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02/10/2009Jacinta’s World: Getting managed by my kid

Jacinta’s World: Getting managed by my kid Jacinta Nandi aka Candi Girl gets some advice from her five-year-old and details what’s on in Berlin this month.

So my son really supports me with my poetry slam career; he always asks me whether I won or not. One morning, when I’d been at the Bastard Slam the night before but had arrived too late and not allowed on, I said to him: “So you didn't ask whether I won the poetry slam?”

He looked at me, genuinely interested but a bit hesitant: “So, did you win?”

“No,” I said, “they didn't let me do the slam.”

He looked skeptical now, distrustful:  “They didn't let you?”

“There were already too many people,” I explained, “and so they told mummy, no, you just watch the others. They were there first, you know.”

He looked at me carefully and nodded: “Mum, next time you go and they say you're not allowed, tell them if they don't let you, you will never do another one, okay? You say to them: ‘Okay, if you don't let me go on the stage then I will never again come to you and do a poetry slam.’ Then they will let you on, Mum, okay.”

I said nothing, handed him a plate of pasta (it was a weekend and he likes pasta for breakfast at the weekend) and watched Rico tucking him in with great gusto. He gasped and put his spoon down, a thought had just occurred to him.

“Mum, better you don't do that, they might get really angry!” he said. “Don't do it, okay. It's not such a good idea!”

“Awright,” I said, grinning. “I won’t.”
 
It is nice, being managed … by a five-year-old.
 
THINGS TO DO IN BERLIN IN OCTOBER:
 
We spent all of September telling each other wistfully that the summer is over but we didn’t really believe it.  Well, there’s no kidding ourselves now.  It’s gonna be 6°C at the weekend.  Get your woolen socks out kids and check out these fabulous literary events:
 
TAKE IT EASY ON A SUNDAY: Verses

An afternoon of poetry, performances, readings, networking all in the company of sekt and other lazy Sunday cocktails, with poets Catherine Hales, Alice Morey, Michael Haelfinger and a very special guest from AUSTRALIA, award winning poet, Mathew Smith, will grace our ears with his heartbreaking and witty poems. All poets welcome to bring, zines and poems to share.

Sunday 4th October, from 4 pm on
Wonderbar Project space
Wienerstr 45,
Kreuzberg

 
GO TO THE THEATRE: English Language Theatre: Noel Coward’s “Fallen Angels”

Starring Melissa Holroyd as Julia and Laura Cameron as Jane, two bored ladies of leisure who spend their day working themselves up into a drunken state of excitement in anticipation of their long-lost lover’s return.  It’s really funny.  Apparently Noel Coward is meant to have an Umlaut on the e, though, which is really, really, really poncey, even for a gay playwright from the 1920s.

More info: www.etberlin.de

1st – 4th October
6th – 10th October, 8 pm
English Theatre Berlin, F40
Fidicinstrasse 40
10965 Berlin (Kreuzberg
(near U6 Platz der Luftbrücke)
 
TAKE PART: New Word Order Open Mic

Open stage for poetry, music and performance in all languages.  8pm sign up.  Come along, read a story, a poem, or try out some stand-up.  Just do it.  You don’t have to pay to get in, either.

Thursday, 8th October, 9pm
Mano Café, Skalitzerstr 46a
Near Görlitzer Bahnhof
 
FUEL UP FOR WINTER

Lady Gaby’s legendary monthly performance and live music show. This month writer and poet guests are: Moon, Michael Haeflinger and Philip Henderson. With more guests to be announced!

Sunday 11th October, 9pm start
Schokoladen Club,
Ackerstr 169
Berlin Mitte
 
LAUGH LAUGH LAUGH

Comedy in Sin is Neukölln's underground English stand-up comedy and it’s back again this month with all-new guests and your usual favorites. Guests for October include Beth Martin, Laurence Tooth, Ve Magni, Anne Kraft, Ben Knight, Jacinta Nandi and others, along with your headliner ... Sanjay Shihora! Hosted by Rey Melara and Paul Salamone.
Free shots of whiskey at the door!
 
Wednesday, October 14 / 9pm / 3€
S.I.N. Bar and Project Space
Schönleinstraße 6
(near U8 Schönleinstraße 6)
http://sin-berlin.de/
 
And then laugh a bit more…..

The Supernaturals Experimental Comedy Show

The Supernaturals are a new English-language comedy troupe comprised of Latin American performer Rey Melara, American writer and performer Paul Salamone and actor and musician Alan Glen from Canada. The show combines an unusual mix of improv, sketch, stand-up, music, video and audience interaction, along with subtle narrative threads designed to bring the audience back again and again. With influences as diverse as vaudeville, slapstick, comic books, SCTV, telenovelas, science fiction, Dada and life on the road as a touring musician, the Supernaturals deliver a truly unique experience with a distinct "Berlin" flair. Guest acts TBD.
 
Upcoming dates:
Saturday, October 3rd -- 11:30pm, 5 €.
Tuesday, October 13th -- 8:30pm, 10/8 €. (PRIME TIME DEBUT)
Tuesday, October 27th -- 8:30pm, 10/8 €.
Saturday, October 31st -- 11:30pm (FREE HALLOWEEN PARTY!)
 
Kookaburra Comedy Club,
Schönhauser Allee 184
http://www.comedyclub.de
 
GET MASHED AND BANGED UP

Banged and Mashed Up: a night of comedy, music, poetry & more.  Starring all your old favourites – Ben Knight, Niti Dhingra, yours truly aka Jacinta Nandi and of course a host of Very Special Guests who may or may not take their clothes off.  F*cking fabulous

Friday, October 23rd – 10:00pm, 4€
Primitiv Bar
Simon-Dach-Str. 28
Friedrichshain
(near Warschauer S-Bahnhof)
www.myspace.com/myenglishclass
 
SAY HI TO SEXY AL FOR US: My English Class at East of Eden

Ben & Jacinta are back with everyone’s favourite Token German, i.e. Jörg “Rock n Roll Dictator” Kaier.  Comedy, literature, songs covering all aspects of modern life from abortion to giraffe rape.  [No, we won’t really let him do that one again! Promise!]  At what is quite possibly the sexiest second-hand English language bookstore in Berlin and/or the entire world.

Tuesday, 27th October, 9 pm
East of Eden International Bookshop
Schreiner Str. 11
Friedrichshain
(near Samariter Str. U-Bhf)
www.myspace.com/myenglishclass
 
AND DON’T FORGET TO READ MY BLOG at:
http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/amok

Thank you & good night



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