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'Barry Humphries curates, presents and performs the degenerate music of Berlin's Weimar Republic (1920s-1930s) including jazz, cabaret, tango and Broadway-musical style pieces. The hedonistic partying and social revolution of this era is re-awakened in this full-throttle concert featuring transgressive cabaret sensation Meow Meow in the racier numbers.
Hear songs by Kurt Weill including The Threepenny Opera's "Pirate Jenny", see Barry Humphries and Meow Meow sing the duet "Mousie" and dance a tango, and join Barry as he rediscovers the lost music of Krenek, Schulhoff, Toch, Brandt, Grosz and more.'
Hear songs by Kurt Weill including The Threepenny Opera's "Pirate Jenny", see Barry Humphries and Meow Meow sing the duet "Mousie" and dance a tango, and join Barry as he rediscovers the lost music of Krenek, Schulhoff, Toch, Brandt, Grosz and more.'
Production Details
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Performed at Sydney's City Recital Hall, 23-27 April 2013 and the Sydney Opera House on 3 May, 2013.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Barry Humphries : ‘I Defend to the Ultimate My Right to Give Deep and Profound Offence’
Simon Hattenstone
(interviewer),
2018
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 11 July 2018;'The creator of Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson is back on stage with a show highlighting the dangers of censorship. He talks about living in a prudish age, sexual harassment and why he regrets voting for Brexit.' (Publication abstract)
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Show Time
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 September 2016; (p. 6) -
Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret Review – Sardonic, Sexual, Wonderfully Done
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 31 July 2016;
— Review of Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret 2013 single work musical theatre 'In the company of Meow Meow and a raffish Australian Chamber Orchestra, Humphries reveals a lifelong love for music the Nazis banned as ‘degenerate’' -
Humphries and Friends Lead Fine Musical Tour of Weimar
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 May 2013; (p. 37)
— Review of Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret 2013 single work musical theatre -
Back in Barry's Weimar
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 April 2013; (p. 14)
— Review of Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret 2013 single work musical theatre
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Back in Barry's Weimar
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 April 2013; (p. 14)
— Review of Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret 2013 single work musical theatre -
Humphries and Friends Lead Fine Musical Tour of Weimar
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 May 2013; (p. 37)
— Review of Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret 2013 single work musical theatre -
Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret Review – Sardonic, Sexual, Wonderfully Done
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 31 July 2016;
— Review of Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret 2013 single work musical theatre 'In the company of Meow Meow and a raffish Australian Chamber Orchestra, Humphries reveals a lifelong love for music the Nazis banned as ‘degenerate’' -
Dancing on a Volcano
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 April 2013; (p. 8-9) -
The Lost Notes
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 April 2013; (p. 6-7) -
A Weimar Obsession
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20-21 April 2013; (p. 4) -
Show Time
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 September 2016; (p. 6) -
Barry Humphries : ‘I Defend to the Ultimate My Right to Give Deep and Profound Offence’
Simon Hattenstone
(interviewer),
2018
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 11 July 2018;'The creator of Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson is back on stage with a show highlighting the dangers of censorship. He talks about living in a prudish age, sexual harassment and why he regrets voting for Brexit.' (Publication abstract)
Last amended 21 Apr 2013 09:38:45
