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Yes, you have to read the title twice. But anyone who has made it this far in the age of TikTok & Co. and attention spans of at most four seconds — congratulations! You are automatically qualified for Lars Redlich’s new music-comedy show, where once again the motto is: Top-class musical entertainment meets easygoing, light-hearted humor with brains. Normally, this is where you would now find a glowing tribute to the artist and his show — almost always written by him himself. To avoid this — for me, rather uncomfortable — loud, self-promotional self-praise, I’ll just be honest: Come along, it’ll be a great evening, I’m looking forward to seeing you! Yours, Lars. For everyone who still prefers the usual marketing, here is the classic text (boring): 18 comedy and cabaret awards speak for themselves, and in his latest coup Lars Redlich once again sweeps across the stage, skillfully blending parody and irony, wordplay and poetry, performing music, acting and improvising nonstop, all at the highest level: with sophisticated wit instead of volume and intelligent punchlines instead of verbal incontinence. Learn things you never wanted to know, e.g. what techno fans and young parents have in common, what it would sound like if Pavarotti met Fettes Brot, and why hold-music has a similar aggression potential to cling film. Look forward to smashing one-liners like “heart palpitations is just another word for chest hair,” understand why “Kaff” must come from Kafka and Goethe was more of a chill guy. There — tzm! A highlight and already a tradition will once again be the “Living

Jakob Schwerdtfeger: Dot Dot Comma Line, and It’s Done A Belly Flop into Art History Art is everywhere! It’s in company logos and films, in video games and politics. Ever since there have been people, they have made art — sometimes dazzling and colorful, sometimes dark and threatening. Museums and galleries are a huge pool full of bubbling creativity. Here horses can be blue and masterpieces can be made of trash. The world of art is a gigantic enrichment. At the same time, many people feel overwhelmed and intimidated. That ends now! With his very own perspective, Jakob Schwerdtfeger inspires art philistines and experts alike. What does Impressionism have to do with dog sweaters? Why does Cubism look as if someone punched a mirror? And how did the Renaissance become the overachiever among art eras? This book has a different vibe — Schwerdtfeger makes us excited about art. 1,000 years of art history, all the important eras from the Middle Ages to the present day: DOT DOT COMMA LINE, AND THE ART HISTORY IS DONE. “THIS BOOK IS MY DECLARATION OF LOVE TO ART.” Stand-up comedian and art historian Jakob Schwerdtfeger brings together plenty of masterpieces, insider tips, anecdotes, and art scandals. Across 300 pages, Schwerdtfeger offers a contemporary and refreshing view of art history that is not limited to the Western canon. With playful ease, he conveys solid facts and passion. This unique mix of entertainment and knowledge lets us experience art differently. Like a truffle pig, Schwerdtfeger hunts for fun facts and explores why the Mona Lisa ended up in a pizza com

Vorspiel39 e.V.: Toc Toc The famous Dr. Stern is a specialist in obsessive-compulsive disorders. The people who meet in his waiting room had to wait months for an appointment. But the distinguished therapist is stranded at the airport by the whims of air travel and does not arrive at his practice in time for office hours. Because they are waiting for Dr. Stern, the patients gradually get to know one another and their problems, and eventually even attempt their own group therapy ... interrupted by the uncontrollable compulsions of the others. Alongside all its comedy, this fast-paced play is an entertaining plea not to take one’s own state of mind too seriously and, above all, to treat other people with forbearance. TOC TOC is a comedy by the French author Laurent Baffie, translated into Spanish in 2010 by Julián Quintanilla, and was a box-office hit in Spain, where it ran for eight seasons and more than 1,500 performances, in Argentina, where it ran for nine years and was seen by more than 1.7 million people, and in Mexico, where more than 1,000 performances took place. In 2017, the play was adapted into a film directed by Vicente Villanueva. Cast: Ewa Biermann, Monika Escher, Anna Lena Franz, Kathrin Finck, Herbert Helmbrecht, Norbert Rechlin

Theater GegenStand – Inclusive Theatre Group “Puzzle”: Curtains Up for an Almost Perfect Murder A premiere celebration in the old theatre of a small town. In the pub behind the stage, the cast and crew gather. But this evening, everything is different: The atmosphere is festive, yet tense. The new director, full of himself, toasts his success with sparkling wine: But suddenly he collapses. The doctor determines that he is dead. A heart attack? A tragic accident, or is there murder behind it? As rumours and suspicions spread, it becomes clear that behind the façade of the great theatre family, not everything is as harmonious as the artistic director claims. And what role does the silent observer behind the bar play? Questions upon questions. A detective and his assistant begin the investigation and try to bring the truth to light. An exciting interactive crime story by the inclusive theatre group “Puzzle” from Marburg – full of secrets, suspects and surprising twists

Hans-Joachim Heist reads “I Can’t Laugh About That!” - Biting Stories from Life Biting, wicked, ironic — satire, in other words He is the nation’s grumbler-in-chief. No one can get worked up as wonderfully as he can. As a permanent member of the ensemble of ZDF’s “heute SHOW,” Hans-Joachim Heist — alias Gernot Hassknecht — has already achieved cult status as a hot-tempered and politically incorrect news commentator. In this reading, Hans-Joachim Heist entertains audiences with everything from Kurt Tucholsky’s “The Art of Traveling” to Gernot Hassknecht’s “complaint letters,” via texts by Jan Weiler, Joseph von Westphalen, Helga Leeb, Robert Gernhardt, and others, all the way to the excesses of typically German humor. In short, everything one can get annoyed about in everyday life. Heist can’t laugh about it! Heist is just as much at home on stage as he is on television, including the German Television Award, the German Comedy Award, Bambi, the Golden Camera, and many more!

Christine Lander 6 SPURLOS A path runs out into nowhere. Two people do not know how to go on. Suddenly life hangs by a thread. Fate takes a turn. With Spurlos, Berlin storyteller Christine Lander presents a moving evening about disappearance, about courage, love of freedom, and the power of human encounters. Told freely and drawing on her own experiences, she takes her audience on a journey between reality and fairy-tale moments. The story leads to Syria 6 to the time shortly before the war began. After her work at the Al-Qabbani Theatre in Damascus, Christine Lander travels to a remote monastery in the desert to recuperate. What begins as a retreat develops into an extraordinary adventure: an unexpected friendship, great danger, a unique place. The longing for survival and peace becomes a quiet but powerful companion. Especially today, as the region is once again marked by political tensions and uncertainty, these experiences resonate in a special way. Spurlos invites us to look beyond the headlines and remember what connects people: openness, humanity, and the hope for peaceful coexistence. An evening that lingers 6 quiet, moving, and full of life. With her bright, clear voice and strong stage presence, Christine Lander creates gripping 286cinema in the mind287. The unfamiliar becomes familiar, the ancient becomes present, and the impossible becomes imaginable. She works consistently in an analog way: using only words, gestures, and her body, she opens a poetic space full of images. Although the dramaturgy is fixed, the text is created anew each time 6

Theater GegenStand Premiere: *The Emperor's New Clothes* Advent is the most beautiful time for going to the theatre together. With “The Emperor's New Clothes,” Theater Gegenstand brings Hans Christian Andersen's timeless fairy-tale classic to the stage in a lovingly staged, humorous, and child-friendly adaptation. The seamstresses Antoinette and Frederike have had enough of working hard and barely making a living from it. When they hear in the city about the vain emperor who spends huge sums on ever new clothes while his people suffer under high taxes, they come up with a bold plan: they want to outwit the emperor with wit and ingenuity and help the people. With plenty of humor, imaginative characters, and a lively production, the ensemble tells a story about courage, honesty, and the power to stand up to injustice — a theatre experience that delights children and also gives them food for thought. Cast: Lilli Kirell, Leonie Lochner, Gerion Gleising, Ludger Rösner, Uschi Hartnack, Joachim Becker Text and direction: Joachim Becker

What times. Of course, Ulla Meinecke’s love poetry and everyday irony cannot conjure up better times, but they can make you forget and breathe easy for a few hours. In her new program as well, audiences can look forward to love songs unlike any they have heard before, to sung poems — without kitsch, but with depth. Ulla Meinecke is the master of the apt word. Her stories are images of everyday life that, in an incomparable way, pursue what is special. The texts of the self-proclaimed “hardcore romantic” revolve around the one great theme — true love; around tender beginnings, small escapes, great dramas and powerful departures. Look forward to an evening of exciting and humorous insights and musical excursions together with Reinmar Henschke. Of course, all of Ulla Meinecke’s hits will also be performed — and many new ones as well. Ulla Meinecke has sold well over a million records from her albums. Ulla Meinecke is a composer, songwriter and has long been a rock and pop singer, even back when those genres were hardly mentioned in Germany. Press reviews: “Without question, she is the grande dame of poetic German pop music” (Der Spiegel) “Ulla Meinecke, who has also written three books, is also a great recital artist who perfectly sets her almost entirely self-written texts to music. She remains an outstanding singer, accompanied in perfect harmony by Reinmar Henschke, and also surprises and convinces with new pieces. Two hours are almost up, then the duo moves into the encore and Meinecke delivers — in the same key as 41 years ago — what all the fans have been waiting f

Every year, the Moving Krippenspielers bring energy to the stage during the run-up to Christmas. With furious Christmas hit mash-ups, virtuosic playing, and plenty of humor, they create a unique concert somewhere between jazz, folk music, classical music, funk, Balkan, reggae, punk, and comedy. Traditionally, the band appears in Christmas costumes and presents a nativity play that is as quirky as it is heartwarming. The Christmas story is retold anew every year — surprising, dadaistic, musically brilliant, and with a generous dose of optimism. The arrangements of the well-known Christmas carols are also new each time and provide unexpected musical twists. Around thirty instruments, multi-part singing, spontaneous interactions, and extraordinary arrangements make this Christmas program an experience that defies categorization. At times it sounds like a contemplative Christmas parlor, at times like an exhilarating Danish Viking groove, at times like French gangster rap — always with impressive virtuosity and plenty of joy in playing. The Moving Krippenspielers combine musical skill with subtle humor and create a Christmas concert that surprises, delights, and makes you laugh in equal measure. Anyone who has already experienced them knows: no two evenings are the same. Featuring: Matthias Schriefl (DE) – trumpet, flugelhorn, baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, accordion, alphorn, trombone, piccolo trumpet, recorder, vocals Simon Rummel (DE) – viola, keyboard, piano, clarinet, euphonium, recorder, vocals Victor Hege (FR) – tuba, trombone, alphorn, euphonium, flutes, rap, v

Children's opera based on the fairy tale by H.C. Andersen, music by W.A. Mozart. Gerda, a brave girl, searches for her friend Kay, who suddenly turns away from her and is abducted by the Snow Queen into her icy realm. The girl follows Kay's trail all the way to the Snow Queen's palace in order to rescue him and win back his friendship. Two opera singers take on the roles of the various fairy-tale characters. Mozart's music, with pieces from operas such as "The Magic Flute" and "Don Giovanni," has been arranged for piano and accompanies an exciting journey in which the audience is playfully drawn into the action. Duration: approx. 60 min *Note on stage effects: This production uses strobe lighting (rapid flashing light) at times. Please take this into account if you are sensitive to visual stimuli.*

These are Andreas Jamin on trombone, Michael Ehret on drums, Christian Schiller on guitar, and Dirk Kunz on bass. The music of the four is distinguished above all by its boundary-free and open character. Despite all the differences among the four musicians, they are united by the most important thing in music: the ability to communicate. Time and again, they manage to reinvent their program and surprise both themselves and the audience. There are no stylistic boundaries; what is lived on stage is the moment. The program consists of original compositions by Jamin (also known for his work with Captain Overdrive and The Small Easy), Kunz (The Les Clöchards, KunztSchillert), and Christian Schiller (Kunzt Schillert), who feel connected to tradition but grew up in their youth with the music of the 1980s and 1990s, which is also reflected in their compositions. The three are supported by their congenial colleague Michael Ehret on drums (Barrelhouse Jazzband, Michael Sagmeister Group). When asked about modern jazz that gets you excited, there is only one answer: JESK!

The Advent season is the most wonderful time for shared theater visits. With "The Emperor's New Clothes," Theater Gegenstand brings Hans Christian Andersen's timeless fairy tale classic to the stage in a lovingly staged, humorous, and child-friendly version. The seamstresses Antoinette and Frederike have had enough of working hard and barely being able to make a living. When they learn in town about the pomp-loving emperor, who spends vast sums on ever new clothes while his people suffer under high taxes, they come up with a bold plan: they want to outsmart the emperor with wit and ingenuity and help the people. With a lot of humor, imaginative characters, and a lively production, the ensemble tells a story about courage, honesty, and the power to stand up against injustice – a theater experience that delights children and simultaneously encourages them to think. The cast includes: Lilli Kirell Leonie Lochner Gerion Gleising Ludger Rösner Uschi Hartnack Joachim Becker Text and direction: Joachim Becker Our performance dates for kindergartens and elementary schools in 2026: Daily at 09:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. (changes possible in individual cases upon agreement) Mon. 30.11. | Tue. 01.12. | Wed. 02.12. | Mon. 07.– Thu. 10.12. | Mon. 14.– Fri. 18.12.2026 The price is 6 euros per child, accompanying persons (educators and teachers) are free Secure your desired date early at mail@waggonhalle.de We look forward to preparing your children for the Christmas season with a special theater experience and creating unforgettable moments.

Let’s skip the end of the world together! Climate journalist Louisa Schneider, Greenpeace, and ClimateHub Marburg take you on their empathetic live show on a journey around the world to the so-called “tipping points” of our planet and show what we can achieve in Marburg. Together, we experience forest clearing in Brazil, disappearing houses and beaches in Senegal, cracking, brittle ice in Canada and Greenland, as well as bleached corals in Australia. But there we always meet courageous people who work tirelessly for a livable and fairer future, and their voices are brought into focus. A passionate talk that inspires courage and hope! At the same time, ClimateHub Marburg shines a light on what is already going well here at home and reports on people who are committed and enthusiastic about making Marburg a place worth living in. Grad°Now - Against Fear is a show by Greenpeace. Free admission Register at https://climatehub.org/de/projects/gradjetzt-gegen-die-angst-marburg?hub=marburg