EXPERT BY IDENTITY is the comic persona of non-binary performer and writer Moritz Sauer (he/she/they). He does stand-up comedy as part of his autofictional, performance-based writing practice. Notable specials are NOT COOL (2022) and NICE BITCH (2024). Otherwise, she facilitates artistic processes, collaborates as actor in theatre shows, does performative solo and video works, and teaches. The works are (mostly) autofictional takes on queer identity, sexuality and trauma. They work internationally but live between Berlin and Zurich.
www.moritzcontent.com
Anna Beros is a Kiwi-born, Melbourne-raised, Berlin-based full-time standup comedian, producer, podcaster and writer. She celebrates womanhood and all its tragedies with incisive standup and warming audience interaction. She’s performed at numerous comedy festivals through the UK and Australia, tours Europe, and runs many regular shows in Berlin. She hosts Ersties Nonsense, the comedy YouTube channel of ethical porn company, produces the much-loved podcast Adults ONLY Comedy Berlin and has written for Comedy Central Germany.
See her current solo hours, Creampie Clarity and High Hoe.
Istanbul-born, Berlin-based artist and comedian Gözde Güngör holds degrees in European Union Studies, Photography & Video, and an MA in Art in Context from UdK Berlin. With a thesis on humor’s effects on the psyche, she brings a political and scientific approach to her craft. Initially focused on video and performance art, Gözde now blends language, storytelling, and comedy to challenge and delight audiences. Her work highlights the absurdities of the human condition with a political edge and a touch of silliness.
Classy, sassy, mostly just gassy. Finalist at the Berlin New Stand-up Awards 2023, Palma Palacios is the loud high-energy Latina your funny bone was missing. Master of deadpan, Palma’s storytelling combines thought-provoking dark humor with everyday basic banter. She performs comedy in English and Spanish and in both languages tries to find the difference between having something to say and having to say something… funny.
Mila Panić is a Bosnian-born artist and stand-up comedian. Her artistic practice ranges from personal documentation to poetic visual and discursive elements through which she creates a cycle that interprets the various inheritances of migration. She is the co-founder of the collective and association Fully Funded Residencies. Mila became known for her dark humor and ironic twists, capturing audiences with her sharp wit and fearless commentary. Panić moves to liberate language from the individual despair that one cannot change the world. That change takes place every time she jokes, and every time the audience laughs in return.