Lars Eidinger

Lars Eidinger reads: "The Incompatible in a Poem"
George Kranz on drums
The outstanding actor dedicates the evening to one of his "life authors." Love poems oscillating between longing and contradiction meet pulsating percussion and unfold as an existential confession - raw, vulnerable, and uncompromising. An intense border crossing that draws deep into the pull of radical self-discovery.
From Everyman to Hollywood: Lars Eidinger is already considered one of the outstanding actors of his generation. As part of the Bruckner Festival 2026, he will join drummer George Kranz at the Posthof to read love poems by the writer, playwright, and director Thomas Brasch.
"I love you can be / emphasized in three ways. / How does one say the sentence without emphasis?" For Thomas Brasch, love is an attitude that refuses any definition. An attitude that exposes its dreams to reality, both fearing and yearning, and always places the possible within the horizon of the impossible. His poetic passion hopes and despairs, trusts and deceives, praises and destroys.
"Eidinger often quotes Thomas Brasch, one of his life authors, when asked how he lives his art: 'My profession does not ask me to hide, but to discover publicly, to find myself by losing myself...'" Brasch and Eidinger seem to be in the same paradoxical situation: they present themselves to the public with full risk, with open visors, with their wounds and their sorrowful anger." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
In 2025, "The Incompatible in a Poem" was recorded as an audiobook featuring Lars Eidinger and George Kranz. The production was awarded "Audiobook of the Year 2025." In the jury's reasoning from Hessischer Rundfunk, it states:
"Brasch's texts deal with love, life, politics, and poetry. They sound rebellious at times, bursting with power at others, and at times delicate. Lars Eidinger becomes an exceedingly convincing advocate for Brasch. By interpreting the texts in a restrained manner, he enhances their expressive power. The calm, precise tone of Lars Eidinger is complemented by the softly accompanying, subtle drum interludes of George Kranz. Together, they create a magnificent performance, a dialogue of voice and instrument. Both in terms of literary ambition and vocal and musical presentation, the audiobook stands out significantly from the year's productions."