Bohnet's first direction job of 17 at the Hamburg Ohnsorg-Theater was Lustfahrt ins Paradies in 2002, his last Dinner für Spinner. It was his trademark to stage a scene after the last curtain fall. He was regarded as a master of timing in comedies, and able to present classical plays from a different angle, such as Kleist's Der zerbrochne Krug in low German as Dat Schörengericht. He was still working as a stage actor and director at the age of 80, for example playing Mephisto at Kleines Theater im Park in Bad Godesberg in 2019.
