Being silly is beautiful

Times change, sometimes more, sometimes less - and so the Dresden cabaret "Die Kaktusblüte" is once again devoting itself to topics where big politics and everyday nonsense collide. Friedemann Heinrich and Uwe Hänchen, together with their pianist Janka Scheudeck, combine traditional cabaret with sophisticated entertainment. The title of the program can be seen as ambiguous. There are things that are so nonsensical that they should simply be wiped away and there are things that are deliberately swept under the carpet. The art of dealing with each other has really become an art today and so the program revolves around education and school and the associated excesses in our society, among other things. In keeping with the motto: if you're open to all sides, you can't be completely closed. What answer do schoolchildren give today to the question: "What is democracy" and is there even an answer to the question of whether a teacher at 67 still has to get the children across the road or whether the children then have to get the teacher across. The traditional regulars' table is also a must, where this time you can find out what's going on in schools and what would happen if girls and boys were taught separately. The fact that Germany's most popular singing ensemble, the "Humbsdorfer Haubenlerchen", turns out to be an association of career changers in the education sector due to the shortage of teachers will certainly not only be fun for those interested in music. But "Die Kaktusblüte" also tackles other moving questions, such as what to do with a federal government that can't get its act together and offers the ultimate solution as to how the state can get back all the aid money it has distributed in recent years. As always, the whole thing is prickly and sharp-tongued, humorous and profound, simply a current stocktaking, as everyday life and politics keep trying to overtake cabaret.