Urban Priol: TILT! Der Jahresrückblick 2024

Temperatures feel like they're in the double-digit plus range, older ladies are sipping their ice cream in T-shirts and snow seems to be a distant prospect - it's January again in the ever-warming climate and therefore time to look back on the past year. Who could be more fun to do this with than Urban Priol, the archetype of the satirical review of the year?

He dissects the socio-political events of the past year with relish, makes ludicrous connections and uncovers astonishing backgrounds. The dodges of the powerful and rich are unmasked and many a duplicitous hypocrisy uncovered. Whether he is musing on domestic or foreign policy, rooting for his soccer club or shaking his head in wonder at the excesses of capitalism - hardly a relevant topic of the past year remains untouched. His fast-paced, eloquent remarks are underlined by his pronounced acting and parody skills, as Urban Priol has been indulging in theater since his student days (the carefully arranged folder with the working title "Magisterarbeit" ("Master's thesis"), however, remained empty except for one register throughout his life). The demands on the audience are not low in this program: even if he allows himself the odd joke ("I don't play for the Föjetong!"), it doesn't hurt to be politically up to date in order not to miss the often subtle allusions of the mocker.

But the cabaret artist himself is also faced with a huge task, as the agile whirlwind sees himself in a constant race against time, which he, who is almost bubbling over with grandiose ideas and punchlines and always has something to say about current topics, feels is very tight with just one evening. A year in one evening, yes, zefix!