Loriot

Hardly anyone has captured the little disasters of middle-class everyday life as affectionately and inimitably as Loriot. His characters want to do everything right, yet fail in the attempt with a dignity that still makes us laugh today. Christmas, in particular, provides the perfect setting for this: high expectations clash with human frailties – and with the question of whether there really was ‘more tinsel in the old days’.

Look forward to some of Loriot’s greatest classics and a fine selection of his unmistakable Christmas scenes. And of course, the Hoppenstedt family can’t be left out!

Toys are bought, the Christmas tree is decorated, and family harmony is increasingly put to the test. Salesmen ring the doorbell, the Heinzelmann vacuum cleaner awaits its moment to shine, and amidst Advent poems, the exchange of presents and Cossack hats, the question arises: is a cosy Christmas even possible?

The famous scenes from ‘Christmas at the Hoppenstedts’ show people just like us: they mean well, want to do everything right – and yet talk completely past one another. This is precisely where Loriot’s timeless art lies. A glance, a pause or a misunderstood sentence is enough to turn a situation on its head. We laugh at his characters because we always recognise a bit of ourselves in them.

Our Christmas special brings together the finest Loriot classics with his unmistakable Christmas moments. An experience for Loriot connoisseurs and for anyone seeing his characters live on the theatre stage for the first time.

Above all, however, it will be a celebration of shared laughter. After all, what better way to get ready for Christmas than to sit back and realise: it’s actually exactly the same in other families. 

Look forward to a pre-Christmas theatre experience full of subtle observations, absurd everyday situations, brilliant punchlines and that special Loriot blend of politeness and despair. Bring on Christmas. And perhaps the tinsel too.