Cabaret Concerts

Cabaret Concerts in the Schlosspark Theater in Berlin Steglitz

Sharp tongues encounter beautiful sounds – the DSO has been offering a successful format for two years with ›Die Kunst der UnFuge‹ (this is a play on words – literally »The art of nonsense« – alluding to Bach’s ›The Art of Fugue‹), with which, on four Mondays, adventuresome chamber music ensembles sally forth on funny, subtle and off-the wall balancing acts jointly with stars of the German cabaret scene. For the Schlosspark Theater in Steglitz, host Dieter Hallervorden and DSO Director Thomas Schmidt-Ott have once again put together a programme that will stimulate laughs and critical spirit at the same time, nonchalantly breaking down the borders between serious music and entertainment.

Four Cabaret Artists, four Ensembles

Gayle Tufts, »Germany’s best-known American«, will kick things off. As usual, she’ll observe not only her life in Germany, but also her old home with a sharp eye, a great deal of humour and sensitivity, and she will superbly entertain the audience with her »Dinglisch«, her very own stage mixture of German and English. Together with the Ensemble Hexagone, which stirs French esprit into the mix, she will bring the hall down on 14 October.

On 16 December, Dieter Hallervorden will take over the microphone in the flesh. He can look back on more than 60 years as a comedian, prize-winning actor, singer and stalwart of cabaret. He has been the artist director of his Schlosspark Theater since 2009, and has himself played major roles on the stage time and again. He has remained loyal to political-satirical cabaret since the start of his career as founder of the ‘Wühlmäuse’, and he’ll demonstrate this once again in collaboration with the band Yellow Cello around DSO’s Managing Director Thomas Schmidt-Ott.

From the ›Stachelschweine‹ to ›Anstalt‹ – Frank Lüdecke is familiar with cabaret in all its manifestations. He trawls through chaotic lived landscapes and observes the race
between artificial intelligence and natural stupidity. On 27 February, he will have an exciting ensemble at his side: the Berliner Zieharmoniker around Jakob Encke and Marija Mücke (violin), Viktor Bátki (viola), Claudia Benker-Schreiber (cello) and Miloš Todorovski (accordion, bandoneon, composition).

Horst Evers recounts stories, experiences and observations in which he – lovingly, with wit and a pinch of wisdom – transfigures everyday life and the increasingly unsettling present into comedy. On 19 May he will set off on a humorous journey of discovery with The Glorious Four, consisting of Olga Polonsky and Lauriane Vernhes (violin), Francesca Zappa (viola) and Claudia Benker-Schreiber (cello).

Saving with the Cabaret Package

The cabaret concerts are available in a four-pack at a favourable package price: