Gustav Peter Wöhler & Christian Maintz

In the organizer's words:

Actor Gustav Peter Wöhler and author Christian Maintz read humorous texts about two very basic earthly needs: eating and drinking. They sing of dumplings, praise muesli and Brussels sprouts, potatoes and leeks, fish and meat, beer and Slibowitz and invite poets such as Heinrich Heine, Wilhelm Busch, Joachim Ringelnatz, Mascha Kaléko and many others to the table. The evening is largely based on Christian Maintz's collection of poems "Vom Knödel wollen wir singen", published by Antje Kunstmann. The program shows that, contrary to its reputation, German literature is by no means a comedy-free zone. Gustav Peter Wöhler is one of the most distinguished German-speaking film, television and theater actors of his generation. He has worked with numerous prominent directors such as Peter Zadek, Werner Herzog, Doris Dörrie, Peter Timm and Neele Vollmar. In 2013 he received the German Audiobook Award. As a singer, he regularly tours with the legendary Gustav-Peter-Wöhler-Band. Christian Maintz is an author, literary and media scholar. He is a two-time winner of the Wilhelm Busch Prize and often reads in duets with well-known partners, formerly with Harry Rowohlt, today with Barbara Auer, Meike Droste, Nina Petri, Peter Lohmeyer and others. His critically acclaimed volume of poetry "Liebe in Lokalen" was published in 2016, followed by the anthology "Vom Knödel wollen wir singen" in 2018. This content has been machine translated.