Punch, the archetypal English clownfigure, is unscrupulous, anarchistic and malevolent in all that he does, wittily and jovially murdering anyone who gets in his way - whether it be his own wife, the policeman, the doctor, the hangman or even the devil.
Played once upon a time in the streets of Old England as a macabre and "undivine" comedy, the story is retold here in the form of a dark operetta: Punch's triumphant marriage to Judy, the birth of his child, his beautiful murders and his own magnificent death. It seems as if Punch has been waiting all this time for the Tiger Lillies to come along in order to perform his perfidy to perfection.
Text und Musik: The Tiger Lillies (Martyn Jaques, Adrian Huge, Adrian Stout) Konzept und Regie: The Tiger Lillies & Karin Bayerle Puppen, Puppenspiel,
Kostüme, Bühnenbild:Karin Bayerle
Premiere: 9. August 2004, Pod Deco, Edinburgh