Gerhard Polt

The performances of the famous standup comedian, film actor and author Gerhard Polt are so legendary that they are sold out for months throughout the German-speaking world. But Gerhard Polt is not only a great stage actor, he is also an outstanding writer, awarded the Bavarian State Prize for Literature, among other prizes. Behind Polt's incomparable stage presence, in which he skillfully lets his characters seem to be just talking, lie finely chiseled and multifaceted texts of grandiose subversive comedy. At the festival he presents Circus Maximus - a hand-picked selection of his best stories, plays, monologues and dialogues.