Wednesday, 12/4/2024
at 8:00 PM


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On February 23, 2024, the birthday of Erich Kästner will be celebrated for the 125th time.
Reason enough to celebrate the great German journalist, poet, and writer in a special event. In this stage monologue conceived by Martin Mühleis, Walter Sittler tells the life story of Erich Kästner. Together with the ensemble "Die Sextanten," he embarks on a journey through the life of this great author and moralist. Along with the six musicians of "Die Sextanten," he narrates the intoxication of Berlin in the 1920s. And about the hangover that followed.
Lea-Marie Sittler has studied singing and music, and she has lived in Sweden for many years, where she is a popular and sought-after singer-songwriter. In this piece, which primarily takes place in the fluorescent "Babylon Berlin" atmosphere of the 1920s and 30s, she takes on the role of a bar singer. Composer Libor Sima, who also wrote the score for this sagas piece, has set some of the most beautiful Erich Kästner poems to music as chansons for her.
125 years of Erich Kästner – Lea-Marie and Walter Sittler & Die Sextanten turn this into a literary-musical celebration.

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