Katy Baird: Get off – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Katy Baird:
Get off
Get off
Scottish English with German and English surtitles
10€/15€
Not suitable for minors (see content notes)
A delicious meal, a sexual thrill, a drug or those little hearts on Instagram... The human brain registers every pleasure in a similar way. But how long does the happiness of consumption really last?
Scottish performer, hedonist and self-proclaimed hot mess Katy Baird takes us on a journey in pursuit of pleasure. “Messy, anarchic and very funny” is how The Stage describes this relentlessly honest performance. With disarming humor that regularly crosses the boundaries of good taste, Get Off offers a raw and unfiltered insight into the human need for distraction, exploring the depths of our desires and questioning the autonomy we supposedly have in satisfying them. In collaboration with co-director Kim Noble, who also plays his way deep into the hearts of his audiences in his darkly comic works, a theater evening has been created that is as warm as it is strange and clever.
In this piece, depression and drug use are explicitly addressed. Images of drug use are also shown on video (no syringes or needles). There is also a scene in which explicit sexual fantasies are expressed with a person from the audience. There are close-ups of explicit nudity and feces.
Duration
- 60 minutes without break
Language
- Scottish English with German and English surtitles
Light
- The lighting mood is alternately bright and dark. Sudden changes of light are used.
- Strobe light is used.
- The light is sometimes colorful and very bright.
- There is a sudden moment of absolute darkness.
Sound
- There are very loud and sudden parts in the performance. Earplugs are provided before the show.
- There is loud music.
Other
- There is a very large video projection. Among other things, the video shows images of drug use (no syringes or needles and close-ups of explicit nudity and feces.
Interaction
- The audience is invited to come on stage and take part in light physical exercises.
- Individuals in the audience are approached and asked if they would like to take part in the performance.
- In one scene with a person from the audience, explicit sexual content is addressed verbally.
- All interaction is voluntary.
Audience area
- Seated grandstand
- 2 beanbag seats bookable according to availability
- 2 wheelchair seats bookable according to availability
Early Boarding
- If, for artistic reasons, the doors open very shortly before the start of the performance, Early Boarding is possible.
Tickets
- Reservations can be made via the ticket telephone at 030 283 52 66, Monday to Friday from 4pm-6pm
- Via the online ticket shop
- At the box office
You can also find more information about accessibility at the house here
Concept, direction, performance: Katy Baird
Co-direction: Kim Noble
Dramaturgy: Pol Heyvaert
Lighting design: Joe Hornsby
Sound: Nicol Parkinson
Movement coach: Lisi Estaras
Artistic support Lucy Hutson, Eirini Kartsaki, Jordan Mckenzie, Eve Stainton, Ivor Macaskill, Kharn Roberts, Mitch & Zeroh.
Production: United Kingdom Michael Kitchin
A production by Katy Baird and CAMPO, Battersea Arts Centre & Transform with the support of Artsadmin, Tramway, Cambridge Junction & Horizon with government funding from Arts Council England's National Lottery. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.
Katy Baird is an artist and activist who frequently finds herself in bizarre situations of her own making. Her practice is centred around a desire to create a shared space that can be both welcoming and radical.
She has performed at live art festivals and venues as well as squat parties, clubs and raves. Her debut studio-based performance Workshy, a show about work and the things we do for money, was a smash hit and toured internationally to over 30 cities. Since 2016 she has been artist in residence at London queer nightclub Knickerbocker. Her most recent performance, Get Off, premiered in October 2023 as part of Transform Festival. The work is her first collaboration with arts centre CAMPO.
Katy proudly identifies as an “old, queer, fat, femme deviant” and is currently based in Hastings, East Sussex. Her most favourite review of her work is from Vice Magazine: “Sat there half drunk in the musty-dark theatre room of an Edinburgh Fringe art-show, watching someone piss in a wine glass then drink it, I can honestly say that… I’ve… never… felt… more… alive.”