A musical portrayal of eight of the most notorious female trendsetters of Weimar Berlin in the 1920s. These influentials iconoclasts, who challenged popular tastes and opinion while trading in the scandal, rebellion and sense of experimentation that swelled in Berlin between the two world wars, included Marlene Dietrich, Anita Berber and Valeska Gert among others.
“Tigers, Muses & Jasmine" intersperses songs by Friedrich Hollaender, Mischa Spoliansky, Hanns Eisler and Kurt Weill with the words, ideas and signature gestures of a remarkable rogues gallery of eight female actress-singers, dancers, journalists and a politician. The show not only celebrates the avant-garde derring-do of these free spirits, it dramatizes the brewing Nazi storm on the horizon as it grows increasingly menacing.
Written and performed by Micaela Leon
with excerpts by Jude Alderson
Director/Co-Editor: Lina Koutrakos
Musical Direction: Alex Rybeck/Jekatarina Iwanowa-Wörle
“Smart, sexy and spirited... This is sensual, potent stuff from a performer who loves their material, Simon Schama eat your heart out.”
– Edinburgh Evening News
“This is a success from beginning to end… captivating and incredibly expressive… a revolutionary herself.“ – Three Weeks Edinburgh
"Joyously sensual ... fierce and powerful" – BroadwayWorld.com
Deutsche Info here