1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: Bernie Dita's Club Cabaret Fringe show starts on Friday. It 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: runs till February eighteen. You can get tickets through fringeworld 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: dot com dot are you and fresh from flying in 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: from London? 5 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 2: Bernie's with us now? 6 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 3: Hello, good morning, Hello darlings, Thank you for having me. 7 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:17,959 Speaker 2: Thank you for coming in. 8 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: Cabaret, whether it's with the K and two teas or 9 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: just with the regular C and tea. 10 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 2: When did you fall in love with it? 11 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 3: I've always loved it as a genre, you know my 12 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 3: actually my Olmer, her family owned a traveling circus in 13 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 3: East Germany when she was a young girl, and so 14 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 3: I guess it's in my DNA. But what I love 15 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,239 Speaker 3: about it is that it's a kind of really a 16 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 3: live experience for everyone. There's no fourth wall. The audience 17 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 3: never know if they are safe or not, no matter 18 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 3: where they are sitting, because someone was a genius and 19 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 3: invented cordless microphones. But it's just it's always a kind 20 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 3: of dialogue between the audience and performer. It's live, it's exciting, dangerous, 21 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 3: and you never know what's going to happen. 22 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: So because you grew up in Cologne in Germany and 23 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: ran away to Berlin at six stay right stories above 24 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: a drag club. I mean, it was always going to happen. 25 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: But why is it that I've all my life I've heard. 26 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 2: Always heard Berlin in sentences with the best cabaret you're 27 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 2: ever get to see, and you're like, what is it? 28 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 2: Why is it Berlin? 29 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 3: Well, I think cabaret often comes from a time, you know, 30 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 3: and a place where things are hard, you know, and Berlin, 31 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 3: especially in the Weima, you know, back in that time 32 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 3: where my favorite kind of cabaret is kind of gritty, edgy, sexy, 33 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 3: naughty style of cabaret was born. It was you know, 34 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 3: post war, there was like people needed something to take 35 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 3: them out of the mess that was the world, a 36 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 3: place at. 37 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 4: A wall through that get them away from the misery. 38 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 3: And that's why, you know, it's really an art form 39 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 3: where it wants people to come together and connect, and 40 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 3: that's what I've always loved about it. I think that's 41 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 3: something we also need now because the world is like 42 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 3: kind of a bit of a mess. So you know, 43 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 3: I think finding each other being in our room together, 44 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 3: drinking together, laughing together, having that kind of sense of 45 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 3: connection on that leaving your troubles. 46 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 2: At the door, not thinking about that. 47 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 3: All that's going on out there is a really important 48 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 3: thing for now as it was then. 49 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 4: So you use the word dangerous earlier the income it 50 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 4: has a bit of danger of life entertainment. But from 51 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 4: the stage, can you see when someone's a first timer, 52 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, absolutely, in an uncomfortable position. Yeah, Cabaret Virgin, 53 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 4: I love it. I'm drawn to those people. 54 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 3: But yeah, but it's also you know, in our show 55 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 3: we have things like obviously fire and hair hanging and 56 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 3: these things that are really dangerous that people are doing 57 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 3: right there in front of you. And I think in 58 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 3: this kind of Netflix generation where we're all so isolated 59 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 3: behind our tiny screens, when you come out and you 60 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 3: sit in there and you feel that real danger that 61 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 3: you know, it's just electrifying. It's unlike anything else you 62 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 3: ever have. So it's full, and it's. 63 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 2: Sexy and. 64 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 4: All the senses, classy. 65 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 2: And it's everything all at the time. 66 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: Your voice, which I'm just loving just listening to you talk, Bernie, 67 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: but your singing voice has been described as a mixture 68 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 1: of Marlena, Dietrick, Frank and Furter and my favorite Kate Bush, 69 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 1: who your inspiration. 70 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 3: Oh well, all of those people obviously. I mean, I 71 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 3: really singing for me is about telling the story. So 72 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 3: I love I love storytellers, you know. And yeah, I 73 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 3: feel like Malina Dietrich is obviously an icon. 74 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: That's how you say it. 75 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 3: No, no, it was you know, it was perfect. But yeah, 76 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 3: so she's obviously always been an icon. And I watched 77 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 3: Rocky Horror Picture when I was about eight years old, yes, 78 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 3: although my parents did stop the video before that notorious 79 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 3: scene in the pool. Yeah, and then when I was 80 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 3: about nine, I realized that wasn't the end, and that 81 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 3: changed my life in a very excellent way. I was 82 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 3: rewinding and rewatching, rewinding, rewatching that scene. Yeah, more tim 83 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 3: carry exactly. So yeah, he has obviously been a huge 84 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 3: inspiration too. 85 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 4: I really need to know when you've got the people 86 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 4: in the crowd there and all that, do you have 87 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 4: super fans? Are the people who will be hanging backstage 88 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 4: door type thing afterwards? 89 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 3: I do, Yeah, I have super fans, and actually I 90 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 3: love them to be it's you know, they're beautiful. And 91 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 3: we recently this year, we did a tour of Japan 92 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 3: as well, which was absolutely incredible, and I felt like 93 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 3: we were the Beatles, you know, we were coming out side. 94 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 3: People were waiting for hours outside a restaurant where we 95 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 3: were eating to get autographs. And I think because the 96 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 3: show for them was so transformative, you know, it was 97 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 3: really pushing boundaries and they were just screaming and crying 98 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 3: and it was like absolutely incredible. So yeah, I mean, 99 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 3: you know, I love I love those people, and they 100 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 3: really bring something beautiful to the show as well, you know, 101 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 3: and I guess. 102 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: You might assume that a place where people were perhaps 103 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: a little more reserved, you're going to have that in 104 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 1: an audience, but it might turn out to be the 105 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 1: opposite because of it's like a license to let the 106 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: inhibitions go. 107 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 3: Absolutely yeah, and that's what we you know, that's what 108 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 3: we want people to leave the show feeling free. And 109 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 3: you know, I've had women come up to me saying, well, 110 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 3: I've actually divorced my husband because of your show. Okay, Well, 111 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,919 Speaker 3: I mean, but I've also had you know, people saying, 112 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 3: I've quit my job and you know, I'm going to 113 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 3: do something that I love. And but you know, it's 114 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 3: also just a really fun, fun night out where you 115 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 3: can just let go, let loose and laugh and have 116 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 3: a great time. 117 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 2: So yeah, all of those things. 118 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 3: Whatever you take away from it, come find me in 119 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 3: the bar and tell me I love it. 120 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 4: Yes, yes, that's all. 121 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 2: Everyone's there afterwards. 122 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: Bernie Dida's Club Cabaret with the K and two T's 123 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: starts Friday. You can get your tickets through Fringe world 124 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,679 Speaker 1: dot com. Dot you get on to this quickly because 125 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: this is one of the more population. 126 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 3: Absolutely tickets are flying out the doors, and our cabaret tables, 127 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:38,679 Speaker 3: our VIP premium cabaret tables. 128 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, you get a little bit of. 129 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 3: Extra love from me. They are actually almost sold out, 130 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 3: so yeah, it's it's absolutely flying fringe on dot com 131 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 3: dot you. 132 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 2: Be very very quick, Bernie lovely to mate you thanks 133 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 2: for coming. 134 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 3: Thanks for having me. 135 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 4: Darlings, you don't want to hang around for a bad idea. 136 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 4: Just talk to us by your hair.