Bruno Jonas (born in Passau,

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, on 3 December 1952) is a German

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artist and actor.

Education

Many people predicted he would become a

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, but he prefers to pray from the

stage. Between 1975 and 1982, he studied

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, and philosophy at the

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. After several years he began to study

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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 Flakh ...

as member of the Kabarett theatre

Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft The Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft (; Munich laughing and shooting company) is a German political ''kabarett'' (satirical revue) that runs at its own theatre in Schwabing, Munich. It was founded in 1956 by journalist Sammy Drechsel and ...

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

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where he also directed the Musical ''

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'' 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 dramati ...

''.

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''

References

External links

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