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WISE: The future festival & think tank

May 15 - 16

We are so happy to announce the WISE festival, taking place in Berlin, May 15-16, 2025! At Pfefferberg, Festsaal Kreuzberg and Lynk&Co. The festival aims to bring together professionals and enthusiasts from the music industry, creative industries, and tech to discuss the latest trends and innovations in these fields. To make this event a success, we are looking for enthusiastic volunteers like you to join our team. As a volunteer, you will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in event management and work alongside industry professionals.

To have a better idea of our program and our speakers please check out our website.

We are looking for volunteers to fill the following positions:

1. All-Rounder: Will assist with various tasks, including but not limited to, registration, ticketing, streaming and recording, guest services, and on-site coordination.
2. Registrations/Admissions: Will be responsible for handling registration and admission of guests and attendees, issuing wristbands, and managing the guest list.
3. Speaker Management/Registrations: Will manage the speakers' registration process, coordinate their schedules, and ensure they have the necessary equipment and resources.
4. Stage Management: Will be helping out the stage manager
5. Sound Tech: Someone who has some experience with setting up microphones, using a soundboard. They would assist the production crew.

If you are interested in volunteering for the WISE festival, please fill out the

💥Volunteer Registration Form
Deadline: Friday 11 April, 23:59

We’re thrilled to share that Catalyst has been invited to curate a special guest feature at this year’s Soundbox Festival 2025, hosted by Oregon State University. This international digital media and multimedia festival will take place in early May at the stunning new PRAx facility (Performing Arts Building) - Learn more about the space

Soundbox has generously allocated 90 minutes of programming exclusively for Catalyst to showcase the creative work of our all of our music students, faculty, and staff.

We are currently accepting submissions of:

• Finished audio/visual works for remote playback
• Simple installation works that can be set up on-site by the PRAx team
• This is a unique opportunity to present your work to a broader international audience.

/// Submission Guidelines
Examples of what we’re looking for:

• Fixed media pieces (audio or audiovisual)
• Stereo or multi-channel audio compositions
• Time-based digital works that do not require live performance
• Simple installation works (requiring minimal setup)

/// How to Submit :
Please submit your work using the following form:

💥Submit Your Work Here
Submission Deadline: Friday 18 April, 2025

Selections will be finalized shortly after the deadline. Spaces are limited, so don’t wait! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us:

• benjamin.b@catalyst-berlin.com
• renee@catalyst-berlin.com

Looking forward to seeing your work!

Best regards,
Ben and Reneé

featuring three wildly different shows by three wildly talented classes

Love and Other Four Letter Words

How many different forms can love take? How many different forms can we take? ‘Love and other Four Letter Words’ explodes a theatrical universe, fragmenting relationships only to rebuild them in new constellations. Dimensions shift, space and time blur around us, but the vulnerability of the human heart and our deep yearning for connection remain the same.

The Catalyst company of first year acting students cordially invite you to their end-of-year showcase: ‘Love and Other Four Letter Words’, a party to remember forever!

It's free!

/// Attend 

• Thursday 3 April, 19:00
• Friday 4 April, 19:00
• Saturday 5 April, 19:00
• Catalyst Theatre
• 💥BOOK TICKETS HERE

/// People
Featuring the class of ACT24A: 

• Aliza Von Heland
• André Lindell Seisay 
• Elisa Rossi
• Hannalora Balog
• Natasha Jabbour Boag
• Paulina Celej
• Ray Mitrova
• Vicky Lane

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A Happy Life by Charles L. Mee 

We are all artists. There’s no disputing taste. 

A group of individuals seek answers in a therapist’s office, each confronting the complexities of their inner worlds. What begins as a journey to understand themselves turns into a disorienting dance, revealing that nothing is quite as it seems. This play explores the subjective nature of truth, happiness and the artist inside us all. 

/// Attend 

• Wednesday 9 April, 19:00
• Thursday 10 April, 19:00
• Friday 11 April, 19:00
• Catalyst Theatre
• 💥BOOK TICKETS HERE

/// People
Featuring the class of ACT24B:

• Ísak Leó Kristjánsson
• Vincenzo Pio Cavallo
• Julia Maria Podjacka
• David Antonyan
• Isi Navarro
• Greta Iaccarino Idelson
• Lilia Gabbro
• Dúna Pálsdóttir
• Maia Maurin Hakala

Dance Nation by Clare Barron 
Directed by Bronwen Pattison

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Dance Nation by Clare Barron

Make Them Lick The Blood From The Stage

A studio of hungry pre-teen dancers fights for their dreams, each other, and victory.

Never won, never lost, never aged, never born, entered the stage with wrinkles, left with period and pimples. The journey of a lifetime through a ballet competition. Where are they now? We don’t know. But in some remote corner of their minds, and yours, they’re still dancing in the face of fear, desire and hope that time made them conceal.

/// Attend 

• Wednesday 30 April, 19:00
• Friday 2 May, 19:00
• Saturday 3 May, 19:00 
• Catalyst Theatre
• 💥BOOK TICKETS HERE

/// People

Featuring the class of ACT24C: 

• David Muscat as Dance Teacher Pat
• Luz Schaefer as Amina
• Mariana Ramirez Arzt as Zuzu
• Michael De Paola as Luke
• Eleonora Marranzini as Maeve
• Faye Karadima as Sofia
• Nadia Róg as Ashlee
• Vicky Lane as Vanessa/The Moms

Directed by Stephanie LeBolt

Catalyst MA Symposium: Multipli-Cities

27–28 May 2025 @ Catalyst, Funkhaus

Featuring two days of multidisciplinary artist talks, presentations and demonstrations of artistic research in progress, Catalyst's symposium unpacks the work of postgraduate artistic research students + special guests.

/// Who can attend? 

We invite all Catalyst students and community members to discover new ideas, methods and creative approaches, connect with other artists and spark new inspiration for your own work.

• Full event details + tickets to be announced, but for now: save the date! (27–28 May)

/// Who can submit? 

Submissions are invited from final year postgraduate students of Catalyst, and also external universities. If you know someone who is currently studying, or recently graduated from, a postgraduate artistic research degree, please share this with them! 

• Submission form (full criteria in the form)
• Deadline: MONDAY 7 April

/// Multipli-Cities: Exploring artistic research across places and practices

Expanding the notion of "city" beyond the urban environment, we consider a broad spectrum of creative spaces—from anthills to forests to digital realms, from communal hubs to personal landscapes. How does location shape artistic inquiry? In what ways do collective and collaborative processes inform creative practice?

 For more information, check out last year’s programme here. 

Cargo is a website builder providing creative and professional tools to artists and designers. Their approach allows for creative portfolio design, idea boards, profile site, shops — basically any kind of site you need — all with a single account. Students and staff can access a discount code which is updated annually.

/// How to

• Create an account at cargo.site
• Click the “New Site” button in the Site Manager (the black bar at the top of your Admin panel)
• Open Publish Settings (in the right menu bar), 
• Click “Make this site public” and look for the “Use a promo code” link at the bottom.
• Enter promo code: a0f037e0
• Promo code is found at the very bottom when prompted to pay

Enjoy!