Perfume Genius announces National Concert Hall show

Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) has announced a music and dance show at the National Concert Hall, Dublin on March 27, 2027. The experimental pop musician will be joined by choreographer Kate Wallich.

The show is titled The Lesson, and takes inspiration from the book, The Piano Teacher, written by Elfriede Jelinek. The book was later adapted as the 2001 film of the same name, directed by Michael Haneke and starring Isabelle Huppert.

Hadreas and Wallich previously collaborated for The Sun Still Burns Here, in 2019. Their new production will explore desire and repression.

Perfume Genius describes his creative process for the project;

"I’ve always thought of my albums as soundtracks to films that do not exist.

"There is a freedom to inhabiting something imagined and purely sonic. I can be every character or not exist at all or body swap at will."

Wallich explains her connection with Hadreas as a performer.

"Mike and I learned during the last piece, that we are interested in the same kinds of tensions and contradictions in the work we make.

"When we started searching for a framework for this new piece, we kept coming back to The Piano Teacher. We are all drawn to the dynamics between what is good and what is bad...how we’re supposed to behave, and how we aren’t, how to balance desire and restraint."

The performance will feature new material by Perfume Genius, including his single, 'Natural High.' His last album, Glory, was released in 2025 and was nominated for a Grammy.

He will be touring the show from February 2027, with dates in several cities including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, and Utrecht.

Tickets for the Dublin show can be found here.