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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.'

Production Details

  • Performed at Sydney's City Recital Hall, 23-27 April 2013 and the Sydney Opera House on 3 May, 2013.

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First known date: 2013
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Works about this Work

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)
Show Time Barry Humphries , 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 Tim Ashley , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 31 July 2016;
— Review of Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret Barry Humphries , 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 Clive O'Connell , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 May 2013; (p. 37)
— Review of Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret Barry Humphries , 2013 single work musical theatre
Back in Barry's Weimar Murray Black , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 April 2013; (p. 14)
— Review of Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret Barry Humphries , 2013 single work musical theatre
Back in Barry's Weimar Murray Black , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 April 2013; (p. 14)
— Review of Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret Barry Humphries , 2013 single work musical theatre
Humphries and Friends Lead Fine Musical Tour of Weimar Clive O'Connell , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 May 2013; (p. 37)
— Review of Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret Barry Humphries , 2013 single work musical theatre
Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret Review – Sardonic, Sexual, Wonderfully Done Tim Ashley , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 31 July 2016;
— Review of Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret Barry Humphries , 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 Nick Cater , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 April 2013; (p. 8-9)
The Lost Notes Barry Humphries , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 April 2013; (p. 6-7)
A Weimar Obsession Phil Brown , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20-21 April 2013; (p. 4)
Show Time Barry Humphries , 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)
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