CABARET: THE TIGER LILLIES
- Author:
- Ceinwen Brown
- Posted:
- Monday, 6 July 2009
The so-called ‘Godfathers of Alt-Cabaret’ return to Sydney’s Opera House this July. Bringing with them their inimitable musical style, this foremost avant-garde band will once again be conjuring up the macabre magic of pre-war Berlin and fusing it with the savage edge of punk that is unsuitable for children, devout christians or apparently the easily offended!
This show promises to be a ‘best of’ the last 20 years the group has been performing their part gypsy cabaret, part darkly humorous street opera. There will be all the obligatory deranged fan classics of course, as well as songs from their Grammy nominated album The Gorey End and a reprising of songs from their best known work to date, Peter Shockhead.
Formed in London in 1989, The Tiger Lillies garnered their name from a wild flower and an infamous prostitute that singer and accordionist Martyn Jaques encountered coming of age in the subterranean culture of the London underground.
As their nightmarish clown alter-egos, The Tiger Lillies bring to the stage a demented and humorous vision of the dark side of society. Their songs take a light-hearted approach towards subjects such as bestiality, prostitution and blasphemy. For anyone with a sizable dark side.
July 25. Sydney Opera House Studio. $30-35, 9250 7777 or sydneyoperahouse.com
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