Thomas Freitag (cabaret artist)

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  DE 19th 01/07/1991 (14 weeks)

Thomas Freitag (born June 17, 1950 in Alsfeld , Hessen ) is a German cabaret artist .

biography

After completing an apprenticeship as a banker and then taking acting lessons with Carlo Fuß , Freitag received his first engagement as an actor and cabaret artist at the Stuttgart Renitenztheater in 1974 . From 1975 to 1976 he was a member of the ensemble at the Stadttheater Gießen . He first appeared as a solo cabaret artist in 1976. Between 1977 and 1986 he was a member of the ensemble at the Düsseldorfer Kom (m) ödchen , where he performed together with Lore Lorentz .

Since then he has been on the road with solo programs and is known for his parodies by Willy Brandt , Herbert Wehner , Franz Josef Strauss , Helmut Kohl and Marcel Reich-Ranicki .

Friday also appears and appeared on numerous television programs (e.g. windshield wipers ) and starred in television films and series. His parody of Herbert Wehner on the occasion of his departure from the Bundestag in 1983, which was broadcast on the program windshield wiper , became a well-known classic.

Solo programs

  • 1976: Views of a free rider
  • 1978: Ugh - there it is!
  • 1980: Comeback with Schiller
  • 1982: ... and yet it moves
  • 1984: Who will come through the eye of the needle?
  • 1986: What kind of people are they?
  • 1988: Please let us laugh
  • 1989: Hazardous waste - selected from seven programs
  • 1990: The giant package - a comic strip
  • 1993: Oops! - A German fate
  • 1996: Unplugged - Thomas Friday
  • 2000: millionaire in 98 minutes
  • 2003: money or manure?
  • 2007: The fear of the rabbits
  • 2010: only the best
  • 2012: The cold-tempered Mr. Schüttlöffel
  • 2014: The anniversary edition: Only the best
  • 2016: Europe - the roundabout and a death

Publications

  • The world is beautiful . EMI Electrola, 1990.
  • The giant pack . Hamburg: EMI Electrola, 1991.
  • Unplugged . Düsseldorf: Con Anima, 1997. ISBN 3-931265-07-2 .
  • Millionaire in 98 minutes. A satirical chamber play by Dietmar Jacobs . Düsseldorf: Con Anima, 2001. ISBN 3-931265-29-3 .
  • Money or manure. Live at Comedia Colonia on December 20, 2003 . Düsseldorf: Con Anima; Erding: Hörsturz Booksound, 2004. ISBN 3-931265-47-1 .
  • The fear of the rabbits. Live at Kom (m) ödchen in July 2007 . Düsseldorf: Con Anima, 2007. ISBN 978-3-931265-70-0 .
  • The future behind us. More than an autobiography. Westend, Frankfurt am Main 2020, ISBN 9783864892264 .

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Thomas Freitag Wehner farewell speech ARD 17.3.1983 , excerpt from a broadcast of the windshield wiper
personal data
SURNAME Friday, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cabaret artist
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Alsfeld