Betty Dieterle - Programme: APOKALYPSO BLUES

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In her third programme, cabaret artist Betty Dieterle turns to biblical stories, mythologies and philosophical ideas that shape us and our worldview, and questions their meaning in a cheeky, intelligent and feminist way. What was it like with Eve and the snake? Was paradise a haven of equality? What has Sheherazade Snakebone, the seductive snake of the Fall, to say about it? Why was Xanthippe, the wife of the wise Socrates, so angry? How did more than 2000 years of oppression of the female perspective come about? Thanks to original compositions and repurposed cover versions, thanks to clowning and profound monologues, paired with wonderful ballads and multi-part singing, Apocalypso Blues becomes a hellish pleasure on every level. Nothing is too sacred for punk diva Betty Dieterle and pianist and soprano Ursula Oelke to be joyfully sent up, from the rib from which Adam was created. Hopelessly positive and full of trust that it will probably still go wrong, the two ladies look cheerfully towards a paradisiacal apocalyptic future. With Betty Dieterle (text, performance, vocals) and pianist and soprano Ursula Oelke.

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