A musical theatre piece by
Willem Breuker with text by Ischa Meijer and featuring vocalist
Loes Luca,
Deze Kant Op, Dames! appears to be a heavy-handed excursion into the theater of the absurd. Recorded live in performance, the show generates a good deal of audience laughter but, judging from the photographs in the accompanying booklet, these seem to have been generated by the
Kollektief members parading around in "funny" clothes and blurting forth absurdist expostulations (and the occasional belch). Unfortunately, little of this humor carries over into the recording, at least for non-Dutch speaking listeners. Considering only the musical elements, one encounters the typical smorgasbord approach utilized by
Breuker in a number of his previous soundtrack and theater pieces. While the spirit of
Kurt Weill hovers noticeably over the proceedings, we also get the usual tangos, fanfares,
Ellingtonia, and so forth.