Kom(m)ödchen
Encyclopedia
The Komödchen is a cabaret
stage in Düsseldorf
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The Kom(m)ödchen was created in 1947 as a political-literary cabaret by Kay and Lore Lorentz
. Other participants in the initial program "Positiv dagegen", which had its premiere on March 29, 1947, were Werner Vielhaber, Bernd Nesselhut, Hans Walter Clasen, Eduard Marwitz, Iris Fanslau, and Ruth Henrichs. Hanne Wieder was also part of the ensemble in its first year. In 1959 the television transmission of the program was banned for a year.
The theater moved to its present location on April 27, 1967, and its stage and props were moved to the new location by guests during the intermission of a performance.
In 1983, Lore Lorentz decided to pursue solo appearances and left the Kom(m)ödchen ensemble. Kay Lorentz stayed and continued to build a new ensemble. With his death in 1993, Lore gave up her solo career and returned to lead the Kom(m)ödchen. She gave the leadership to her son Kay S. Lorentz, who has continued since Lore's death in 1994.
The public square in front of the theater was remained the "Kay-und-Lore-Lorentz-Platz" in their honor, and there is also a city school named the "Lore Lorentz Schule".
Well-known members of the ensemble have included Thomas Freitag, Harald Schmidt
, Hugo Egon Balder
, and Volker Pispers
.
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
stage in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
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The Kom(m)ödchen was created in 1947 as a political-literary cabaret by Kay and Lore Lorentz
Lore Lorentz
Lore Lorentz was a German cabaret artist/standup comedian.She was born in Mährisch-Ostrau in Austria-Hungary , as Lore Schirner. She studied history, German literature and philosophy in Berlin and Vienna...
. Other participants in the initial program "Positiv dagegen", which had its premiere on March 29, 1947, were Werner Vielhaber, Bernd Nesselhut, Hans Walter Clasen, Eduard Marwitz, Iris Fanslau, and Ruth Henrichs. Hanne Wieder was also part of the ensemble in its first year. In 1959 the television transmission of the program was banned for a year.
The theater moved to its present location on April 27, 1967, and its stage and props were moved to the new location by guests during the intermission of a performance.
In 1983, Lore Lorentz decided to pursue solo appearances and left the Kom(m)ödchen ensemble. Kay Lorentz stayed and continued to build a new ensemble. With his death in 1993, Lore gave up her solo career and returned to lead the Kom(m)ödchen. She gave the leadership to her son Kay S. Lorentz, who has continued since Lore's death in 1994.
The public square in front of the theater was remained the "Kay-und-Lore-Lorentz-Platz" in their honor, and there is also a city school named the "Lore Lorentz Schule".
Well-known members of the ensemble have included Thomas Freitag, Harald Schmidt
Harald Schmidt
Harald Franz Schmidt is a German actor, writer, comedian and television entertainer best known as host of two popular German late-night shows.- Early life :...
, Hugo Egon Balder
Hugo Egon Balder
Hugo Egon Balder is a German actor and comedian. He was born 22 March 1950 in Berlin to Egon Friedrich Balder and Gerda Balder, née Schure . Gerda Balder was a Jew who, together with her mother and her son from her first marriage, survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp.Balder was a...
, and Volker Pispers
Volker Pispers
Volker Pispers is a German Kabarett artist, who is well known for his drastic and sometimes sarcastic commentary on current events, especially about the political situation in Germany but also about the politics of the United States since 9/11 and during the Iraq War.- Biography :After his Abitur,...
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Releases
- Wenn es dem Kom(m)ödchen nicht gefällt ..., Ein Kabarett in Deutschland. Droste 2000, ISBN 3-7700-1111-2
- CD "Amok in Erkrath" Kom(m)ödchen-Ensemble, ISBN 3-931265-25-0