Kay Ray

In the organizer's words:

By vocation and passion, Kay Ray has been the hardest working man in showbiz for almost 30 years. An expert who would sell his grandmother for a gag - or at least Claudia Roth. A divine juggler. A joker without fear or reproach. An ever-changing natural talent. A provocateur who has helped shape and influence the entire genre.

Ingmar Stadelmann in an interview in October 19: "If there's one thing that annoys me about the German comedy landscape, it's that a comedian like Kay Ray, for example, still doesn't get any decent attention in the television landscape, or even his own show, after more than 20 years on stage and genius. That seems absurd to me. But who am I anyway?"

Torsten Sträter on Kay Ray: "You are Kay Ray and that's a lot. You're a total work of art, a one-man circus. You are the grim reaper of humor..."

Arnulf Rating: " Kay Ray - someone who stands up for his truth with everything he has. He takes every risk. And is a sparkling grenade of cheerfulness with high explosive power. You have to experience it live! Go and see it!"

Chris Tall thanked Kay Ray at the Bambi Awards in November 2019. He owed his breakthrough with Stefan Raab to an attitude and a joke that was largely shaped by Kay Ray and brought to the stage in the spirit of Chris Tall. "Darf er das?" would not have been possible without Kay Ray's inspiration.

Kay Ray is the bell ringer made flesh: provocation and poetry! Trash and tabula rasa! Experiment and ecstasy! Anarchy and amour fou! Klamauk and cabaret! Comedy and chanson! As a singer he reaches our hearts, as a clown every diaphragm and as a provocateur every small mind. No one is safe from his jokes and his magic. That's what makes him so different. And it makes his shows so different - night after night. Experience it for yourself!