DR.POP - Hitverdächtig – Die Musik-Comedy-Stand-Up-Show
Music Comedy Stand-Up Show: Dr. Pop „Hitverdächtig”
Monday, November 16, 2026, 8:00 PM
Can one seriously earn a doctorate in pop music? Yes! And what does one do with it? Comedy and cabaret. Dr. Pop is a doctor for the musical. He is established in radio, TV, online, and on stage. In his live program “Hitverdächtig,” he provides therapy with music samples and curious, yet completely true music facts. Did you know that termites eat wood twice as fast when they listen to heavy metal? Or that there is the Barry White effect in evolutionary theory? The deeper the male's voice, the greater the chances of mating. This applies to both humans and koalas.
In “Hitverdächtig,” music plays that can save a party, a relationship, or the motivation for sports or cleaning the house. Whether it’s pop, rock, classical, hits, jazz, hip-hop, or rap: Dr. Pop fires familiar, but also unknown samples from music history. And by the end of the show, everyone in the audience knows how to enrich their own life with music a little more.
The program is constantly updated with current songs and new scientific studies, every night is different – only the title and host remain. Hitverdächtig – The music comedy stand-up show for everyone who loves music or wants to start with it.
Press info about the person:
Dr. Pop studied media sciences and pop music in the four pop music metropolises of the world: Manchester, Liverpool, Paderborn, and Detmold. He then earned his doctorate on the topics of terrorism and Orientalism in pop music at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Dr. Pop stands on stage, appears in various TV formats, produces videos, and is heard as a weekly columnist on radioeins from RBB with the column “Dr. Pop’s Tonstudio.” The column was nominated for the German Radio Award in the “Best Comedy” category by the jury of the Grimme Institute. As a host and comedian, he has already performed in the Waldbühne Berlin before more than 17,000 people. His book “Dr. Pop’s Musical Consultation” (Heyne Publishing) has been translated into Korean and released in South Korea (Whale-Books). With his solo program “Hitverdächtig,” he is touring nationwide.
Copyright: Moritz Mumpi Kuenste
Press voices:
“Dr. Pop is the inventor of pop cabaret” (Kölner Stadtanzeiger)
“As a great enrichment of the evening, Markus Henrik shows yet again, who as Dr. Pop is now filling the larger comedy halls of the country. With the help of a mysterious control box full of colorful buttons, he plays short films and music snippets and finds targets in gangster rapper Capital Bra and folk rocker Andreas Gabalier that can be thoroughly mocked.” (WAZ)
“Anyone who can transform Donna Summer into a Schuhplattler must have obtained higher academic degrees musically. For the comedian who goes by Dr. Pop, this is indeed the case, which is why his numbers are equally smart and funny.” (Westdeutsche Zeitung)
“Going to this consultation is a pleasure: Dr. Pop!” (WZ, Düsseldorf)
“Dr. Pop is a master at reworking pop songs.” (Deutsche Welle)
“Transported to the highly comical world of music: Dr. Pop.” (Lübecker Nachrichten)
“Dr. Pop takes the audience on a humorous journey through the music landscape.” (Wolfsburger Nachrichten)
“The doctorate in musicology rocked the stage. Dr. Pop addresses life-saving, or rather: the musical accompaniment of a heart massage. “Stayin’ Alive” is suitable, as it has the right rhythm. “Time to say goodbye” on the other hand, is not so advisable. The highlight is Dr. Pop’s hip-hop song “We have Wi-Fi outage, and that’s already the tenth time this week.” He rapped from the heart to the suffering audience regarding this matter.” (NRZ)
“You can only like Dr. Pop; he is the best artist I have seen in a long time!!! Incredibly authentic and very entertaining :)” (Eventim fan report, March 1, 2023)
Awards:
• 2019: Nomination of Dr. Pop's Tonstudio by the jury of the Grimme Institute for the German Radio Award as “Best Comedy”
• 2020: Finalist at the Bonn Prix Pantheon of WDR
• 2022: Winner of the Lüdenscheid Lüsterklemme
• 2022: Winner of the Jury Award Herborn Schlumpeweck
• 2023: Winner of “Kleiner Hurz,” Recklinghausen
• 2023: Winner of “Stuttgarter Besen” Audience Award, Stuttgart
• 2023: Winner of “Lachende Träne,” Brandenburg
Doors open 1 hour before the start
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