Dark Stars – Shahak Shapira & Freddi Gralle – Dark Mode #96

Welcome to “Dark Stars” – the home of comedy that’s not afraid of the dark and shines a spotlight into the shadows. We dive deep into topics others shy away from. Hosted by Nir Gottleid, a master of dark humor, every show is an adventure into humor’s wild side.

Our comedians? They love to play with shadowy jokes and aren’t scared to push boundaries. Get ready for a night where laughs are dark, bold, and hit right where it counts.

Our line up will be announced prior to the show – but always, it’s all killer, zero filler!

Join us for an evening where we laugh at the things you’re not supposed to. “Dark Stars” isn’t just a comedy show; it’s where we make sure you feel the right kind of pain.

At “Dark Stars,” we light up the night with comedy that just like favorite cup of coffee: dark, bitter, and based on centuries of racial oppression.

Looking for the latest on who’s daring to tread the dark comedy stage at Dark Stars? Our lineups rotate faster than a comedian’s mood swings! To catch the freshest faces in dark humor, keep an eye on our social media @darkmodecomedy and @thenireast as well as our website at https://dark-mo.de

OUR LINEUP FOR THIS SHOW:

Shahak Shapira- https://shahak.de/

Shahak Shapira is an Israel-born, Berlin-based comedian. His comedy show on German TV got canceled so fast, most people didn’t even notice he had one. He recorded a stand up special for Comedy Central, which would have been awesome, but it was Comedy Central Germany, so yeah, not great. Also wrote two best sellers, which is very impressive at a poetry slam and absolutely irrelevant on a comedy stage. Shahak has successfully bullshitted audiences around the world into thinking he’s funny and even tricked world class comedians like Jim Gaffigan, Maz Jobrani, Ari Shaffir and Joe List into letting him open for them – ha! Fools! By making up a bunch of credits, he was also able to stain the legendary stages of the Comedy Store, Gotham, Laugh Factory, Comedy Mothership, Top Secret London, The Stand and New York Comedy Club with mediocre-at-best comedy.

Freddi Gralle – https://freddigralle.com

As a German pastor’s daughter, the first stages Freddi Gralle spent much time on were those in church. She later ditched the church for comedy, but kept the judgy vibe. Equipped with friendly arrogance, Freddi deep-dives into the existential questions around god, sex and German humor. Her voice is delightfully sarcastic with a strong preference for the auto-biographic.

Freddi has performed all over Germany, in the US, AT, CZ, F and appeared on Germany’s Comedy Central, Nightwash and SKY One. She is also a tv writer for the Late Night Show “Shapira! Shapira!”.

Doors are at 20:00 – show starts at 20:30!

HOST: NIR GOTTLEID (@thenireast):

Nir Gottleid (@thenireast on instagram) is an Israeli comic who has performed in the throughout Europe, the US, and Israel. He has come to Germany to, as he says, “make Germans feel uncomfortable as a form of reparations”; he would prefer to date Germans to achieve his goal, but sadly German women have intelligence, common sense, and eyes — therefore he’s forced to do comedy instead. His combination of dark humor, self-deprecation, and obscene “dad jokes” will leave him in stitches, because you are very likely to stab him after his set.

” has a command of the traditional pace, rhythms and tightly written gags of stand-up that assure you that you’re in capable hand”, “a flair for gags that make you wince and laugh in equal measure”, “a self loathing stoner” – Chortle, UK

You can see some of his work here:

Instagram (www.instagram.com/thenireast)

YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@thenireast)

and

TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@thenireast)

you can also find the rest of the links here: linktr.ee/nirgottleid

Nir has been touring Europe, and has produced multiple successful shows such as “The Berlin Offensive”, “Schindler’s Fist”, and more. He is widely regarded as the darkest comedian in the English comedy scene in Germany and more than meets that expectation by awkwardly talking to audiences about things he most definitely shouldn’t be talking about.

His first solo show, “The Revenge of the Jew-Di” is a 60 to 90 minute exploration of holocaust puns, the life of an Israeli expat in Germany, dating in modern day Berlin, and more. It is currently on tour in Germany and Europe and you can get tickets and see show times here!

Nir is touring with his second solo show as well, “Middle Rage“, and talks about the fun sides of depression, anxiety, cats, hate crimes dating as a single old man, and the bitterness rage and feeling of acceptance that can only come with a life exhaustively lived.

ABOUT DARK MODE:

Dark Mode is Berlin’s premiere prime time Dark Comedy destination – and is produced and hosted by Nir Gottleid. You can find out all about Dark Mode here: https://dark-mo.de

Doors are at 20:00 – show starts at 20:30!