# Michael Trauffer: The Pink List

**Interview** — On Your Markus  
**Published:** 20 February 2026  
**Author:** Markus Hamence  
**Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/interview/michael-trauffer-the-pink-list/

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INTERVIEW: **Markus Hamence** in in **The Jungle Room** with **Michael Trauffer** for the 2026 **Adelaide Fringe** and his show **The Pink List**, playing at **Holden Street Theatres**

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**1957, West Germany. **The battle against the Nazis ended twelve years ago – but for Karl, a gay concentration camp survivor, the war never truly ended. Still criminalised under Nazi law, his life is on trial.

From the creator of ***Fabulett 1933 ***– hailed as “an awakening” ★★★★★ Broadway Baby, and “captivating” ★★★★ The Scotsman, – ***The Pink List*** is a haunting one-person musical inspired by untold stories of queer men in post-war Germany; names recorded in the Pink Lists, then erased. Praised as “a 5-star must watch at the Fringe” ★★★★★ Scene Magazine, ***The Pink List*** comes to Australia following its acclaimed **Edinburgh Fringe 2025** run with **Gilded Balloon.**

This is the story of **one man, one voice, one list they hoped we’d forget.**

**The Pink List**  
Friday 20 February – Sunday 08 March 2026  
Ruby’s at HST at Holden Street Theatres  
**[Tickets](https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/the-pink-list-af2026)**

**[Follow Michael Trauffer on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/IamMichaelTrauffer/)**

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*Michael Trauffer’s Fabulett 1933*

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