Marc-Uwe Kling

Marc-Uwe Kling (born 1982) is a German songwriter, author, and Kabarett (political stand-up comedy) artist. He studied philosophy and drama at Freie Universität Berlin.

Since 2003, Kling regularly performs on various stages in Berlin. Frequently, he performs at literary and Kabarett events as well as poetry slams. In 2004, he founded a serial public literary event called Lesedüne (a pun made of the German words Lesebühne, "lecture stage", and Düne, "dune"). Since 2005, Kling tours with his program Wenn alle Stricke reißen, kann man sich nicht mal mehr aufhängen (If all ropes snap, you can't even hang yourself anymore), which is also the title of his first album. Every first Tuesday of the month, he organizes and hosts the Kreuzberg Slam in the Lido (formerly Kato) location, and every first Wednesday the Poetry Slam of Studentisches Kulturzentrum in Potsdam.

Kling hosts the weekly podcast Neues vom Känguru ("News from the Kangaroo") for Fritz, a Potsdam-based radio station, which deals with the same theme as his book Die Känguru-Chroniken (The Kangaroo Chronicles): A "phlegmatic anarchist" who lives with a talking, "pragmatically communist" kangaroo as his roommate.

In 2017, Kling published a comedic dystopian novel titled QualityLand. In March 2019, HBO announced that they would create a series based on the book, directed by Mike Judge.

The Kangaroo Chronicles (German: Die Känguru-Chroniken)

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QualityLand Comics

 * , with Zachary Tallent
 * , 176 pp, with Zachary Tallen

Children's books

 * illustrations by Astrid Henn, 36 pp
 * illustrations by Astrid Henn, 48 pp
 * illustrations by Astrid Henn, 54 pp
 * illustrations by Astrid Henn, 54 pp

Der Tag, an dem... series

 * illustrations by Astrid Henn.
 * illustrations by Astrid Henn.
 * illustrations by Astrid Henn.
 * illustrations by Astrid Henn.

Die Känguru-Chroniken

 * Halt mal kurz!, card game, Kosmos 2016, EAN 4002051740382.
 * Game of Quotes, card game, Kosmos 2017, EAN 4002051692926.
 * More Game of Quotes card game, Kosmos-Verlag 2019.
 * EXIT. Das Spiel: Die Känguru-Eskapaden (with Inka and Markus Brand), Kosmos 2019, EAN 4002051695071.
 * Die Würfel-WG, Gesellschaftsspiel (Authors: Johannes Krenner, Alexander Pfister), Kosmos 2019, EAN 4002051693176.
 * Voll auf die 18, card game, Pegasus Spiele 2022, EAN 4250231734366.

Others

 * Quiztopia, board games (with Maria Kling), Kosmos 2019, EAN 4002051694296.
 * Das NEINhorn, card game, Kosmos 2021, EAN 4002051680848.
 * Abrakadabrien, card game (Illustrations: Johannes Lott), Kosmos 2022.

Filmography

 * 2020: The Kangaroo Chronicles (film), German: Die Känguru-Chroniken, writer
 * 2022: The Kangaroo Conspiracy, German: Die Känguru-Verschwörung, writer and director

Awards (selection)
2006
 * Bielefelder Kabarettpreis 1. Preis
 * Grazer Kleinkunstvogel
 * Winner of the German National Poetry Slam competition (single)
 * Münchner Kabarett Kaktus

2007
 * Der Rostocker Koggenzieher in Gold
 * Silberner Stuttgarter Besen
 * Gewinner der deutschsprachigen Poetry-Slam-Meisterschaften (single)
 * Fohlen von Niedersachsen

2010
 * Förderpreis Mindener Stichling
 * Deutscher Radiopreis in the Best Comedy category for Neues vom Känguru (together with the production team at Radio Fritz)

2011
 * Bayerischer Kabarettpreis Senkrechtstarter-Preis

2012
 * Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis in the Kleinkunst division

2013
 * Deutscher Hörbuchpreis in the Best Audiobook / Best Entertainment category for Die Känguru-Chroniken. Live und ungekürzt

2018
 * Hörbuch-Award: QualityLand (Platinum)
 * Hörbuch-Award: Die Känguru-Chroniken (7x Gold)
 * Hörbuch-Award: Das Känguru-Manifest (2x Platinum)
 * Hörbuch-Award: Die Känguru-Offenbarung (2x Platinum)
 * Hörbuch-Award: Die Känguru-Apokryphen (Gold)
 * Deutscher Science Fiction Preis for QualityLand

2021
 * Jonathan-Swift-Preis