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The House of Red Doors: Midsummer Dreams

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The House of Red Doors: Midsummer Dreams invites you to Puck each other senseless. This Thursday, 27th July at Salon – Zur wilden Renate, The House of Red Doors opens its doors for fairytale frolic and moon-lit mischief. Memories of past parties–of grotesque animals and black magick and decadence–washes away, leaving room for a long night … Read more The House of Red Doors: Midsummer Dreams

Erika Lust Wants Your Sexy XConfessions

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Erika Lust knows what makes women tick. And it’s not the humdrum porn that’s pumping viruses into your laptop. This Wednesday, July 12, Berlin Film Society and Erika Lust of female pleasure-focused Erika Lust Films host: ERIKA LUST: XCONFESSIONS OPEN AIR, an intimate evening at Sisyphos, featuring live performances (yes, that kind) and a curated program … Read more Erika Lust Wants Your Sexy XConfessions

The House of Red Doors #9: A N I M A L

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So once again, we here at BLY are bringing yet another House of Red Doors party to your attention. Why? Well because of the high calibre of its myriad performers and artists, it is genuinely some of the best fun you can have in a Berlin, with or without your clothes on – that bit is … Read more The House of Red Doors #9: A N I M A L

The Insider’s Guide to Berlin Burlesque Week

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Starting tonight, Berlin will be busting out with a megalithic marathon of ecdysiast arts. Yes, it’s the annual Berlin Burlesque Week, a celebration of solidarity among nearly all of Berlin’s burlesque producers. Seven days, 10 shows, and over 70 burlesque artistes from all over the world. There are still millions of people who are uninitiated in the … Read more The Insider’s Guide to Berlin Burlesque Week

The House of Red Doors #8: Black Magick

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This Thursday, 23rd March at Salon – Zur wilden Renate, The House of Red Doors returns and this time it’s about the occult, feminism and Black Magick. “The taboo on woman’s body is the taboo that always hovers over the place of magic. Woman is literally the occult, which means ‘the hidden’.” Get your House … Read more The House of Red Doors #8: Black Magick

Sheila Wolf, Keeping Berlin Cabaret Queer

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Sheila Wolf, the post-gender Überfrau of Berlin Cabaret, needs little introduction. A walking piece of art, she blurs the line between male and female, fantasy and reality, queer icon and happily-married-heterosexual-dad-of-a-tween-daughter. It’s hard not to stare at her breasts, especially since they are often entirely visible in the sheer mesh dresses she favors, capped with jeweled nipple pasties. Most women … Read more Sheila Wolf, Keeping Berlin Cabaret Queer

How Erochica Bamboo Learned to Love Burlesque and the Yakuza Life

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She might be small, but don’t let her size fool you. Erochica Bamboo is a dimunitive dynamo of fire, whipping out a watusi and barely breaking a sweat, while the other go-go girls onstage are huffing and puffing. She was crowned Miss Exotic World in 2003, ricocheting to the top pantheon of burlesque dancers while simultaneously making … Read more How Erochica Bamboo Learned to Love Burlesque and the Yakuza Life

Le Pustra Dives into the Dark Legends of Weimar Berlin

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His face is heavily painted like an early silent film star. Asta Nielsen perhaps, or Alla Nazimova. His hair is a cotton candy poof of lavender or garish red. Lounging in an impeccably tailored tuxedo, he takes a drag from an ebony cigarette holder and partially disappears in a shroud of smoke. A time-traveler, he … Read more Le Pustra Dives into the Dark Legends of Weimar Berlin

Society’s Decline: The House of Red Doors’ Decadence Party

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This Thursday, The House of Red Doors is celebrating their first birthday with their most depraved party yet. It’s the decline of the West – and what better way to watch our society fall into ruin than naked, sticky with spilt champagne, and surrounded by like-minded freaks? Get your tickets to this Thursday’s party at … Read more Society’s Decline: The House of Red Doors’ Decadence Party

The House of Red Doors #6: CIRCUS

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“Come and be weird for a night,” Billie Rae Bigsby wrote me last January. And that’s how I ended up at the House of Red Doors (or HORDs) for the first time, purring and dispensing gummi mice while dressed as a feral feline maid. Since then, I’ve seen the Salon zur Wilden Renate transformed into … Read more The House of Red Doors #6: CIRCUS

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