Thomas Maurer

Most of us probably got to know the dark gray in black, hopeless, hopeless, sad Kafka in German class. Many of us were happy to avoid him for the rest of our lives as a result of this experience.
On this evening, Thomas Maurer wants to show another side of Kafka, which is not really another side, but often just a different perspective. Kafka's comedy is similar to those strangely patterned tilted pictures that you can stare at for a long time without seeing the signs supposedly hidden in them. But once you've discovered them, they never go away.
Isn't it - also - funny when someone wakes up in the morning as a vermin and everyone, including him, pretends for as long as possible that nothing is wrong?
Thomas Maurer wants to present this Kafka on this evening. He can't promise so-called punchline fireworks, but he can promise a fine, bright, alert, always grotesque comedy, written down by one of the greatest German-language writers and performed by a pretty good veteran cabaret warhorse.

"It felt good to be around him. He could be enthusiastic and enraptured, there was no end to his jokes and laughter; indeed, he loved to laugh heartily and also knew how to make his friends laugh. He was a wonderfully helpful friend."
Max Brod

"I can laugh too, Felice!"
Franz Kafka

Certainly the least elaborate contribution of a theater to the Kafka year, perhaps the best: Thomas Maurer reads selected texts, all in civilian clothes, the only show effect: blackouts. Very funny.
Die Presse / Thomas Kramar

The staccato of Kafka and commentary makes for a brilliant evening.

After two hours, you have a crash course in Kafka behind you, which demonstrates the genius of both those involved in this evening.
Der Standard / Michael Wurmitzer

Thomas Maurer pulls it off effortlessly: a truly comic - and also educationally valuable - evening.
Kurier / Thomas Trenkler

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