Upcoming dates!
Thursday the 4th of June 2009
“There is only one remaining Rape Crisis centre for the whole of London.
That’s one small centre for 3.9 million women. The staff and volunteers who run the centre work with constant danger of closing over their heads and can never be sure that their core funding costs can be met from year to year.
During the run-up to his election, Boris Johnson promised, with much PR fanfare, to pay for three new centres and fund the only remaining centre for at least 4 years. That he will fulfill that promise, or even part of it, is now seriously in doubt. He needs to be poked accordingly.
The consultation opened to decide the funding closes on 20th July and we’re mounting a campaign both to support the remaining centre in Croydon and let Boris know that we want him to keep his promise!
There will be events, press work and lots of asking people to give £2 a month to support the last remaining centre in Croydon.
Please get involved, even if you just let other people know about the campaign. We can make this shameful situation better with just a little help.
Sunday the 7th of June 2009
Burlesque Cabaret
An evening of “Cabaret Burlesque”, featuring dancers, magic, fire and music from The Long Insiders
7.30pm, £15, Cafe CoCo, Park End Street, Oxford
Tuesday the 9th of June 2009
Friday 12th June 10pm – 6am
June Ball @ Club Colosseum
1 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5NQ www.clubcoloseum.com – Vauxhall Tube / BR
After the massive Torture Garden Birthday Ball, TG downscales in June to a smaller scale summer event at 4 room venue Club Colosseum. Expect a more human scale event of 800+ TG clubbers.
4 Fully Themed Rooms:
Club Arena
Twisted Performances by:
Lazlo Pearlman
Fancy Chance
Vicky Butterfly
Cage Installations by Kazaya
DJs: Scottee, Allen TG, King K, Jimmy Mofo
Dirty Electro Clash, Sexy Electro House, Nu Skool Breaks
Video Mixing by Nuroptics
** SAT, 13TH JUNE 2009 @ CAFE DE PARIS, 7PM **
Acts:
What a line up! What a show!
http://www.wambamclub.com/whats-on.html
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Past shows:
NEW YORK SHOWS!
28 April 08
The World Famous *BOB* and Tigger! host a benefit for BARC Animal Shelter at Galapagos
N.6th St. btwn Wythe & Kent in Williamsburg Brooklyn
30 April
The Skullduggery & Skin Show brings you the best Magic, Burlesque, Circus and Sideshow performers from around the world to create one incredible night of high-energy entertainment!
Always a new and exciting show of amazing magical illusions, superb sleight-of-hand, shocking sideshow stunts, vivacious variety acts and a healthy dose of classic burlesque!
LIVE entertainment right before your very eyes without any commercial interruptions!
• Hosted by the Great Deceiver Albert Cadabra • The Five Alarm Fire of Burlesque Gal Friday• the adorable & ultra-talented Ruby the Wonder Dog! • And as always an all-star line-up of the most talented people in the world!
@ Fortune Cookie Cabaret
(in the back of Lucky Chengs)
24 First ave (1st & 2nd st)
10pm, $10General Admission, $20 pvt table w/cocktail waitress
1 May
STARSHINE BURLESQUE Presents:
BURLESQUE HALL OF FAME BENEFIT
A Burlesque Benefit to Raise Money & Awareness for Exotic World USA
When: May 1st 2008
Where: The Fortune Cookie Cabaret, In the back room of Lucky Chengs, 24 First Ave, New York City
Time: 10pm pre show go-go and raffle ticket sales 10:30pm show
Price: $10 door / $17 reserved
bring extra $$! super raffle and auction items, go-go girls and all for a good cause!
Starshine Burlesque announces a star-studded benefit gala, a night of premium burlesque entertainment, raffles, auctions and gogo girls to raise money and awareness for THE BURLESQUE HALL OF FAME, the only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to preserving the art and artifacts of the golden age of Burlesque and Dixie Evans, the museum’s current curator and proprietress (a position she’s held since 1989). The event will take place at The Fortune Cookie Cabaret, In the back room of Lucky Chengs, 24 First Ave at 10:00 on May 1st, 2008.
Confirmed performers include :
Miss Exotic World 2004 – Dirty Martini
Mr Exotic World 2006 – Tigger!
Miss Exotic World 2006 – Julie Atlas Muz
2006 winner “Best Exotic Move” – Rose Wood
the incomparable Jo Boobs
“Burlesque Terrorist!!!! from London England Fancy Chance
the two ladies who bring you Starshine Burlesque, Creamy Stevens and
Miss Exotic World First runner up 2007; Little Brooklyn
Hosting the show is
Miss Exotic World First runner up 2004; The World Famous *BOB*
Enjoy a cocktail before the show as go-go sensations Scarlet Sinclair, Clams Casino, and Darlinda Just Darlinda bump and grind to the irresistible sounds of the Fresh Prince of Darkness’ turntable and offer you a chance at winning some premium raffle items!
The museum houses a wealth of memorabilia, including photographs and playbills, pasties, lip-prints, and even the jewel-encrusted g-strings of such Burlesque legends as Blaze Starr, Lili St. Cyr, Candy Barr and Chesty Morgan; as well as Sally Rand’s ivory-handled fans, Gypsy Rose Lee’s glove collection, Jayne Mansfield’s heart-shaped couch, and even the ashes of Miss Sheri Champagne, one of Burley-Q’s all-time greats.
All proceeds go to Dixie Evans and The Burlesque Hall of Fame USA
Bring cold hard cash! Red hot raffle and auction items will on the block and ready for action!
2 May
The Hot Box Burlesque @ the Slipper Room NYC
Rare soul and freaky oldies by DJ Momotaro. Doors at 8, shows and go-go start promptly at 10:30 and last all night! $5 cover.
3 May
HyperGender
WOW Cafe
59-61 E. 4th Street
NYC
$10 cover
$5 for Burlesque Performers
Doors open at 9:30
Show begins at 10 SHARP
4 May
10:00 PM @ Rififi, 332 E. 11th St. (between 1st & 2nd Ave.)
It’s Sailors and Seafarers Night!
Nasty Canasta is joined by Peekaboo Pointe, Jo Boobs, Fifi Dupree and special guest Fancy Chance!
Back to London for MORE MORE MORE!!!
8 May
Vauxhallville @ The Royal Vauxhall Tavern
11 May
Burlesque Freekout! in Amsterdam at Club-8
14 May
Gawkagogo Freak Show @ Vibe Lounge
30 May
BURLYQ’s in Space! @ the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club
31 May
Dr Sketchy 3pm to 6pm
Then off too…..
Wam Bam Club, SOHO REVUE BAR, 11 Walkers Court, London, W1F 0ED
Comedy, Magic, Music & Burlesque
@ Soho Revue Bar, 7pm £16 at the door or online here.
then I’m off to…….
Saturday 31 MAY
Fancy Chance
The queen of Terrorist Burlesque.
Miss Aloha.
The creator of HULA BOOGIE will be giving a jive class.
Come early to learn original 50’s rock n roll moves!
Jolie Rouge and Araceli’s Special knitted lingerie auction
DJ Ben Jamin (Dirty Fairy) & Guest!
Cigarette Girls and Sexy Barmaids.
Tickets £10. Free before 8.
£5 for Moustached Girls and Cyber friends (password: T Tease is as T Tease does)
Open from 7 ‘til 1.
6-7 June
El Beasto Record Label’s Anniversary Weekend!
12 June 08
Vauxhallville @ Royal Vauxhall Tavern
14 June
The Bedlam Ballroom @ Black Box
Hill Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
12 July 08
Grind a Go-Go @ the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club.
The funnest and best night our little east end club has to offer!!!!
17-20 July 08
Latitude Festival Grind a Go-Go in the Cinema Tent on Thurs night in the cinema Tent
Gawkagogo Freakshow Friday night in the Cabaret Tent
BurlyQ Presents Burly Quest Saturday night in the Cabaret Tent
Vauxhallville “Sex Show” Sunday night in the Cabaret Tent
6 Aug 08
I will compere the UK Air Guitar Championships at the Islington Academy. Please enter the contest and feel free to ask me for advice about what you should do for it!
1 Aug 08
Royal Vauxhall Tavern Present David Hoyle And Nathan Evans
An alternative take on The Wizard of Oz, from performance artists David Hoyle and Nathan Evans, an imaginative show entitled We’re Not In Kansas Anymore.
I will make a cameo appearance as a Lion!
6 Aug 08
I will compere the UK Air Guitar Championships at the Islington Academy. Please enter the contest and feel free to ask me for advice about what you should do for it!
13 Aug 08
Dr.Sketchy London presents … Sketch-A-Thon
A night of Art, Showgirls, Booze and Prizes !
A fundraising night in aid of Keep-A-Breast and Dr.Sketchy NY
Drawing Contests, Live Burlesque, Prize Raffles and DJs.
50% of all proceeds donated to Keep-A-Breast www.keep-a-breast.org
25% of all proceeds donated to Dr.Sketchy NYC www.drsketchy.com
Hosted by king of cabaret … Dusty Limits !
Special guest appearrance all the way from NYC :
Dr.sketchy founder – Molly Crabapple
Featuring a line-up of the UK’s top performers :
Roxy Velvet
Red Sarah
Cherri Shakewell
Leyla Rose
Marianne Cheesecake
Amber Topaz
Diva Hollywood
Bijou Noir
Fancy Chance
Miss Fountain
Adv. Tickets £25 / £80 group of 4
9pm – 2am (doors open 9pm, show start at 10pm)
Madame Jojos, 8-10 brewer street, london W1F OSE
16 Aug 08
Love On the Rox @ Volupte
http://www.volupte-lounge.com/
and Later…
Gypsy Hotel @ Barden’s Boudoir
http://www.bardensboudoir.co.uk/events/
25 Aug – 31 Aug
Off to Burning Man with Mutoid Waste!
11 & 12 Sept
A Latersummer Night’s Pantomime!
Royal Vauxhall Tavern
After a hugely success midsummer solstice run it’s back for two nights only with a slighty different line up:
A LATESUMMER NIGHT’S PANTOMIME
Another chance to see our travesty of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night comedy. Two nights only.
With Bearlesque, Fancy Chance, Gill Manly, Iestyn Edwards, Michael Twaits, Nathaniel de Ville, Polly Vinyl & DJ Dawn Right Nasty
Written & directed by Nathan Evans, MD Simon Wallace
‘A high camp attack on high art’ The Guardian
‘Gobsmackingly filthy’ The Telegraph
‘Pure genius’ Time Out
Thurs and Fri Doors 7pm. Show 8.30pm
Entry £6
18 Sept
THE BEAUTIFUL & DAMNED – A RATHER SPLENDID CLUB NIGHT
Next Date: Thursday September 18th Roll up roll up come see the bearded lady and the human slug! Beautiful and Damned presents their circus and sideshow special. Acts: Martin White and his mystery fax machine, fancy chance the burlesque terrorist, magic pete and the human fortune telling machine. Your ring Mr Master- Mr Joey Page back from Edinburgh Festival. Movies on the big screen and DJ’s after. Please dress in your circus gear £3 after 8:30 Free Entry before
SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMANCEs: Fancy Chance, Martin White And His Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra, Pete Is Magic and The Human Fortune Telling Machine. Now Compered by Joey Page!
Times: 8:30pm to 12.30am.
Venue: The Boogaloo, 312 Archway Road, London N6 5AT, UK. 020 8340 2928. Tube: Highgate (Northern Line). Buses: 43, 134, 263.
Price: Free Entry before 8:30 £3 thereafter..
Now With Surprise Cabaret and Silent Movies.
As featured in Time Out London’s recent special on ‘Secret Scenes: the hottest underground trends and subcultures in the capital today’.
‘”Unmissable!” – Time Out.
“A divine London night out” – The Penny magazine.
The Beautiful And Damned is a timezone-jumping decadent disco curated (as opposed to ‘DJ’d’) by Master Oliver Boat, Miss Aimee Love and Miss Red. Patrons are encouraged to dress up in their own take on ‘timelessly stylish’, ideally with a nod to the 1920s & 1930s. Silent movies such as ‘Pandora’s Box’ are screened on a backdrop to illustrate your dancing or conversation. Drink, dance, and ponder the nights tenderness to an eclectic but discerning mix of Sinatra (Frank & Nancy), Strauss waltzes, soundtracks, musicals, El Records, Peggy Lee, Doris Day, Gilbert & Sullivan, Ella Fitzgerald, Dory Previn, Bugsy Malone, Cabaret, Chicago, deviant disco, shadowy soul, parvenu pop, insouciant indie, and easy listening for difficult children.
19 Sept
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club
Dress in your smartest party best…bowties & short trousers for boys, party dresses for girls!, Birthday clowns, ventriloquists dummies, frazzled mums, dads in jumpers, glitter, whipped cream, balloons, cakes, candles, presents, cowboys and indians…..
20 Sept
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Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 8:00pm
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Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 1:00am
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The Victoria Pub
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Thurs 9 Oct
VAUXHALLVILLE – THE HARLOT’S PROGRESS
1945. RVT hits mid-life and morphs into South London’s 1st gay pub.
With Bette Bourne & Fancy Chance
Doors 8pm show 9.30pm open ‘til midnight
£5 or free if you dress up (dress: 1945-1975)
2 enter for the price of 1 if your quote “FACEBOOK” to your door whore Polly Vinyl
‘A high camp attack on high art’ The Guardian
‘Pure genius’ Time Out
Sat 11 Oct
Jammin’ Jamboree @ The Apothecary
Thurs 16 Oct
Join the very fabulous Gracie for a night of music and unashamed silliness! Gracie will warm your heart with her live blues, jazz and comedy songs interspersed with her usual mayhem. With live music courtesy of the very fabulous Little Harlem, a touch of cheek from this week’s special guest – Burlesque Terrorist Fancy Chance! – and DJs till 3am. Come as you are, we’ll add the glitter! Doors – 6.15pm. Showtime: 8pm. Followed by DJ and dancing from 10pm till 3am. Show tickets – £15 seated tickets. Dinner optional. Standing room tickets £5. Call 0207 831 1622 to book. 2-for-1 cocktails in the bar from 5pm – 8pm.
Thursday 30 Oct 2008
Dusty to Dust – The Funeral of the (Leap) Year (of the Rat)
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Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 8:00pm
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Friday, October 31, 2008 at 2:00am
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Soho Revue Bar
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Dusty Limits is dead… long live Dusty Limits! Mr Limits, his bride Naomi Blume and their screaming flying monkey baby Harold have died under mysterious circumstances. Come celebrate their passing with a star-studded cast of performers including: RUBY BLUES, HOOLIGAN NIGHT, THE STILLHOUSE ORCHESTRA, MISS LAURIE HAGEN, CHERRI SHAKEWELL, LOUISE HOLLAMBY, THE VOODOO BITCH DOCTOR, CHRYS COLUMBINE, FANCY CHANCE, KIM JONG IL, THE AMAZING ARI, TIMBERLINA, VICKY BUTTERFLY and many, many more! From the people who brought you The Wedding of the (Leap) Year (of the Rat), this will be a night to end all nights! Doors at 8pm, Service at 9pm, and Wake at 10pm with bands and DJs into the small hours. Entry: £10. Dress code: Mourning Black.
31 October 2008 (my FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR!!!!)
White Mischief and Whoopee presents:
THE HOUSE OF THE SANDMAN
Friday 31st October 2008, 8pm-3am
A Hallowe’en Spooktacular in a Magnificent 1700s Central London Mansion
(Venue address to be revealed only to ticket buyers in the week of the event; if you know or suspect the location keep it to yourself, lest the Sandman should visit you in the night and snatch you away )
This All Hallows Eve, beware The Sandman who lurks behind the shadows. Allow yourself to become bewitched by the beautiful Olympia at your peril, for her pretty eyes are not all they seem…Macabre Magic and Mischievous Music from: Fancy ChanceHitman Hearn (DJ)La Horrox Lily Farthing The CorrespondentsThe Dead VictoriansThe Shellac SistersThe Whoopee Beaux Belles Tough LoveVicky Butterflyplus many more and some Very Special Guests See our tickets page for information on booking tickets and bedrooms
Dressing up not compulsory but strongly encouraged(costume hire and vintage store details)
Inspirations: The Sandman, Clockwork Dolls, Jack-O-Lanterns, Spectres, Phantoms and Ghouls, Skeletons in the Closet, Bewitched Ballerinas, Wicked Witches, Diabolical Demons, Crows, Bats and Owls, The Infernal Dr Hoffman, The Undead, Accursed Automata, Eyeless Bodies, Sleepwalkers, The Uncanny
PLUS: Sleep in the House of the Sandman… if you dare! All bedrooms at the top of the Sandman’s house are now sold out.See our tickets page for information on booking tickets and bedrooms
Friday 7 November 2008
Jeepers Peepers’ 2nd Anniversary in Newcastle!
Saturday 8 November 2008
Jammin’ Jamboree @ The Apothecary
Friday and Saturday 14-15 November 2008
The Micca Club Burlesque Festival – Roma Italy
Friday 21 November 2008
Silver Screen Burlesque @ Volupte
Saturday 22 November 2008
Wham Bam @ Soho Revue Bar
Saturday 29 November 2008
Mutoid Waste Co. Presents: Mu-Tate Britain @ Cordy House
The Smoking Cabinet Festival of Early Cabaret Cinema 1894-1933:
“We have less than a week to go til this year Smoking Cabinet Festival of Early Cabaret Cinema 1894-1933 – playing at the Curzon Soho 12-14th December!
Do look out for press coverage of the fest including this week’s Time Out, The Guardian Guide, Vertigo magazine, an excellent article from Empire online (look here down on the right) and Women’s Hour – broadcasting this on Radio 4 Tuesday 9th December between 10 and 10.45 am
We have now also confirmed the wonderful Tim Redfern / Timberlina as a second guest on our panel discussion: Boom or Bust – which focuses on the cylcical nature of fashion and performance – and takes place after our On with the Dance screening on Saturday 13th December 6pm. Please note the that FREE CHARLESTON WORKSHOPS we are hosting at 4pm and 5pm before the screening are filling up fast – to book the last few places email info@thesmokingcabinet.com stating when you’d like to come.
Mat Fraser is to perform as Sealboy on opening night – in between Fancy Chance and MIlicent Binks – on what will be an excellent and unique Midnight Movies screening of Piccadilly (1929) (Friday 12th December, acts and dj from 9.30pm, film at 11.30pm, free gin cocktail for each guest). The film will be given a new score by the acclaimed Minima.
For more info see: www.thesmokingcabinet.com
To book tickets see: www.curzoncinemas.com
Look forward to seeing you there!x”
I’m really excited about this performance because I will conciously be using my ethnicity to do an homage to Anna May Wong. As my UK performance years have progressed and as I’ve become more seasoned, I’m not longer hired for just my burlesque skills but for my abilities to come up with bespoke performances in the broader world of variety and cabaret. I strive to infuse my performance with political dialogue whenever I can. This homage to a woman who wanted “The woman who died a thousand times” engraved on her tombstone is especially important to me because of how she was treated by cinema and media from the 20’s to the 50’s. She was constantly being knocked-off in every manner of way in the films she appeared in; there is no doubt that this is because she was a Chinese woman. It will be interesting to see how I’m treated as a black market DVD “sales person” before I go on stage and then dragged off by immigration inspectors.
Burlescapades Mid Winter Ball:
Burlescapades!
Midwinter Ball
Assembly Rooms, George St, Edinburgh
December 13th, 2008. 9pm – 1am.
Slip off your furs and dazzle in your finest attire at Burlescapades’ spectacular Midwinter Ball.
Forget the chill, dark nights and wallow in the warmth and opulence of the Assembly Rooms’ magnificent ballroom on December 13, 2008.
There you can sip champagne under twinkling chandeliers whilst enjoying the finest burlesque and cabaret, before gliding across the gilded dancefloor as the heady scents of frankincense and myrrh tease your imagination.
Europe’s most fabulous jewel, Miss Lily White, will sweep her ivory velvet cloak before you as she unveils her spectacular Victorian Snow Queen show for the first time, leaving you completely spellbound.
Our Christmas belle Fancy Chance is preparing to gently tug at her satin ribbons until her sensual yuletide gifts are revealed, while Daiquiri Dusk and her troupe of temptresses long to squeal with delight as they unwrap their eye-popping presents.
Illusionist Colin McLeod will captivate as he seizes your mind and toys with your soul. Preening peacock Chris Wilson seduces with his magnificent plumage and Ryan Styles will leave you enchanted by his strange and heart-warming cabaret.
Dip in to our chocolate box of glamour and savour the sweet taste of joy and vintage romance. Our glittering Midwinter Ball will make you wish it were Christmas every day.
Jo King Presents – Get Me I’m a Burlesque Legend:
‘Get Me…I’m a Burlesque Legend’ is the ultimate show in Jo King’s sell-out West End trilogy.
Jo King aka Goodtime Mama Jojo was recently crowned the first ever ‘British Burlesque Legend’ at Las Vegas’s holy grail for bump and grinders – ‘The Burlesque Hall of Fame’.
This December, Jo celebrates 50 years of living life to the full and 30 years in the business of burlesque.
This final show at London’s Madame Jojos brings together a spectacular line-up, hand-picked by Jo, to reflect the very best of what the vibrant British Burlesque scene has to offer. This sensational assortment of popular burlesque stars will be appearing for this “One Night Only” event, together with anecdotes from Jo King’s life as a burlesque performer.
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Thursday 18th December
Madame JoJo’s, Soho
Doors open 7pm
Show starts 8.30pm
Tickets £30 + booking fee
Divine Incest
I am Divine Incest, a monthly club night and occasionally an irregular gender bending sex mess.
Our next wet and wild debauch is on Saturday the 21st of March at The Slaughtered Lamb, 34-35 Great Sutton Street, EC1V 0DX, from 10pm-2am, £5 entry.
We have for your delight the lubricious KURT DIRT AND THE LOVE RATS,
the burlesque twirls of MISS FANCY CHANCE,
the musical archives of the legendary PAM HOGG,
and not to forget your hostess with the grossest FELICITY HAYWARD,
and your sound oscillation refigurist DEE FODOR.
http://www.myspace.com/divineincest
Sun 22 March 09
Ali McGregor’s Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night
Lowdown @ The Albany Hotel
Dates: Sunday 22nd March 2009
Where: Lowdown @ The Albany Hotel 240 Great Portland Street W1 5QU (Great Portland St tube)
Tickets: £10 To Book Call 020 7387 5706
Wed 25 March 09
(The Fun Of The) FAIR
Roll up! Roll up! Ringmaster NATHAN EVANS (VauxhallVille, 7 Deadly Sins) invites you, fair people, on a rollercoaster ride through
London’s back passages, plunging from high art to low comedy in the company of fair-headed, ebony-hearted DUSTY LIMITS (compere without
compare), fairest FANCY CHANCE (burlesque terrorist par excellence), & fair-playing MICHAEL ROULSTON (pianoforte prodigy).
Song! Dance! Puppetry! And even a bit of history!
‘a high camp attack on high art’ - The Guardian
‘gobsmackingly filthy’ – The Telegraph
‘pure genius’ – Time Out
Fair’s fair. See you there.
Doors: 6.15pm. Show starts at 8pm
Tickets: £10 for a seated ticket. Dinner optional. Standing tickets £5
Thurs, Fri 26 & 27 March 09
Sex City, Innsbruck, Austria
Sat 28 March 09
Connie Douglas, Milan
(I haven’t had the description translated yet but I think they think I’m Thai? Oh well, we all look the same)
Thursday 7th of May 2009
ohmygodimissyou presents: Hoodoo Voodoo at the South London Pacific Bar
Friday the 8th of May 2009
It’s the Cats Pyjamas at Stoke Place with Time For Tea’s Vintage
Pyjama Party
Friday 8 May 2009, 7.00pm – 3.00am
Time For Tea – best known for putting on some of the capital’s most elegant soirées (The Modern Times, The Zeppelin) – is bringing back the grand old country house party in style with a series of spectacular quarterly events at 17th century country house hotel, Stoke Place in Buckinghamshire. The White Blackbird series begins with an eagerly anticipated vintage Pyjama Party on Friday 8th May. Bring out those smoking jackets, slip into some silk lounging pyjamas and be taken on a nocturnal journey at Time For Tea’s exclusive new residence.
Time For Tea’s carriages will be stationed at East, West and Central London pick up spots to whisk you away to the rural idyll of Stoke Place, where the house and grounds have been turned over exclusively to the party goer’s pleasure, for the ultimate slumber party.
Once you have alighted on the long gravel driveway, beside the croquet lawn, the only strenuous choice you face is in which order to examine the assembled delights. Sweep your partner off their feet in the decadent Ballroom where Johnny Chrome and Silver (Modern Times, Rakehells, The Zeppelin, Blitz Party) will be playing a swinging selection of toe tapping hits followed by Hitman Hearn (Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, Shunt Lounge) as he turns up the tempo with style to ensure you are in the dreamiest of moods. Twin and Tonic will take to the stage to delight and amuse with their vocal talents and dancers will perform a series of staged performances throughout the evening culminating in a DJ set from Daniel the Dandy (Modern Times).
In the Games Room a healthy intellect can be diverted towards chess, draughts, or perhaps the more tactical elements of strip twister, a theme which can be carried on outside with the croquet and outsize chess sets. If you’ve worked up a healthy appetite, there will be an evening dinner service available to leave you sated, thanks to Stoke Place’s award winning chefs.
Pass by Miss Moons Photo Parlour and request a vintage portrait set against a star spangled background. Vent in the Pillow Fighting Ring; knock ten bells out of your nearest and dearest in a room dedicated to feathery bashing whilst an umpire adjudicates to ensure against foul play. Find out ‘What the Butler Saw’ as Trixie Malicious, Fancy Chance and Millicent Binks tease, each in their own bedroom-based performances to ensure that you leave with a blush.
Time For Tea’s eerily accurate Tarot Reader will be at hand offering short readings high on drama for those that are brave enough – and if you are, a series of four intimate Victorian séances will take place from midnight to 1am in a darkened attic room, waking guests from centuries gone by. As the clock strikes twelve indulge yourself in a spectacular Midnight Feast or if you feel like reclining take a trip to the Cinema Room to take advantage of the cocktail service whilst watching a series of vintage films from the comfort of a giant bed.
If you require a little fresh air why not frolic in the grounds strewn with hammocks (complete with duvets and pillows) and hanging lanterns, lulled by an opera singing Bo Peep tending to her (live) sheep and lambs on the lawn. Or contemplate the reflection of the moon at picnic tables decked with crisp white table cloths, candelabra and festooned with fruits. Just as you feel like ‘the cats pyjamas’ Time For Tea’s chariots will depart at 3am leaving you wondering whether it was all just a magical dream.
A lucky few will have booked the very limited number of room packages available, including dinner, bed and breakfast. They will be able to enjoy the benefit of a bar that never closes as the party continues into the night.
This event marks the first of a series of events hosted by Time For Tea to take part at Stoke Place and The Olde Bell both part of the Dhillon Hotel Group.
Saturday the 9th of May 2009
Friday May 15: Mat Fraser: Burlesque in the Garden of Evil (Friday May 15), 10.30pm, sees Matt F hosts an evening in the very best burlesque and cabaret tradition. The international roster of stars includes the legendary Julie Atlas Muz from New York and the crazily-contorted Ekaterina Sknarina from Russia. Not for the easily offended! Come dressed to impress, or just your usual mess. There’s a prize for best costume. 01603 766400 (£7.50) Norwich Theatre Royal box office, www.nnfestival.org.uk
Saturday 16th of May 2009
