Reviews
‘At last a musical comedian with a difference – he is really funny’
‘Victor Borge for a new generation’
‘The musical world on its head. That’s exactly what the brilliant Beethoven Orchestra Bonn achieved at the highest musical level under the direction of Rainer Hersch’
‘A music comic with intelligent humour who created a storm of laughter…’
‘The world’s first classical music hooligan’
‘… but perhaps the greatest trick of the entire night was making a classical symphony concert the coolest – and funkiest – show in town’
‘Rainer Hersch has found a true comedy goldmine’
‘Hersch has done a brilliant job of creating contemporary comedy from a style of music often perceived as fusty and elitist…glorious’
‘Part one-man theatre piece, part live biography, part stand-up, part piano bash and totally terrific’
‘Roll over Beethoven, here’s Hersch’