Christmas Cabaret with Martin Herrmann
The satirist is seen as a romantic who fails in the face of reality. Take “Christmas,” for example: More and more men are breaking up with their partners right before Christmas because they no longer know what to get them. Research shows that even the intention to give a gift brings happiness. Giving gifts is therefore quite selfish, but not giving anything isn’t a solution either: “Honey, I’m not being selfish today…” And goodbye.
Christmas Herrmann patches up relationships with new gift ideas. Think positive! Even the Holy Family was cutting-edge: an older father, a young wife, and the child wasn’t his. The sarcasm trickles quietly. A mildly intoxicating hot drink called mulled wine gets its name because afterward your head glows and you cry. Silent and still.
When, at the end of summer vacation, the melted-down Easter bunny in the supermarket heralds the pre-Christmas season, we sense it: it’ll be that time of year again soon. The days grow shorter, temperatures drop to ten degrees plus. The spring tide awaits German Christmas skeptics on cheap vacation beaches. The generation that has ruined the climate for us is waiting for grandchildren. Those who stayed home are waiting for the festival of love and joy. The now-rare partner in the intergenerational contract tries to click away at live Santa Clauses—then the Ritalin runs out! At Christmas, family members really get to know one another. The result: a considerable number of marriage contracts are terminated prematurely after Christmas—because of Christmas. Pointing out ways out, proposing solutions—that is the task of full-time gift-bringer Martin Herrmann. “Tomorrow Christmas Herrmann is coming, coming with his gifts…” and once again he’s carrying hilarious things in his sack: political weather forecasts, enchanting word combinations, bittersweet songs, tips and tricks for relationships, and gift ideas that always work: from an analog pixelation program for your own face to a politically correct “gift tank” for crisis zones, complete with a mother-and-child compartment and a delivery bed. Inclusion is the top priority: The battlefield of the future will either be accessible, or we won’t be part of it.
Admission: 19 euros
Advance ticket sales at the Ribnitz Tourist Information Office, Am Markt 14, Tel. 03821 8934820
