JÜRGEN BECKER »DEINE DISCO – Geschichte in Scheiben«

In the organizer's words:

Without the revolutionary invention of the electric guitar, history would have taken a different course: the 1968ers had Jimy Hendrix, the hippies Janis Joplin and Woodstock, the squatters Ton Steine Scherben, the peace movement Bots & BAP, the women's movement Ina Deter, the punks Patti Smith. It is the soundtrack and its resonance in society that makes a movement successful. Today, the climate movement has no sound of its own and is in danger of losing ground; the earth is constantly getting hotter. A catastrophe that Jürgen Becker analyzes perfectly with "Deine Disco".

A cabaret program like no other: politics, records, protest and punchlines are mixed live on stage as a rousing radio show, you dive satirically deep into the sound files of the moving youth and in the end even save the future: Follow the Science. But don't forget the emotions! It was not for nothing that Joseph Beuys replied to the question of whether you could change the world with art: "Only with art!"

Jürgen Becker, born in Cologne in 1959, began his stage career in the 1980s. He quickly became known for his sharp-witted humor and his socially critical programs. A milestone in his career was the co-founding of the "Stunksitzung" in 1984, an alternative carnival event in Cologne. Since 1992, he has hosted the cabaret program "Mitternachtsspitzen" on WDR, which has established itself as one of the longest-running and most successful satirical formats on German television. Becker is also the author of several books in which he takes a humorous and critical look at social phenomena. Jürgen Becker has received several awards for his work, including the German Cabaret Award and the Prix Pantheon. He lives and works in Cologne and remains a formative figure on the German cabaret scene.