Klaus Nothnagel

Klaus Nothnagel (* 1955 in Lübeck ) is a German author , presenter , actor and composer . He also works as a teacher in the field of “German for Foreigners”.

Life

Klaus Nothnagel studied German , theater studies and philosophy . Together with Renée Zucker, he worked as editor of the media page at taz .

In 1985 Nothnagel worked with the actress Claudia Burckhardt and the dramaturge Wolfgang Kröske to develop the song and text evening You call us people? Wait for that! who u. a. at the Volksbühne Berlin ( GDR ); Cologne theater ; Schiller Theater (workshop) and at the Theater am Neumarkt Zurich . In 1995, on the 10th anniversary of the premiere, the production was shown again in Berlin.

In 1986 the radio station RIAS 2 hired him as a glossary author and columnist . As a humorous author, Nothnagel was a member of the satirical troupe Höhnende Wochenschau from 1989 to 1991 . From 1995 to 2003 he was the presenter of the cultural program Kunst & Co. on Deutsche Welle TV . During this time he had the food column “Nothnagels Foraging” for “myth.” For about two years.

In 1996, Nothnagel was co-director of Christine Marx's self-written play Tomorrow we make a name for ourselves , which was played under the Moltkebrücke in Berlin-Mitte.

Since the beginning of the noughties, Nothnagel has also been active as a musician, storyteller and actor in children's plays at the theater "sinn & ton", which is directed by his wife Christine Marx.

From 2003 to 2006 he was regularly seen at Arnulf Ratings “Blue Monday” with slide presentations about Berlin districts. At the “Blue Wednesday” in Frankfurt (Oder) he still appears today with humorous and satirical slide presentations about places in the state of Brandenburg . While the "Blue Wednesday" continues to this day (2019), the "Blue Monday" experienced a seven and a half year break: From June 2006 (Soccer World Cup in Germany, audience decline) to the restart in early 2014, now in the Berlin "voles" . Moderation: Arnulf Rating.

From 2005, Nothnagel played in several soaps and telenovelas on German television - a. a. the gas station attendant in " Julia - Ways to Happiness " (ZDF). In the ZDF crime thriller “ Der Tote im Spreewald ” he worked as a farmhand on a crisis-ridden farm.

From 1993 he performed solo reading his own texts in front of an audience. Title of the reading evenings and a .: songbirds in drunkenness and other disasters ; Japanese people who take pictures of Japanese people and the radio telephone under the cassock (the latter with pianist Gerhard Herrgott). In 2014 he celebrated his 30th anniversary as an author with his solo show Heimatkunde . More reading evenings followed, until Nothnagel, dissatisfied with the number of visitors, gave up the solo readings for the time being.

In February 2014 and February 2015, Nothnagel moderated the award ceremony for the Glimmer of Hope Fairness Prize for the Association of Filmmakers as part of the Berlin Film Festival . In May 2019 he took part in a group reading for the 30th anniversary of the reading stage movement (Literaturhaus West Berlin).

Klaus Nothnagel has been married to actress Christine Marx since 1992 and has a daughter with her (born 2001). He has lived in Berlin since 1977.