Benedikt Meyer, ‘Plusquamperfekt’

Light-footed, witty and with a touch of tongue-in-cheek humour: the historian and cabaret artist offers a contemporary analysis and a history lesson with a difference.

With his ‘Historical Cabaret’, Benedikt Meyer has invented a new genre. Now he philosophises in ‘Plusquamperfekt’ with a touch of mischief about Wilhelm Tell’s transformations, our love of the motor car and the question of who tidied up the cave in the Stone Age. He soars to poetic heights in a Zeppelin and tells of misaligned station clocks, the mysterious ‘3’ at the Federal Palace, and how butterflies could change the world.

Meyer delves into the endless treasure chests of history and presents his discoveries with a keen sense of the absurd and with sophisticated, clever humour.

One thing is certain after this evening: Our ancestors were just as clumsy, curious, quirky and endearing as we are ourselves.

‘Meyer’s performance has a narrative flow and creates space for poetic, zany journeys through time.’ – bz Basel

With Benedikt Meyer
Photo: Raphaela Graf

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