WFrank-Markus Barwasser is a German political satirist and journalist. On stage, he almost always acts as the character of Erwin Pelzig, wearing a corduroy hat.
WJürgen Becker is a German comedian, kabarett artist, and actor.
WBiermösl Blosn was a Bavarian musical and cabaret band known for combining satirical texts with traditional folk music. It was founded in 1976 by three brothers - Hans, Christoph and Michael Well - and often works with political cabaret artist Gerhard Polt. The name derives from "Beerenmoos", a part of the Haspelmoor in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck that was planned to be transformed in a large airport and a waste dump, and "Blosn", a Bavarian word for "group".
WDa Huawa, da Meier und I is a Bavarian musical and cabaret band known for combining different musicstyles with traditional folk music. All the texts are in Bavarian language.
WWerner Finck was a German Kabarett comedian, actor and author. Not politically motivated by his own admission but just a "convinced individualist", he became one of Germany's leading cabaret artists under the conditions of the Nazi suppression after 1933.
WMonika Gruber is a German cabaret artist and actress.
WHelga "Big Helga" Hahnemann was an East German multi-faceted stage performer and entertainer. She came to wider prominence through her television and radio appearances after 1962. By the time reunification arrived in 1990 she had become a leading star of the small screen in East Germany. She fell terminally ill and then died shortly afterwards, possibly because of the extent of her addiction to cigarettes: she was 54. Her death left unanswered the question of how successfully her performances might have captivated pan-German television audiences post unification.
WJürgen B. Hausmann is the stage name of Jürgen Beckers, a prominent German cabaret performer and comedian.
WDieter Hildebrandt was a German Kabarett artist.
WBruno Jonas is a German Kabarett artist and actor.
WLuise Kinseher is a German cabaret artist and actress.
WLore Lorentz was a German Kabarett artist and standup comedian.
WAlbrecht Metzger is a German journalist, actor, television presenter, film director and cabaretist.
WWilliam Mockridge is a Canadian-German actor and Kabarett performer. He is the founder of the Springmaus Theatre in Bonn. He became known to a broad public through his portrayal of Erich Schiller in the WDR series Lindenstraße.
WGisela Oechelhaeuser is a German cabaret performer and impresario with a doctorate in modern languages. Her career was adversely affected in 1999 when it was disclosed that twenty years earlier, while at university, she actively operated as a paid informer for the Ministry for State Security under the one-party German dictatorship of that time.
WVolker Pispers is a German kabarett artist, who is well known for his political satire. His comic style includes drastic and sometimes sarcastic commentary on current events, especially about the political situation in Germany but also about the politics of the United States since 9/11 and during the Iraq War.
WGerhard Polt is a German writer, filmmaker, actor and satirical cabaret artist from Bavaria.
WUrban Priol is a German Kabarett artist and comedian.
WAndreas Rebers is a Kabarett artist, author and musician from Munich. His shows often incorporate performances on the accordion or the piano.
WHagen Rether is a Romanian-born German political cabaret artist and musician. The most remarkable features in his performance are usually the presence and use of a grand piano. He was a frequent contributor to the German Kabarett TV show Scheibenwischer.
WMathias Richling is a German actor, author, comedian and Kabarett artist.
WJohannes "Hannes" Ringlstetter is a German kabarettist, comedian, musician, actor, TV presenter and writer of his book "Bekenntnisse" (2005) and of several short stories.
WIlse Rodenberg was a Hamburg typist who became an actress and, later, an influential East German theatre director. She combined this with a political career, sitting as a member of the East German parliament ("Volkskammer") for four decades between 1950 and 1990. She was a member not of the ruling SED (party) but of the National Democratic Party of Germany , one of the smaller Block Parties which contributed a semblance of pluralism to the country's political structure.
WRichard Rogler is a German Kabarett artist and professor of Kabarett at the University of the Arts in Berlin.
WWilfried Schmickler is a German comedian and cabaret artist.
WGeorg Schramm is a German Kabarett artist. He was a host of the Kabarett shows Scheibenwischer and Neues aus der Anstalt.
WNico Semsrott is a German Kabarett artist, politician and slam poet who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.
WVolker Strübing is a German book author and songwriter.
WWolfgang Stumph is a German actor and cabaret artist.
WKarl Valentin was a Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer. He had significant influence on German Weimar culture. Valentin starred in many silent films in the 1920s, and was sometimes called the "Charlie Chaplin of Germany". His work has an essential influence on artists like Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, Loriot and Helge Schneider.
WRosa Valetti, born Rosa Alice Vallentin, was a German actress, cabaret performer, and singer.
WClaus von Wagner is a German Kabarett artist, a stand-up observational comic and political satirist.