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Bruno Jonas (born in Passau,
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, on 3 December 1952) is a German
Kabarett Kabarett (; from French ''cabaret'' = tavern) is satirical revue, a form of cabaret which developed in France by Rodolphe Salis in 1881 as the ''cabaret artistique''. It was named Le Chat Noir and was centered on political events and satire. It ...
artist and actor.


Education

Many people predicted he would become a
priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in partic ...
, but he prefers to pray from the
Kabarett Kabarett (; from French ''cabaret'' = tavern) is satirical revue, a form of cabaret which developed in France by Rodolphe Salis in 1881 as the ''cabaret artistique''. It was named Le Chat Noir and was centered on political events and satire. It ...
stage. Between 1975 and 1982, he studied
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,
political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...
, and philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. After several years he began to study
theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
.


Career

In 1975, Jonas played with Sigi Zimmerschied in the Kabarett Scharfrichterhaus. After an engagement as a writer and actor at the national theater in Munich he started his first soloprogram in 1979. He reached Germany through his first own radio show ''Jonas'' and regular appearances with
Dieter Hildebrandt Dieter Hildebrandt (23 May 1927 – 20 November 2013) was a German Kabarett artist. Biography Hildebrandt was born in Bunzlau, Lower Silesia, Weimar Germany (now Boleslawiec, Poland) where he attended school. In World War II he became a Fla ...
as member of the Kabarett theatre Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft and later until today in the political Kabarett TV series '' Scheibenwischer'' (together with Mathias Richling).ARD:Scheibenwischer
He also appeared as monk Bruder Barnabas at "Starkbieranstich" on the "Nockherberg" in Munich, a traditional ceremony usually in March, in which Bruder Barnabas is giving a ticking-off to the present high-ranked politicians. In 2004 he started to work as a director at Theater am Gärtnerplatz where he also directed the Musical '' Man of La Mancha'' and played the part of ''
Don Quichotte ''Don Quichotte'' (''Don Quixote'') is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Caïn. It was first performed on 19 February 1910 at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Massenet's ''comédie-héroïque'', like many dramatiz ...
''.


Publications

*1987 – ''Der Morgen davor'' *1990 – ''Wirklich wahr'' *1993 – ''Wirklich wahr'' (CD) *1995 – ''Hin und zurück'' *1996 – ''Es soll nie wieder vorkommen'' *1996 – ''Red ned'' (CD) *1998 – ''Ich alter Ego'' (CD) *1998 – ''Ich alter Ego'' *2000 – ''Bin ich noch zu retten?'' *2002 – ''Gebrauchsanweisung für Bayern''


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