- Ingo Oschmann
Ingo Oschmann (born
3 August 1969 inBielefeld ) is a Germancomedian ,entertainer and stagemagician who also works as atelevision presenter andactor . In 2003, he became the first comedian to win the final of "Star Search " inGermany .Career
Ingo Oschmann first began practising magic in the year 1992 when he started performing at children's birthday parties, weddings, company anniversaries, and street festivals. In the year 1993 he attended several
workshops likeacting ,pantomime , andimprovisation . In the next couple of years he developed shows for kindergartens and schools inBielefeld and surrounding areas. He also attended supplementary training seminars with the expectation of applying and furthering his skills in the fields ofpantomime ,clownery , andacting . Additionally, he had minor solo performances on the theatre stage. [ [http://www.ingooschmann.de/ Biography on Ingo Oschmann's homepage] ]In 1996 Oschmann created magic and acting seminars for children and adults. In 1997 he extended his professional repertoire with
comedy , politicalcabaret andpresentation . In the same year he won acasting inMunich and worked for the cabaret artists "Klöpke & Schiefer" (i.e. stage direction and texting).In the year 2000 Oschmann presented his first full-length solo evening programme called "„Kommunikaze“". Furthermore, he developed, arranged and presented the variety show "BELAMI". Oschmann celebrated his first major success on stage in the year 2001 by winning the "Swiss Comedy Award". [ [http://www.comedy.ch/old/comedyaward/01fi.htm Homepage Swiss Comedy Award] ] Thereafter he passed the "Kölner Comedy Academy" ("Cologne Comedy Academy") and wrote his second solo evening programme "„Oben ist es besser als unten!“" (literally "„It's better to be at the top than at the bottom!“") In addition, he developed, planned and organized the "Figaro Comedy Show", a comedy
talent show which took place in a hairdresser's shop inBielefeld once a month. Oschmann presented the show himself and invited e.g.comedians ,cabaret artists,magicians andstreet artists to perform live on stage. The monthly show ran successfully until the end of 2006.Winning the "Swiss Comedy Award" in 2001 was an important step in Oschmann's career. Afterwards he appeared in several shows on Swiss and German television. But the real breakthrough as a professional artist followed not until the year 2003 when Oschmann succeeded as a
comedian in the first season of the famous TV show "Star Search ", broadcasted by the German TV channelSat.1 . Oschmann's prize for winning the final of "Star Search " was his own TV comedy show called "„Wenn Sie lachen, ist es Oschmann!“" (literally "„When you laugh, it's because of Oschmann!“").Sat.1 produced two seasons of the show in 2004.In 2005, Oschmann became the host of another show on German TV: a clip and comedy show called "„WWW - Die Witzigsten Werbespots der Welt“" ("„The funniest TV commercials in the world“"), of which several seasons were produced between 2005-2007.
Since 2004, Oschmann has had numerous appearances as a
stand-up comedian ,magician and guest on all major German TV channels, e.g. performances and scenes with well-known artists likeDieter Hallervorden andJürgen von der Lippe , as well as invitations for all the main comedy and evening shows of famous German TV presenters likeHugo Egon Balder ,Thomas Hermanns andAnke Engelke - just to name a few.In 2007, Oschmann's first DVD entitled "Ingo Oschmann live" with his third solo evening programme "„Wenn Sie lachen, ist es Oschmann!“" (recorded live on stage in 2005) was released. In addition, Oschmann published a cook book called "„Schönen Abend!“" ("„Good evening!“"), together with the popular
entertainer and actorJürgen von der Lippe .In April 2008, Ingo Oschmann presented his solo evening programme "„Wenn Sie lachen, ist es Oschmann!“" (now "„Laugh your Heart out“") for the very first time in a non-European country. He performed two sold out full-length shows (in German) in the "InterContinental Grand Stanford Hotel" in
Hong Kong . [ [http://www.grandstanford.com.hk/200803/english/oschmann.html www.grandstanford.com.hk] ] [ [http://www.hongkong.intercontinental.com/hongkong.intercontinental.com/images/img_popup_oschmann.html Hong Kong event poster] ] In September 2008, Oschmann will travel toHong Kong again to present a comedy show in the "InterContinental Grand Stanford Hotel".New projects include the publication of another book and a new live-tour through
Germany with his fourth solo evening programme. The tour is going to start on 8 January 2009 inHagen . [ [http://www.direkt-bielefeld.de/?page=show&id=52036 Newspaper article in „Bielefeld Direkt“ from 11 April 2008] ] [ [http://www.ingo-oschmann.de/index.php?id=89 Tour Calendar 2009] ]Awards and Nominations
2001 Winner
Swiss Comedy Award 2003 Winner
Star Search (onSat.1 )2003
Bravo -Otto Bronze2004 Nomination Best Newcomer,
Deutscher Comedy-Preis , (German Comedy Award, on RTL)Trivia
Ingo Oschmann founded a merchandising and publishing house called "„Wunschkind“", which published inter alia the CD "„Kommando Zuversicht“" by well-known German writer and singer
Heinz Rudolf Kunze in 2006 and the live-CD "„Egal gibt's nicht“" of the popular German comedianHennes Bender in 2008. [ [http://www.ichbineinwunschkind.de/ www.ichbineinwunschkind.de] ]CD
* 2007: audio book "„Schönen Abend! – Geben Sie richtig Gast: Kochen, Spielen, Zaubern mit Freunden“" (cooperation with Jürgen von der Lippe), published by Eichborn Verlag, ISBN 3-821-85452-9
DVDs
* 2006: Quatsch Comedy Club - "Das Beste aus 10 Jahren", ASIN B000EHRY9E
* 2007: "„Ingo Oschmann live“", ASIN B000TX6G42Literature
* 2007: "„Schönen Abend! – Geben Sie richtig Gast: Kochen, Spielen, Zaubern mit Freunden“" (cooperation with Jürgen von der Lippe), published by Eichborn Verlag, ISBN 3-821-86030-8
ee also
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List of German comedians
*German television comedy References
External links
* [http://www.ingo-oschmann.de Ingo Oschmann's official homepage, in German]
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* [http://www.sat1.de/comedy_show/www/ Official homepage of "WWW - Die Witzigsten Werbespots der Welt"] on [http://www.sat1.de Sat1.de]
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