Thomas Loetscher

Thomas Lötscher - Veri in Wirtshaus im Schlachthof, Munich , 2017

Thomas Lötscher aka «Veri» (* 1960 in Entlebuch LU ) is a Swiss cabaret artist . He lives in Malters .

Act

Among other things, Lötscher is a trained business IT specialist and previously worked as a freelance management consultant before he first appeared in 2004 as a "Veri" steward . In this role he has already appeared in various solo programs. His new solo program is called Typisch Verien! (Play on words from Veri and Ferien).

Prior to that, he toured with his program Ab- und random also in neighboring countries since 2008 and gained national fame. Since then he has also been seen on Swiss television as “Veri” and has been invited by radio stations several times. In August 2011, in his role as a caretaker, he targeted visitors to the Swiss Museum of Transport as alleged rubbish offenders for the series SRF bi de Lüt in the hidden camera format .

Programs

• 2004: Waiting
• 2009: Typical Verien!
• 2009: Review (annual Rück.Blick since 2009)
• 2017: UniVerity

Awards

• 2009: International Cabaret Prize “Herkules” (audience award), Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
• 2010: Freistadt youngster (jury and audience award), Freistadt
• 2010: Paulaner Solo + Jury and Audience Award, Fürstenfeldbruck
• 2011: The Coronation (Audience Award), Burgdorf BE
• 2011: Krefelder Krähe , Krefeld
• 2012: Lower Bavarian Cabaret Prize (jury and audience award), Altdorf (Lower Bavaria)
• 2013: Silver Tuttlinger Crow , Tuttlingen
• 2014: Reinheimer Satirelöwe , Reinheim

Web links

• Artist website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ From bank to cabaret - “The transition is flowing” (PDF; 251 kB), Neue Luzerner Zeitung , August 16, 2012.
2. ↑ Humpis the Talk - Guests: Thomas Lötscher and Klaus Winter ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Regio TV Bodensee , June 29, 2013. 
3. ↑ Hidden camera: Waiting Veri in the Verkehrshaus  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , SRF , August 20, 2011.  
4. ↑ Thomas Lötscher wins Paulaner Solo 2010 , Paulaner Solo +, accessed on August 20, 2013.
5. ↑ Very wins the “Niederbayerischen Kabarettpreis” jury and audience award , comedy.ch, 2013.
6. ↑ Laudation Tuttlinger Krähe 2013 (PDF; 22 kB)