THE RADIO SHOW
An evening of political un-correctness, sketches, comedy and nonsense never performed before (and probably never again!)
with Boris Aljinovic, Simon Edmonds, Paul Netzer and Simon Newby
The Radio Show is an unholy combination of Monty Python, League of Gentlemen and Little Britain. Twenty years ago it was performed in deep underground punk bars in Berlin, as an anarchic, romantic and passionate event. Not to mention the sheer joy of creating a radio experience for a live audience, telling contorted stories to music, sound effects and imitated voices. Just when you thought it was safe to come out, the four bilingual voices reunite to defend their midlife crises and celebrate their long-lasting friendship with rust-proof but suspect humour. Hours of fun for everybody who would like to see how radio comedy should NOT be performed.
The Radio Show is an unholy combination of Monty Python, League of Gentlemen and Little Britain. Twenty years ago it was performed in deep underground punk bars in Berlin, as an anarchic, romantic and passionate event. Not to mention the sheer joy of creating a radio experience for a live audience, telling contorted stories to music, sound effects and imitated voices. Just when you thought it was safe to come out, the four bilingual voices reunite to defend their midlife crises and celebrate their long-lasting friendship with rust-proof but suspect humour. Hours of fun for everybody who would like to see how radio comedy should NOT be performed.All you need to know about those guys is HERE
Boris Aljinovic was born in Berlin and while he shared his creative youth with Paul in Berlin, doing cartoons and amusing shows, he was early adopted by English theatre people. As Miss Prism In The Importance of Being Earnest he enjoyed a classic acting debut with The Berlin Play Actors. But when the wall came down, he decided to become a certified German actor, attended the famous Ernst-Busch acting school, and after a few years in the Renaissance Theater television, became a Tatort Kommissar. He also enjoyed success in the cinema as a Dwarf in 7 Zwerge. Yet he never gave up radio, won the Deutscher Hörbuchpreis for reading Burhard Spinnens Belgische Riesen and became a popular voice for audio books. Still he loves to be on stage with his old friends.
Simon Edmonds was born just before the French Revolution. He was a promising lead actor with The Berlin Play Actors during the 1980's, but it all went wrong when he met Boris, Paul and Simon and co-founded The Radio Show with them. Unfortunately he mysteriously disappeared to southern Italy, apparently for the climate, fish and the seaside, though we never found out which came first. We miss him and respect that his new life is not for public scrutiny and of course we would never tell people that he runs a successful sound company or that he still performs theatre, nor even that he is the official voice of Ferrari and zillions of audio books. No, we would never tell anybody. We are just excited to have him back for two evenings after all these years. His hobbies are cooking Chinese and Italians.
Paul Netzer was born in Berlin and grew up with Boris. Together they produced a huge number of improvisation-comedy projects, such as the Morris & Maloni cartoon strip, the PBC First Take Productions and the Radio Brekkies, a precursor of The Radio Show. During the 1980's and 90's Paul gained intense theatre experience and lent his voice to radio plays and movies. Alas, he decided to follow his stronger passion and became a graphic designer. But occasionally, taking time out from his job as an art director in his own company, he has returned to the stage with great glee. Most recently, he was to be enjoyed in Lindy Annis performance play An American Tragedy in HAU1.
Simon Newby was educated in England but has lived and worked in Berlin since 1983. On returning from a trip to Paris in October, 1989 he was horrified to find his exile-of-choice decentralized and decorated with banana skins. He immediately founded the Out To Lunch Theater Group. Since before that time and over the years he has worked with Robert Wilson & David Byrne, Anatoli Wassilijew & Keith Johnstone, the Bruessel Projekt & the Berlin Play Actors, Martin Walz, Roy Hart & the Ministers of the Groove. On stage & screen, in cabaret & performance, in Berlin and both the Germanies, Amsterdam, Manchester, San Francisco, Sacramento, Bakersfield and New York. Since founding the Out To Lunch Theater Group in 1990, he has directed 11 of their 15 productions and taken roles in 6 of them.
Simon Edmonds was born just before the French Revolution. He was a promising lead actor with The Berlin Play Actors during the 1980's, but it all went wrong when he met Boris, Paul and Simon and co-founded The Radio Show with them. Unfortunately he mysteriously disappeared to southern Italy, apparently for the climate, fish and the seaside, though we never found out which came first. We miss him and respect that his new life is not for public scrutiny and of course we would never tell people that he runs a successful sound company or that he still performs theatre, nor even that he is the official voice of Ferrari and zillions of audio books. No, we would never tell anybody. We are just excited to have him back for two evenings after all these years. His hobbies are cooking Chinese and Italians.
Paul Netzer was born in Berlin and grew up with Boris. Together they produced a huge number of improvisation-comedy projects, such as the Morris & Maloni cartoon strip, the PBC First Take Productions and the Radio Brekkies, a precursor of The Radio Show. During the 1980's and 90's Paul gained intense theatre experience and lent his voice to radio plays and movies. Alas, he decided to follow his stronger passion and became a graphic designer. But occasionally, taking time out from his job as an art director in his own company, he has returned to the stage with great glee. Most recently, he was to be enjoyed in Lindy Annis performance play An American Tragedy in HAU1.
Simon Newby was educated in England but has lived and worked in Berlin since 1983. On returning from a trip to Paris in October, 1989 he was horrified to find his exile-of-choice decentralized and decorated with banana skins. He immediately founded the Out To Lunch Theater Group. Since before that time and over the years he has worked with Robert Wilson & David Byrne, Anatoli Wassilijew & Keith Johnstone, the Bruessel Projekt & the Berlin Play Actors, Martin Walz, Roy Hart & the Ministers of the Groove. On stage & screen, in cabaret & performance, in Berlin and both the Germanies, Amsterdam, Manchester, San Francisco, Sacramento, Bakersfield and New York. Since founding the Out To Lunch Theater Group in 1990, he has directed 11 of their 15 productions and taken roles in 6 of them.