Dieter Hallervorden

A life full of strokes of luck, full of upheavals – and full of stories that can only be found on the stage of fate. Dieter Hallervorden looks back – with wit, with wisdom, and with a touch of anarchy. Stories from his latest book, “Meine erstaunlichen Alltagsabenteuer” (My Amazing Everyday Adventures), are brought to life in an inimitable way. He is accompanied – along with a five-piece band – by the brilliant Berlin theatre musician Harry Ermer, who dresses the great melodies from nine decades of Hallervorden’s life in a jazzy guise. New, incisive lyrics for world-famous songs have been penned by Joachim Kosack and Thomas Schmidt-Ott – fresh, cheeky and drawn straight from life. The result is a programme that shows: humour is not an escape from seriousness – it is the best weapon against it.