Manuel Stahlberger
Dissected nonsense
Nominated for the «Schweizer Kleinkunstpreis» 2016
Manuel Stahlberger was born in 1974 and lives in St. Gallen. He is a cabaret artist, dialect poet, musician, singer and cartoonist. Together with his earlier duos – “Mölä & Stahli” from 1994 to 2002 with Moritz Wittensöldner, and “Stahlbergerheuss” from 2003 to 2011 alongside Stefan Heuss – he made a name for himself chiefly in small theatres. From 1998 to 2005 Manuel Stahlberger drew the monthly cartoon “Herr Mäder” for the culture magazine “Saiten” in eastern Switzerland; the collected drawings were subsequently published in two books. Since 2009 Stahlberger has been a member of the eponymous band, together with Michael Gallusser, Marcel Gschwend, Christian Kesseli and Dominik Kesseli. Manuel Stahlberger has received a number of awards, including the Prix Walo in 2001 in the variety/comedy section with “Mölä & Stahli”, and the Salzburger Stier in 2009.