Florian Herrnleben

Florian Herrnleben (born September 30, 1982 in Bamberg ) is a German puppeteer , cabaret artist and radio play speaker .

Life

Florian Herrnleben was born as the eldest son of the puppeteer couple Wolfgang and Elisabeth Herrnleben in Bamberg . His great-grandfather Hans Herrnleben founded the Herrnleben puppet theater in 1945 , and was a well-known humorist and popular actor in Bamberg. At the age of five, Florian Herrnleben appeared on stage for the first time, and at the age of six he took on his first role on the puppet stage. He became known throughout Bavaria in the mid-1990s when he appeared several times in his role as Kakadu Plapperix in the children's program Schlawinerplatz on Bavarian TV. Internationally, he already worked as a puppeteer for the Italian plush toy manufacturer Trudi at the toy fair.

After his father Wolfgang Herrnleben suddenly fell ill, in 2006 he initially took on the role of Bamberg Punch and Judy and the organizational management of the puppet theater. With the death of his mother in 2011, he became the sole owner and artistic director of the family business.

Productions / Punch and Judy stories

Since taking over the puppet stage, Florian Herrnleben has mainly concentrated on re-enactments from the puppeteer's family's extensive archive, which includes well over 800 of his own pieces, adapted fairy tales and adventures. However, he also wrote new puppet adventures, for example the play “Sandkirchweih für Zwerge”, which also represents his author's debut for the famous Bamberg Sandkerwa , which traditionally opens with a big puppet adventure by the Herrenleben family.

Radio plays

Florian Herrnleben revived the popular radio plays by Bamberger Kasperl, which were originally produced for local radio, and released several recordings with stories from Bamberg Kasperl. Together with Johannes Speckamp he also produced an album with 11 children's songs by Bamberg's Kasperl. In the lead role as Bamberger Kasperl, he spoke with Bastian Pastewka , Dirk Bach , Martin Schneider , Lisa Feller , Bodo Bach , Ralf Richter and many more on the radio play CD "Children's stories with Bamberg Punch - SPECIAL". His CD with the environmental stories was created in cooperation with the Bavarian State Ministry for Environment and Health.

CD publications

• Christmas stories with Bamberg's puppet
• Children's stories with the Bamberg Punch
• Children's stories with the Bamberg Punch (special)
• Hey, Kasperl! - 11 children's songs by the Bamberg Punch
• Environmental stories with the Bamberg Punch

Figure cabaret programs

Together with his uncle Albert Herrnleben , he performed a number of local cabaret programs under the title Herrnleben's Figurenkabarett:

• Bamberg on the air
• Fei obochd!

Comedy / music

With different band members, but always with Herrnleben as the front man, there are regular performances by the "Bamberg basst scho!" Band, which brings cabaret, satirical and silly texts about Bamberg to the stage in Franconian and Bamberg dialect. In 2015 Florian Herrnleben appeared on stage for the first time with a complete solo comedy program. Under the motto and simultaneous program title “Pregnancy test: Passed!”, As a new father, he ponders pregnancies and becoming a father per se.

Others

In 2009 and 2010 Florian Herrnleben wrote the lyrics for the official Sandkerwa songs with the titles “Bratwurst, Pommes, Stecklfisch” and “Sandkerwa Zwanzig-Zehn!”. Johannes Speckamp composed the music for it. In 2014 and 2015 Florian Herrnleben gave the main cabaret speeches on the Political Ash Wednesday of the Bamberg CSU .

Web links

• Florian Herrnleben
• Bamberg Punch