Bodo Wartke: Was wenn doch? Zum letzten Mal!

With “Was, wenn doch? Zum letzten Mal!” (What if, after all? For the last time!), Bodo Wartke demonstrates that it is possible to remain true to one’s artistry whilst remaining open to new encounters and influences. The linguistic juggler, who can look back on a career spanning almost 30 years, sets off in a pensive and singing mood – with plenty of questions in his luggage – and invites the audience to shift their perspective.

He offers rousing piano cabaret in the art of rhyme, as well as astonishing food for thought, whilst taking a tongue-in-cheek look at our everyday interactions. Bodo Wartke does not shy away from asking existential questions: What drives us? Why do we find it so hard to embrace change as an opportunity?

And as ever, it is love – whether unfulfilled or in a threesome – that drives the storytelling poet and leaves him puzzling: Has he found the right woman? Or backed the wrong horse? What to do when faced with conflicting feelings? A tentative answer is: act passionately, wait and see, and make a cup of tea! What is crystal clear, however, is where love ends: with insects.

An unstoppable Bodo is passionate about what he does and sings profound and high-pitched songs.