Marc-Uwe Kling
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Marc-Uwe Kling is a German songwriter, author and Kabarett
(political stand-up comedy) artist. He studied Philosophy and Dramatics at Freie Universität Berlin and lives in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
Since 2003, Kling regularly performs on various stages of Berlin
. Frequently, he performs at literary and Kabarett events as well as poetry slams. In 2004 he founded a serial public literary event called Lesedüne (a pun made of the German words Lesebühne, "lecture stage", and Düne, "dune"). Since 2005 Kling tours with his program Wenn alle Stricke reißen, kann man sich nicht mal mehr aufhängen (literally, "If all ropes snap, you can't even hang yourself anymore"), which is also the title of his first CD. Every first Tuesday of the month he organizes and hosts the Kreuzberg
Slam in the Lido (formerly Kato) location, and every first Wednesday the Poetry Slam of Studentisches Kulturzentrum in Potsdam
.
Currently, he authors a weekly podcast Neues vom Känguru (roughly: "News from the Kangaroo"), for Fritz, a Berlin-based radio-station, which deals with the same theme as his book Die Känguru-Chroniken ("The Kangaroo Chronicles"): A "phlegmatic anarchist" himself, he lives with a talking, "pragmatically communist
" kangaroo as his room mate.
Kabarett
Kabarett is a form of cabaret which developed in Germany from 1901, with the creation of the Überbrettl venue, and that by the Weimar era in the mid 1920s was characterized by political satire and gallows humor...
(political stand-up comedy) artist. He studied Philosophy and Dramatics at Freie Universität Berlin and lives in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
Since 2003, Kling regularly performs on various stages of Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. Frequently, he performs at literary and Kabarett events as well as poetry slams. In 2004 he founded a serial public literary event called Lesedüne (a pun made of the German words Lesebühne, "lecture stage", and Düne, "dune"). Since 2005 Kling tours with his program Wenn alle Stricke reißen, kann man sich nicht mal mehr aufhängen (literally, "If all ropes snap, you can't even hang yourself anymore"), which is also the title of his first CD. Every first Tuesday of the month he organizes and hosts the Kreuzberg
Kreuzberg
Kreuzberg, a part of the combined Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte since 2001, is one of the best-known areas of Berlin...
Slam in the Lido (formerly Kato) location, and every first Wednesday the Poetry Slam of Studentisches Kulturzentrum in Potsdam
Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....
.
Currently, he authors a weekly podcast Neues vom Känguru (roughly: "News from the Kangaroo"), for Fritz, a Berlin-based radio-station, which deals with the same theme as his book Die Känguru-Chroniken ("The Kangaroo Chronicles"): A "phlegmatic anarchist" himself, he lives with a talking, "pragmatically communist
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
" kangaroo as his room mate.
External links
- Official Website
- Neues vom Känguru Fritz Radio (German)
- Interview with Marc-Uwe Kling by Focus OnlineFocus (German magazine)Focus is a German weekly news magazine published in Munich and distributed throughout Germany. It is the third-largest weekly news magazine in Germany. It is considered conservative and leaned towards economic liberalism.- Overview :...
, (Nov. 18 2008, German)