You don’t know commitment to your art til you’ve glue-gunned diamantés to your butt cheeks.

Berlin (home of alternative cabaret) hosts a week of stripping, comedy, gender-bending, acrobatics and all round anarchy.

Kick off the week by helping a sparkly woman swallow a coat hanger and then pull it out of her nose. End it with a bondage themed life-drawing class. Perfect.

Make sure you catch Bad Bruises: The House of Red Doors on the 25th of May. It’s an immersive fetish party that sits juuuust the wrong side of theatre vs orgy.

Check the Berlin Burlesque Week FB page for individual events and tickets.