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

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at the Kronberg-Gymnasium Aschaffenburg. After his studies at the

Würzburg University Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main r ...

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 Attac.

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

cabaret Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, casino, hotel, restaurant, or nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or drinking, ...

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

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. Besides Priols program the

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: ''

Deutscher Fernsehpreis The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming, created in 1999, by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL (German TV channel), RTL and Sat.1. It was created to be an equivalen ...

for

Neues aus der Anstalt ( English: "News from the (Mental) Institute") is 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 feat ...

'', together with Georg Schramm * 2013:

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''Berlin-Preis''

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References

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