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  • 15 May 2026 – HYENAZ live at A MAZE.

    15 May 2026 – HYENAZ live at A MAZE.

    HYENAZ will present Animacies at A MAZE. festival Berlin on Friday the 15th of May at Panke. More Information here: https://2026.amaze-berlin.de/

  • 26 March 2026 Lunacy

    26 March 2026 Lunacy

    filming by ReveRso
    photos by
    @tinadubrovsky_photography

  • Contact Form

    Contact Form

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    Carni Closet Costume Library Available by Appointment

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  • Stage and Bedroom

    Stage and Bedroom

    Mad Kate | The Tide Announces New Album Stage and Bedroom – A Fiercely Political, Queer, and Punk Exploration of Labor, Sexuality, War, and Power

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    Berlin, Germany, 2025 – Mad Kate | The Tide proudly announces the forthcoming release of their bold new album, Stage and Bedroom—an unapologetically queer-feminist, sex-positive work that confronts the politics of labor, sexuality, power, and war. The album is a sonic reflection on how the personal and political are deeply intertwined, exploring how the intimate routines we create in the bedroom—the micro-politics of our relationships—ripple out onto the larger stage of the world. It draws parallels between the ways we manage our own erotic and laboring bodies and how borders, boundaries, and geopolitical divisions are enforced at a global scale, questioning the systems that regulate both personal and collective autonomy.

    A central theme of Stage and Bedroom is its critique of the military-industrial complex and the structures of direct and systemic violence that shape our world. The album challenges listeners to recognize complicity in these systems and asks how micro-level interactions—such as the ways we navigate consent, power, and boundaries in our personal lives—can serve as models for broader societal transformation.

    Musically, Stage and Bedroom continues Mad Kate | The Tide’s signature fusion of genres, showcasing the talents of **Jacopo Bertacco (The Tide) on guitar and *Sara Neidorf on drums*. Tracks like *“No Other Side”* erupt with deep rage, delivering a dark and intense protest punk anthem, while “The Real Me” channels a biting, sarcastic Berlin cabaret as it plays with the performance of identity. “Stage and Bedroom”, along with “Shaking Realization” and “Generate Content”, serves punk rock straight up and hard-hitting.

    For the first time, Mad Kate prominently features her texts as spoken word rather than sung, bringing to the forefront autobiographical stories of working in and with the body as a sex worker, performer and activist. Tracks like “Switchblade”, “It’s Not About Bodies Anymore”, and “Vulnerable Bodies aka I Got Paid for It” interrogate the complex intersections of work, sexuality, and selfhood.

    Yet, Stage and Bedroom also offers moments of softness. “This Is the Hand” is a folk-rock ballad honoring the unseen laborers who produce the material goods and care work that sustain us. Meanwhile, “Annihilation” blends country rock with a meditation on survival, resilience, and the emotional toll of working within a capitalist system.

    After a hiatus since the pandemic, Mad Kate | The Tide is returning to the stage with full force. Known for their dynamic, movement-driven performances, the band is an unmissable force live, combining music, dance, and immersive theatricality. With Mad Kate’s background as a dancer touring with Peaches, Bonaparte, and HYENAZ, their performances are both thought-provoking and physically charged, transforming the stage into a space for radical expression. The release of Stage and Bedroom marks not just a highly anticipated album but the long-awaited return of a band that thrives in live performance—bringing audiences to sweat, move, and engage.

  • Mad Kate in the Press

    Mad Kate in the Press

    MixMag: Stifled voices of Berlin’s creative community are still rising for Palestine

    Cultural workers in Berlin face censorship, cancelled gigs and lost arts funding for showing solidarity with Palestine.

    23 September 2024

    Words: Nadia Says

    Photos: Faisal Yassin

    Off Key Music Mag:

    “Soli Tunes” Artists On Gender Representation In The Music Industry

    UNDERDOG Fanzine

    Fred Spenner interviews Mad Kate
    spring 2024

    Interview with HYENAZ

    R/N Collective
    interview by okpk
    illustration by Vincent Parker

    Body // Queer Bodies and Performance: An Interview with Mad Kate

    Interview by Göksu Kunak // Apr. 27, 2016

  • Live / Work Audio Studio for Residency + Short Term Rental

    Live / Work Audio Studio for Residency + Short Term Rental

    BERLIN (Schillerkiez, Neukölln): Charming 23 sqm Work/Live Studio Apartment – Perfect for Producers and Musicians

      • available for independent work by the day or for several days OR
      • available for vocal recordings / voice overs with audio technician

    Rent

    (highspeed internet and utilities included)
    Monthly: (only under certain circumstances): €615 per month
    Daily: €150 / day (independent)
    Professional Audio Technician and Recording: €400 / day

    Contact: Kate https://www.mad-kate.com/bio/

    Introduction

    Located in Schillerkiez, Neukölln, Berlin, this bright and versatile studio apartment is designed for creatives, offering professional-grade features (including professional vocal recording booth) alongside modern comforts in a sustainable, quiet setting. The apartment is 23m2, including balcony, thoughtfully designed to maximize living and working space.

    As a professional sound designer, vocalist, electronic musician and podcaster, I’ve equipped this space with everything an audio professional needs to thrive. I will be out of town for a month and am looking to rent this studio to someone who can make full use of its professional features.

    Audio Features

    • KRK Rokit 6 studio speakers: for premium audio production and

    • LG monitor: so you can work on film or video with added quality workspaces

    • DEMVOX vocal booth: perfect for recording vocals or isolating instruments with high-quality soundproofing.

    • Electronic Sit / Stand Desk: with kneeling office chair, perfect for whatever your back and posture needs are

    • Professional Audio Panels: to avoid any complaints from your neighbors when you want to play your mix loud

    Live/Work Features

    • Main Room: Doubles as a live/work space and features a sit/stand electronic desk with LG monitor and KRK studio speakers, the DEMVox Vocal Recording booth, a comfortable chair, and a 140 cm double **Murphy bed** that folds seamlessly into the wall. The bed transforms into a sleek cabinet to maintain a professional and polished look during the day—ideal for hosting clients or for stretching out on the yoga mat during workday breaks.

    • Kitchen: Fully equipped with everything you need for quick meals and entertaining, including a mini fridge with freezer, an electric stovetop, a convection oven / microwave and plenty of cabinets for dishware and food.

    • Modern Bathroom: Features a sleek shower with temperature control, a large mirror, and a clean, contemporary design.

    • Professional and Comfortable Furnishings: Professional look for your clients or collaborators, it includes a comfortable armchair, kneeling work chair, plants, and a pleasant balcony with a table and chairs—perfect for relaxing during breaks outdoors.

    • Heating and Sustainability: Warm heated floors for added comfort. The apartment is part of a **green building** with various sustainable building features.

    • Sunlit Space: The apartment is on the top floor (floor 5), facing South, filled with natural light throughout the day, creating a bright and welcoming atmosphere.

    • Dry Basement: which features a large dry bike room, a locked trash room, and a washer and dryer room (coin operated)

    Location Highlights

    • Parks Nearby: Just minutes from **Flughafen Tempelhofer Feld** and **Hasenheide**, perfect for outdoor activities and inspiration.

    • Schillerkiez: A two-minute walk to this lively neighborhood, with its array of restaurants, bars, shops, and community spaces.

    • Convenient Transit: Located on the **U8 line**, making it easy to reach all parts of Berlin quickly and efficiently.

    This apartment is a rare gem, ideal for musicians, producers, or other creatives seeking a sunny, quiet, and sustainable home with a professional setup for their work.

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  • Against the Current: The Omaha, Francis La Flesche, and His Collection

    Against the Current: The Omaha, Francis La Flesche, and His Collection

    The exhibition is the result of an extensive process in which a group of Umoⁿhoⁿ people told the story of their lives and culture, their past and present. The exhibition is conceived as a circle of stories—there is no beginning and no end. An integral part is a 7-channel film installation in which 22 individual sequences are assembled by an algorithm into ever new combinations. By focusing not only on the objects, but above all on today’s people and their stories, the exhibition aims to create new perspectives on Native American culture and history.

    VISIT the exhibit at Humboldt Forum through November 2024

    A temporary exhibition by Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss in cooperation with the Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz and the Nebraska Indian Community College.

    Exhibition Concept and Design: TheGreenEyl
    Team: Gunnar Green, Willy Sengewald, Valerie Daude, Stefan Helling, Jens Rudolph, Gregor Müller

    Film Production: TheGreenEyl (Idea and Production) with Emma Rosa Simon (Direction and Camera), Kathryn Rebecca Fischer (Sound), Nelson Abiola Smith (Second Camera and Camera Assistance), Elisa Gonzales-Romswinkel (Editing), SCHWARM audio netzwerk (Sound Mixing), Rodrigo Barreto (Color Grading).

    Development Digital Catalogue: Studio Rocani

    Client: Stiftung Humboldtforum im Berliner Schloss
    Jochen Krüger and Antje Brörmann (Project Management)

    Curatorial Team: Ilja Labischinski (Lead Curator, Ethnologisches Museum Dahlem)
    Wynema Morris (Co-Curator, Nebraska Indian Community College)
    Elisabeth Seyerl-Langkamp (Research Associate, SHF)

    Photos: schnepp-renou

  • Performances and Exhibits

    Performances and Exhibits

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  • 14 May – Sabbat

    14 May – Sabbat

    AN ECLECTIC-TEK-WAVE-DECADANCE-PERFORMATIVE EVENTAfter few Years of Covid we are back now to celebrate our Sabbat Ritual at Untertage Berlin. DARKROOM/FETISH/CLUB

    LIVE MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE: HYENAZ are Berlin-based sound and movement artists Kathryn Fischer aka Mad Kate and Adrienne Teicher. The immersive performances, dance tracks, soundscapes, performative installations and a/v works they produce utilize the sonic shape-shifting of field recordings gathered in the process of site-specific works.Through their immersive live performances at spaces such as Berghain, Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul and SXSW, HYENAZ have looked at the possibilities and importance of physical touch and wrestle with how the body operates inside new sets of seemingly opposing forces, ie “the virtual and the real.” Yet the arrival of a global pandemic has brought into sharp focus new conditions and limitations to physical engagement. It has created heightened awareness around the importance of redefining community and creative forms of “touch”. HYENAZ welcome the challenge of continuing their practice of somatic based performance in these changing and alienating conditions.https://www.hyenaz.com/

    DJ SETS: Angelic Sintesis, Nekrobot and Gia
    PERFORMANCE : REVERSO

    Facebook Event

  • Gritty Glamour

    GRITTY GLAMOUR

    Eine queere Intervention

    (English with german surtitles)

    Gritty Glamour nimmt uns mit in den Backstage-Bereich eines Kreuzberger Clubs. Vier Künstler*innen: Maria Sumak, Elektro-Goldstimme und Königin des Nachtlebens; Mad Rage, punk-feministische Performer*in; Molina Puig, Tänzer wie It-Girl und Greta Dietrich, Grande Dame des West-Berliner Drag-Chanson. Während jeweils eine*r von ihnen auf der Bühne steht, erzählen sie sich in kaleidoskopartigen Momenten Geschichten aus ihrem Leben und setzen sich mit ihrem Verständnis von Community, Sex, Liebe, Diaspora, Familie und dem Verhältnis zwischen ihrer Alltags- und Bühnenpersona auseinander. Das Stück stellt Fragen nach der Sichtbarkeit von queeren, postmigrantischen Künstler*innen und thematisiert rassistische Zuschreibungen in einer weiß dominierten queeren Szene.

    Alle Darsteller*innen sind Künstler*innen und Persönlichkeiten aus dem Berliner Nachtleben. Das Stück stellt die Frage nach der Sichtbarkeit von queeren postmigrantischen Künstler*innen und danach, welche Rolle rassistische Zuschreibungen in einer weiß dominierten queeren Szene spielen. Die verschiedenen künstlerischen Ausdrucks- und Sichtweisen der Künstler*innen werden in einem Performanceabend zelebriert, in Dialog zueinander gesetzt und fiktionalisiert. Ausgehend von Interviews werden die eigenen Erfahrungen und Geschichten, die jede*r mit sich bringt, auf die Bühne gebracht und so ein Teil des Lebens der Protagonist*innen in Berlin reflektiert. Ein Leben in widersprüchlichen Welten, oft in unmittelbarer Nähe zum Prekären, in der das Austesten von Grenzen, von Sexualität zur Norm gehört und das Selbst jedes einzelnen Individuums ständig aufs Neue ausgehandelt wird. Die Darsteller*innen schlüpfen in Rollen der jeweils anderen, eignen sich deren Identitäten an ‒ und handeln ebenso in einer interdisziplinären Auseinandersetzung mit Musik, Text, Video und Tanz auch die Form des Bühnengeschehens immer wieder neu aus.

    PRESSESTIMMEN:

    „Ein mutiges Stück, das Mut macht.“
    (taz, März 2015)

    „Das Stück stellt die Frage, inwieweit Kategorien und Strömungen wie Race, Postkolonialismus und Neoliberalismus Einfluss auf das queere Berliner Nachtleben haben. Keine leichten Themen, aber [Regisseur*in] Paetau nimmt sich ihnen nicht nur auf eine äußerst geistreiche, sondern auch sehr kurzweilige Weise an.“
    (Siegessäule, März 2015)

    „Das Theaterstück ist wie eine Box in einer Box, in einer Box. In ihr wird Identität dekonstruiert und die Frage aufgeworfen, ob wir mehr sind als die Summe unserer Beziehungen.“
    (Regisseur*in Paetau im Interview mit der Siegessäule, März 2015)

    „Geschichten voller Lebensschmerz und ungebrochener Lebensfreude.“
    (neues deutschland, März 2015)

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    ** Der Text ist entstanden unter Mitwirkung von Simon Paetau, Iury Trojaborg, Insa Peters, Black Cracker, Mad Kate, Jair Luna, Aérea Negrot, Laura Paetau und Dieter Rita Scholl.

    Text: Daniel Martins, Team

    Regie: Simon*e Jaikiriuma Paetau

    Bühnenbild und Kostüm: Michaela Muchina

    Maske: Nuria de Lario

    Lichtdesign: Catalina Fernández

    Video: Liz Rosenfeld

    Dramaturgie: Iury Trojaborg

    Textneubearbeitung: Laura Paetau, und Team

    Mit: Mad Kate, Jao Moon, Aérea Negrot, Dieter Rita Scholl

    Eine Produktion von Kultursprünge im Ballhaus Naunynstraße gemeinnützige GmbH. Erstproduktion gefördert durch den Hauptstadtkulturfonds.

    Uraufführung: Samstag, 07.03.2015