Das Beste aus 20 Jahren

Who would have thought 20 years ago that "Scherereien" and pitch-perfect Hessian dialect could conquer Germany's cabaret and comedy stages? In 1998, Johannes Scherer went on tour for the first time - alongside his brilliant partner and radio colleague Robert Treutel ("Bodo Bach"). Four years later came Scherer's debut solo show "Scherereien", which earned him an immediate nomination for the prestigious cabaret award "Prix Pantheon". Over the years, the TV and radio presenter added five more successful solo programmes to his name.

Now it's time for an extended "BEST OF" tour, in which Scherer - born in 1973 in Wasserlos and raised in Schöllkrippen in the Aschaffenburg district - celebrates 20 years on stage and takes his fans on a journey through his shows to date. In his trademark style, he delivers a varied mix of stand-up, cabaret and parody. "There will be excerpts from my solo programmes Scherereien, Scherereien 2.0 Reloaded, Dumm klickt gut, Asoziale Netzwerke and my current one, Keinangsthasen," says Johannes Scherer. "And of course a few surprises."

In his more recent programmes, Scherer relies less on parody and instead brings genuinely relevant topics to the stage. He takes no prisoners with confused consumers, automated friend-finders, anxious citizens, radical Thermomix devotees and everyone else who leaves their communication clutter everywhere, uninvited and unnecessary.

The Aschaffenburg paper "Main-Echo" wrote about him: "He doesn't listen to the people. He is the people... And with Johannes Scherer in particular, it becomes clearer with every programme and every performance just how cunningly he turns an apparently cheap pun into a sharp socio-political statement." Also making an appearance are the guys from "DFB-Kantine", his favourite Italian Luigi, and the now-retired Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger, whom Johannes Scherer in 2007...