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Another retro night is Oh My God I Miss You Presents\u2026 which puts on themed 60s nights with all sorts of interesting acts. This is another monthly event and the name of the actual night changes. They\u2019ve had a Jailhouse Jam and Grind-A-Go-Go. They transform the club into almost a theatre set for you to frolick in, and as well as the 60s girl group, and voodoo rock \u2018n\u2019 roll tunes being spun, there might be a few live bands playing this sort of music as well. All sorts of performers are welcome – cabaret, magic, puppertry or striptease!<\/p>\n
The Double R Club<\/h2>\n
Hosted by the wonderful Benjamin Louche (a slick compere if ever there was one, who also pops up at Lucha Brittania) a night of burlesque with a difference is the Double R club. This is a burlesque night paying homage to the works of David Lynch and it helps if you\u2019re au fait with his \u201coeuvres\u201d. There\u2019s a lot of stripping down to tassles in various ways (and not necessarily by women) and the acts will more than likely be dressed up as characters from David Lynch movies or Twin Peaks. One in particular started off as Dennis Hopper\u2019s character Frank from Blue Velvet but got progressively healthier and energetic until he was casting aside his ventilator and beginning to dance and\u2026 shed his clothes until he was high-kicking away scantily dressed and in heels. There\u2019s a bit of comedy as well \u2013 one act played David Lynch\u2019s long-suffering mother \u2013 and acts such as fire eating and um\u2026 \u201cvomiting\u201d and endless length of tissue paper. Sounds weirder than it was. This is definitely worth a look.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s not all fire and stripping, there are slightly more intellectual nights to be found as well. Homework, which puts nights on for a few months over the summer, is based here. This is a collective of spoken word artists known as Aisle 16, who push the boundaries of spoken word. Each night has a theme, for example, \u201cpoets in residence\u201d where they had to take residence in a place of their choice and come up with poetry inspired by such places. One chose a library, another chose Beachy Head, notorious for suicides. You will probably have heard of some of the members of Homework if you are into the spoken word scene at all \u2013 Joe Dunthorne who wrote Submarine is one, and Luke Wright who also often comperes Book Slam. Their nights are always entertaining, often funny, sometimes moving, and they have guest poets at some of their nights as well. Andrew Motion was there one night I attended.<\/p>\n The now legendary Sink the Pink is a night of fun known for being friendly to the LGBT scene, or perhaps that should be it\u2019s a gay night friendly to the straight scene. Either way, they welcome anyone as long as you\u2019re there to let your hair down and get your glitter and makeup on. They say they have a \u201clove of all things silly, outrageous and camp\u201d and you can expect nights of dancing to \u201cguilty pleasure\u201d tunes with silly monthly themes and some rather well known guest appearances from Jake Shears, Beth Ditto and Nick Grimshaw to name just a few.<\/p>\n As it happens, all of these places take place in the same venue, and a slightly unlikely venue at that. A \u201cworking men’s\u201d club in Bethnal Green might not be where you’d first think of heading. And actually, I do a disservice to the place by putting \u201cworking men’s\u201d in quotes. For this is exactly what it is.<\/p>\n Up a side street off Bethnal Green Road you come to the Bethnal Green Working Men\u2019s Club and are greeted by the doorman (bouncer is too strong a word) who will ask you if you\u2019ve ever been before. If you have, you will most likely be waved through with a friendly greeting. If not, then you will solemnly receive \u201cthe speech\u201d. This is where you get told that the local residents aren\u2019t on great terms with the ol\u2019 BGWMC and therefore if you have any interest in letting the club continue doing its thing, you will be respectful when leaving, and not loiter \u2013 meet your friends up the road if you must so you don\u2019t cause any disturbances and give the locals cause for grief. After you agree to these terms, you\u2019ll get the same friendly wave in.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll also be directed into where the night is taking place. The club is split over two floors and the main room upstairs is normally where the events take place. Don\u2019t be surprised if, as you walk in, you pass some old boy on his way downstairs. Because, the venue is also a functioning working men\u2019s club. The \u201cfreaks\u201d and \u201cweirdos\u201d (you) do their thing upstairs. The regulars do theirs downstairs and everyone is fine with that.<\/p>\n Going into whichever party night you\u2019re there for, the set up will differ to reflect this, but what will never change is the small bar in the corner, the faded carpet on the floor, the thick curtains and the generally slightly musty smell that signifies all such social clubs. Sometimes, if you\u2019re there for the spoken word night for example, the plush red chairs that have seen better days will be set out. Or it might be a tables and chairs arrangements, with standing room only for latecomers.<\/p>\n Nights generally go on until 2 or 3 am, entry is around 5 pounds, and last admission is normally midnight.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n http:\/\/www.workersplaytime.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" London, being the most wonderful city that it is, can cater for pretty much any taste. It has nightclubs galore, and almost any that you might happen to stumble into in Soho on a Friday or Saturday night will be … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\nHomework<\/h2>\n
Sink the Pink<\/h2>\n
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