KEKK Cabaret & Dedicated Cabaret
In April 1971, the student Helmut Wagner (1945–1995), who called himself Helmuth von der Vogelweide, founded the Schwabinger Kleinkunstbühne KEKK Cabaret & Engagierte Kleinkunst in the hall of the legendary restaurant 'Witwe Bolte' in Amalienstraße 87 behind Munich's Ludwig-Maximilians- University .
Christian Eckardt, Rolf Dieter Preller and Ralph Schicha were there from the beginning ; Klaus Irmscher and Hanns Meilhamer joined them in the same year - all of them barely older than 20 years. They continued Schwabing's Brettl tradition and, with mostly their own works, offered primarily students of the same age an alternative to established cabaret stages.
Just one month after the founding of the KEKK, Jürgen von Hollander wrote in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on May 27, 1971 about the new 'Cabaret in the Secret Annex': "Schwabing's not-so-proper spirit is more at home in not-so-proper cabarets than in them What a joy, then: The cabaret is not that good again. " The increasing success allowed the events to grow from one to three evenings a week; the Bavarian television arrived with a film crew.
But in March 1972 KEKK became homeless: the 'Widow Bolte' and the hall in the rear building had to give way to the construction of the Amalienpassage. After a detour via Haidhausen, KEKK landed again in autumn 1972 in a backyard near the university: the Gabelsberg brewery. In the meantime, the KEKK ensemble had expanded to include Jürgen Uter and Heinz Spengler and could now offer an astonishing variety of programs from its own ranks: political and satirical songs and texts, Bavarian deeper meaning, parodies and skits.
KEKK moved for the last time in May 1974: in the 'Fäustlegarten' at Kaiserstraße 67 in Schwabing. This somewhat dubious pub, which was only well attended by the KEKK audience in the Hintersaal on the event evenings, was taken over in 1976 by Henry Heppel and Wolfgang Ettlich and, as Heppel & Ettlich, quickly became a flourishing trendy bar; KEKK celebrated its fifth anniversary at this time.
In 1977 the KEKK ensemble was awarded the Schwabing Art Prize as a representative of genuine Schwabing , as Hans-Reinhard Müller , the then director of the Münchner Kammerspiele , attested to the team in his laudation.
But the regular crew crumbled: Helmuth von der Vogelweide, Hanns Meilhamer, Ralph Schicha and Jürgen Uter left in 1977. New members were added: Holger Paetz , Sepp Wittmann, Sigi Aldenhoff; later Ecco Meineke and many others, until KEKK finally dissolved in the early 1990s.
Heppel & Ettlich existed as a theater pub until the end of July 2009. As a private theater, it continues to operate in the drugstore on Feititzstrasse.
In addition to the members of the KEKK ensemble, many other artists appeared as guests or gave guest performances in the KEKK such as B. Christof Stählin , Jörg Hube , Sigi Zimmigart and Georg Ringsgwandl .
Award
- Schwabing Art Prize 1977