Ingo Oschmann
Encyclopedia
Ingo Oschmann is a German
comedian
, entertainer and stage magician who also works as a television presenter and actor
. In 2003, he became the first comedian to win the final of Star Search
in Germany
.
, pantomime
, and improvisation
. In the next couple of years he developed shows for kindergartens and schools in Bielefeld
and surrounding areas. He also attended supplementary training seminars with the expectation of applying and furthering his skills in the fields of pantomime
, clownery, and acting
. Additionally, he had minor solo performances on the theatre stage.
In 1996 Oschmann created magic and acting seminars for children and adults. In 1997 he extended his professional repertoire with comedy
, political cabaret
and presentation
. In the same year he won a casting
in Munich
and worked for the cabaret artists Klöpke & Schiefer (i.e. stage direction and texting).
In the year 2000 Oschmann presented his first full-length solo evening programme called „Kommunikaze“. Furthermore, he developed, arranged and presented the variety show BELAMI.
Oschmann celebrated his first major success on stage in the year 2001 by winning the Swiss Comedy Award. Thereafter he passed the Kölner Comedy Academy (Cologne Comedy Academy) and wrote his second solo evening programme „Oben ist es besser als unten!“ (literally „It's better to be at the top than at the bottom!“) In addition, he developed, planned and organized the Figaro Comedy Show, a comedy talent show
which took place in a hairdresser's shop in Bielefeld
once a month. Oschmann presented the show himself and invited e.g. comedian
s, cabaret
artists, magicians and street artists to perform live on stage. The monthly show ran successfully until the end of 2006.
Winning the Swiss Comedy Award in 2001 was an important step in Oschmann's career. Afterwards he appeared in several shows on Swiss and German television. But the real breakthrough as a professional artist followed not until the year 2003 when Oschmann succeeded as a comedian
in the first season of the famous TV show Star Search
, broadcasted by the German TV channel Sat.1
. Oschmann's prize for winning the final of Star Search
was his own TV comedy show called „Wenn Sie lachen, ist es Oschmann!“ (literally „When you laugh, it's because of Oschmann!“). Sat.1
produced two seasons of the show in 2004.
In 2005, Oschmann became the host of another show on German TV: a clip and comedy show called „WWW - Die Witzigsten Werbespots der Welt“ („The funniest TV commercials in the world“), of which several seasons were produced between 2005-2007.
Since 2004, Oschmann has had numerous appearances as a stand-up comedian, magician and guest on all major German TV channels, e.g. performances and scenes with well-known artists like Dieter Hallervorden
and Jürgen von der Lippe
, as well as invitations for all the main comedy and evening shows of famous German TV presenters like Hugo Egon Balder
, Thomas Hermanns
and Anke Engelke
- just to name a few.
In 2007, Oschmann's first DVD entitled Ingo Oschmann live with his third solo evening programme „Wenn Sie lachen, ist es Oschmann!“ (recorded live on stage in 2005) was released. In addition, Oschmann published a cook book called „Schönen Abend!“ („Good evening!“), together with the popular entertainer and actor Jürgen von der Lippe
.
In April 2008, Ingo Oschmann presented his solo evening programme „Wenn Sie lachen, ist es Oschmann!“ (now „Laugh your Heart out“) for the very first time in a non-European country. He performed two sold out full-length shows (in German) in the InterContinental Grand Stanford Hotel in Hong Kong
.
In September 2008, Oschmann will travel to Hong Kong
again to present a comedy show in the InterContinental Grand Stanford Hotel.\
He is also to be seen live on stage at the Shanghai Hofbraeuhaus, China on 16th and 17th July 2010.
Ingo Oschmann founded a merchandising and publishing house called „Wunschkind“, which published inter alia the CD „Kommando Zuversicht“ by well-known German writer and singer Heinz Rudolf Kunze
in 2006 and the live-CD „Egal gibt's nicht“ of the popular German comedian Hennes Bender in 2008.
New projects include the publication of another book and a new live-tour through Germany
with his fourth solo evening programme. The tour is going to start on 8 January 2009 in Hagen
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
, entertainer and stage magician who also works as a television presenter and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. In 2003, he became the first comedian to win the final of Star Search
Star Search
Star Search is a television show that was produced from 1983-95, hosted by Ed McMahon, and created by Alfred Masini. A relaunch was produced in 2003-04. The show was originally filmed at the old Earl Carroll Theatre at 6230 Sunset Blvd...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Career
Ingo Oschmann first began practising magic in the year 1992 when he started performing at children's birthday parties, weddings, company anniversaries, and street festivals. In the year 1993 he attended several workshops like actingActing
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
, pantomime
Pantomime
Pantomime — not to be confused with a mime artist, a theatrical performer of mime—is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, India, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is mostly performed during the...
, and improvisation
Improvisation
Improvisation is the practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment and inner feelings. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or...
. In the next couple of years he developed shows for kindergartens and schools in Bielefeld
Bielefeld
Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
and surrounding areas. He also attended supplementary training seminars with the expectation of applying and furthering his skills in the fields of pantomime
Pantomime
Pantomime — not to be confused with a mime artist, a theatrical performer of mime—is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, India, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is mostly performed during the...
, clownery, and acting
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
. Additionally, he had minor solo performances on the theatre stage.
In 1996 Oschmann created magic and acting seminars for children and adults. In 1997 he extended his professional repertoire with comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
, political cabaret
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...
and presentation
Presentation
Presentation is the practice of showing and explaining the content of a topic to an audience or learner. Presentations come in nearly as many forms as there are life situations...
. In the same year he won a casting
Casting
In metalworking, casting involves pouring liquid metal into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowing it to cool and solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process...
in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
and worked for the cabaret artists Klöpke & Schiefer (i.e. stage direction and texting).
In the year 2000 Oschmann presented his first full-length solo evening programme called „Kommunikaze“. Furthermore, he developed, arranged and presented the variety show BELAMI.
Oschmann celebrated his first major success on stage in the year 2001 by winning the Swiss Comedy Award. Thereafter he passed the Kölner Comedy Academy (Cologne Comedy Academy) and wrote his second solo evening programme „Oben ist es besser als unten!“ (literally „It's better to be at the top than at the bottom!“) In addition, he developed, planned and organized the Figaro Comedy Show, a comedy talent show
Talent show
A talent show is an event where participants perform their talent or talents of acting, singing, dancing, acrobatics, drumming, martial arts, playing an instrument, and other activities to showcase a unique form of talent, sometimes for a reward, trophy or prize...
which took place in a hairdresser's shop in Bielefeld
Bielefeld
Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
once a month. Oschmann presented the show himself and invited e.g. comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
s, cabaret
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...
artists, magicians and street artists to perform live on stage. The monthly show ran successfully until the end of 2006.
Winning the Swiss Comedy Award in 2001 was an important step in Oschmann's career. Afterwards he appeared in several shows on Swiss and German television. But the real breakthrough as a professional artist followed not until the year 2003 when Oschmann succeeded as a comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
in the first season of the famous TV show Star Search
Star Search
Star Search is a television show that was produced from 1983-95, hosted by Ed McMahon, and created by Alfred Masini. A relaunch was produced in 2003-04. The show was originally filmed at the old Earl Carroll Theatre at 6230 Sunset Blvd...
, broadcasted by the German TV channel Sat.1
Sat.1
Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station in Germany, having started one day before RTL Television....
. Oschmann's prize for winning the final of Star Search
Star Search
Star Search is a television show that was produced from 1983-95, hosted by Ed McMahon, and created by Alfred Masini. A relaunch was produced in 2003-04. The show was originally filmed at the old Earl Carroll Theatre at 6230 Sunset Blvd...
was his own TV comedy show called „Wenn Sie lachen, ist es Oschmann!“ (literally „When you laugh, it's because of Oschmann!“). Sat.1
Sat.1
Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station in Germany, having started one day before RTL Television....
produced two seasons of the show in 2004.
In 2005, Oschmann became the host of another show on German TV: a clip and comedy show called „WWW - Die Witzigsten Werbespots der Welt“ („The funniest TV commercials in the world“), of which several seasons were produced between 2005-2007.
Since 2004, Oschmann has had numerous appearances as a stand-up comedian, magician and guest on all major German TV channels, e.g. performances and scenes with well-known artists like Dieter Hallervorden
Dieter Hallervorden
Dieter "Didi" Hallervorden is a German comedian, comic actor, singer and cabaret artist.-Biography:...
and Jürgen von der Lippe
Jürgen von der Lippe
Hans-Jürgen Dohrenkamp , better known by his stage name Jürgen von der Lippe, is a German television presenter, entertainer, actor and comedian...
, as well as invitations for all the main comedy and evening shows of famous German TV presenters like 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...
, Thomas Hermanns
Thomas Hermanns
Thomas Hermanns is a German TV-presenter, director, TV-author and comedian. He is known for his comedy-show Quatsch Comedy Club....
and Anke Engelke
Anke Engelke
Anke Christina Fischer is a German comedian, actress and voice-over actress born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.Engelke moved to Cologne in 1971 with her parents...
- just to name a few.
In 2007, Oschmann's first DVD entitled Ingo Oschmann live with his third solo evening programme „Wenn Sie lachen, ist es Oschmann!“ (recorded live on stage in 2005) was released. In addition, Oschmann published a cook book called „Schönen Abend!“ („Good evening!“), together with the popular entertainer and actor Jürgen von der Lippe
Jürgen von der Lippe
Hans-Jürgen Dohrenkamp , better known by his stage name Jürgen von der Lippe, is a German television presenter, entertainer, actor and comedian...
.
In April 2008, Ingo Oschmann presented his solo evening programme „Wenn Sie lachen, ist es Oschmann!“ (now „Laugh your Heart out“) for the very first time in a non-European country. He performed two sold out full-length shows (in German) in the InterContinental Grand Stanford Hotel in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
.
In September 2008, Oschmann will travel to Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
again to present a comedy show in the InterContinental Grand Stanford Hotel.\
He is also to be seen live on stage at the Shanghai Hofbraeuhaus, China on 16th and 17th July 2010.
Ingo Oschmann founded a merchandising and publishing house called „Wunschkind“, which published inter alia the CD „Kommando Zuversicht“ by well-known German writer and singer Heinz Rudolf Kunze
Heinz Rudolf Kunze
Heinz Rudolf Erich Arthur Kunze is a German writer and rock singer. His greatest hits were Dein ist mein ganzes Herz and Mit Leib und Seele in 1985 and 1986.- Biography :Kunze was born on 30 November 1956 in the refugee camp...
in 2006 and the live-CD „Egal gibt's nicht“ of the popular German comedian Hennes Bender in 2008.
New projects include the publication of another book and a new live-tour through Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
with his fourth solo evening programme. The tour is going to start on 8 January 2009 in Hagen
Hagen
Hagen is the 39th-largest city in Germany, located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne, Volme and Ennepe meet the river Ruhr...
.
Awards and nominations
- 2001 Winner Swiss Comedy Award
- 2003 Winner Star SearchStar SearchStar Search is a television show that was produced from 1983-95, hosted by Ed McMahon, and created by Alfred Masini. A relaunch was produced in 2003-04. The show was originally filmed at the old Earl Carroll Theatre at 6230 Sunset Blvd...
(on Sat.1Sat.1Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station in Germany, having started one day before RTL Television....
)
- 2003 Bravo-Otto Bronze
- 2004 Nomination Best Newcomer, Deutscher Comedy-Preis, (German Comedy Award, on RTLRTL 4RTL 4 is a commercial television station in the Netherlands. It is the most-watched commercial station in the country, popular especially with those aged between 20 and 49. The station has three sister tv channels: RTL 5, RTL 7 and RTL 8...
)
CD
- 2007: audio book „Schönen Abend! – Geben Sie richtig Gast: Kochen, Spielen, Zaubern mit Freunden“ (cooperation with Jürgen von der Lippe), published by Eichborn Verlag, ISBN 3-821-85452-9
DVDs
- 2006: Quatsch Comedy Club - Das Beste aus 10 Jahren, ASIN B000EHRY9E
- 2007: „Ingo Oschmann live“, ASIN B000TX6G42
Literature
- 2007: „Schönen Abend! – Geben Sie richtig Gast: Kochen, Spielen, Zaubern mit Freunden“ (cooperation with Jürgen von der Lippe), published by Eichborn Verlag, ISBN 3-821-86030-8