Rainer Pause + Martin Stankowski - Tod im Rheinland - eine bunte Knochenlese

Pause & Stankowski have been dealing with the history of funerals for over 30 years, across time and cultures. Now they are once again lecturing and arguing in their profoundly unconventional way according to the motto "Those who know nothing must believe everything" about dying, death and the afterlife, burial rites and the cult of the dead and what all this has to do with people's lives. From prehistoric times to the Romans and the Middle Ages to the present day. Coffins and urns lose their horror and become part of everyday life.
And the by no means surprising conclusion: life ends with death, but only in principle, not in the Rhineland.

Elke Heidenreich wrote about this:

"This revue, in this most intelligent and only form in which cabaret can still be endured today, is about coming to terms with the subject of 'Death in the Rhineland', from the Romans to today.... I hereby apply for membership of the "Rhenania" local history association. I am prepared to pay the membership fees punctually. In return, I expect pleasure until death and beyond...!"

This unique and highly amusing cultural history lesson is not to be missed. A modern version of the old cultural technique of memento mori.

"With all its cabaret spice, this is a solidly researched compendium on 2000 years of death culture in this country!" (Kölnische Rundschau)

"The audience in the sold-out crematorium was enthusiastic (how else can you put it)!" (Express)