White Mischief goes to Brighton
Starting Friday 26 November, White Mischief is launching a smaller spin-off night in Brighton.
Mark your calendars now: we’ll be at the Brighton Ballroom (formerly the Hanbury) on the last Friday of every month, with live music, eye-popping cabaret, and an opportunity to dress up and dance to vintage jazz, soul, rock’n'roll and more.
The Brighton Ballroom has a tremendous heritage and as you’ll see from the photos is really rather exquisite. Whether you’re dining or just there to be entertained, for Londoners it’s the perfect excuse for a romantic weekend away; for Brightonians it’s yet another great night out.
Announcing our Hallowee’n show: THE HAUNTED BALLROOM
August 18, 2010 by Tobias
Filed under Featured, News, Oct 30 2010 show, Upcoming show blogs
WHITE MISCHIEF “The Haunted Ballroom”
Saturday 30 October 2010, 9pm-4am
A Spine-Chilling Night of Malign Manifestations and Ruinous Revels!
Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, King’s Cross, London N1 9NL, UK
“The Haunted Ballroom” will be a night of unique live music, curious vaudeville, vintage DJing, interactive theatre and eccentric dressed-up characters featuring stars including NINA CONTI and ABANDOMAN. The entire party is set across MULTIPLE ROOMS, THEMED AND DECORATED by our art directors who have worked in film and theatre including with Punchdrunk.
Scroll down for full line-up and ticket information.
For a flavour, here are clips from our last show:
VAMPIRIC VAUDEVILLE ACTS Twisted Ventriloquist and BBC New Comedy Award winner NINA CONTI Exquisite Vaudevillian Burlesque Icon VICKY BUTTERFLY Provocative Performance Poet SIMON WELSH London’s Finest Flappers THE BEES KNEES MISCHIEVOUS MUSICAL ARTISTES! Musical Comedy Award and Hackney Empire New Act Award Winners 2010 and BBC 6Music Stars: ABANDOMAN Edinburgh’s drum-n-brass outfit HORNDOG BRASS BAND Brought to you by the Clockwork Quartet: POCKETWATCH EERIE THEATRICAL INTERVENTIONS “Join The Queue” from LONDON FAERIE Draw blood with KINK INK Survive an encounter with a MAN-EATING PLANT GHOULISH GRAMOPHONE SOUNDS Vintage jazz, swing, rock’n'roll, showtunes and more from our Disc Jockeys including: CRAIG CLARE
PLUS MORE ACTS YET TO BE ANNOUNCED, MULTIPLE THEMED ROOMS designed by STONE AND HOOK, OUTDOOR SMOKING PATIO…
DRESSUP INSPIRATIONS
White Mischief is proud to announce that Prangsta is our preferred rental costumier, meaning that if you plan to rent one of their splendid outfits for White Mischief, Prangsta will give you a 20% discount!
Inspirations: Halloween haunts, corpse brides, Ghost Hosts, Venetian masks, spectral organists, Le Fantôme de l’Opéra, ghoulish ballroom dancers, The Leopard, The Shining, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Steampunk, Grim Grinning Ghosts, neo-Victorian, Eyes Wide Shut, top hats, waistcoats, tails, bustles, dresses…
NB: Dressing up is not compulsory but is encouraged; check our list of recommended vintage, second hand and costume providers
VIP ROOM
VIP room tickets provide access to an air-conditioned glass room overlooking the main stage with main stage audible but not so loud as to be deafening. The VIP room has copious comfortable seating, a private bar and access to a private balcony from which you get an unobscured view of the action.
TICKETS
Standard tickets £18.50 from Brown Paper Tickets (no postage charge)
VIP tickets £27.50 from Brown Paper Tickets (no postage charge)
Birthday party? Large group? If so we can offer discounts on multiple purchases – please contact us for details.
AND FINALLY:
Illustration “In the Townhouse” by DAN HILLIER
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About VIP room tickets
We’re offering a limited number of VIP tickets for our “Haunted Ballroom” party on Saturday October 30.
Note that these tickets have sold out at each of our previous parties, so do book in advance.
If you’d rather not spend too much time on your feet and like the idea of being able to find a seat easily; if you’re prone to getting hot under the collar and you’d like a restful spot in which to cool down; if you prefer quick access to the booze or if you’re just a snooty type who doesn’t like mingling with the rest of us, the VIP room is for you.
VIP tickets get you into the private glass bar, with the following advantages:
- A dedicated private bar
- Air conditioning
- A view over the main stage
- Access to the private balcony over the main stage
- Plentiful seating
- Limited capacity only for VIPs
VIP ticketbuyers can exchange their ticket for a VIP pass on the door. We will be limiting access to the room so that only VIP pass holders can gain entry. We will be selling significantly fewer VIP tickets than the room’s legal capacity, so you can be absolutely sure that buying VIP tickets will secure you a peaceful refuge, an enclave of calm, as well as a perfect spot from which to view the acts.
This is the ideal way to treat your loved one or to celebrate a birthday. Indeed, if you have a group we are offering group discounts on large batches of VIP tickets, so by all means contact us if you would like to order a group of VIP places.
Note that the VIP tickets are limited and have sold out early at all previous events.
Photographs from White Mischief “The Great Exhibition”
March 29, 2010 by Tobias
Filed under Featured, March 27 2010 show
If you were at White Mischief “The Great Exhibition”, please upload your photos to Flickr and your videos to YouTube with the tag whitemischief.
Thanks to the charming and talented NKGuy who ran a photo studio to capture these arresting images of partygoers at White Mischief – including the cover shot used to mark this post.
And it’s definitely worth looking through Simon Harvey’s shots which feature some stunning light and texture.
Costume hire, vintage stores and hair salons
March 26, 2010 by Tobias
Filed under Dressup, Featured, Retailers, We recommend...
Dressing up is by no means compulsory at White Mischief, but we encourage our partygoers to enter into the spirit of things and in doing so we’ve come across dozens of wonderful vintage clothing emporiums, hair salons, costume hire warehouses and more. So we’re delighted to share the best of London’s costume and vintage scene with you here. Remember, while designer clothes may be expensive, imagination costs nothing and it’s possible to pick up some true style for very little cost at these wonderful locations. Don’t forget to tell them you found out about them on the White Mischief site.
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20% off costumier Prangsta
March 26, 2010 by Tobias
Filed under Dressup, Featured, We recommend...
We’ve long recommended Prangsta in our extensive list of costumiers and vintage retailers. Now we’re proud to announce that Prangsta is White Mischief’s preferred rental costumier, offering a 20% discount for White Mischief fans.
We have yet to discover a costume rental company whose outfits are as sumptuous, nor have we found a shop who will spend so much time personalising an outfit to the customer’s precise needs. This isn’t fancy dress, this is make-believe on a grand scale.
Read on for more pictures, contacts and all the detail about the outfitters of your dreams…
White Mischief: The Great Exhibition
A Birthday Extravaganza Celebrating Three Years of Neo-Victorian Entertaiments
WHITE MISCHIEF: “The Great Exhibition”
Saturday 27th March, Two Thousand and Ten, from 9pm until 4am, Scala, King’s Cross, London
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EXHIBITS FROM ACROSS THE EMPIRE!
Noted scientist VOLTINI conducting 27,000 VOLTS OF VISIBLE LIGHTNING with his TESLA COIL
MR. BRUCE AIRHEAD climbing inside his SIX FOOT BALLOON
Making Sparks Fly, Miss KEDA BREEZE with her ANGLE GRINDING CONTRAPTION
Steampunk Burlesque from BEAU BURLINGTON and MEG LA MANIA
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Master of Ceremonies: Pith-Helmeted Colonel and “Cup of Brown Joy” rapper MC ELEMENTAL
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LIVE MUSICAL ARTISTES IN THE PALACE OF GLASS!
Your hosts, Tribal Pop band TOUGH LOVE
Finest Hornicator Operator, THOMAS TRUAX
With their Steam-Powered Piano, TANKUS THE HENGE
Chap-hop pioneer MR B THE GENTLEMAN RHYMER
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SERENADE WITH ANTIQUE BEAT INTO THE SMALL HOURS
Classical, vintage jazz, swing, showtunes, Balkan Beat and more from our team of DJs
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PLUS MANY MORE ACTS, MULTIPLE THEMED ROOMS, STEAMPUNK ART AND CRAFTS, OUTDOOR SMOKING PATIO,
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Dressing-up is not at all compulsory but certainly encouraged!
Mischief’s preferred rental costumier is PRANGSTA –http://www.Prangsta.co.uk – mention White Mischief for a 20 per cent discount on all costumes
Inspirations: Steampunk, neo-Victorian, top hats, waistcoats, tails, bustles, dresses, hats, brass goggles, explorers, scientists, engineers, remarkable exhibits the Industrial Revolution, Discoveries from The Empire, zoological phenomena, dinosaurs, workers, Prince Albert, HG Wells, Jules Verne, Queen Victoria, businessmen and philanthropists…
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THIRD BIRTHDAY WEEKEND CELEBRATION OFFER:
Two nights, two parties!
Friday 26th March: The White Mischief Revue at Proud Cabaret, London EC3
Saturday 27th March: White Mischief THE GREAT EXHIBITION at Scala, King’s Cross
Please congregate at http://www.WhiteMischief.info for elucidation, discounts and VIP ticket offers
Tickets also available from Scala Box Office King’s Cross, Bordello Great Eastern Street Shoreditch, and TicketWeb.co.uk 0870 0600 100 (24 hrs)
White Mischief Third Birthday Celebration Weekend
White Mischief Third Birthday Celebration
To mark three years since our first party at Conway Hall in 2007, White Mischief is hosting a weekend of entertainment topped off by one of our full-scale multi-room late-night balls.
Tickets will go on sale shortly! For more information and line-ups click the links below:
Friday 26 March: The White Mischief Revue at Proud Cabaret, London EC3
Saturday 27 March: White Mischief: “The Great Exhibition” at Scala, King’s Cross
Friday Feb 27: The White Mischief Revue
Following our sell-out New Year’s Eve party at Proud Cabaret, White Mischief has been invited to curate the last Friday of every month at the luxurious supperclub.
Expect the finest cabaret, circus, vaudeville, magic and burlesque entertainment together with live piano jazz, hot vintage DJing and of course a delicious three course meal.
Three course dinner plus entertainment: £37.50; show-only tickets £10 on the door.
To book the three course dinner plus cabaret show click here
To book the show-only tickets click here
Friday February 27 line-up (more acts to be announced):
Tough Love
Earl Okin
Raymond and Mr Timkins
Stephan Guphausen
Live piano from the King of Cocktail
DJ Craig Clare
We recommend: Professor Starmayr’s Exposition of Wonders
January 15, 2010 by Tobias
Filed under Featured, We recommend...
Professor Starmayr’s EXPOSITION OF WONDERS
