Michael Fajgel

Michael Fajgel (* 1958 in Hanover ) is a German singer , actor , librettist and theater director.

Life

After training as a musical performer and actor, Fajgel began to write his own pieces and, in addition to his engagements, to work with independent theater groups. Fajgel was among others at the Kassel State Theater , Theater Münster , City Theater Lübeck , Stadttheater Hildesheim , City Theater Gera and St. Gallen City Theater busy.

From 1972 to 1984 Fajgel was the singer in the band Aqua. Aqua celebrated its greatest successes at the end of the 1970s with Martin Ulrich (guitar) Michael (Mike) Fajgel (vocals), Jörg Wiesner (keyboard instruments), Wolfgang Eckhardt (bass) and Roy Kaleve (drums). For a while Matthias Reim (“Damn, I love you”) was one of them.

Fajgel has worked as a director, writer and actor since 1986. He has played in musicals such as Grease , Hair , Tommy , West Side Story , Evita and others since 1987 .

His radio play series Churchie Peter has been published by Kawohl-Verlag. Since May 2003 he has directed the theater im centrum in Kassel, which he founded . He has written and staged more than 25 musicals, which were played in Bremen, Lübeck and Hanau, among others.

Michael Fajgel is one of the board members and founding members of the Brothers Grimm Festival Kassel. Fajgel has lived in Kassel since 1987. He has three children.

Works

• 2003 Boygroup musical with music from the 80s by Michael Fajgel
• 2004 Hand in Hand - The partner paradise - by Michael Fajgel
• 2004 The Bruhns Brothers - Blues Musical by Michael Fajgel
• 2004 Churchie Peter´s Adventure - Children's Musical by Michael Fajgel
• 2005 Lonely Hartz Club - musical with music by the Beatles by Michael Fajgel
• 2006 Toys & Stories - The enemy toy. Family piece in an arrangement by M. Fajgel
• 2006 Agent 0190 chases DR. FIFA - With the most beautiful songs from the Bond films
• 2007 El Dorado - The Front Western Musical
• 2007 Heartbreak Hotel - the Elvis musical by Michael Fajgel and Christoph Steinau.
• 2008 Crazy? Crazy! - The Dreams of Don Quixote
• 2008 Cinderella
• 2009 Rhapsody in Space - A fun science fiction parody with lots of music from the good old 60s.
• 2010 Jekyll & Heidi - A grusical - by Michael Fajgel and Christoph Steinau.
• 2011 Lost - Hansel and Gretel
• 2012 Sisters' action musical based on the famous film with Whoopi Goldberg in the version by Michael Fajgel
• 2012 Rainy Days - A musical comedy by Michael Fajgel and Christoph Steinau
• 2013 Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
• 2013 Rhapsody in Space 2 - The Empire Resigns
• 2015 Splash! - The lifeguard musical
• 2015 The 3 from the gas station
• 2016 Rock The Block - musical with songs by Elvis
• 2016 In the Bar zum Krokodil - the Roaring Twenties

Web links

• Theater im Centrum, theater and stage publisher
• https://www.hna.de/kassel/spaeter-ruhm-kasseler-rockmusiker-865414.html