#SaveTheDate Berlin! SISSY SMUT. The first instalment will be on 16 March 2023 — with a special guest performance by David Hoyle. The cinema series is followed by a performance and music night at Roter Salon.
The first volume of this series will feature films from Peaches, Guy Maddin, Christeene, Divine David, Alexis Langlois, David Wilson, Cheng Hsu-Chung, Hazel Hill McCarthy, Michael Portnoy, Harry Clayton-Wright and more.
The screening will be followed by a performance in the Rote Salon by David Hoyle – details below — with special guests Nancy Girl and Mojo, the Sword Swallower of Switzerland.
There is a limited combi ticket available valid for both parts of the evening as well as a cinema-only ticket.
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David Hoyle – Performance (at Roter Salon)
The sensational anti-drag queen David Hoyle presents a very special performance. Expect polemic, pathos, provocative politicking and high comedy.
Hoyle came to prominence in the 1990s as the Divine David, a kind of anti-drag queen whose lacerating social commentary – targeting both bourgeois Britain and the materialistic-hedonistic gay scene, which he called “the biggest suicide cult in history” – was offset by breathtaking instances of self-recrimination and even self-harm. Following a couple of outré late-night Channel 4 shows and a cameo in Velvet Goldmine, Hoyle killed the Divine David off during a spectacular show at the Streatham Ice Arena in 2000 and retreated to Manchester for “a period of reflection”.
He returned to TV screens in 2005 in Chris Morris’s Nathan Barley, then began performing live again, under his own name. This time around, the chances of serious injury in any given show seemed greatly reduced, but Hoyle’s biting satire, bravura costumes, wicked comic timing and compelling charisma remained intact. As well as the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (RVT), with which he is most closely associated, he’s performed at the Soho Theatre, Chelsea Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre, National Portrait Gallery, Tate Britain and Victoria & Albert Museum. David also tours internationally, taking his work to Europe and Australia.
Hoyle’s recent work includes the stage shows Diamond – an avant-garde, angry and often hilarious journey into LGBTQ+ liberation from 1957 to the present day; Ten Commandments – a promise to rebalance all the inequities and injustices that surround us, and the film Hedda after Ibsen. A prolific visual artist, David recently exhibited his paintings at Goswell Road gallery in Paris.
Vol 1. of SISSY SMUT at @volksbuehne_berlin (18+) x @davidhoyleuniversal
16 March / screening 20.00 / performances 22.00
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SISSY SMUT is an ongoing series of transgressive queer short films, music videos and erotica curated by myself x @_vitium — featuring films from @rikiki_nabote @peachesnisker @hazelhillmccarthyiii @guy.maddin @christeene_official @hidavidwilson @hclaytonwright @michaelportnoy @dudechung & more
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The cinema series will be followed by live performances in the ROTER SALON with THE @davidhoyleuniversal & guests @nancy.grrl & @riseofmojo
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Production by @nedalot / Producer for @_vitium – @nickydbc
