Outrageous women: Chansons and stories about the seemingly weaker sex
Weaker sex? No way! "What men can do, we've been able to do for a long time – and perhaps a whole lot more!" blared the great Berlin comedian Claire Waldoff in 1926.
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Chanson-Nette Jeannette Urzendowsky
Tal Balshai
Claire was an "icon of the unconventional," rebelliously singing about feminism, free love, and the free life – but not as a vamp for men's fantasies, but rather as a genuinely feminine, self-confident woman.
Women are presented who had or have something to say, who continue to survive in art – from yesterday to today.
From Friedrich Hollaender's cycle "Songs of a Poor Girl" to Hilde Knef and Fifi Brix. Unknown, unheard-of women also have their say.
It's time for women to finally be who they feel comfortable being – on an equal footing with men.
It's astonishing that a man, of all people, once wrote feminist chansons for Claire Waldoff. "What men can do, we've been able to do for a long time..." Friedrich Hollaender rhymed and composed. He was a keen observer of his time. In his songs, he presents a wide variety of girls and women, thus providing a historical document of their social situation and development.
And on stage today?
Tal Balshai & Jeannette Urzendowsky are playing together as a male/female duo.
Additional information
Booking: Book online via the website of the Theasterschiff www.theaterschiff-potsdam.de. Click on the “Schedule and tickets” tab at the top, scroll to “Warum nur hold und schön und rein ...?” and book via the “reservix” ticket portal. You can also book directly via the ticket telephone: 0331-23616489. By email: kontakt@theaterschiff-potsdam.de. Tickets cost 22 euros per person in advance.
How to get there: The “Sturmvogel” theater ship is located on the Havelkai in the Schiffbauergasse art and culture quarter, right next to the Hans Otto Theater (Schiffbauergasse 9b). Take the S-Bahn to Potsdam Hauptbahnhof, then streetcar 93 to the stop “Schiffbauergasse/Berliner Straße”. By car via Wannsee and Glienicker Brücke, continue along Berliner Straße, from there turn left to Schiffbauergasse - parking spaces available. Short boat tour: A very special cultural and New Year's Eve experience! Cabaret, music and a toast to the New Year in the former hold of a Mark Brandenburg inland freighter - and at midnight you can admire the Potsdam fireworks from the upper deck. The freighter “Sturmvogel” was built in 1924, is 52 meters long, a good six meters wide - and is now protected as a technical monument. Up to 300 performances a year are staged in the bow and former cargo hold of the theater ship. At the beginning of the 1990s, it was converted into a theater, with seating for up to 90 guests.
Short boat tour: A very special cultural and New Year's Eve experience! Cabaret, music and a toast to the New Year in the former hold of a Mark Brandenburg inland freighter - and at midnight you can admire the Potsdam fireworks from the upper deck. The freighter “Sturmvogel” was built in 1924, is 52 meters long, a good six meters wide - and is now protected as a technical monument. Up to 300 performances a year are staged in the bow and former cargo hold of the theater ship. At the beginning of the 1990s, it was converted into a theater, with seating for up to 90 guests.
How to get there: The “Sturmvogel” theater ship is located on the Havelkai in the Schiffbauergasse art and culture quarter, right next to the Hans Otto Theater (Schiffbauergasse 9b). Take the S-Bahn to Potsdam Hauptbahnhof, then streetcar 93 to the stop “Schiffbauergasse/Berliner Straße”. By car via Wannsee and Glienicker Brücke, continue along Berliner Straße, from there turn left to Schiffbauergasse - parking spaces available. Short boat tour: A very special cultural and New Year's Eve experience! Cabaret, music and a toast to the New Year in the former hold of a Mark Brandenburg inland freighter - and at midnight you can admire the Potsdam fireworks from the upper deck. The freighter “Sturmvogel” was built in 1924, is 52 meters long, a good six meters wide - and is now protected as a technical monument. Up to 300 performances a year are staged in the bow and former cargo hold of the theater ship. At the beginning of the 1990s, it was converted into a theater, with seating for up to 90 guests.
Short boat tour: A very special cultural and New Year's Eve experience! Cabaret, music and a toast to the New Year in the former hold of a Mark Brandenburg inland freighter - and at midnight you can admire the Potsdam fireworks from the upper deck. The freighter “Sturmvogel” was built in 1924, is 52 meters long, a good six meters wide - and is now protected as a technical monument. Up to 300 performances a year are staged in the bow and former cargo hold of the theater ship. At the beginning of the 1990s, it was converted into a theater, with seating for up to 90 guests.
Accessibility
The Theaterschiff Potsdam is barrier-free
Participating artists
"Chanson-Nette" Jeannette Urzendowsky
Tal Balshai (Piano/Gesang)
Dates
July 2025
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