I see myself from above: I am lying on a sofa and wearing a lazybones. It is cozy, warm, and has beautiful patterns in blue, green, and white. I want to touch it with my hand, but the little mushroom heads escape me. I lie on the sofa and wait… wait until I become something. But I can’t open the window because the mold needs a certain level of humidity to grow. And so I lie there and wait until I become something—maybe penicillin, salami, or camembert. The performance deals with the history of laziness—a moral concept that only becomes visible in relation to work. You are not lazy when you do something, but when you don’t do something.In her solo performance, artist Arnita Jaunsubrēna explores her own productivity, which has declined due to chronic illness. In the spirit of lecture performance, she confronts shame and social expectations. She tells personal stories and examines workaholics in her own family, talks about mold and compost, and examines the state’s compulsion to work. In the end, she finds refuge in the tranquility of sloths.Where do we find room for mistakes, breaks, and change in Western work culture? almost good (LV/DE) is Arnita Jaunsubrēna’s solo collective. The artist lives in Berlin, studied in independent Latvia, and grew up in Latvia in the 1980s, when it was part of the Soviet Union. Arni has been living in Berlin since 2015, and almost good was founded in early 2023 as an attempt to understand art as a process in which perfection is not the top priority. With almost good, Arnita Jaunsubrēna wants to encourage herself not to give up art as a profession just because she is chronically ill and has to find new ways of working to cope with her illness and the resulting disabilities.

The director enters and announces loudly, “I had a two-hour meeting this morning! Very successful. Structures! Structures and people!” He has not understood anything. Based on the performer’s own experiences as an assistant director, the lecture performance addresses the workings of power and hierarchy in the theater. With the help of diary entries and voice messages, the performer recalls her time at the Berliner Ensemble. The individual story points to something bigger, to a system: Why do certain authoritarian practices and dynamics seem to be completely accepted in the theater world? Why are issues of emancipation and pluralism negotiated on the stages of this country, while the production process often looks very different? Hannah Helbig interned at Oliver Reese’s »Der Theatermacher« and since then has been unsure whether it is empowering or problematic to describe herself as a theater maker. She studied applied theater studies and philosophy in Giessen and understands theater as a means of criticism—and fun. With »Strukturen und Menschen – Tagebuch einer Hospitantin 2.0« (Structures and People – Diary of an Intern 2.0), she won the audience award at Körber Studio 2024.

The video performance portrays three mining areas used for tourism: the Hambach open-cast mine, the Dead Sea, and the Lusatian lignite mining area. Through travelogues and a repertoire of movements inspired by them, Marlene Helling recounts her encounters with these places. It becomes clear how nature is commodified both as a raw material and in the form of tourism. A 3-channel panoramic projection, which brings post-industrial landscapes in the Anthropocene to life, highlights parallels between the mining areas and how we view nature and make it our own. The vast landscape images engage in dialogue with a body that attempts to encounter the ground with immediate mindfulness. In her dance and video performances, Marlene Helling addresses social, ecological, and feminist issues as well as site-specific circumstances. Her work is based on research conducted with her artistic team—visual artist Marei Dierßen, video artist Simon Vorgrimmler, and sound artist Juli Grönefeld.

Masc4Masks is a fully-masked and masc-ed strip show from your favourite Dyke* dancers! Tests and masks are compulsory to attend. There will be both available on site if necessary. Everyone should be able to enjoy the butch, stud and masc joy of MD* including our immunocompromised queer cuties – this one is for you! Remember all kinds of safety is sexy 🫦 Magic Dyke* is a masc Dyke* stripping group based in Berlin by and for lesbians, queer women, non-binary, trans, intersex and agender people showing masc stripping from non-cis masculinities and give butches, studs, bois, mascs and genderfuckers a stage to feel sexy in a world that tells them they aren’t. Since May 2022, Magic Dyke* creates sensational shows and provides a party that is a safe space for the SLINTA* (sapphic, lesbian, intersex, non-binary, transgender, agender) community in Berlin. A safe door policy that doesn’t judge based on appearance, queer SWer-led SLINTA*-only darkroom, sex-positive atmosphere and effort to make it as inclusive an environment as they can. Through them, people get to see butches, studs and other sapphics with masc expression being seen as sexy, creating a sense of euphoria in all those who identify with or are attracted to butchness.

Hue & Heat, is a night for SLINTA* BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) audience and performers only. This is an evening where queer sensual racialized bodies are centered and witnessed by one another outside of the normative white western gaze. Come ready to feel sexy, celebrate lived experiences and indulge in collective desire ❤️‍🔥 Magic Dyke* is a masc Dyke* stripping group based in Berlin by and for lesbians, queer women, non-binary, trans, intersex and agender people showing masc stripping from non-cis masculinities and give butches, studs, bois, mascs and genderfuckers a stage to feel sexy in a world that tells them they aren’t. Since May 2022, Magic Dyke* creates sensational shows and provides a party that is a safe space for the SLINTA* (sapphic, lesbian, intersex, non-binary, transgender, agender) community in Berlin. A safe door policy that doesn’t judge based on appearance, queer SWer-led SLINTA*-only darkroom, sex-positive atmosphere and effort to make it as inclusive an environment as they can. Through them, people get to see butches, studs and other sapphics with masc expression being seen as sexy, creating a sense of euphoria in all those who identify with or are attracted to butchness.

Magic Dyke* presents Gripless Glory with their own take on Oil Wrestling. This night centers all of the SLINTA* community to see our performers face off, lathered and lithe. Not only strip and dance, but also backstories, beef and bronze. Who will be crowned winner at the end of the night? Only one way to find out 🏆 Magic Dyke* is a masc Dyke* stripping group based in Berlin by and for lesbians, queer women, non-binary, trans, intersex and agender people showing masc stripping from non-cis masculinities and give butches, studs, bois, mascs and genderfuckers a stage to feel sexy in a world that tells them they aren’t. Since May 2022, Magic Dyke* creates sensational shows and provides a party that is a safe space for the SLINTA* (sapphic, lesbian, intersex, non-binary, transgender, agender) community in Berlin. A safe door policy that doesn’t judge based on appearance, queer SWer-led SLINTA*-only darkroom, sex-positive atmosphere and effort to make it as inclusive an environment as they can. Through them, people get to see butches, studs and other sapphics with masc expression being seen as sexy, creating a sense of euphoria in all those who identify with or are attracted to butchness.

Launching in Spring 2026, YETZE Casino Nights is a limited series of live concerts hosted at Ballhaus Ost in Prenzlauer Berg. Dealing the cards for YCN #1 on the very first day of Spring, CPH’s A Good Year (Escho) will be the new series’ first-ever musical guests – taking over the former ballroom stage. Copenhagen-based A Good Year, a duo comprising Albert Hildebrand & Tobias Laust, has been busy reshaping the edges of Denmark’s buzzing alternative scene with their unique blend of cinematic textures and understated pop. Moving effortlessly between ambient pop textures, cinematic electronica, and beyond, it’s magical songcraft that hits hard both visually and melodically – with resonating wooden guitars dwelling alongside soft queen voices, paced by rimshots and hi-hats. Having followed their breakout collaboration »YSL« (w/ Horse Vision) with singles such as »Dealerz« (w/ Quiet Light) and more recent »Push & Pull«, they’ll bring a special musical guest (Late Verlane!) and some extra tasty visuals to the first installation of YETZE Casino Nights… Doors: 19:00 A Good Year on YouTube >> YETZE Casino Night #2: Blurry Records Label Night | Maresz presents »TASTE« | ronja (Roomer) | RIP Swirl (DJ) | 16.4.

How do bodies fare when they are particularly challenged in sport or on stage? Protagonists from sport, theater and medicine talk about pain, healing and performance requirements, about belonging and exclusion. Who is allowed to participate, who is overlooked? The focus is on questions of care and vulnerability, medical practice and social reality – and on bodies between adaptation, resistance and visibility.

Anyone can do parkour! Nora’s training sessions awaken the joy of movement and teach parkour & movement in a holistic and fun way. Meeting point: Ballhaus Ost yard

As diverse and varied as sport is, so diverse and multifaceted are its players. However, this is hardly reflected in the historiography of sport. What significance do these omissions have for our present?