Arnd Schimkat - MAKE LAUGH *Berlin Premiere*

MAKE LAUGH: Why we laugh, what we laugh at

From autumn 2026, one of the most exciting actor-comedians will once again take the stage — and he has a confession: Comedy is no accident. It is a craft. And he is a master of comedy.

Arnd Schimkat, also known as Arthur Vertical, takes you behind the scenes of laughter, humor, comedy. What happens if we suddenly start laughing loudly? What levers are secretly used — technical, psychological, highly manipulative — so that we can't help but whistle?

But is that possible? Laugh and understand why you're laughing at the same time? Sure! Schimkat shows the way. And then he uncovers. Because he is not just an expert — he is an expert. Analyst. accomplice.

Does that sound like less fun? Not at all. Once you understand how comedy works, you'll never laugh again — but heartier and more from now on.

Astonishing, intelligent, generous, never vulgar and definitely funny: Arnd Schimkat's stage program “MAKE LAUGH” is based on his book “MAKE LAUGH — The Secret Rules of Comedy”, published by BLOND Verlag in June 2025.

ARND SchimkaturFunny, unabashed, captivating with his manner and full of humor from little toe to tip of hair — that is Arnd Schimkat aka Arthur Vertical. He has perfected the fine art of comedy in and for himself.

Trained in Paris at Jacques Lecoq's legendary theatre school and in New York at the Actors Studio, he didn't just learn to laugh. He dissected it, distilled it and brought it to mastery.

Movies, television, thousands of stage evenings, award-winning screenplays, a novel. Eleven countries. And a press that has long since surrendered: “So funny that viewers laugh tears” (Süddeutsche Zeitung), or: “The Incarnation of Comics” (Münchner Abendzeitung). He has already enthralled an audience of millions and is currently playing one of the main roles in the Grimme Prize-nominated ZDF series “Bad People.” He won the Perrier Comedy Award with his stage solo, with the WDR show “Zimmer frei!” the Grimme Prize — and today teaches what others only suspect: the dramaturgy of comedy, including at the Munich University of Film and Television.

This man knows how to laugh. And tonight, he's showing it to you too.

https://www.arnd-schimkat.de/