A Macbeth Song

La Perla 29 and the London trio The Tiger Lillies come together to tell the tragic story of Macbeth. The result of this version is a great artistic display that transports the audience on an extraordinary journey each night, guided by the new live songs of The Tiger Lillies and three performers from La Perla 29.

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Synopsis

Three witches sing to Macbeth, a power too great for a human. The Tiger Lillies and La Perla 29 take us to the heart of this story in a show-concert that blends the live music of the London trio with the aesthetics of the Catalan company. Guided by accordions, ukuleles, brand-new songs, emotional ballads, and three great actors, this special company creates a new way to tell this impactful story that speaks of power and war, guilt, blood-stained hands, death, spells, dark nights, fog, and the indelible memory of crimes committed by excessive ambition.

Poor Macbeth, deluded, who killed the king to place the crown on his head. Three witches promise him power, and he enters the fatal labyrinth of ambition. The serpentine tongue of Lady Macbeth and the paranoia of the throne drive him to commit the most despicable crimes, and the gears of war and fear turn without anyone being able to stop them. Ah, poor tyrant, when he faces his guilty conscience every evening of the longest and darkest night. What a childish man, the despot, who kills and kills without knowing how to love. What ray of dawn can pierce these blood-soaked clouds? Where has freedom gone? The three Tiger Lillies sing to Macbeth, a power too great for a human soul.
 

Artistic Team

A production by La Perla 29

Direction notes

For a long time, we've wanted to create a show with the English band The Tiger Lillies, and when we first met in Berlin while they were performing at the Kanzleramt Theater, the choice was clear: it had to be Macbeth. Renowned for their rock-infused cabaret style and marked by the sarcastic tone of their songs, The Tiger Lillies' concerts are clearly inspired by Brechtian aesthetics. And our collaboration is essential to fuel our desire to understand the world.

The fusion of La Perla 29 and The Tiger Lillies will transport us directly into a world of grotesque and surreal cabaret. Macbeth will be reflected in the concave mirrors of all these bizarre characters, outcasts, and marginalised individuals with twisted morals, who seem to have stepped out of a Poe's tale or the songs of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.

These concave mirrors, distorting the figures and amplifying their vices, will show us a new perspective on our own reflection as we delve into the depths of Macbeth's psyche.

Oriol Broggi, director