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 THE DOUBLE R CLUB 9TH BIRTHDAY!
TIMES: DOORS 8PM|SHOW STARTS 8.30PM|CLOSE 1AM COSTS: ADVANCE:EARLY BIRDS £10 (sold out)|STANDARD £12 10% STUDENT DISCOUNT: ENTER 'STUDENT10' AT CHECKOUT. STUDENTS MUST SHOW VALID STUDENT ID ON THE DOOR (NUS, ISIC, UNI/COLLEGE PHOTO CARD) ON THE DOOR: £15 ------------------------------- Welcome to The Double R Club's 9th Birthday Party, a celebration of 9 years mystery & nightmares inspired by the films of David Lynch; a darkly surreal cocktail of "Damn fine" Cabaret & Music, where "Restless nights and uneasy dreams go with the territory..." Think the finger-clicking jazz ambience of cult TV show Twin Peaks, the absurdist monochrome machine world of Eraserhead... From the dark underbelly of Mulholland Drive, to the surreal small-town madness of Blue Velvet A dark and troubling cabaret dream from another place, all served with humour "Black, like midnight on a moonless night…" Your aberrant host Benjamin Louche introduces THE underground cult cabaret phenomenon. LINEUP: VICKY BUTTERFLY this imaginary girl and creature of darkness and light floats alone into the night… JULEE CRUISE-SHIP devious doppelgänger, treacherous tulpa or ripped off and wronged songbird? CURIOUS VERSES falling choreographically through space, these two will sow beauty, mystery and unease… BRIDPORT DAGGER like a distant dream of the blues filtered through murder and madness! MAT RICARDO a man both impossible and prestidigitatorial, The Ambidexter Extraordinary! RUBY WEDNESDAY a voice in endless dark sings out to disorientate, disturb and disquiet… CHRIS LYMAN one-man crime-scene wreaks his merry havoc in this world and in your dreams! "London can't claim too many shows with the impressive longevity and sheer depravity of the RR Club" - The Londonist "One of the edgiest nights in the capital." - The Independent "You may be tickled in your most shameful fancies. You may be deeply offended. But you won't look away. Mad, bad and regrettable to miss: that pretty much summarises The Double R Club." - This Is Cabaret
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 BODY CONTROL
TIMES: DOORS 9PM | CLOSE 2AM ADVANCE:£5 ON THE DOOR: £6 ------------------------------- Following on from a string of sell-out shows in 2017, RHUMBA CLUB have teamed up with BYFYN to brings you a perfect cocktail of Synth-Pop, Queer Performance Art and retro vibes! Hosted by the unpredictable and glorious Bopa Rhys, we bring you.... BODY CONTROL! Celebrating the release of their joint single of the same name, BYFYN and Rhumba Club invite you to engage in some desperate dancing to their own poptastic tunes, whilst embracing the queer performance art of Bopa Rhys and Saint Torrente! Featuring interactive audience karaoke and communal dancing, the kids promise you a queer retro synthy party like never before! Rhumba Club is the result of synth pop prince Tom Falle indulging in his retro-pop fantasy, after spending a year studying WHAM! and playing with synth pan flutes and congas. Pulling in some gorgeous boys (Matt Chan from Oscar and Pete Thomsen of Swoosh), the camp synth-poppers have scored attention from the likes of The Fader and Notion Magazine with their single, Reunion. Rhumba Club returns this Autumn with a string of releases to reignite your perfectly dodgy dance moves. Rhumba's latest line-up is a five-piece, overflowing with synths and saxophones. BYFYN is London based producer and singer Ellie Isherwood. She fuses Ambient Electronic with Synth Pop to make atmospheric yet catchy tracks. Her main influences are Grimes, Kate Bush and Animal Collective. BYFYN has played a series of gigs in London since her EP release. Her recent gigs include, Xenia Rubinos at Birthdays in Dalston, YOURS at The Miller in London Bridge and Dahlia Sleeps at The Dalston Victoria. In 2017 she also headlined "A Carefully Planned Festival" in Manchester's Northern Quarter and "Meadows In The Mountains" in Bulgaria. Julia Star makes colourful drag-rap about body image, toxic masculinity, and gender conformity. Speaking to Dazed and Confused Magazine, Julia Star started as "some kind of drag act" evolving into "some emotional, weird rap thing, a bit experimental". Saint Torrente is a musician and artist based in South East London. Bringing together pop music, avant garde theatre and drag, their work explores contemporary culture through a queer outsider’s lens. Saint Torrente produces, writes and performs their own material in queer cabaret venues around London, music venues in London, and at their own night, Nightplayer, which they host at Rye Wax. Bopa Rhys is a Welsh, working class artist and won't stop banging on about it. A frenzied one-man band, expect a good old chin wag, and some of the best legs on the rugby club circuit. ------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: BIG BAGS (OVER A4 SIZE) MUST BE CHECKED INTO THE CLOAKROOM ------------------------------- |
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 DEEP TRASH ESCORIA
TIMES: DOORS 9PM | CLOSE 2AM ADVANCE:1ST WAVE £10 / 2ND WAVE £12 ON THE DOOR: £10 (B4 9pm) / £12 (after 9pm) BOOKING IN ADVANCE IS ADVISED! ------------------------------- The legendary East London exhibition-cum-performance club night Deep Trash is back, with an episode entirely dedicated to the worldwide Spanish-speaking and Latinx contexts…. Bienvenidxs to… DEEP TRASH Escoria! With never before seen performances in the UK, Deep Trash Escoria will take you through acts that consist of subversive flamenco, indigenous counteractions, radical analities, border-crossing resistance, Spanish anti-nationalisms and Latinx burlesque. Immerse yourself in a parallel exhibition of kuir, feminista y transmaricabollo cultures from across the globe: from ecosexual criticism to Frida Khalo’s re-stagings, from cyborgian pre-Hispanic sexual hybrids to contemporary drag, trans & non-binary lives – from Colombia to Uruguay and beyond! Dressing up (or undressing) is highly encouraged. Deep Trash is a bi-annual, one-night-only event featuring live performances, installations, artworks, visuals and videos spread over 2 floors by over 30 artists! The venue will be open from 8pm, with a 1-hour curated screening on loop, selected by visual culture and gender studies scholar Abeyamí Ortega. The event will also include an immersive exhibition, interactive installations and all-night performances showcasing emergent or recent discourses around sexuality, gender and race within Latin and Spanish-speaking territories or autonomous communities. #DTescoria Alejandro’s DJ set from the club night “Lady Olé” will bring you the best – and the trashiest – of Spanish dance, kitsch, and queer música. DJ Neiva for a Maricumbia takeover: hot music for muchachxs of all genders & sexual orientation, from your suavest butch reggaetonero to your most dedicated salsera - bringing Latinx Hip Hop, Cumbia, Pop, and more. DJ Smaragda downstairs will keep the party going with her trans*national music from all Spanish-speaking worlds. PERFORMANCES: Abel Báguena / Manuel Antonio Velandia Mora / Reb W Morris / Tizo All / Terrorismo Teatral Migrante (MariaBasura, JorgeTheObscene, Maria Poison) / Yolanda (Miss Englatina) feat. Cachacha. Hosted by Pablo Pakula.
ARTWORKS: Alfredo Bissett + Luis Farah / Candela Cuervo / Diego (Dee) Maeso / Ian Tevo / Issa Téllez / Nataly Prada Elejalde / Personaje Personaje / Rurru Mipanochia / Yole Quintero / Zaida González MUSIC: Alejandro Asencio (Lady Olé) / DJ Neiva (Maricumbia) / Smaragda (Tranny & The Bear)
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 PUSSY LIQUOR: DANCING KWEENS
TIMES: DOORS 9PM | CLOSE 2AM ADVANCE:EARLY BIRDS £5 / STANDARD £7 ON THE DOOR: £10 / £8 WITH FLYER ------------------------------- Pussy Liquor's Party Palace returns! MAMMA MIA! Here we go again! FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE LIGHTS ARE LOW at Bethnal Green Working Men’s club, where we will be celebrating THOSE DANCING KWEENS. Get down and GROOVY to the sensual sounds of the SEVENTIES. There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright FOR-DISCO. TAKE A CHANCE on our ABBA themed disco night. It's the SEVENTIES, don your flares for a FAB night of disco trashy, glitter-tastic cabaret-cum-dance party chaos! Feast your eyes and ears on SUPER TROOPER acts + Live shows from London's most eclectic and rowdy MASTERS OF THE (cabaret) SCENE. You can DANCE you can JIVE, having the time of your life with our DECADENT DJs bringing you the best DISCO BEATS (ah-ha) to get your platforms moving. As always - outrageous clothing is optional but STRONGLY advised If in doubt - find make-up moggy ALICE JESSOP for a disco makeover! Watch the fb event for act announcements as we lead up to the event!
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 MARIAH & FRIENDZ
THE BUTTERFLY RETURNS! TIMES: DOORS 9PM|CLOSE 2AM (SHOW STARTS 9.30PM) ADVANCE: 1ST WAVE £8 | 2ND WAVE £9 ON THE DOOR: £10 ------------------------------- London's notorious hot-mess cabaret-cum-club night (very loosely) inspired Mariah Carey returns with their signature blend of In-Your-Face Drag, Circus and Burlesque!! We’ve had a little break, we’ve worked on our tans, we’ve had a nip and two tucks, and we’re back for another steaming pile of queer cheer at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club! Mariah & Friendz bring the butterfly back, with our signature spicy blend of drag acts, circus stunts and nu-burlesque! Welcome to 'the best damn drag-circus-burlesque show in town"! Time Out FEATURING… AND MORE TBA! This freakishly fabulous fest will feature over-the-top campery, joyous audience participation, sickening stunts, and mass queer sex appeal! And yes, even some Mariah Carey! Stay after the show for the sexiest, sweatiest, slurriest danceparty EVER! Think glitter, shade and the fashion of 2001! London’s best performance Quuerdos mix with classic dance floor bangers to create one hell of a party! ------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: BIG BAGS (OVER A4 SIZE) MUST BE CHECKED INTO THE CLOAKROOM ------------------------------- |
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GIRLPOWER TIMES: DOORS 9PM | CLOSE 2AM ADVANCE: 1ST WAVE £3 |2ND WAVE £4|3RD WAVE £5 ON THE DOOR: £8 ------------------------------- Join us for a night of DJs, Drag Queens & Dancing! The best female & LGBTQ line ups playing tracks from the QUEENS OF R'N'B, POP AND HIPHOP! From 90's babes to present day divas; DJs: Karistocat, J-Low & special guests bring you a night full of Bey, Ri, Tay, Jen, Nicki, Xtina and the rest of music's leading ladies. (Maybe some Biebs and Craig too). SHOWS FROM: TBA GIRLPOWER (HAPPY)HOUR DRINKS DEALS FROM 9PM-10PM The ultimate GNO, but for everyone - 100% good vibes and killer moves. Assemble your Squad and come ready to SLAY. If you're celebrating your birthday that weekend (or any time in OCT), then get in touch. Free entry for the birthday gurl, just e-mail girlpowerlondon@gmail.com for details. EVERYONE WELCOME! ------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: BIG BAGS (OVER A4 SIZE) MUST BE CHECKED INTO THE CLOAKROOM ------------------------------- |
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U OK HUN? CRUISING WITH JANE MCDONALD TIMES: DOORS 9PM | CLOSE 2AM COSTS: EARLY BIRDS £5 | STANDARD £8 ON THE DOOR: £10 ------------------------------- Leave your dignity at the door! Come rave at London’s notorious Trashbag extravaganza focused on music, fun and getting off ya tits! U OK HUN’S bad behaviour glitter party for homos and huns is back!! Top London DJs playing the finest Dirty House, Disco, Garage and Podium Pop Beats Join us for an evening of PURE BANTZ as our fave drags + attention seeking Queerdos bring you Inflatable unicorns! Glitter! Crazy Acts! Celeb tantrums! MORE INFO COMING SOON ------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: BIG BAGS (OVER A4 SIZE) MUST BE CHECKED INTO THE CLOAKROOM ------------------------------- |
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TIMES: DOORS 9PM | CLOSE 2AM ADVANCE: £7 ON THE DOOR: £10 ------------------------------- Wassssuuuupppp! BOYZ are BACK at BGWMC bringing you a Drag King Club Nite! They bring you retro boyband realness! 5ive of the BOYZ bringing you sweet, sweet tunes and moves from your fave decade - come live your B(w)estlife in Bethnal Green! If you’re lucky we may even Bust(Ed) out some noughties classics too! ‘[We] can be your hero[es], baby…’ (Iglesias 2001) 10pm sharp for totally awesome live performances followed by superstar DJing until 2am OMG… Guest performances from: Zayn Phallic , Chiyo, Richard Melanin the 3rd & more to be announced! What a banging line-up of King pin pin-ups… snap up those tasty treats of £7 tix! ------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: BIG BAGS (OVER A4 SIZE) MUST BE CHECKED INTO THE CLOAKROOM ------------------------------- |
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TIMES: DOORS 8.30PM | CLOSE 2AM ADVANCE: 1ST WAVE £6 // 2ND WAVE £7 ON THE DOOR:£7 BEFORE 10PM // £8 AFTER 10PM *********************************************** CELEBRATING? GET IN TOUCH FOR CHEAPLIST SIGNUP! (for u and your mates) Email: info@workersplaytime.net with 'Party like it's your B'day OCT ' in the subject! *********************************************** WATCH OUT! WE'RE BACK AND WE'RE READY TO BOOM SHAKE THE ROOM! PLIYB, like Cleopatra...is COMIN' ATCHA! Join the conga line for a tasteless, tacky celebration WHETHER IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY OR NOT! Imagine a teen b'day party...set in the 90s...Don your b'day best... regress and PARTY LIKE IT'S 1995! ARRIVE EARLY DOORS FOR.... STUPID PARTY GAMES! Get tangled in TWISTER! See how low you can go in the LIMBO! Battle it out for victory in MUSICAL CHAIRS! Win big in PASS THE PARCEL! WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU DID THIS EH? The games start at 9.30pm! SHARP! Don't miss out Mum's been to Iceland and laid on a spread! Get your mitts on some treats from the...FREE BUFFETThere's a cheese and pineapple hedgehog! There's sausages on sticks. There's party rings. There's jam rings. There's onion rings. It's a blast from your dirty YOUTH CLUB past! DJ SAFARI PHIL will be pumping up the jam' with a mixtape of all your fave SMASH HITZ!! THINK: 90s CHART / POP / DANCE / GUILTY PLEASURES! Now that's what I call music! EXPECT TO HEAR: 2 unlimited, Spice Girls, East 17, Ace of Base, Blur, Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Sash, The Vengaboys, MC Hammer, Kim Wilde, Shaggy, Sweet Femal Attitude, Oxide and Nuetrino, Sir Mix-a-lot, Snap, Salt'n'Pepper, Haddaway, R.Kelly, DJ Jean, Backstreet Boys, Take That, Rednex, Five, Artful Dodger. DANCE 'TIL YOU PUKE! WE DO TAKE REQUESTS AND YOU WILL DO THE MACARENA - DON'T FIGHT IT! DRESS UP TO MESS UP! WEAR YOUR WORST! Dig out your 90s b'day best... Think Saved By The Bell Realness, LA Gear + Hammer pants, dungarees + Kangol hats, Fresh Princes in propeller caps, crop tops + snap pants, scrunchies + swatch watches, mood rings, tie-dye and temp tatts! ------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: BIG BAGS (OVER A4 SIZE) MUST BE CHECKED INTO THE CLOAKROOM ------------------------------- |
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 THE DOUBLE R CLUB
TIMES: DOORS 8PM|SHOW STARTS 8.30PM|CLOSE 1AM ADVANCE:EARLY BIRDS £10|STANDARD £12 10% STUDENT DISCOUNT: ENTER 'STUDENT10' AT CHECKOUT. STUDENTS MUST SHOW VALID STUDENT ID ON THE DOOR (NUS, ISIC, UNI/COLLEGE PHOTO CARD) ON THE DOOR: £15 ------------------------------- Welcome to The Double R Club an evening of mystery & nightmares inspired by the films of David Lynch Expect a darkly surreal cocktail of "Damn fine" Cabaret & Music, where "Restless nights and uneasy dreams go with the territory..." Think the finger-clicking jazz ambience of cult TV show Twin Peaks, the absurdist monochrome machine world of Eraserhead... From the dark underbelly of Mulholland Drive, to the surreal small-town madness of Blue Velvet A dark and troubling cabaret dream from another place, all served with humour "Black, like midnight on a moonless night…" Your aberrant host Benjamin Louche introduces THE underground cult cabaret phenomenon. LINEUP TO BE ANNOUNCED! "London can't claim too many shows with the impressive longevity and sheer depravity of the RR Club" - The Londonist "One of the edgiest nights in the capital." - The Independent "You may be tickled in your most shameful fancies. You may be deeply offended. But you won't look away. Mad, bad and regrettable to miss: that pretty much summarises The Double R Club." - This Is Cabaret
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 HOORAY CARABET'S QUEEN BEE!
TIMES: DOORS 9PM | CLOSE 2AM ADVANCE: £8 DOOR: £10 ------------------------------- Calling all divas, goddesses, queens and kweeeens! In the year that we lost Aretha, and Madge turned 60, we think it's about bloody time for a celebration of the prima donna, the lioness, that girl who's unapologetically just "too much". Enter (through a cloud of dry ice)... HOORAY CABARET'S QUEEN BEE! Join us for show-stopping burlesque, spotlight-stealing comedy and Hooray extra extra-ness, featuring... HARRIET KEMSLEY/ RUBYYY JONES / HARRIET BRAINE / TRASH VALENTINE / PURRSIA KITT / ALI BRICE / BAMBI BANG BANG / CHLOE PETTS And your host, fresh back from killing it at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Hooray diva herself, ONYX FATALE!!! Afterparty dancefloor fabulousness featuring DJ LEELEE with tunes from our favourite music icons, and GOGO DANCERS till we get told to go to bed for showing off (or 2am, whichever comes first).
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 THATS WHAT I CALL COVERS
TIMES: DOORS 8.30PM | CLOSE 2AM ADVANCE: £6 DOOR: SHOW + PARTY £8 PARTY ONLY (AFTER 10.30PM) £5 ------------------------------- We're back… and we’re cruising into 1998 with another absolute banger… NOW 39!!! London's best up and coming artists covering your favourite guilty pleasure choons. Woop woop! So grab your best Britney T-shirt, pop on your favourite hair mascara, and come and party with us! PERFORMING THIS TIME: BELT UP A CAPELLA ASHLEY LOUISE LUKE MORAN AND LET'S NOT FORGET....JAMIE FALLON MORE ACTS TBA! ------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: BIG BAGS (OVER A4 SIZE) MUST BE CHECKED INTO THE CLOAKROOM ------------------------------- |
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 DISCO 54
TIMES: DOORS 9PM | CLOSE 2AM ADVANCE:STUDENTS £5 STANDARD EARLY BIRDS £6|1ST WAVE £7|2ND WAVE £8 STUDENTS MUST SHOW VALID STUDENT ID ON THE DOOR (NUS, ISIC, UNI/COLLEGE PHOTO CARD) DOOR: £6 B4 10PM|£8 10PM-11PM|£10 AFTER 11PM ------------------------------- Dreamgirls and rollerboys follow the call of the disco ball! delectable disco goodness! We've said our farewells to Summer, Now let's see in the new season in the only way we know how! Jaws to the floor! From 10pm feast your eyes and ears upon our GLITTER-TASTIC LIVE ACTS! They'll sprinkle their stardust under the mirrorball + leave you screamin' for more! more! more! From avante-garde performance art + dazzling divas to breathtaking lights, lazers + magic. Disco 54 always delivers the goods! Yowza! DRESS IN YOUR DISCO BEST! We wanna see some strong looks on the dancefloor! Think Studio 54 self expression, Bowie Realness, Grace Jones glam, all over shimmer, glittered beards, sequins + sultry shades! If in doubt - Hit our DIY DISCO MAKEOVER STAND and Get Ziggy with it! The dance floor's throbbing and the beat's pulsing… Resident DJ 'Glitterball' Geoff Leonard will spin a scorchin' hot mix of infectious Disco hits in their purest and most debauched forms as always. Think exotic beats, Studio 54 sounds, rare grooves, blaring trumpets 'n' bass! All Vinyl! All Night Long! Get ready to move your body baby, to dance all night... just feel the groove and you'll be alright! Dazzle and Be Sublime...Everyone here's a star! PLEASE NOTE: This isn't Car Wash. Don your fanciest dress - but please NO PLASTIC FANCY DRESS Leave your Afro wigs + flares at the door- you're so much better than that
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