How to get in to our sold-out New Year’s Eve Variety Extravaganza
Update: Sunday 30 December 2012
All seats and standing tickets for the show (9.30pm to 11.30pm are now fully sold out through all channels. All volunteer places are taken.
If you want to attend, the only remaining option is to come between 23:30 and 23:45 for the midnight countdown and dancing through to 02:30/03:00.
Standing tickets on the door between 23:30 and 23:45 on NYE.
If you’re happy not to see any of the stage show and simply want to hook up with your friends to enjoy our midnight ceremony and then dance, the venue will let you in after the stage show has finished. We will have a special surprise at midnight followed by a stiltwalker and DJ Jamie Moon playing vintage / party tunes / electro-swing. The venue is happy to welcome guests through the door between 23:30 and 23:45 for a door cover charge of £10 per person. Please make sure you are dressed at least smartly or even extravagantly – we won’t be allowing in randoms wearing street clothes. Past experience on NYE suggests that there are normally about five or ten people who want to take this cheaper last-minute option. Note that entrance is at the venue security’s discretion and we cannot guarantee immediate enterance. Venue address and phone number here.
White Mischief’s New Year’s Eve Variety Extravaganza
** TICKETS 40% SOLD – BOOK NOW **
Earlybird prices – book in advance:
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Ring in the new year with a packed White Mischief line-up of circus, comedy, cabaret, aerial and burlesque, followed by a midnight ceremony and dancing through to the wee hours. Join us to witness some of the finest talent around from chap-hop MC PROFESSOR ELEMENTAL to comedy songsmith MITCH BENN to oral ping-pong champion ROD LAVER to lindy-hopping acrobats SO AND SO CIRCUS plus aerial artists GREVILLE MATTHEWS and JACKIE LE…
Alongside the usual DJs, dancing and midnight countdown ceremony we will be offering a full seated cabaret show.
Compere: PROFESSOR ELEMENTAL
Oral ping-pong daredevil ROD LAVER
Lindy-hopping acrobats SO AND SO CIRCUS
Elegant burlesque from LADY CAVE
Aerial from GREVILLE MATTHEWS
A comic song from RUBYYY JONES
Drag troupe ANDD WHAT?
From Australia, burlesque star THE DIAMOND DAHLIA
Aerial from JACKIE LE
Comedic burlesque from MISS CAIRO MASCARA
Close-up magic and mind reading from LAURENCE MORLAND
DJ JAMIE MOON spinning vintage jazz, swing, rock’n'roll, electroswing and party tunes
+ more surprises still to be announced
Seated guests may arrive from 8.30pm. Seats are arranged theatre-style and filled in order of arrival on the night
Table guests may arrive from 8pm and are seated at tables of six. Groups smaller than six may be seated on tables with strangers. Only eight tables are available.
*A very limited number of standing tickets are available:*
Standing – £30
Standing guests may arrive from 9.30pm (ie showtime). Please note standing guests may have a restricted view or be at the back of the hall
8.30 pm – Seated guests arrive
9.30 pm – Standing guests arrive
9.30pm – 11.45pm (with 15-minute interval) – Show
Midnight – Ceremony and countdown
Midnight to 3am – DJs / dancing
** VOLUNTEER PLACES **
We are seeking a small number of volunteers to help with setup and to act as ushers /
Hair styling and make-up from Hairy Popins
Hairy Popins – for a look that’s practically perfect in every way!

Weaving in webs and styling spiders, the Hairy PoPins ladies will transform your tresses and layer luscious lacquer on your lips at their pop-up beauty salon.
For those wanting up-dos / hair styling make-up, pre-book an appointment to avoid disappointment. From only a fiver or so you’ll get the trademark PoPins glow.
As well as hair styling there will be make-up, and face/body painting courtesy of Squiggles and Wiggles.
Contact Hairy Popins to book in for your hair / make-up / facepaint styling: hairypopinssalon@gmail.com or facebook.com/Hairypopins
(Note from White Mischief: this is for people of all genders and Hairy Popins / Squiggles and Wiggles can make the guys look like glamorous ghouls too!)
If you don’t get round to making a booking, still come and find Hairy Popins and Squiggles and Wiggles for hair, make-up and face/body painting on the top floor next to the “Suck My Rock” photobooth.
Existing reservations will take priority but there should be spaces for walkups between 9pm and midnight.
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Fluid London has chosen PHANTASMAGORIA as one of the coolest events in London this month!
Time Out Deals
Saturday 27th October 2012, Scala, King’s Cross, London
White Mischief: PHANTASMAGORIA Hallowe’en Ball
Phantasmagorical imaginings abound as White Mischief takes over former art deco cinema Scala for a Halloween Ball themed to seances, parlour tricks and the macabre visions of the magic lantern. Expect multiple themed, decorated rooms filled with unexpected surprises and spontaneous performances and the best-dressed guests of any Halloween haunt!
Tickets £19.99 in advance from BrownPaperTickets, TicketWeb or Scala box office (£35 on night)
(Photo credit SoulStealer)
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Mat Ricardo (gentleman juggler)
Johann Lippowitz (comedy mime)
Emily-Rose (hooping)
Cherry and Ruby (burlesque)
MAGNIFICENT MUSIC:
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Storytelling from DREAMFIRED
Magic Lantern Show from MERVYN HEARD
Photo booth and styling parlour
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DJs playing vintage jazz, rock’n'roll, showtunes, party tunes,
electro-swing and more including Jean-Paul Seculaire (Right-On.org), The Roustabouts and many more
+ MUCH MORE ENTERTAINMENT and INTERACTIVITY TO BE ANNOUNCED!
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(For more videos see the White Mischief YouTube Channel)
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DRESSING UP IS NOT COMPULSORY BUT ENCOURAGED
Inspirations: Mischievous magicians, delusional scientists, scary showfolk, Madame Leota, apparitions, ghosts (Pepper’s and otherwise), ghouls and spectres, Gothic nightmares, Grand Guignol and Halloween visions in black and white…
20% discount on costume rental from http://www.Prangsta.co.uk/
View our list of recommended second hand, vintage, costume, hair and make-up suppliers here: http://bit.ly/wmcostumes
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HOW TO GET TICKETS
The event is now 40% sold; all earlybird tickets have gone over the past few months. Tickets are £19.99 up to the middle of October and £29.99 towards the end of October. Tickets on the door will or waiting list will be £35.
As our Halloween events usually end up with a waiting list, please book in advance to take advantage of the cheaper price.
Brown Paper Tickets (lowest booking fee / postage)
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Ticketweb
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or direct from Scala Box office 10am-6pm Monday to Friday.
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TIME-TRAVELLERS NOTE:
We expect to encounter a brief temporal anomaly at 1am on Sunday morning when time travels backwards from British Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time. White Mischief promises you seven full hours’ worth of entertainment despite this temporal paradox.
Phantasmagoria – White Mischief’s Halloween Ball
Saturday 27th October 2012, Scala, King’s Cross, London
White Mischief: PHANTASMAGORIA Hallowe’en Ball
Phantasmagorical imaginings abound as White Mischief takes over former art deco cinema Scala for a Halloween Ball themed to seances, parlour tricks and the macabre visions of the magic lantern. Expect multiple themed, decorated rooms filled with unexpected surprises and spontaneous performances and the best-dressed guests of any Halloween haunt!
Tickets £19.99 in advance from BrownPaperTickets, TicketWeb or Scala box office (£35 on night)
(Photo credit SoulStealer)
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Mat Ricardo (gentleman juggler)
Johann Lippowitz (comedy mime)
Emily-Rose (hooping)
Cherry and Ruby (burlesque)
MAGNIFICENT MUSIC:
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Storytelling from DREAMFIRED
Magic Lantern Show from MERVYN HEARD
Photo booth and styling parlour
———————-
DJs playing vintage jazz, rock’n'roll, showtunes, party tunes,
electro-swing and more including Jean-Paul Seculaire (Right-On.org), The Roustabouts and many more
+ MUCH MORE ENTERTAINMENT and INTERACTIVITY TO BE ANNOUNCED!
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(For more videos see the White Mischief YouTube Channel)
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DRESSING UP IS NOT COMPULSORY BUT ENCOURAGED
Inspirations: Mischievous magicians, delusional scientists, scary showfolk, Madame Leota, apparitions, ghosts (Pepper’s and otherwise), ghouls and spectres, Gothic nightmares, Grand Guignol and Halloween visions in black and white…
20% discount on costume rental from http://www.Prangsta.co.uk/
View our list of recommended second hand, vintage, costume, hair and make-up suppliers here: http://bit.ly/wmcostumes
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HOW TO GET TICKETS
The event is now 40% sold; all earlybird tickets have gone over the past few months. Tickets are £19.99 up to the middle of October and £29.99 towards the end of October. Tickets on the door will or waiting list will be £35.
As our Halloween events usually end up with a waiting list, please book in advance to take advantage of the cheaper price.
Brown Paper Tickets (lowest booking fee / postage)
http://
Ticketweb
http://
or direct from Scala Box office 10am-6pm Monday to Friday.
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TIME-TRAVELLERS NOTE:
We expect to encounter a brief temporal anomaly at 1am on Sunday morning when time travels backwards from British Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time. White Mischief promises you seven full hours’ worth of entertainment despite this temporal paradox.
Update: steampunk sellers and artists added to Abney Park / Prof Elemental/ Sunday Driver show on Aug 23
Scala, King’s Cross, London
7.30pm – 11pm
White Mischief is proud to announce the line-up for our Steampunk Concert:
Genre-definers ABNEY PARK headline with their only London show.
Supported by full sets from chap-hop super flyweight PROFESSOR ELEMENTAL
and steampunk fusion band SUNDAY DRIVER.
PLUS a selection of steampunk art and craftspeople (see below!)
This evening is focused on the music alone and will end in time for last trains home. Unlike White Mischief weekend nights those aged 16 to 18 are welcome (please contact us in advance to arrange this).
Guests are welcome to come in civvies, street clothes or steampunk garb – it’s your choice!
TICKETS
Our meet-and-greet offer with the band is now sold out but the band is still offering an “upgrade” deal where you get:
- A choice of autographed merch, either the “Wrath of Fate” novel or the “Off the Grid” CD
- 10% discount code for the Abney Park online store
The price of the offer is £23.00 per person and is limited to just 50 places. Book now to take advantage of it.
If you just want standard tickets they are on sale for £14.99 from Brown Paper Tickets
THE MUSICIANS
Post-apocalyptic aeronauts of questionable morals, Abney Park bring clockwork guitars, belly dancers, flintlock bassists, middle-eastern percussion and violent violin creating their unique blend of world and dance music. Corsets and cummerbunds ahoy! Abney Park’ll go down with Tesla-powered keyboards blazing in one riotous dervish of a performance. New album Ancient World will be released later this year.
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Sunday Driver combine a steampunk visual aesthetic with exotic and fantastical soundscapes incorporating asian elements alongside instruments such as harp and clarinet. Described by author Robert Rankin as “one of my very favourites”, by Sepiachord as “quietly surreal” and by the Steampunk Workshop as a “real, honest to god, talented ensemble”, Sunday Driver’s music has been played on BBC Radio 6, Radio 4 and the Asian Network. Their new album “The Mutiny” is released this April with video The Concubine Waltz online on YouTube.
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Pillar of the tea-drinking community and sporter of fighting trousers, Professor Elemental introduces hiphop to steampunk, creating his own inimitable blend of chap-hop. Imagine, if you will, a cross between Sherlock Holmes, Flight of the Conchords, Jay-Z, a cream tea and a badger in a hat – quite something, eh?
PLUS A VARIETY OF STEAMPUNK CRAFTSPEOPLE SELLING THEIR WARES – DO BRING CASH!
ABNEY PARK
ENLYL’S REALM
Neo-Victorian & Steampunk Jewellery
http://www.enlyl.etsy.com/
SUPERSTITCHIOUS
Steampunk, gothic clothing
http://www.facebook.com/pages/
THE LAST LINE / ARKWRIGHT
Steampunk publishing
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PROFESSOR MAELSTROMME
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THOMAS WILLEFORD
http://
THE ISLAND OF DR GEOF
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HOUSE OF HIRUDINEA
http://hirudinea.co.uk/
Abney Park meet-and-greet plus merch offer
On Thursday 23 August 2012, the US’s most respected steampunk band ABNEY PARK is coming to London as part of the Steampunk Concert at Scala in King’s Cross.
They will be supported with full sets from pith-helmeted PROFESSOR ELEMENTAL and Raj-infused steampunk fusionists SUNDAY DRIVER.
Earlybird tickets are on sale now for £13.99 from Brown Paper Tickets but starting Thursday 12 July at 9am London time, a new meet-and-greet offer will go on sale.
Limited to just 50 tickets, the offer includes:
- A meet-and-greet with Abney Park just before the show
- A choice of autographed merch, either the “Wrath of Fate” novel or the “Off the Grid” CD
- 10% discount code for the Abney Park online store
The price of the offer is £36.99 per person and is limited to just 50 places.
The offer can be purchased from 9am London time on Thursday 12 July at this link to 50Tickets.com
NB: If you have already bought a ticket for this show, you should have been contacted by White Mischief this week offering you the opportunity to upgrade to this offer. If you have not received the email please check your spam folder before mailing whitemischiefnight@gmail.com
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New additions to the lineup for Saturday 21st April
We are pleased to announce some more performers and entertainments for our White Mischief Royal Jubilee Gala on Saturday 21st April:
Comic Goddess MYSTI VINE
21st Century Showgirl KEDA BREEZE
Hooping marvel ANNA THE HULAGAN
Plus…
and peek inside THE AETHEROSCOPE MARK ONE
These entertainments join bands including Tankus The Henge, Sunday Driver, Perhaps Contraption and vaudevillians including Mat Fraser, magicians Morgan and West, aerialist Jackie Le plus diversions galore including Victorian Photography and walkabout explorers Hodman and Sally. More details on the White Mischief Royal Jubilee Gala event page… or order advance tickets now at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/217009
Continue ReadingTwo special offers from Sunday Driver in time for next Saturday’s party
Steampunkers London Weekend Special (20/21 April) ”Ticket to the Launch Party – Hoxton Hall 20 April, Ticket to White Mischief at the Scala Kings Cross 21 April, , Signed Album and Meet and Greet with the band at the show in Hoxton”
VIP Steampunkers Weekend in London 20/21/22 April ”Signed CD of The Mutiny, VIP Ticket to the Launch Party – Hoxton Hall 20 April, Ticket to White Mischief at the Scala Kings Cross 21 April.. and a tour of Tipu’s Tiger at the V&A with Kat and Chandy on the 22nd!”
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