The dream is over ... A Rio Reiser evening with Peter Schneider

Singer of the revolt, actor, political rocker, art whore, voice of a generation, romantic, founding father of German pop music, hate preacher, schlager singer, muse, drinker, best rock singer of the republic, "useless for the anti-imperialist struggle" – that was all (and much more) Rio Reiser, and yet also not. A man who was always true to himself, but never to his role. One who fought with his alter ego. An artist with an unwavering urge for the stage. One who lived and died there, only to rise again and again. Under mountains of ideological remnants and the consumption of the pop cultural advertising machinery. Between a stony heroic monument and a colorful bravado star cutout: Who was this Ralph Christian Mobius from Traunreut in Upper Bavaria? On this evening, we want to search for him, and we will either find him in his music or nowhere at all. Reiser on Reiser: "I am not a guru, not a politician, I can't say where to go. Nonsense! I tell fairy tales, stories, folk songs." The Leipzig actor and musician Peter Schneider approaches one of his great role models in his own way and transforms the poetry of the unforgettable song artist into a scenic night figure full of pain, heart, and love for music. Directed by: Uwe Bautz Musical direction: Peter Schneider Set design: Hildegard Altmeyer Featuring: Peter Schneider, Julia Zabolitzki Musicians: Georg Spieß, Andreas Schwaiger, Sascha Paul Stratmann, Melchior Walther