Gerd Köster - Tiefkölsches und Hochdeutsches

In the organizer's words:

Admittedly, Gerd Köster could also read out the phone book and would captivate his
listeners - simply with his voice, sex appeal and charisma.
The singer, author, performer and sought-after audiobook narrator prefers to read books by well-known
telephone directory, he prefers to bring books by well-known authors and
unknown treasures. He reads old, current and timeless stories and poems
by Heinz Weber, Christian Thill, Willi Ostermann, Woody Allen, Heinrich Böll, Gernhardt /
Eilert / Knorr and others.Tragic, comic, angry, raunchy, noble and modest everyday heroes
everyday heroes take us from the old Cologne district of Unter Krahnenbäumen via Ireland
and southern France to (almost) all the islands of the world. Bilingual, in Low Cologne and
High German.

The "Buchkritik" wrote about Köster's narrator qualities "Köster changes - depending on the
depending on the mood and character - and thus almost creates a one-person radio play.
person radio play. A whole ensemble of speakers could hardly do it better.
do any better." Köster convinces with his warm and full voice with a deep,
roughened tone. He fills each character individually with life and gives them an
acoustic character. Also because Gerd Köster "burns" as a reader - from the inside out
from the inside out - as it should be! The audience will be brilliantly entertained and emotionally
feel touched.

Information about the artist at www.gerd-koester.de

24.01.2026
Admission: 19:15
Start: 20:00