About this Event
The summary:
Z-Bar, 20:30 sharp | Doors: 20:00 | Full bar. No mercy.
Berlin’s darkest comedy night returns, this time with Nir Gottleid’s second solo show:
🖤 Middle Rage, fresh off moderately triumphant runs at Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe.
Nir turns 45, and instead of therapy or suicide, he’s decided to publicly spiral on stage.
Expect 70–80 minutes of dark stand-up that covers:
- 🐈⬛ Cats
- 😬 Depression & anxiety
- 💔 Dating as an old Israeli man in Berlin
- ✡️ Holocaust jokes (duh)
- 🪪 Anmeldung trauma
- 💀 Bitterness, rage, and very little personal growth
Maybe special guests. Maybe shame. Probably both.
“A flair for gags that make you wince and laugh in equal measure.”
“A self-loathing stoner.”
— Chortle, UK
This isn’t some lukewarm open mic. Dark Mode Prime Time brings you professional-grade filth, from comics with international touring cred and no moral compass.
GOOD TO KNOW
- 💂♀️ Language: English
- 🔞 Age: 18+ (you’ve been warned)
- ⏱️ Seating: First-come, first-suffered
- 🍷 Bar: Open before/during/after. Yes, drink.
- 🪑 Accessibility: Small step at entrance, cramped comedy cave inside.
NIR GOTTLEID (@thenireast)
Israeli comic. Berlin expat. Deeply disturbed.
Too ugly to date Germans, so now he does stand-up instead.
Known for shows like The Berlin Offensive, Schindler’s Fist, and The Revenge of the Jewdi — Nir is widely considered the darkest comic on Germany’s English scene. Mostly by himself.
Watch him here:
🔗 Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | linktr.ee
An English dark-comedy special in Berlin-Mitte.
ABOUT MIDDLE RAGE:
Being in your 20s is glorious; being in your 30s is a joy. Being in your 40s sucks, because your 40s are when you finally realize all the things you’ve done wrong in your life so far. Nir Gottleid, Berlin's darkest comic, shares his feelings about turning 40 – 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 belatedly realizing how thoroughly you fouled up your life until now. Not for the faint of heart! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to die.
ABOUT 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:
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
Dark Mode Prime Time features an all pro lineup of non-stop cavalcade of offensive humour, holocaust jokes, and vivid discussions of necrophilia. Comics will take to the stage to discuss such wide ranging topics from pediatric cancer to why Germans love asparagus so much. Comics on the Prime Time show are typically professional comedians who have extensive touring experience & TV credits. This is not your standard Berlin open mic.
Doors are at 20:00; show starts at 20:30 sharp. Stick around for the late show for more fun!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Z-Bar, Bergstraße 2, Berlin, Germany
EUR 6.71 to EUR 18.00
