Harburg (Schwaben)
What a ray of hope in turbulent times: the funniest psychologist from Swabia and self-proclaimed queen of the loony bin climbs to the next level and now crowns herself Psycho Royal. After all, she has already broken the much-discussed little spike off her crown—so there’s nothing left to lose. Except perhaps her composure. Or her patience. Or both at once. In Psycho Royal, things get chaotic between politics, society, and the completely ordinary state of inner emergency. Kathi takes apart the spirit of the times, battles through her own flights of fancy and crash landings, and takes the audience with her into her world, seen through the eyes of a psychologist. Between feminism and the desire for peace, destigmatization and escapism, self-staging and the search for meaning, Kathi moves with her established mix of political cabaret, stand-up comedy, and music with pinpoint accuracy through the neuroses of our time. Psycho Royal is not a classic stage show—it is an invitation to collective self-diagnosis. A humorous therapy session without a health insurance card, but with a guarantee of laughter and surprising aha moments. Or, to put it in Kathi’s words: in the end, we’re all a little psycho—the only question is how royally we deal with it. Kathi has been performing on the small stages of the country for over ten years and can regularly be seen on TV, among other things as a member of the ensemble of “Asül für alle.” As a trained actress, she also appears in front of the camera again and again—and with great joy hosts events, galas, film festivals, and anything else that doe