“A Moveable Feast” Valentine’s Country House Party
“A Moveable Feast” Valentine’s Country House Party
In a 17th Century private residence 30 minutes by train from London Bridge / Victoria
For £45 (including return coach travel from central London), Mischief Makers can join us
from 9pm for all the entertainment and the Tableau Gourmand part of the evening’s fare.
White Mischief presents a unique night of food and ambient entertainment in a 1600s Inigo Jones country house just outside London. This will be a treat for passionate romantics, cynical poets and all those who recall the splendour of our “Sandman” and “Bluebeard” Georgian mansion parties in ’08 and ’09.
Held just before Valentine’s Day, “A Moveable Feast” marks the first time we have taken over a house outside London. Together with some of the creative team from Boom Boom Club, whose notorious revels at the Old Vic Tunnels wowed London throughout last year, we will pepper an array of up-close performances around the building, including acrobalance, close-up magic, juggling, burlesque, music and story-telling.
THE CABARET
Rebekah Delgado – Singer / Songwriter
The Late Night Shop – Cabaret troupe
Hugo Maciel – Juggler and Stilts-walker
Luna Rosa – Exotic Dancer
Felipe Reyes – Acrobat and Tumbler
Cherry and Ruby – Burlesque Duo
A String Trio performing well-known romantic melodies
A roving gypsy-jazz accordion and trombone duo
A vintage cinema salon will be hosted by Ophelia Bitz’s ArtWank
DJs and dancing will take place in the cellars beneath the house
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THE MENU
The Meat Crypt
Bone marrow, toast & parsley salad
Black pudding with pear & endive
Roast peacock fillets
Cupid hearts
(for vegetarians: warmed dipping cheese, breads and vegetable batons)
The Oyster Room
Fresh oysters
(for vegetarians: oyster mushrooms)
Le Tableau Gourmand
Hearty soups (celeriac & truffle / ham hock & pearl barley)
Cold buffet of large hams, roast chickens, roast beef and cheese
Winter salads (roast beetroot & chard / green salad / celeriac remoulade / luxury coleslaw)
Pickles! (pickled walnuts, pickled shallots, homemade country pickle & pickled pears)
A selection of homebaked breads
The Roasting Yard
Roasted chestnuts with storytelling around the brazier
Vintage dress encouraged
Oct 29 Ghost In The Machine
Saturday 29th October 2011
Scala, 265 Pentonville Road, King’s Cross, London N1 9NL
WHITE MISCHIEF presents a Halloween Ball:
“Ghost In The Machine”
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Tickets and volunteer places
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LINE-UP:
YOUR COMPERE AND MC:
Tea-swilling pith-helmeted Professor ELEMENTAL
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EXTRAORDINARY LIVE MUSIC:
From the United States, notorious steampunk band ABNEY PARK
Nine-piece brass from HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND
Anachrony and anarchy from THE MEN THAT WILL NOT BE BLAMED FOR NOTHING
Voice, baritone sax and trumpet from SISTER DARLING
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UNFORGETTABLE VAUDEVILLE:
From New Zealand, hilarious mime act THE BOY WITH TAPE ON HIS FACE
The elegant talent of LILI LA SCALA
Death-defying feats from COVENT GARDEN CHAINSAW JUGGLER
Burlesque from MILLICENT BINKS
From Berlin, outrageous vaudevillian JEWELS GOOD
Graceful aerial performance from JACKIE LE
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INTERACTIVE ANTICS:
Silhouette Drawing Academy from 18th century physiognomist JOHANN CASPAR LAVATER
Fortune booth and automaton from BEAR GATEAUX
Get your hairdo styled, uplifted and Halloweenified by HAIRY POPPINS
Portraiture and cartoons from DOCTOR GEOF
Photo portrait studio from ALTO BASSO
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AMBIENT ADVENTURINGS:
Up close with THE BLUE LADY presented by Tricity Vogue
The Girl In The Jar from AMELIE SOLEIL
Hooping from ANNA DRURY
Stiltwalking from MISS BLISS
Psychedelic Kidnap Experience from HERNANDEZ
Art Direction and themed decor from ALEX STONE
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DJs AND DANCING
Playing vintage jazz, swing, rock’n'roll, electro-swing, showtunes and more
CRAIG CLARE, DICKON EDWARDS, SUICIDE ALLY, THEODORA GOES WILD and her SHERIFF husband (Prom Night, Shellac Sisters), MARKABRE CHARADE, JEAN-PAUL SECULAIRE (Right-On.org) and more…
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DRESSING UP IS NOT COMPULSORY BUT ENCOURAGED
Inspirations: Halloween, ghosts, ghouls, spectres, twisted psychiatrists, Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, Gothic heroines, man-machines, cybernetic creatures, Victorian scientists, steampunk and more…
20% discount on costumes hired from Prangsta.co.uk
View our list of recommended second hand, vintage, costume, hair and make-up suppliers
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TIME-TRAVELLERS PLEASE 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.
Tickets and volunteer places
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20% off costumier Prangsta
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…
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We recommend: Prangsta at Volupte
You may already know Prangsta for their fantasmagorical costume designs.
Now they are venturing into theatrical entertainment with a show featuring Vicky Butterfly and other stars of burlesque and dance.
Hosted at Volupte, one of London’s vaudeville hotspots, the Prangsta Circus and Cabaret show is at 7pm and 10pm on Thursday 23rd June.
Tickets are £15; book now by calling 020 7831 1622.
NB: this is not a White Mischief show!
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Win a pair of VIP seats at next Saturday’s House of Hapsburg
Read on for details of our contest to win two pairs of VIP tickets for the House of Hapsburg in London on Saturday June 11th.
Next Saturday, White Mischief is teaming up with Vaudeville Rave to create a party that combines cabaret and circus with electroswing and costumed characters. Everyone who arrives early will get a free cocktail. VIP guests will also receive private entertainment and further tasting experiences.
If you’d like to win a pair of VIP tickets, you can enter into one or both of two contests that we’re running on Facebook and Twitter. What we’re asking entrants to do is come up with the most inventive pairing of two guests (fictional, real, living, dead) who they would like to invite to the House of Hapsburg. So for example: “Charles Dickens and Charlie Sheen” or “Florence Nightingale and Florence and the Machine”.
TO ENTER ON FACEBOOK
Make sure you have RSVPd to our Facebook event page. Then go to your own profile and click on your “Home” or “Profile” tab. Type in your pairing – eg “I’d invite Napoleon Dynamite and Napoleon Bonaparte to” – and finish off by pressing the @ symbol and mentioning our event name. This should create a link to the event House of Hapsburg from White Mischief and Vaudeville Rave. That way we can find all entries – the best will win!
TO ENTER ON TWITTER
Make sure you are following @White_Mischief on Twitter. Then tweet your pairing – eg “I’d invite Stephen Fry and Fry from Futurama to House of Hapsburg” – followed by mentioning @white_mischief. It’s really important that you type in House of Hapsburg and that you mention us – that way we can be sure to find your entries in any searches we do.
WINNER DECIDED TUESDAY 4.30pm
The entry we like the most on Facebook and the entry we like the most on Twitter will win. We will announce the winner on Facebook and Twitter no later than this Tuesday 5 June. If you win and have already bought tickets we can refund you if you wish. You can enter as many times as you like but don’t annoy your friends!
Any questions please email us.
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The House of Hapsburg, June 11 – order now!
Vaudeville Rave and White Mischief present
HOUSE OF HAPSBURG
Islington Metal Works, 7 Torrens Street, Islington, London EC1V 1NQ (Angel Underground)
ADVANCE TICKET OFFER £12.50 – BOOK NOW!
All guests who arrive early will receive a free concoction from Hapsburg Absinthe
Ticketweb / Brown Paper Tickets (lowest booking fee)
Also VIP option £24.50 includes a guaranteed seat and table, exclusive entertainment and special tastings
Group discounts available for groups larger than ten – please contact whitemischiefnight@gmail.com for details
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Please RT: ad production company seeks steampunk makers and extras
In these times of economic austerity, I know many an actor and creative type seeking additional ways to supplement their income.
Accordingly I feel duty-bound to spread the word about this opportunity, in case one or more Mischief Makers may want to follow up on it. Note that White Mischief has no connection to the production company or the product being advertised – I am simply the messenger.
ADVERTISER SEEKS STEAMPUNK / VICTORIAN MAKERS AND EXTRAS
AGE – OVER 25
LOCATION – LONDON
Date: 6th MAY from 7am for approx 10-12 hours
FEE: estimated £90 plus reasonable travel expenses (fee may be subject to negotiation depending on what you can offer.)
CONTACT: Jennifer Smith jenny.smith86@gmail.com (office 0207 851 2000 / mobile 07828 401 826).
Jennifer Smith of production company Rattling Stick is seeking Victorian and Steampunk extras for an advert. The product is Tennent’s lager so to fit with legal restrictions on alcohol marketing the extras must be over 25. Also they are looking for people who make or own large impressive steampunk props, particularly steampunk musical instruments.
Please retweet and rebroadcast this message to your followers as they are seeking a decent number of people.
Thanks
Tobias, White Mischief
Continue ReadingTusk and Garter Club Fri 29 April Brighton
White Mischief has launched a regular spin-off night in Brighton in association with Carnival Catalyst, called THE TUSK and GARTER CLUB.
Hosted at the splendid Brighton Ballroom on the last Friday of every month.
Friday 29th April
LINE-UP – Friday 29th April
10pm for show-only tickets; 8pm for diners
Your host: ATTERS ATREE
Live music and performance from:
Gypsy dance band THE MAGIC NUMBER
Performance from:
LE JOUKI
BILLIE RAE
CHI CHI REVOLVER
DJs CARNIVALESQUE
They present for your delight a sumptuous night of spectacular cabaret and circus plus red-hot live music drawn from across the seven continents. Tiaras and turbans meet side-by-side while the DJs spin vintage tunes laced with a global twist. 
The Tusk and Garter Club is brought to you by White Mischief, famed for their vaudevillian antics in London clubs, Georgian mansions and festivals such as Bestival (“…their parties make Alice and her snooping down the nooks and crannies of Wonderland seem about as exciting as nipping down to the frozen goods aisle at Asda” – THE GUARDIAN), ably assisted by Carnival Catalyst, local purveyor of wonky vintage shenanigans such as Steampunk Hidden Events & Silver Wednesdays.
Dressing up is not compulsory but encouraged – vintage, extraordinary, glamorous, costumes from across the planet…
(Photo credit Marcus T)
Entry £5 in advance £8 on the door
Venue: The Brighton Ballroom, 83 St George’s Road, BN2 1EF
http://www.brightonballroom.com/
Thanks to Punktured Body Piercing for their support.
Full details of Saturday’s incredible line-up
Only ticketbuyers will know the exact timings but our stage show starts at 10pm sharp and carries on to at least 01:30.
Not to mention all the entertainment off the stage and around the building, from an interactive story to walkabout characters and arts/crafts/jewellery/clothing for sale!
The VIP tickets are now sold out but there is availability for standard places – at the time of writing 60% of the event as a whole is sold.
Here’s the line-up of Saturday’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Seas” party.
**SUB-AQUATIC MUSICAL ACTS**
Your host*, Pith-helemeted chap-hop MC
PROFESSOR ELEMENTAL
Music-hall maestros
THE DEAD VICTORIANS
Balkan brass and dubstep from
SAM AND THE WOMP
Mistress of Robots and Theremin
SPACEDOG
Swing for the rave generation
DUTTY MOONSHINE
Circuit-bending awesomeness from
DAVID CRANMER / NINE OWLS IN A BAGUETTE
**NAUTICAL VAUDEVILLE**
Hooping legend from La Clique and La Soiree
MARAWA
Tentacled crooner (Time Out best cabaret 2010)
HP LOVEBOX
Ping-pong juggler extraordinaire
ROD LAVER
Stupendous contortionist
RUBBER RITCHIE
**DELIGHTS FROM THE SEVEN SEAS**
PHYLLOPTERYX – an interactive story from Black Lab/Dreamfired Productions!
LA DIVA – steampunk barrel organist
PROFESSOR J. WINTERS, Victorian Portrait Photographer
MISS FAY, with her mermaid baby
THE BOHEMIANAUTS, accordion-centric walkabout music
Plus emissaries from NOWHERE, the experimental desert community
*Due to circumstances beyond our control, sadly Mat Fraser can no longer host; his role will be taken by the truly splendid Professor Elemental
**STEAMPUNK ARTS AND CRAFTS**
**Plus sea-shanties, jigs, reels, vintage jazz and electro-swing from our DJs**
including SUICIDE ALLY, CRAIG CLARE, MARKABRE, SHORE LEAVE DJs, SACHA DIEU
Dressing-up is not compulsory but certainly encouraged
Inspirations: Captain Nemo, The Squid, Sailors and Sailorgirls, Salty Sea Dogs, Mermaids, Pirates and Wenches, Seahorses and Sea Monsters, End-of-The-Pier performers, Moby Dick and Ahab, Neptune/Poseidon/Triton, Victorian, Steampunk, HG Wells/ Jules Verne, Top Hats and Tails, Gowns and Bustles, Vintage…
White Mischief’s preferred rental costumier is www.Prangsta.co.uk – mention White Mischief for a 20% discount
**GROUP DISCOUNTS AND VIP TICKETS**
Groups can get five tickets for the price of four, or if you’re in a larger group (or celebrating a birthday on April 15th-17th) please contact whitemischiefnight@gmail.com for details of group discounts.
VIP tickets now sold out! Event as a whole 60% sold.
Order tickets from:
BROWN PAPER TICKETS (lowest booking fee)
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