly performs in German-speaking countries. Among other things in Schloss Elmau , on the AIDA ships or at the Wilsberg celebrity waiters in Münster , initiated by Leonard Lansink . In 2018 you and Harry Wijnvoord were guests on the Adam Riese Show in Münster. Other venues are:

Winter garden Berlin
Pantheon Theater Bonn
Bohème Sauvage, Berlin
Bauhaus Dessau, Kurt Weill Festival
Bohème Sauvage, Hamburg
Theater Münster, Great House
Kurhaus Theater Augsburg
Ursuline Halls Innsbruck

Web links

Individual evidence

[1] Münstersche Zeitung "From the sheet to the canvas"

[2] Süddeutsche Zeitung "The cheekiest city in the world"

[3] RP Online "The wild 1920s as an analog multimedia show"

[4] NRZ "A book world awakens to a stage play"

[5] Cover culture magazine "Al Capone & Co"

[6] FAZ "Hot notes from a crazy time"

[7] Vanity Fair "An Illustrated Guide to Hollywood in the 1930s"

[8] The New Yorker "The Great Beauty"

[9] WDR report on Robert Nippoldt and his show "A mysterious shimmer"

[10] Dates "An Enigmatic Glimmer"

[11] Schloss Elmau "Whitsun Program"

[12] "AIDA Prime Time Magazine"

[13] "Wilsberg Celebrity Waiters"

[14] Westfälische Nachrichten "Drawing, Price and Blues"

[15] A mysterious glimmer in the "winter garden"

[16] TASCHEN Verlag: A mysterious glimmer in the "winter garden"

[17] "Bohème Sauvage" and An Enigmatic Shimmer

[18] "Poetic amusement show at the Bauhaus Dessau"

[19] Focus Online "Splendor and misery of the 20s: Robert Nippoldt revives the myth"

[20] MZ "From the stage floor to the big house"

[21] RP Online "The 20s as a favorite decade"

[22] Tyrolean daily newspaper "One last dance on the volcano"