The word has been out for a while now: The new show from Spandau’s blond-streaked “puppet comedy king,” Sascha Grammel, is here. And this time, the motto is: Put down your suitcase, check in, put your feet up—and just forget about everything else! So, welcome to the Grammel Hotel!
The title of the new, sensational live spectacle: “Warum denn nich?” Oh, right, very nice. But isn’t there a “t” missing? You’re right—now that you mention it, we notice it too. But never mind—our Saschi has always left out whatever wasn’t absolutely necessary: commendable punctuality, a college degree, a hairstyle… By now, even the smartest smart alecks realize: Spandau’s naturally cheerful, perennial winner of hearts is still having a blast with his own nonsense in Program Number 6. So fans, friends, and friends of fans can once again look forward to a hearty serving of classic Grammel-style madness with loooads of heart and genuine G-rated family fun. And Grammel wouldn’t be Grammel (but let’s say a very large, featherless chicken with poor eyesight and surprisingly wild lyrical tangents) if a new, crazy-quirky puppet character didn’t also find its way into the Grammel Hotel. We can’t wait to see what happens. Oh yes! Visually, too, Don Grammeloni’s latest prank, “Why Not?”, takes it up a notch: For months, experienced illustrators, engineers, architects, and lighting and sound technicians (along with a ventriloquist from Spandau who shall remain nameless) have been working on the new stage design. It combines the beloved, wonderfully imperfect and quirky Grammel comic world with the latest technical standards and state-of-the-art possibilities. At the same time, it’s making even the chronically cheerful namesake of the whole thing look forward to the new live show more and more every day. And rightly so! In short: The new ProGrammel is ready, and starting February 25, 2027, the colorful puppet comedy collective will once again go on tour throughout Germany. And once again, our little ray of sunshine from Spandau is determined to talk to himself for nearly two hours straight, play with puppets in public as an adult, and let as many people as possible watch him do it. Why?