Thematically his work is documentary reportage of pop and counter culture, exploring underground scenes, alternative and street fashion, live music & performance.

His energetic sketches (drawn without looking at the paper) make up an inimitable style. Loose line drawings in his always-at-hand sketchbook are worked up onto canvas, and undergo dramatic colouring in acrylics, inks and varnishes; vibrant colours, dribbles and splatters.

Work often combines images and text.

He has exhibited and performed at established institutions such as the Tokyo Metropolitain Museum of Art, Museum Quartier in Vienna and The National Portrait Gallery London, where he set an unofficial World land speed record for portraiture in summer 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/user/misterAtomic#p/a/f/0/DhRUNA3IPuY

He has also performed at legendary underground venues like Tokyo Dark Castle, Kashpoint and The Batcave.

www.jasonatomic.co.uk – official website
www.myspace.com/jasonatomic
www.youtube.com/misterAtomic

Winner of Best Newcomer 2009 at the London Burlesque Festival, Kiki Kaboom has exploded onto the UK burlesque scene. An already accomplished actress and singer, she has taken burlesque by the balls and given them a gentle squeeze.

Part clown, part sex-kitten and all woman, Kiki has a cheeky, charming, irreverent approach and a wicked sense of humour. Oozing sass, sauciness and sex appeal, her warmth and wit ensures she remains a firm favourite with every audience.

She is a regular fixture on the London and UK circuit, and has performed internationally at the Amsterdam Burlesque Festival, the Dublin Burlesque Ball, and will be in Vancouver and Seattle over the coming months. She has also been chosen to model for Maybelline New York, and will be appearing in an upcoming EMI film about Immodesty Blaize and the rise of neo-burlesque in this country.

She has an array of acts at her disposal – classic, comic, vintage, character-based or musical and is also an experienced compere, having hosted nights for Chaz Royal (London and Amsterdam), Last Days of Decadence, Lady Luck Club and Beyond The Cabaret. Having trained with Jo King, Kiki now also teaches for Jo at the London Academy of Burlesque.

Ladies, gentlemen, hold on to your hats. She’s one vivacious vixen.

http://www.myspace.com/kiki_kaboom

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kiki-Kaboom/71070309751?ref=ts

Frank’s latest album, “Mein Way on a Steinway” contains some of his hits such as “Strangers on My Flight” and “Jack Boots Are Made For Walking” (featuring his lovely daughter Nancy.)

Though there’s no doubt Frank’s act is on the edgier end of things, don’t mistake him for a racist. His show is without prejudice and this consumate entertainer tours with two gentleman from the middle east and another who is both black and Jewish. Together the crooners are better known as the Iraq Pack – appearing soon in a casino near you.

We’re delighted that Frank has taken some time off from his tour of Europe to celebrate the New Year with us.

For more details of the huge line-up and to book tickets, read our New Year’s Eve page.

Your host on New Year’s Eve will be Desmond O’Connor, acid-tongued ukelele-wielder and star of Edinburgh hit “And The Devil May Drag You Under”.

Although fans of the alternative arts may well have caught Des in action previously (he’s one of the hardest-working men in cabaret and a Top 10 Burlesque Star according to Bizarre Magazine), even the mainstream broadcasting world has been exposed to his talents as co-writer and musical director of “Scott Mills The Musical”.

For more details of the huge line-up and to book tickets, read our New Year’s Eve page.

The Sonic Soul Suits are covered in sensor pads and connected wirelessly to both a laptop and a sampling microphone. With the suits on, Amundsen and Slade (or audience members) can sample and loop sound, move sound from one body part to the next, duel with samples or create entirely new pieces of music together.

 Click within to discover more about the wealth of DJs, live music and vaudeville performances that we have gathered together for this year’s White Mischief New Year’s Eve party. The full line-up has at last been confirmed and includes everything from snake dancers to fire eating to flamenco and belly dancers and a cabaret toreador routine!

There’s a live Cuban band and a range of DJs playing vintage salsa, jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, batacumba, boogaloo, mambo and a whole load of showtunes and party favourites…

Cabaret and Vaudeville Performances:

Sefi - the Spanish snake dancer who charmed so many at our “Around The World in 80 Days” party, with both a real life snake and a separate fire performance outdoors

Flamenco Aire – Flamenco dance troupe

Leah – with a tribal belly dancing act

Edouardo and Chiquita – performing “Toreadorable”

Precious Isis – delivering intimate incantations

Ángeles de los Andes – with their traditional piñata bashing

FlamencoCoCo – tableside flamenco dances

Joyful Dances of the Lap land – Nordic pixie

Live Music:

Cuba Salsa – live Cuban band

DJs:

Count Sizzle – playing vintage Latin, jump rhythm’n'blues, jazz, ska,,,

Dickon Edwards (Fosca, Latitude, The Beautiful and The Damned) playing showtunes, party favourites

Jean-Paul Seculaire (Right-On) playing vintage salsa, boogaloo, mambo, cumbia, soul

Arrive early: free Russian Standard vodka cocktail for those arriving before 10pm!

Inside you will be met by Elias Rosenkreuz, Trance Medium and Prophet; Maria Romaine, genuine gypsy tarot reader descended from the Oldest Roma Family; Rocki Deniro, the Mad Mystic Monk of Malysia; and La Celine, Prophetess, Seer and Ornithomantis. Read on for photographs and further elucidation…

Alongside a performance from Seffi, snake dancer - who will be dancing with a live snake – the Hall of Oracles will play host to the following mystics:

Tom Baker as Elias Rosenkreus, Trance Medium and Prophet

Maria Romaine – Genuine Gypsy Tarot Reader Descended From The Oldest Roma Family

Rocki Deniro – The Mad Mystic Monk Of Malysia

La Celine – Prophetess, Seer and Ornithomantis

Here Miss Amundsen – Bipolarexplorer presents her naughtical misadventure on the high seas! Watch in awestruck horror as she faces down creatures of the deep, her own puny physique and raging alcoholism to map the unknown outer reaches of extreme sea-shanty practise with the help of her intrepid, flying accordion. Read on for more information and a full-size photo.

Aste Amundsen is the artist behind The Apocalypse Gameshow. She staged Genet’s The Balcony in a wardrobe full of prostitutes, presented a series of public executions and formed The European Rapid Reaction Farce. She is currently working on a steampunk sonic bear-pit and learning to ride her bicycle upside-down.

Bitz is a compere, broadcaster for everyone from Channel 4 Radio to Resonance FM, performance artist, comedienne, muse, events promoter, writer and cabaret performer specialising in hands-free cocktail shaking and dubious forms of anatomical bar-tending.

She sings, dances, performs striptease (if you’re lucky), sets herself on fire, teaches fandancing to old ladies in Blackpool and is generally one of the UKs finest comic performers and party mammals. She has shaken and stirred the likes of Derren Brown, Tim Burton, The Dresden Dolls and UK #1 Mika. She has graced every stage from the beloved Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, Raymond’s Revue Bar and The Cobden Club to The Speigel Tent, The Astoria, Mahiki and Koko.

Bitz is a performer of many genres from physical theatre to occasional cancan girl, with lashings of grog and naughtiness along the way. She likes nothing better than behaving like a dingbat, reeling out the puns, witticisms and filth and taking all her clothes off. She has appeared in Rolling Stone, Time Out, The Guardian, Alternative, The Independent, Grazia, NME, Now, Scarlet, London Lite, The London Paper, DX International, Super-Super and ID.

“Ophelia Bitz, a renowned burlesque dancer, proves the old adage that skinny isn’t what is sexy: confidence is what is sexy. And shaking up a cocktail with your breasts, that’s pretty sexy. Then she swallows some fire, removes her corset to reveal tassel covered boobs, and departs the stage. And again: uproarious response.”
Kim Willis, Latitude Festival

“The most memorable act of the night” mylondonyourlondon.com

“Stunning Zaftig Cherub” The Independent

“Ophelia Bitz is a hilarious, dirty, impeccably timed emcee” Molly Crabapple, inventor of Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School
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Look within for a full-size photo of Sefi in full snake charming action.