Background
Schramm was born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. His father was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (Social Democratic Party of Germany) which influenced his later performances as a artist.
Schramm was born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. His father was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (Social Democratic Party of Germany) which influenced his later performances as a artist.
Afterwards he studied psychology in Bochum and worked as a psychologist in a rehab clinic from 1976 to 1988.
He was a host of the shows Scheibenwischer and Neues aus der Anstalt. At his gymnasium (grammar school) he claims to have been the only working class child in his class. He then enlisted for the Bundeswehr as a short-term career soldier which he retired from as a reserve officer
Since 1992 he has been working full-time as a artist.
Schramm never stars on the stage as himself but uses a range of different characters to speak their minds. Even if he stars on the stage as "Schramm", he only does so acting as a character of the same name.
Most of the time he uses three characters for his performances:
Lothar Dombrowski
Dombrowski is a Prussian pensioner, disabled by a war and living in a retirement home. He is against any trends and funny comedy.
Schramm uses this character to dish out coarse criticism of current events.
Oberst Sanftleben
An officer of the Bundeswehr, Schramm created this character based on his personal experience with the army. Sanftleben often comments on military and war related matters, for example the Iraq War and offers his personal insight on the reasons for those conflicts. Also, he shines a light on warlike aspects of the financial crisis.
August
August is a worker and Social Democratic Party of Germany member from Hesse, talking in the typical dialect of that region.
Coming from a social democratic background himself, Schramm uses August to both criticize the party from a member"s perspective and to shield it from criticism. The character is partly modeled after Schramm"s father.
Schramm is considered the most aggressive, outspoken and serious artist of his time. In 2007, he published his first book, Lassen Sie es mich so sagen – Dombrowski deutet die Zeichen der Zeit, a compilation of texts from his shows from 1983-2007.
Solche Männer hat das Land
Delegation Platz an der Sonne
Schlachtenbummler
Ans Eingemachte – Best Of
Mephistos Faust
Thomas Bernhard hätte geschossen
Meister Yodas Ende.