Performers
With ‘HEROES’, Alexander Scheer, one of the country's most prominent actors and musicians, together with his magnificent band, brings a stage show on tour that sheds new light on David Bowie's musical work with a grandiose performance. Scheer approaches Bowie's creative world in a special way: not only as a pure homage, but also as a personal experience that connects Bowie's music with literature, which is essential to him.
The basis for the ‘HEROES’ programme is a list published by Bowie himself of the 100 books that have had a special influence on his life and music. From Homer's ‘Iliad’ to Dante's “Inferno”, from classics of world literature or cultural studies writings on soul and funk to the Berlin novels ‘Berlin Alexanderplatz’ by Alfred Döblin and ‘Reflections on Christa T.’ by Christa Wolf – David Bowie's hitherto little-known literary cosmos opens up a new perspective on his musical work. Alexander Scheer and his band follow these traces and weave the texts with Bowie's songs, opening windows and drawing unexpected connections.
The evening takes us back to West Berlin, where Bowie lived between 1976 and 1978 and created some of his most important albums – including ‘Heroes’. And he reveals, almost in passing, where the famous dolphins in this song come from.
HEROES was conceived by Steffen Sünkel, whose work at venues such as the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg and the Berliner Ensemble has attracted considerable attention, as a musical homage to the heroes of literature. The evening became an instant hit with audiences in the capital.
(Meistersinger Concerts & Promotion)