Avant-garde, post-punk, death oompah band and cult cabaret geniuses The Tiger Lillies make their long-awaited return to Australia with Serenade from the Sewer, celebrating the weird, the macabre and those that society has abandoned.
Kicking off in Hobart in February, the tour takes in Perth Festival, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Brunswick Heads and Castlemaine before concluding as part of Adelaide Festival in March.
Olivier award-winning and Grammy nominated, The Tiger Lillies have toured the world for over 35 years and released scores of critically acclaimed albums. They have starred in many unforgettable theatre productions from their West End smash hit Shockheaded Peter to 2025’s A Macbeth Song, which ran for three months in Barcelona and is now touring worldwide.
With Martyn Jaques on vocals, accordion, piano and guitar, Adrian Stout on double bass, musical saw, theremin and vocals, and Budi Butenop on drums, they 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.
Inspired by the seedy underbelly of London’s Soho district in the 1980s, Serenade from the Sewer is a melancholic yet ironic reflection of life on the margins of society; a grotesquely beautiful tale framed by the band’s signature fusion of chanson, dark cabaret and operatic punk.
“One of the most unique and subversive acts in contemporary performance.” – The New York Times
The Tiger Lillies will play the Theatre Royal, Hobart (Saturday 21 February), Brisbane Powerhouse (Sunday 22 February), Brunswick Picture House, Brunswick Heads (Thursday 26 February), The Embassy, Perth Festival (Friday 27 February), Brunswick Ballroom, Melbourne (Saturday 28 February), The Vanguard, Sydney (Sunday 1 March), Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide (Thursday 5 & Friday 6 March) and Theatre Royal, Castlemaine (Saturday 7 March). For more information, visit: www.tigerlillies.com for details.
Image: The Tiger Lillies (supplied)