Biography
Felix Lobrecht, born in 1988, grew up in Gropiusstadt in Berlin's Neukölln district and started out at poetry slams before working as a stand-up comedian from 2015. In September 2017 he launched the podcast “Gemischtes Hack” with Tommi Schmitt, which has been a Spotify exclusive since 2019; as a comedian he has won the German Comedy Award several times, first as best newcomer in 2018. Also in 2017, Ullstein published his novel “Sonne und Beton”, which follows four teenagers through the heatwave summer of 2003 in the neighbourhood where he grew up and became a bestseller. He co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation with director David Wnendt, which won the Bavarian Film Award for screenplay; the film premiered at the Berlinale in February 2023 and drew more than 1.2 million cinemagoers in Germany. Since 2024 the novel has also been adapted for the stage, including a touring production by DT Jung* at Deutsches Theater Berlin and a 2025 version at Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss.
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