The best long-term plans are those that are short-term. The plan should be to stop making plans. You can find out whether Johann König can achieve this on Friday, 25 May 2025 at 8 p.m. during his guest performance at the Stadttheater Lippstadt.
In his new program "Wer Pläne macht, wird ausgelacht", he asks the pressing questions of our time: Will the house really get smaller when the children get bigger? How do you genderize an abandoned ladies' bicycle? Does the speed limit also apply to handkerchiefs? And can you still say "what can you actually say?"?
Johann König was never actually drawn to the stage. He wanted to become a teacher. A sports teacher for biology and science. That was the plan. But this plan didn't work out. After 19 semesters, the audience forced him to devote himself entirely to humor with their affection and money. This led him straight onto the slippery slope of cultivated evening entertainment, from which there is no turning back. And today? Today he laughs about it - just like the audience laughs about him.
The guy, the depressive mood cannon, is now fifty years old. Many people look younger at 50, but feel older. It's exactly the opposite with the King. At 50, many people think they have to change everything. Or change everything. Johann changes everything AND stays true to himself. Many people start drinking eggnog at this age. Johann has chickens.