Meigl Hoffmann

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Mike "Meigl" Hoffmann (born June 18, 1968 in Leipzig ) is a German cabaret artist , singer , entertainer , author and restaurateur .

Life

Hoffmann was born the son of athlete Wilfriede Hoffmann and grew up near the Leipzig Rosental . After attending the Leibniz School in Schkeuditz in 1985, he completed vocational training as a machine and system fitter . During this time he founded the apprentice cabaret Mutanfall in 1986 , the title was chosen based on the Leipzig punk band Wutanfall . After his apprenticeship in 1987 he set a exit visa , which, however, only in the turnaround time was granted 1989th He moved to Frankfurt am Main on October 5th , where his mother lived and where he worked briefly in the local jazz bar Mampf . There he also got to know Matthias Beltz and the Frankfurt Fronttheater , whom he has since counted among his role models alongside Otto Reutter . After the fall of the wall , he returned to Leipzig, where he initially worked as a painter . From August 1990 onwards, Hoffmann ran the Goldenes Herz pub in Gohlis in Leipzig for almost a year and expanded it into a cabaret . He then worked as an ABM in the Werk 2 cultural center .

In 1992 he founded the Gohglmohsch cabaret , the venue was initially the König-Albert-Haus , and towards the end of its existence the Kosmos-Haus in Gottschedstrasse . The cabaret broke up in 1999, after which Hoffmann had guest appearances for several years at the academixers , at the Schauspiel Leipzig under Wolfgang Engel and in variety shows. In 2007/2008 he brought Gohglmohsch back to life before founding the Leipzig Central Cabaret in 2009, which still exists today . Since then, the König-Albert-Haus on Markt 9 has been a permanent venue with a restaurant .

In 2016, together with the pianist and composer Karsten Wolf, with whom he works in Leipzig's Central Cabaret , he acquired the traditional Zwickau restaurant Waldschänke , where he and Wolf repeatedly performed and performed. Together with others, he is committed to maintaining the so-called Capa House . Hoffmann has been a guest at the Leipziger Pfeffermühle cabaret since 2018 with his own programs , and he also performs nationally.

Meigl Hoffmann is married, lives and works in Leipzig.

literature

  • Björn Wilda: I didn't step quietly. Leipzig originals (5) . In: cigarette. The Leipziger Straßenmagazin 23 (2017), No. 207, ZDB -ID 1283024-0 , p. 18 f.
  • Bert Hähne: "I don't know any better, just different". For cabaret artist and pub owner Meigl Hoffmann for his fiftieth . In: Leipziger Blätter 72 (2018), ISSN  0232-7244 p. 62 f.
  • Harald Pfeifer: District history. The "Golden Heart" or Meigl Hoffmann as Leipzig's youngest Kneiper . In: Gohlis Forum. Information from the Bürgererverein Gohlis eV 20 (2018), No. 5, ZDB -ID 2028470-6 , p. 16 f. ( Online version of the article , accessed October 23, 2019)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guido Schäfer : Home, Feeling, Joke and Reality - a meeting with cabaret artist Meigl Hoffmann. For a coffee with ... In: LVZ.de. Leipziger Volkszeitung, July 10, 2019, accessed on August 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Kerstin Decker: Cabaret artist Meigl Hoffmann buys “Waldschänke” excursion restaurant in Zwickau. In: LVZ.de. Leipziger Volkszeitung, March 9, 2016, accessed on October 23, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Kate Connolly: Leipzig flat made famous in Capa war photo becomes poignant memorial. Apartment featured in one of the most memorable images of the second world was restored to its former glory. In: The Guardian. September 1, 2016, accessed August 3, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Mark Daniel: Excitement in the cabaret hotel. New program in the Leipziger Pfeffermühle. In: LVZ.de. Leipziger Volkszeitung, October 14, 2018, accessed on October 23, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Hoffmann, Meigl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoffmann, Mike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cabaret artist, singer, entertainer, author and restaurateur
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig