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Review: THE TIGER LILLIES: FROM THE CIRCUS TO THE CEMETERY, Cadogan Hall

The Olivier Award-winning Tiger Lillies look back on over three decades of gleefully exposing the fetid underbelly of humanity.

That’s not to say that listen them is exactly comforting given their penchant for gleefully exposing the fetid underbelly of humanity. Their current From the Circus to the Cemetery tour celebrates “The Worst Of The Tiger Lillies ”, their first “best of” compilation. This retrospective exhumation of nihilistic numbers from across their almost-35-year-long career may sound as if they are resting on their laurels but that's hardly the case here. In 2022 alone, they had two runs in London with One Penny Opera at Soho Theatre and, inspired by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a revival of their war drama The Last Days Of Mankind at Wilton’s Music Hall. This tour has already been around the UK and will go onto Greece, Germany and Ukraine. They have released umpteen albums but it is in front of a live audience in their customary white facepaint that they make their greatest impact.

Opener “Roll up” from 1996 album The Brothel To The Cemetery is as good an introduction to their Brechtian tales of sin and sordid deeds as any. As lead singer Martin Jaques tells us in his falsetto tones about Frankie the brain-damaged boxer (“he's only got left a year/the local bums take him for a round and for his blood they cheer”), it is the first of many moments delivered without a hint of redemption in the air. Those expecting any maternal feelings to surface in “Mummy” will be disappointed (she’s in a mental home) and “Gangster In The Kremlin” and “Putin’s Truth” proudly display their political loyalties.

The band came to mainstream prominence in 1998 with Shockheaded Peter , their Olivier-winning musical based on the 19th century children’s book from Heinrich Hoffmann Struwwelpeter. From that work, the band roll out here “Bully Boys”, a short story about racist intimidation gone wrong. While the culprits in the German original short story are punished by being dipped in ink, The Tiger Lillies lay out a more final resolution: “Well tall Agrippa foamed with rage/Just look at him on this very page/He seizes Arthur, seizes Ned/He smashes all their tiny heads”. While that show used puppets and pantomime, this latest outing has more of a rock vibe, relying on a sepulchral ambience and overhead spots to set the mood.

In the flesh, The Tiger Lillies are a more rounded experience than on record. There’s audience participation with some call-and-responses antics plus lusty singing along to the chorus of “Banging In The Nails”, quite possibly one of the most gleefully blasphemous songs ever written. Their inventive instrumentation has always been a key feature of this group’s live performances. Jaques goes between strumming a ukulele to operating a squeezebox to tickling the ivories. For his part, Adrian Stout switches between the double bass and the theremin (sometimes within the same song) while drummer Budi Butenop occasionally shakes a pair of clackers.

This is a not a showy gig by their own standards with a lack of theatrical fripperies giving more of a focus to the music. Jaques is a bit longer in the tooth then when he founded the band but he and his colleagues are not ready to become cemetery fodder quite yet. 

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The Tiger Lillies: From the Circus to the Cemetery

10th June 2023

Price: £24.25

The Grammy nominated Godfathers of alternative cabaret return with a career spanning concert. Expect dark and deviant theatrics as they delve into their back catalogue presenting their most famous songs alongside new surprises.     With an international reputation for being one of the foremost avant-garde bands in the world, Olivier award winners The Tiger Lillies never cease to surprise, shock and entertain with their inimitable musical style, conjuring up the macabre magic of pre-war Berlin and fusing it with the savage edge of punk. This unique, Brechtian street opera trio tour the world playing concerts and theatre shows such as The Tiger Lillies Christmas Carol, The Ancient Mariner and the West End hit Shockheaded Peter. ‘In an ideal world, The Tiger Lillies would represent Britain in the Eurovision song contest.’ The Times   ‘‘Martyn Jacques is a charismatic focus. Trudging between his piano and accordion like a man weighed down by supernatural dread – yet his voice is a molten cascade. The execution is impeccable throughout. Phenomenal.’ ★★★★★ Guardian

Show Time:  8pm  (doors open at 7:30pm)

Age Recommendation:  14+  (under 18s must be accompanied by a parent or guardian)

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• Hell Play Video
• Roll Up Play Video
• (Unknown) ( lyrics: it's a nonsense... Spit )
• (Unknown) ( lyrics: you're a blob... )
• Heroin & Cocaine Play Video
• Pretty Lisa Play Video
• (Unknown) ( lyrics: come on down... )
• (Unknown) ( lyrics: Celebrity... Mary Magdalene )
• Piss on Your Grave Play Video
• Danced All Night Play Video
• (Unknown) ( lyrics: he worked as a clown on the fairground )
• (Unknown) ( lyrics: kiss kiss kiss )
• (Unknown) ( lyrics: nothing is real in slow motion )
• Gin Play Video
• (Unknown) ( lyrics: she threw herself in the river )
• (Unknown) ( lyrics: you're just the disease )
• Banging in the Nails Play Video
• (Unknown) ( lyrics: There is no sin, you're always wrong... )
• (Unknown) ( lyrics: may the drowned rest in peace )
• Crack of Doom Play Video
• Heroin Play Video
• Bully Boys Play Video
• (Unknown) ( lyrics: Those days they're coming soon... )

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• Heroin & Cocaine
• Danced All Night
• Pretty Lisa
• Banging in the Nails
• Crack of Doom
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