Die Roten Punkte: Kunst Rock (Art Rock)

Welcome to the funhaus. For that is exactly what German musicians Otto and Astrid Rot turn their venue into, with a beautifully grotesque, glam-rock punk-pop riot of a gig. Audiences are thrown headfirst into surreal stories about burger store dinosaurs, banana houses and inspired riffs on the sound of a hairbrush caressing a pineapple. All of these feature in a completely bonkers rock opera that is compered with shedloads of humour and bickering, musical prowess and even a poignant narrative arc.

Certainly, this is a gig where woops and cheers will not be out of place. Each song builds on the last with Otto thrashing on his electric guitar and Astrid crashing down on the symbols and drums. It’s the definition of good fun balladry with more slapstick humour than you can slip on, references to sex, drugs and of course completing the holy trinity: rock ‘n’ roll. Everything is joke fodder including childbirth, alcoholism, anal sex and death – with tongue placed firmly in cheek (amongst other places).

This is a show all about our performers. Dressed like vaudevillian punks, with deep-red lipstick and glowing white faces (think Jack White at clown college), they tumble and squabble around the stage in exuberant black and red clothes that unfold, unwrap and unravel with each passing song. Admittedly, their “arguments” can on occasion become annoying as they recur throughout the whole show, but this adds more humour to an already hilarious concert of epic kunst rock proportion.