"If Eddie Izzard and David Bowie had a lovechild, it would be Sven Ratzke!”
- Parool, Netherlands
International cabaret sensation, Sven Ratzke, returns to Joe's Pub with a show combining selections from his vast repertoire of Weimar-era kabaret, chanson, 60's pop and more. He'll also perform songs from his new, theatrical rock show, STARMAN, coming to Abrons Arts Center for a two-week run in March 2016. STARMAN features stunning interpretations of the music of David Bowie and original mater...
"If Eddie Izzard and David Bowie had a lovechild, it would be Sven Ratzke!”
- Parool, Netherlands
International cabaret sensation, Sven Ratzke, returns to Joe's Pub with a show combining selections from his vast repertoire of Weimar-era kabaret, chanson, 60's pop and more. He'll also perform songs from his new, theatrical rock show, STARMAN, coming to Abrons Arts Center for a two-week run in March 2016. STARMAN features stunning interpretations of the music of David Bowie and original material co-written by Ratzke and Rachelle Garniez. "Amsterdam to Mars" is music directed by Ratzke's longtime collaborator, jazz pianist Charly Zastrau with Danton Boller on bass and Dave Berger on drums.
About Sven Ratzke:
Ratzke spends 48 weeks of the year touring, playing some of the most prestigious theaters, cabaret venues and festivals all over the world. In addition to Joe's Pub, his past New York appearances include four seasons at Cafe Sabarksy at Neue Galerie and Lincoln Center Atrium. He has appeared at Edinburgh Fringe (hosting the late night cabaret at the Assembly Spiegeltent), Adelaide Cabaret Festival and numerous festivals throughout Holland, Germany and Austria. This fall he'll appear at Berliner Ensemble, the original theater of Bertolt Brecht. On stage he has worked with legends like Nina Hagen, the muse of Fassbinder: Hanna Schygulla, The Tiger Lillies and the famed Asko Schönberg Ensemble. He has also created original shows with opera diva Claron McFadden and Dutch pop star Ellen ten Damme. Ratzke also starred as Hedwig in the Dutch/German production of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," a role which brought him critical praise and made a fan out of the show's creator, John Cameron Mitchell who attended the Berlin premiere.
"The shark has feathers: Ratzke is the homme fatale, the glamour animal on stage”
- Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin
"Unique, bizarre, ultra-extravagant in style and flavour, supremely talented and bitingly hilarious”
- The Advertiser, Australia