NENNˋ ES LIEBE - MUTWILLIGE LIEBESERGÜSSE UND ANDERE LIEBESTOLLHEITEN

In the organizer's words:

A reading performance with Stefan Jürgens

As Harras in Zuckmayer's "Teufels General", he thrilled audiences in the theater last year, as a singer-songwriter in many concert halls recently; as Carl Ribarski in Soko Wien, he is loved by an audience of millions. Now we can experience the Nestroy Award winner in a major poetry evening. In his first published volume of poetry "Loveletters - willful outpourings of love", Stefan Jürgens presents himself as a hopeful romantic who uninhibitedly confronts the trench warfare between the sexes with the miracle of love. Here, love is celebrated and elevated to the supreme formula for happiness. A sigh of relief in dark times and a night light for confidence.
In his reading performance "NENN' ES LIEBE", he lets all manifestations of love pass us by. We feel its healing power as well as its destructive rage. We revel in its unrestraint and witness its sacrifice. Great poets of world literature show us the many faces of love, which could not be more different. And yet they all bear witness to one thing in common: love is non-negotiable. And cannot be locked into rules. It survives under the harshest of conditions and cannot be subjected to coercion. It is what defines us. It is all that matters.

Stefan Jürgens (born February 26, 1963 in Unna) trained as an actor for three and a half years at the Westphalian Drama School in Bochum from 1983 to '86. This was followed by engagements at Schauspielhaus Bochum, Theater Dortmund, Theater des Westens in Berlin, Theater am Goetheplatz in Bremen and Schauspiel Köln, among others, until he achieved nationwide fame in 1993 with the legendary comedy show RTL Samstag Nacht. The television show was broadcast from 1993 to 1998 and is still regarded as the most successful German comedy show. He then played the Berlin Tatort detective Robert Hellmann in six episodes and appeared in numerous national and international TV and cinema productions before taking on the leading role of Carl Ribarski in the German-Austrian production Soko Wien/Donau from 2007 to 2021. In addition to acting, Stefan Jürgens also pursues a career as a singer-songwriter and musician. He has released six studio albums since 2002. He is currently on tour in Germany and Austria with his current album "so viele farben" (2022). The performer and musician has received prestigious awards for his achievements. These include the Bavarian Television Award, the Bambi, the Golden Lion and the Austrian Romy. He received the Austrian Nestroy Theater Prize in 2022 for his portrayal of General Harras in Carl Zuckmayer's "The Devil's General".