The Tiger Lillies have a flair for the macabre, the surreal, the anarchic and the mordant. Their act is modelled on pre-war Berlin cabaret and they have performed in opera houses, rock festivals, circus tents and smelly pubs. Love for Sale, their latest show, has been commissioned by Opera North Projects. The classic songs of Cole Porter are re-imagined to explore the darkness beneath the surface.
I much enjoyed the music and Martyn Jacques’s emphatic, hypnotic falsetto singing. He accompanies himself on accordion, piano and banjolele. His performance is immeasurably enhanced by Adrian Stout’s musicianship on double bass and musical saw.