Robert Nippoldt und das Trio Grössenwahn - Ein rätselhafter Schimmer! - Die poetische 20er Jahre-Show

In the organizer's words:

An enticing voice, a lively bass, a swinging piano. This is music that makes your feet want to dance - and so do the brushes! And they really do: live before the eyes of the amazed audience, they conjure up a couple dancing to the beat on the white canvas.

The brushes are masterfully wielded by Robert Nippoldt and are not the only drawing tools that make an appearance in this special interplay of music and art. With chalk, pencil and ink, the Berlin City Palace is rebuilt in a few moments and the Memorial Church gets its roof back. Thanks to the camera and large-scale projection, the audience is very close to every stroke that the artist's hand puts down on paper with casual elegance.

The drawings projected onto the screen during the show are just one part of the diverse repertoire. A silhouette production of Brecht's Pirate Jenny is impressively created in a perfect symbiosis of sound, acting and image. The Comedian Harmonists dismantle a grand piano in visible and audible ecstasy. You stroll through the capital with your eyes wide open and a slapstick number pays homage to the beginnings of sound film. It's also amazing how you can get to know all the chancellors of the Weimar Republic in just three minutes.

All of this is enlivened, commented on and inspired by the three fabulous musicians of the Trio Größenwahn, who breathe new life into the classics of the time with verve and humor. Even an original antique keyboard instrument experiences a surprising second spring under the nimble hands of singer Lotta Stein.

It is the attitude to life of a special city between the world wars to which the four stylishly dressed artists dedicate themselves on this evening. A Berlin that has lost none of its charm and welcomes us with open arms. If we accept this invitation, at the end of this enjoyable excursion we will have a glimmer of what it might have felt like back then - in the roaring twenties.

ROBERT NIPPOLDT
(live drawings, silhouettes, animations, brush performances, graphic junk)
The illustrator and book artist became known for his award-winning book trilogy "Gangster", "Jazz" and "Hollywood" about America in the 20s and 30s, as well as for his drawings for the New Yorker and Time magazine. He is currently working on a book about the night in Berlin in the 1920s.
Favorite film: City Lights (1931) by Charlie Chaplin
What he doesn't like: Cucumbers and wasps in his throat
Dark secret: Makes books himself, but never reads them

TRIO GRÖSSENWAHN
(vocals, piano, double bass)
Lotta Stein (vocals), Christian Manchen (piano) and Christoph Kopp (double bass) have been successfully active on the music scene for years in various formations. As the Trio Größenwahn, they dedicate themselves entirely to the 2os and 30s. With virtuosity and respect, they bring the classics of that time into the present day with their snappy interpretations.