Le Pustra's Kabarett Der Namenlosen

Le Pustra's Kabarett Der Namenlosen "Berlin's most iconic 1920s Weimar Era theatre play" (2016 - 2023) Celebrate the Grotesque and the Bizarre.

Le Pustra’s Kabarett der Namenlosen is a provocative theatrical "cabaret play" and contemporary interpretation of the progressive Weimar era Cabaret Culture and hedonistic nightlife of Post War Berlin. In March 2016, Kabarett der Namenlosen made its Berlin stage debut in the intimate Ballhaus Berlin (built in 1905) and the last run concluded in March 2020. The project was conceived and directed by

English actor and iridescent "Kunstfigur", Le Pustra (Babylon Berlin, Season 3-4) and co-produced by the Grande Dame of 1920s entertainment, Else Edelstahl (Bohème Sauvage). Taking inspiration from various sordid Berlin Cabarets including the Eldorado (1928) nightclub, Weiße Maus Cabaret (1919) and naturally Erich Lowlinsky’s original Kabarett der Namenlosen (1926), Le Pustra reimagines Berlin’s legendary nightlife. The show is presented as a salon with transitioning short scenes or vignettes, resulting in a richly layered tableau vivant. The Kabarett explores the newly found s*xual freedoms available (partially due to the relaxation of censorship) and avant-garde artistic innovation, especially seen in theater, dance, film and cabaret. Thus the aim of this lavishly curated production is to not only recapture but also to celebrate the exhilarating yet unstable Zeitgeist during the interwar years in Europe’s new s*x capital, Berlin. Le Pustra says “I want to offer our audiences a voyeuristic glimpse into the erotic and smoky underworld of a secretive late night “Nachtlokal” where one might encounter the icon of Weimar nightlife, the scandalous dancer Anita Berber or perhaps witness the naked dance troupe Ballet Celly de Reidt performing one of their infamous Schönheitsabende.” Berlin’s wild nightlife and notorious erotic hotspots still fascinates us today and the 1920s is more popular than ever with tourists, artists and historians in search of that mythical “divine decadence” à la Sally Bowles in 1972's Cabaret. In 2022, Le Pustra’s Kabarett der Namenlosen was also featured in the award winning TV hit, Babylon Berlin (Season #4) starring Le Pustra as Edwina Morell, the flame-haired "Souteneur" and diabolical Conférencier. So leave your inhibitions at the door and enter a world of scandal, intrigue and self indulgence. Immersive yourself in a decadent mise-en-scène and dance the night away with The Beautiful and The Damned. KDN includes selected music from Frederick Hollander, Kurt Weill, Rudolph Nelson, Mischa Spoliansky, W***y Rosen, Noël Coward, Bertolt Brecht feature and also poetry by Kurt Tucholsky. Press:

"Der Performer Le Pustra gibt glanzvoll den Conférencier, singt und gurrt und flirtet und bewahrt dabei immer den melancholischen Blick eines Bonvivants, der zu viel gesehen hat, um noch unbedarft in die Welt zu schauen." – BERLINER ZEITUNG

"Verrucht und extravagant" - BERLINER MORGENPOST

"Luder, Laster, Leidenschaft" - B.Z.

22/04/2026

Le Pustra's Kabarett Der Namenlosen

Photo: Sheila Wolf
Berlin (2015)

From 2017 with BBC4(Photos by Nina Butkovich-Budden)
16/04/2026

From 2017 with BBC4
(Photos by Nina Butkovich-Budden)

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“Tunes for Tyrants: Music and Power with Suzy Klein" (2017)

3 Part BBC documentary series. In the first episode of this fascinating and entertaining series exploring the politics of music, Suzy Klein takes us back to the volatile years following the Russian Revolution and World War I, when music was seen as a tool to change society.

Suzy explores the gender-bending cabarets of 1920s Berlin, smashes a piano in the spirit of the Bolshevik revolution, and discovers that playing a theremin is harder than it looks. She also reveals why one orchestra decided to work without a conductor, uncovers the dark politics behind Mack the Knife and probes the satirical songs which tried to puncture the rise of the N***s. Finally, she tells the story of the infamous Horst Wessel song, which helped bring Hi**er to power.

Featuring Le Pustra, Lars Schwuchow, Bridge Markland, Jack Woodhead, Shir-Ran Yinon and Julietta La Doll.

Thank you to Nina Butkovich-Budden.

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20/01/2026

Photo: Ben Asif
Berlin, 2017

17/12/2025

At home in Berlin with Art Noufaux ✨

Photo: Peter Diablow
Wig: Stefanie Mellin
Makeup: Le Pustra

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