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Oliver Wnuk - "Besser wird's nicht"

Saturday, 11/21/2026 at 8:00 PM

Oliver Wnuk - "Besser wird's nicht"

Saturday, 11/21/2026
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Oliver Wnuk - "Besser wird's nicht"

“Wnuk thinks out loud and reads aloud”
- the autobiographically seasoned reading show with depth.

Oliver Wnuk is known from “Stromberg”, “Nord Nord Mord”, "Der Schuh des Manitu" and other successful cinema and TV productions, as well as a speaker for numerous audiobooks. And now he thinks out loud: about happiness, which likes to hide, and about the world, which is not always logical.
His columns for the Frankfurter Rundschau (FR7) form the foundation of this evening – a mix of reading, storytelling, playing, and fine humor.
It’s about the big themes of life: the puzzles of the human ear, overlooked stumbling blocks, love – and the question of why one suddenly becomes prominent at the proctologist.”

Doors open: 7:30 PM

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Where is it, when is it, why, and how much of it will he get?

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Photo: Steffen Böttcher

Entry: 17:00 / http://www.agentour.org / in collaboration with the Theater Wittenberg

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