Urban Priol (born 14 May 1961) is a

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artist and comedian.

Life

Urban Priol was born on 14 May 1961, in

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. He spent his childhood in

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. In 1980, he made his abitur at the Kronberg-Gymnasium Aschaffenburg. After his studies at the

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he began

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with the subjects of English, Russian and history, but he did not finish In 1988 he was co-founder (artistic director) of the ‘’Kleinkunstbühne Obernburg’’. Since 1998 he is the owner of the ''Kabarett im Hofgarten''. Since May 2009 Priol is a member of the globalization-critical network

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Cabaret

Priol made his first stage performances already in 1982. In his first own TV show ''Everything Must Go'' (

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, 2004–2007), he offered a stage for three to four guests from the

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scene. On 3 August 2006, a 45-minute excerpt from Priols program ''daily fresh'' as part of the series '' summer solo '' was broadcast by the

ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...

. Besides Priols program the ZDF presented among others

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and

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Neues aus der Anstalt

Priol presented the political cabaret program ''Neues aus der Anstalt'' for nearly seven years. The show premiered in January 2007 and was co-hosted by

Georg Schramm Georg Schramm (born 11 March 1949) is a German Kabarett artist. He was a host of the Kabarett shows '' Scheibenwischer'' and ''Neues aus der Anstalt''. Biography Schramm was born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. His father was a member of the Soc ...

until June 2010. Schramm was replaced by

Frank-Markus Barwasser Frank-Markus Barwasser (born 16 February 1960 in Würzburg) is a German political satirist and journalist. On stage, he almost always acts as the character of Erwin Pelzig, wearing a corduroy hat. Barwasser grew up in Würzburg, Lower Franconia ...

alias Erwin Pelzig. On 26 June 2013 Priol and Barwasser announced their withdrawal from the program.

Awards

* 2007: ''

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for

Neues aus der Anstalt (English: "News from the (mental) institute") was a political cabaret program on German television station ZDF, hosted by Urban Priol and Frank-Markus Barwasser, who replaced Georg Schramm. Broadcast monthly from 2007 to 2013, it usually featu ...

'', together with Georg Schramm * 2013:

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''Berlin-Preis''

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References

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