Cabaret & comedy Fritz-Henßler-Haus

We have carefully researched address, phone, e-mail and website of the offer cabaret & comedy Fritz-Henßler-Haus for you.
Please respect the opening hours. Closed today!

The services specified above (entertainment, political satires, Representation of human weaknesses, Amusement of the audience, u.a.) might be restricted or unavailable.

Cabaret and comedy are theater and cabaret performances. The cabaret is characterized by the combination of acting in short scenes and dialogues with poems and music. The often satirical texts mostly deal with current states and events.

Comedy is a form of drama that represents human weaknesses. The comedy has a long history dating back to the 6th century BC. Dates back to ancient Greece. In the Middle Ages “Schwank” was a typical comedy.

Well-known cabaret stages in Germany are eg " Die Stachelschweine " and the "Bar jeder Vernunft" in Berlin, the "academixer" in Leipzig, the “Leipziger Brettl”, the Nuremberg “Burgtheater”, the “Senftöpfchen” in Cologne and the Magdeburg “Zwickmühle”. Popular German cabaret artists include Jochen Busse, Rüdiger Hoffmann, Harald Schmidt and Anny Hartmann.

Comedies are performed in many theaters in Germany. One distinguishes between the following types of comedy: intriguing comedy, satirical-socio-critical comedy, grotesque and boulevard comedy.