Dead or Alive - Poetry Slam

In the organizer's words:

Cologne Comedy Festival

We make the theater stage shake - with a literary competition in a class of its own, the Dead Or Alive Poetry Slam. This special form of verbal duel is quite rightly called the supreme discipline of the poetry slam.

Do the works of the great writers from the afterlife still stand a chance against some of the strongest texts of current stage poetry? Or will they be immediately sent back to the grave by the audience vote? Will the country's best and most vibrant stage poets hold their own when the concentrated skills of top-class actors bring the figures of the dead poets to life?

Despite the fierce competition and the exciting question "DEAD OR ALIVE?", the interplay between the talented local actors, the top-class slammers and the equally casual moderation made for an evening of contrasts and a complete experience.

We simply celebrate stage literature, because it is, that's for sure and is completely independent of the physical condition of its authors, definitely very much alive with the organizers of Reim in Flammen and COMEDIA!

Spoken Word & Drama