Claus von Wagner

Claus von Wagner (born in Munich on the 28th of November 1977) is a German Kabarett artist, a stand-up observational comic and political satirist.

Claus Joachim von Wagner
Claus von Wagner (Ludwigsburg 2013)
Born
Claus Joachim von Wagner

(1977-11-28) 28 November 1977
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
OccupationKabarett artist
Television presenter

Early life

Von Wagner grew up in Miesbach, south-east of Munich. His father, originally from Prussia,[1] was a lawyer, while his mother was a housewife. On completion of his final school exams he studied Communications Sciences, Modern History and Media Law at Ludwig-Maximillian-University in Munich. He graduated with the degree of "Magister Artium" in 2003. The subject of his master thesis was: "Political cabaret on German television. Between social criticism and self-promotion. An expert survey." Before and during his university-level studies he set up his first "Kabaret" show, "Warten auf Majola", which premiered in 1997.[2]

In 2012 he joined German TV-show heute-show. In 2014 he began co-hosting with Max Uthoff the popular television political satire Kabarett programme, Die Anstalt.[3][4] Parallel to the solo run, from 2004 to 2014 he was a member of the First German Forced Ensemble. The trio consisted of along with Mathias Tretter and Philipp Weber.

Personal

Claus von Wagner lives in Munich[4] and has a daughter.[5]

References
  1. "Wer ist der Kerl?". Claus von Wagner website. schalk&friends (Digital Media agent), Munich. 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. "Claus von Wagner deutscher Kabarettist". Internationales Biographisches Archiv 16/2014 vom 15. April 2014 (la). Munzinger-Archiv GmbH, Ravensburg. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  3. Stefan Kuzmany (12 March 2014). "Der kleine Sozialist in uns allen". Der Spiegel (online). Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  4. Florian Zick (compiler) (24 October 2013). "Ein Wochenende mit...Claus von Wagner". Koffein tanken in Schwabing. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  5. "Die Anstalt - Max Uthoff und Claus von Wagner (Interview)". 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
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