Robert Stadlober & Tucholsky (AT)

Robert Stadlober has been a fixture of German-language culture for over twenty years - as a singer, writer and above all actor in film, theatre and television, from Sonnenallee to Krabat, in quiet roles and major ones alike. Now he turns his attention to a poet whose words feel more urgent than ever: Kurt Tucholsky.

With commanding stage presence and a sharp ear for rhythm and nuance, Stadlober sings, speaks and performs Tucholsky's texts afresh - pointed, forceful and laced with dry irony. The evening moves between biting wit, political clarity and a streak of melancholy tenderness.

Musically, the show sits in accessible, lightly arranged indie-pop that keeps the words front and centre. Stadlober makes Tucholsky's language emotionally immediate, pulling it into the present - intelligent, intense and with an obvious love of the written word. An evening that reveals how much contemporary relevance great literature still holds.