The Tiger Lillies
presents the human world
in its terrible grotesqueness
with minimal instrumentation &
maximal satirical ability
in their peculiar style
which recalls the pre-Nazi cabarets of Berlin

Their songs’ themes are determined by a special circumstance. The founder, vocalist and accordionist, Martyn Jacques spent much of his early years living above a brothel in London’s Soho. His songs describe pimps, prostitutes, drug addicts, losers and other unsavoury characters in their lurid details.

They frequently convert literary works. For example: Hoffman – Der Struwwelpeter (as Shockheaded Peter), Brecht / Weill – The Threepenny Opera (as Two Penny Opera), or the British romantic poet, Samuel Taylor Colridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Furthermore they have written a musical comedy about life of Mozart. And furthermore

Dec 22  Budapest  A38

Dates for Spain, UK, Germany and France in 2014