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"cabaret
diva of the
highest order” Time Out New York critics vote meow for the Top Ten best cabaret of 2007. “An extraordinary voice that sounds as though Diamanda Galás drowned in cherry liqueur…She has the audience hanging on her every move” The Age “Meow Meow takes the art of cabaret and splits it open, exposing the disillusioned, yearning heart that beats under the sequins.” The Australian “A phenomenon”. The Australian 2008 “The birth of a new star “ The London Times 2007 “New Icon of Cool” National Press Australia “Meow is a sequinned sex bomb waiting to detonate…” Sydney Central "She is a comedian of extraordinary nerve: her act is continually on the verge of collapse, catching itself up at the last possible moment" The Australian “brilliant … blowtorch wit” The Age “This stage whirlwind seems to have come straight from Paradise” Eva Kalwa, Der Tagesspiegel Berlin "As with all great comics the sadness haunts the shadows of her anarchy…a bombshell went off in the Spiegeltent” The Age “With Meow Meow, the Bar Jeder Vernunft engaged a Bird of Paradise who shows a new colour in the Berlin stage heavens! Or should one say: brings an old colour back?” Uta Eisenhardt, Berliner Zeitung ”Meow Meow puts the beauty and the beastliness of it back where it belongs, out on the edge and in your face.” The TIMES, London ‘Meow Meow. The Phenomenon’. Willamette Week Oregon "Meow Meow is the feather-clad missing link between the war-torn modernist tristesse of Marlene Dietrich and the post-postmodern, fractured genius of Justin Bond (Kiki and Herb, Shortbus).” John Cameron Mitchell OUT Magazine, US “To witness the postmodern cabaret diva Meow Meow in concert is to risk emerging just a little bit scratched. No one is safe at her show, least of all the deliciously deranged performer herself” Time Out, NY “Her musical performances were spectacular, her voice epic in proportions and her choices resonated with mid-century European sadness and drama…Her presence was like a Lou Reed album come to life, daring and brash, but with a seamless sexual sophistication…” The Daily Vanguard, Oregon “What can be said of the smoky weltschmerz of that international sinsation Meow Meow, ladies and gentleman, other than that she'd bowl over Sally Bowles herself.“ Willamette Weekly, Oregon Meow Meow ‘lets loose an explosive performance energy…(her) physical and vocal performance is acrobatic and virtuosic” Tages Anzeiger ( Zurich). “Meow’s parody of glitz is part of a package that also includes physical comedy, social commentary and a brilliantly eclectic répertoire” Time Out NY “She purrs, she roars, she makes Pussy Galore look like a frump….” Sydney Central "Her voice is extraordinary: apt to leap up several octaves at a time, swoop into a guttural growl or a crazed operatic vibrato. And when, on occasion, this dazzlingly multi-talented performer simply stands still and sings, her mood of bittersweet melancholy casts an instant spell of enchantment. Wednesday's show concluded with two unexpectedly quiet torch songs, which - after an hour of Meow Meow's brilliantly crafted mayhem - revealed her unadorned voice in all its expressive beauty. Superb." (The Age 2005) “Meow Meow boasts an extraordinary voice that sounds as though Diamanda Galás drowned in cherry liqueur. It was the tatty diva's pitiless improvisation, however, that made her extraordinary. Her ability to unwind sexual and gender tensions and turn them into a rosette of purest mischief is nonpareil. This gifted dilettante sang, purred and cunningly stumbled her way through 60 delicious minutes of post-ideological posturing. Proving that femininity is a performance, that Brecht need not be tedious and that lingerie can be improved with the elaborate use of tassles, Meow was a shrieking triumph." (Helen Razer, The Age) “ a deconstructive tour de force that turns cabaret inside out… Once heard, the sound of Meow shredding her voice is never forgotten. Whereas many performers turn cabaret into camp, Meow's driven, extreme style, underscored by clever stagecraft and a political sensibility, rekindles the genre. Her shows blaze a wild trail through European masters like Brel and Brecht, while referencing such out-of-field oddities as Dolly Parton, Chinese courtesan songs, Piazzolla's tangos, and Hong Kong pop kitsch. Peter Huck, The Age “Sophisticated, satirical wit and sass….She even channeled John Cage”. The Independent Weekly, re: Adelaide Cabaret Festival “Mesmerising skill…It’s this mix of fearless talent and unstoppable humour that makes Meow Meow a star and leaves you agog. If there’s a must-see show of the year, it’s this one” The Sun Herald on “Meow to the World: Crisis is Born” at Sydney Opera House 2009 GERMAN PRESS: „Denn was die Kunstfigur Meow Meow, die sich wie eine Mischung aus der jungen Liza Minnelli und Amy Winhouse stilisiert, mit ihrer One-Woman-Show auf die Bühne bringt, ist bestes, ausgefeiltes Entertainment. Ruppig, sinnlich, sexy.“ Joachim Kronsbein – Der Spiegel Mai 2008 "With her one-woman show, the art-figure Meow Meow, stylised like a mixture of young Liza Minelli and Amy Winehouse, brings the best entertainment to the stage. Funny, sensual, sexy.” Der Spiegel Mai 2008 „Und selbst bei ihrem eigenwilligen Vortrag von Jacques Brels Chansonklassiker ‚Ne me quitte pas’ schafft sie es, Komik und Klamauk mit echtem Gefühl und Publikumsrührung zu verquirlen: ein hochbegabter Vamp des Underground.“ Der Spiegel “Even with her unique version of Brel’s Classic “Ne me Quitte Pas”, she manages to mix comedy and slapstick with a real emotion and touch the audience: a highly talented Vamp of the Underground”. Der Spiegel 2008 „Meow Meow katapultiert das Genre Unterhaltung auf ihre heitere, schrille und vor allem dekonstruktivistische Weise in eine bislang unbekannte Dimension“ Ulrike Borowczyk, Berliner Morgenpost “With her hilarious, shrill, and above all deconstructive way Meow Meow catapults the genre of Entertainment into a hitherto unknown dimension”, Ulrike Borowczyk, Berliner Morgenpost „Herrlich albern, sexy und eigenwillig“ Uta Eisenhardt, Berliner Zeitung “Wonderfully mad, sexy and original” Uta Eisenhardt, Berliner Zeitung „Da sieht Amy Winehouse richtig alt aus. Meow Meow macht musikalischen Dauersex. Aber den Orgasmus lässt sie nie zu.“ Gerd Hartmann, Zitty “She makes Amy Winehouse look old-fashioned. Meow makes musical marathonsex, and never lets you orgasm!” Gerd Hartmann, Zitty “Mit [Meow Meow] engagierte die Bar jeder Vernunft einen Paradiesvogel, der eine neue Farbe im Berliner Showhimmel zeigt - oder sollte man sagen: eine alte Farbe zurück bringt? “ Uta Eisenhardt, Berliner Zeitung With Meow Meow, the Bar Jeder Vernunft engaged a Bird of Paradise who shows a new colour in the Berlin stage heavens! Or should one say: brings an old colour back? Uta Eisenhardt, Berliner Zeitung „Die … Chanson-Königin Meow Meow schnurrt wie eine Katze um ihr Publikum und spielt mit ihm (...)“ Jana Neugebauer, B.Z. Berlin “Meow Meow, the queen of chanson, prowls and plays with her audience like a cat ”, J ana Neugebauer, B.Z. Berlin „Sie schraubt ihr dunkles kraftvolles Timbre mühelos in höchste Koloraturen, zerhackt Songs wie Jacques Brels Chanson ‚Ne me quitte pas’ mit schier endlosen Pausen. Oder singt hocherotisch Kurt Weills ‚Havanna Song’.Mehr davon!“ Ulrike Borowczyk, Berliner Morgenpost “She winds her dark, powerful timbre effortlessly into the highest coloratura, slashes songs like Brel’s “Ne me Quitte Pas” with endless pauses. Or sings highly erotically songs like Kurt Weill’s Havana Song. More !” Ulrike Borowczyk, Berliner Morgenpost |
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