Otto & Astrid take rock to a new, dysfunctional level

Published on 11 October 2023

After sold-out performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the self-proclaimed "Best Band in the World" tours Frankston for the first time next month.

Described by the Irish Times as “Louder than the White Stripes, more dysfunctional than Metallica and funnier than Flight of the Conchords”, the show treats audiences to part-theatre, part-rock concert, performed by two contemporary clowns playing instruments live in this larger-than-life spectacle.

Dysfunctional siblings Otto & Astrid, who together have won a host of awards and accolades from all over the world as Die Roten Punkte, have spent the past few years writing new songs and arguing over whose work should appear on their hotly anticipated fifth album. But try as they might, they could not agree. So now Berlin's prince and princess of art rock and Europop are pursuing solo careers.

Working for the first time with Neill Gladwin (Lano & Woodley), and inspired by artists such as Catherine Tate and Sacha Baron Cohen, performers Clare and Daniel deploy the unique capacity of the clown for satire.

This was also a huge hit at the 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, where Theatre Matters proclaimed the performers “masters of their craft” and their creation a “must-see bucket list show”.

Join us at Frankston Art Centre's Cube 37 for this hilarious performance on Thursday, November 16, 7:30pm. Tickets are available here or call Box Office at 9784 1060.