29 March 2019
Beckett Theatre, Coopers Malthouse
to 7 April
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| Hans. Like a German |
A German(ish) man wearing thigh-high fishnets, all the sequins from Spotlight and a Bavarian hat with extra purple plumes plays an accordion and sings Yothu Yindi's "Treaty"
What more do you need to know.
Hans knows his favourite things – and "raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens" is so much better with a strangling Kurt Weil twist.
Hans is Like a German. A German from Berlin (possibly a suburb of Adelaide) who can't decide if he loves Madonna puns more than The Sound of Music. And why should anyone have to make such an unthinkable choice.
Too much is never too much for Hans.
Nor for his sold-out audience, who were singing along from the first song and knew the words to all the songs from the 1980s (except the 16-year-old who came with her mum). Some even knew that he'd been on America's Got Talent and were eager to hear some of the feedback he got from confused Americans who genuinely thought that he's not German.
Hans proudly admits he's as tasteless as vodka, but vodka can sure make for a great night out.
