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Erwin Pelzig - Who We Will Become

Name: Erwin Pelzig - Who We Will Become
Start: 2027-09-18T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2027-09-18T23:59:00+02:00
Location: Dreisamstraße 3, 79098 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Dreisamstraße 3, 79098 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Sat, September 18, 2027 (7:30 pm - 11:59 pm)

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Description

When people wake up in the morning and have to consider which crisis will be the most important today, it does not go without consequences. Social psychologists now attest to us a "change exhaustion." In Frank-Markus Barwasser's current program, his alter ego Erwin Pelzig explores what the much-described "Change Fatigue" does to us: who we become in a time of fundamental change. Humans have never liked such changes; they always meant danger, risk, and uncertainty. Then realism, reason, and composure were rarely in vogue; then the hour of doom prophets and apocalypticists always struck, who highly successfully manage the fears and hopes of frightened people. But merely describing and predicting problems is not an option for someone like Pelzig. Therefore, he - as always accompanied by his two friends Hartmut and Dr. Göbel - seeks another way to deal with the crazy world. This ultimately leads him into the well-explored realm of brain research, into the uncharted expanses of the universe, and into the thoughts of knowledgeable Stoic philosophers. Erwin Pelzig: "Sometimes you might think you only have the choice to go crazy or be religious. I tried both. Cannot recommend either." Frank-Markus Barwasser has been performing with his comedy character on Germany's theater stages for over 30 years. The Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote: "The voice of the ranting Stoic, the fighting empath, the down-to-earth understanding one, who still doesn't know everything better, the voice of the normal one, who knows that he is crazy in his own way." For 3SAT, Barwasser recently produced the nine-part series "At Pelzig's on the Bench." https://pelzig.de/

Highlights

Cabaret with Erwin Pelzig
Addresses "Change Fatigue"
With Frank-Markus Barwasser

General Information

Erwin Pelzig, the comedy character of Frank-Markus Barwasser, presents his current program at the Paulussaal in Freiburg im Breisgau. In a time full of crises, he humorously examines how changes influence our lives and what ways there are to deal with them.