Dressup inspirations for March 27 “The Great Exhibition”
March 12, 2010 by Tobias
Filed under Dressup, Inspirations, March 27 2010 show
Dressing up is not compulsory at White Mischief but we certainly encourage it. If you’re seeking inspiration, this is the place to be – and at the bottom of this article we have a list of suggested dressup looks.
Our March 27 third birthday extravaganza, “The Great Exhibition”, is based upon the wonders of Victorian science. Our compere is a pith-helmeted colonel; on stage a mad scientist will conduct bolts of lightning through a Tesla coil; in the lobby you’ll meet Hodman and Sally, explorers from Oblivia. Throughout the building there will be Victorian and steampunk works of art.
Be sure to read these relevant articles on our site:
- Steampunk clothing at White Mischief
- The neo-Victorian look
- How to get 20% off costumes from Prangsta
- Our guide to London’s best vintage, second-hand and costume suppliers
Here are some ideas for costumes:
- Steampunk
- Neo-Victorian
- Top hats / waistcoats / frock coats
- Bustles / corsets / dresses
- Explorers
- Scientists / Engineers
- Remarkable exhibits
- Discoveries from the Empire
- Zoological phenomena
- Dinosaurs
- Workers
- Prince Albert / Queen Victoria
- HG Wells / Jules Verne
- Businessmen, women and philanthropists
Looking for that particular accessory? For the perfect haircut? For a costume to rent? Or to buy some second-hand clothing? Be sure to read our guide to London’s best vintage, second-hand and costume suppliers.
Our biggest party yet, The Great Exhibition, Saturday 27 March
February 22, 2010 by Tobias
Filed under Featured, March 27 2010 show
WHITE MISCHIEF “The Great Exhibition”
Saturday 27th March 2010, 9pm-4am
A Third Birthday Extravaganza of Neo-Victorian and Steampunk Entertainments.
Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, King’s Cross, London N1 9NL, UK
“The Great Exhibition” will be a night of unique live music, curious vaudeville, vintage DJing, costumed characters, steampunk artefacts, artworks and exhibits and astonishing feats including Voltini conducting bolts of visible lightning from his Tesla coil. 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.
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Standard entrance to March 27 show Book online from BrownPaperTickets or telephone (01224) 443377
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Air conditioned room, private bar + Admission to both Fri 26 and Sat 27 Book online from BrownPaperTickets or telephone (01224) 443377
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Admission to Fri 26 and Sat 27 Select “2 Parties” when booking or telephone (01224) 443377
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Also available: discounts on groups of five or more
LIVE MUSICAL ARTISTES in The PALACE of GLASS!
Your hosts, Tribal Pop band TOUGH LOVE
Finest Hornicator Operator and player of Mechanical Instruments, THOMAS TRUAX
With their Steam-Powered Piano, TANKUS THE HENGE
Chap-hop pioneer MR B THE GENTLEMAN RHYMER
Stars of “Blow Up! The Credit Crunch Musical” OOMPAH BRASS
Master of Ceremonies: Pith-Helmeted Colonel and “Cup of Brown Joy” rapper ELEMENTAL
VAUDEVILLE Curiosities from Across The EMPIRE!
Noted scientist VOLTINI conducting BOLTS of VISIBLE LIGHTNING with his TESLA COIL
MR. BRUCE AIRHEAD climbing inside his SIX FOOT BALLOON
Making Sparks Fly, KEDA BREEZE with her ANGLE GRINDING CONTRAPTION
Decribed on Britain’s Got Talent by Simon Cowell as “One of the most stupid acts I’ve ever seen in my life”: CAPTAIN CHAINSAW
Steampunk Burlesque from BEAU BURLINGTON and MEG LA MANIA
Walkabout from HODMAN AND SALLY, visitors from OBLIVIA
EXHIBITS demonstrating the CAPABILITIES of VICTORIAN TECHNOLOGY!
Steamdrone, Chocolate Shop and Steam Cannon thanks to the Ingenuity of The Clockwork Quartet –
Steampunk Craft from the Esteeemed Prof. Maelstromme’s Steam Laboratory –
Victorian Costumes Exhibited by Ms CHRISTINA DETTMERS of HistoricalClothing.net
Art installation from WAYNE CHISNALL
Ms. Karla Chameleon’s FLEA CIRCUS
SERENADE WITH ANTIQUE BEAT INTO THE SMALL HOURS
Classical, vintage jazz, swing, showtunes, Balkan Beat and more from our team of DJs including:
MALAKA with Balkan Beat
SUICIDE ALLY with twisted cabaret and classical
Many more DJs still to be announced….
PLUS MULTIPLE THEMED ROOMS, STEAMPUNK ART AND CRAFTS, 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: 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…
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.
In addition to the VIP room on Saturday March 27, VIP ticket holders get free entry into the Friday 26 March “White Mischief Revue” at Proud Cabaret (see below).
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
For a big discount on attending both parties, select the “Two Parties One Ticket” option
AND FINALLY:
If you’re a performer / musician / craftsperson / creative and you want to get involved with White Mischief in future, please drop us a line on whitemischiefnight@gmail.com
Join our Facebook group or befriend White Mischief curator Tobias Fauntleroy
Follow @White_Mischief on Twitter
Sign up on our mailing list to get a free guest list place at our monthly Friday night:
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Standard entrance to March 27 show Book online from BrownPaperTickets or telephone (01224) 443377
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Air conditioned room, private bar + Admission to both Fri 26 and Sat 27 Book online from BrownPaperTickets or telephone (01224) 443377
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Admission to Fri 26 and Sat 27 Select “2 Parties” when booking or telephone (01224) 443377
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This Sunday: Saint Valentine’s Night show and dinner
February 8, 2010 by Tobias
Filed under February 14 2010 show
Sunday February 14, 2010
7pm-1am
White Mischief Saint Valentine’s Night
Proud Cabaret, 1 Mark Lane, Corner of Mark Lane and Dunster Court, London, EC3R 7AH
To book tickets (for dinner seats and show-only) visit:
http://uk.brownpapertickets.com/event/97493
Love birds and love cats, love hearts and lonely hearts, old romantics and new romantics: join us in a frenzy of flirtation, courtship, eroticism and lust on the most romantic night of the year with White Mischief, the show that Time Out called “event of the week, the month, the year” and the Guardian called “more fun in one night than most venues can manage in a whole year.”
Expect an evening of the finest cabaret, vaudeville, burlesque, magic and music on stage; live piano and opera; Tretchiko’s “Blue Lady” painting coming to life and singing the blues and a peepshow booth. Plus vintage jazz, swing and rock’n'roll from our DJs and the opportunity to send and receive your own Valentines.
Following White Mischief’s New Year’s Eve 1910 soiree at Proud Cabaret, which sold out nearly two weeks in advance, Proud Cabaret will be making available an increased number of tables for couples dining alone, as well as a limited number of banquettes and table for groups. Tables will be decorated by White Mischief’s team of art directors to invoke the spirit of Eros.
Dressing up is not at all compulsory but guests are encouraged to get into the spirit of things. Inspirations: 1920s-1950s; cocktail dresses and evening dresses; lounge suits and dinner suits; hats; waistcoats and tails; Casanovas; Romeos and Juliets; Romantic poets; swooning princesses…
Line-up includes:
Tricity Vogue as The Blue Lady
Opera from Liza Mezzo
Jazz singing from Francesca Lewis
Live piano jazz
Ministry of Burlesque “best female performer” Red Sarah is The Queen of Hearts
Tournament of Tease winner and burlesque starlet Audacity Chutzpah
Hooping extraordinaire from Jessie Walters
DJ Craig Clare playing vintage jazz, soul, swing
Decorated tables themed to the great romantic icons
…and more
What the press say about the venue:
“Seductive purple velvet banquettes, pretty girls in flapper dresses and tempting grown-up nostalgic British dishes” - The Wall Street Journal November ‘09
“There’s a proper stage. There are even real tablecloths and a decidedly grown-up food menu should you fancy it. If there’s one thing to really elevate Proud Cabaret above its hoi polloi brethren, it’s the sincerity and thoroughness” - Urban Junkies November ‘09
“The City gets Proud Cabaret, a burlesque bar with well-priced drinks, hearty suppers & a late-night disco promise”. - The Sunday Times Style magazine November ‘09
“Cast off your inhibitions and sit down to early-evening jazz among the low-lit booths & velvet curtains, grab a cocktail & a bite to eat” - Square Meal November ‘09
“The fact of the matter is that Proud Cabaret may well be THE destination; I had what you would have to describe as ‘a blast” - The London Word November ‘09
To book tickets (for dinner seats and show-only) visit:
http://uk.brownpapertickets.com/event/97493
Valentine’s Night menu
February 3, 2010 by Tobias
Filed under February 14 2010 show
White Mischief’s Valentine’s Night show is at supper club Proud Cabaret, the venue for our sell-out New Year’s Eve party. Currently we have a few early bird tickets left at just £40 – for line-up and ticket booking view our Valentine’s Night page.
Alongside the entertainment there’s a delicious three course meal in store:
VALENTINE’S MENU
Bacon and Kopparberg cider steamed mussels
Wild rabbit and salsify terrine, pickled walnut and celeriac
Has Avocado and Laverstock Park Mozzarella salad
Jerusalem artichoke soup
Roast label Anglais chicken braised leek and potato, smoked bacon
Char grilled vegetable and rocket linguini
Slow roast pork belly, glazed root vegetables and truffle
Beetroot and goat’s cheese risotto
Market fish of the day
Neal’s yard dairy cheese selection and oatcakes
Lemon posset Eton mess
White chocolate and Vanilla rice pudding
Steamed banana and treacle sponge, lemon drizzle
WHAT THE REVIEWERS ARE SAYING:
“The City gets Proud Cabaret, a burlesque bar with well-priced drinks, hearty suppers & a late-night disco promise”.
- The Sunday Times Style magazine November ‘09
“Cast off your inhibitions and sit down to early-evening jazz among the low-lit booths & velvet curtains, grab a cocktail & a bite to eat”
- Square Meal November ‘09
“Seductive purple velvet banquettes, pretty girls in flapper dresses and tempting grown-up nostalgic British dishes”
- The Wall Street Journal November ‘09
There’s a proper stage. There are even real tablecloths and a decidedly grown-up food menu should you fancy it. If there’s one thing to really elevate Proud Cabaret above its hoi polloi brethren, it’s the sincerity and thoroughness”
- Urban Junkies November ‘09
Inside Proud Cabaret
December 11, 2009 by Tobias
Filed under Dec 31 2009 show, Featured
“The City gets Proud Cabaret, a burlesque bar with well-priced drinks,
hearty suppers & a late-night disco promise”.
- The Sunday Times Style magazine November ‘09
“Cast off your inhibitions and sit down to early-evening jazz among the
low-lit booths & velvet curtains, grab a cocktail & a bite to eat”
- Square Meal November ‘09
“Seductive purple velvet banquettes, pretty girls in flapper dresses and
tempting grown-up nostalgic British dishes”
- The Wall Street Journal November ‘09
“The fact of the matter is that Proud Cabaret may well be THE Thursday
destination; I had what you would have to describe as ‘a blast”
- The London Word November ‘09
“There’s a proper stage. There are even real tablecloths and a decidedly
grown-up food menu should you fancy it. If there’s one thing to really elevate Proud Cabaret above its hoi polloi
brethren, it’s the sincerity and thoroughness”
- Urban Junkies November ‘09
Dinner menu for White Mischief New Year’s Eve 1910 at Proud Cabaret
December 10, 2009 by Tobias
Filed under Dec 31 2009 show, Featured
White Mischief “New Year’s Eve 1910″
at Proud Cabaret
Example menu (subject to change)
Carpaccio of beef, Melba toast and piccalilli
Prawn cocktail
Wild mushroom quiche with Keens cheddar
Risotto of roast pumpkin, fennel and aged Parmesan
Red mullet, lobster and clam mash, saffron
Beef Wellington
Cambridge burnt cream
Rhubarb and apple almond crumble wild honey clotted cream
Lemon posset with baked fig
For a listing of the entertainment line-up click here
Thank you Santa for my White Mischief NYE tickets!
December 5, 2009 by Tobias
Filed under Dec 31 2009 show
Your friends and family will thank you when you get them tickets to our New Year’s Eve party for Christmas! We’re sending out physical tickets for this year’s White Mischief New Year’s Eve party so there’s something for Santa to bury in your loved one’s stocking (so to speak.)
Remember, the party has the best line-up of any cabaret show with 16 acts and DJs ranging from live art to juggling to snake dancing to glow poi spinning…and the finest musical artists on the scene including The Correspondents, Frisky and Mannish, Top Shelf Jazz, Frank Sanazi and many more.
And you can choose between a show-only ticket, getting you entry to all the entertainment from 21:00, or you can select a dinner ticket, which adds a three-course meal plus the additional entertainment and DJing that we lay on for diners.
Posting days before Christmas:
Be sure to make your order in plenty of time because it’s about now that the Grinch-like posties and the Scrooge-like Royal Mail commence war against one another.
Officially the Royal Mail is saying that December 21st is the last chance for first class post and our ticket supplier needs orders in by December 20 so they have time to process them. Still, we’d recommend that you order by December 18th to be extra super-duper sure of having those tickets in your hand before Christmas.
First class postage is completely free; if you want the security of Special Delivery (or if you’re ordering on Tuesday 22nd or Wednesday 23rd and you want to be sure of getting the tickets) there is a £5 charge.
Photos from White Mischief’s Halloween party, Blue Beard’s Castle
November 30, 2009 by Tobias
Filed under Featured, Oct 30 2009 show
Find below a selection of photographs from our October 30 2009 Halloween party, Le Chateau de Barbe Bleue. You can add your own photos to this selection by uploading them to Flickr with the tag whitemischief. They will also then appear on the front page of our site.
Exclusive MP3 from Le Chateau de Barbe Bleue
November 30, 2009 by Tobias
Filed under Featured, Oct 30 2009 show
A few of you have written in to ask about the soundtrack to Blue Beard’s Forbidden Chamber, the ten-minute darkroom show that was part of our Halloween party. It was an entirely original work created for White Mischief by Bafta-nominated film and TV composer Daniel Pemberton.
Subject of this fawning Guardian piece by Paul Morley, Daniel has scored everything from mainstream shows like Peepshow, Hell’s Kitchen, Love Island, Prehistoric Park and the Regency House to the videogame Little Big Planet as well as serious productions like Hirosh)ima and Napoleon. Daniel’s music was complemented by bespoke foley effects in binaural stereo sound from Nicole Walters; narrator was Josh Darcy.
You can download the full 10 minute MP3 here but please note that although the track will play on regular speakers, the binaural stereo effects will only work on headphones.
White Mischief New Year’s Eve now on sale
November 27, 2009 by Tobias
Filed under Dec 31 2009 show, Featured
WHITE MISCHIEF: “New Year’s Eve 1910” at Proud Cabaret
Book your tickets now
3 COURSE DINNER PLUS ENTERTAINMENT: seatings at 19:30; 20:00; 20:30
ENTERTAINMENT ONLY: Entrance from 21:00
Carriages at 03:30
http://www.ProudCabaret.com
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COMPERE:
Desmond O’Connor http://www.myspace.com/desoconnor
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LIVE MUSIC:
The Correspondents http://www.myspace.com/thecorrespondentsmusic
Frisky and Mannish http://www.friskyandmannish.co.uk/
The Henry Brothers http://www.myspace.com/thehenrybrothers
Frank Sanazi http://www.franksanazi.com/
Top Shelf Jazz http://www.topshelfjazz.co.uk
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CABARET AND VAUDEVILLE:
Sefi the Snake Dancer http://www.myspace.com/seffisnakedancefire
Kiki Kaboom http://www.myspace.com/kiki_kaboom
Mat Ricardo http://www.matricardo.com/
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WALKABOUT:
Glow poi and staff from Fire Troupe http://www.firetroupe.org
Close-up magic from Mike Coffey, the London Magician
Live large-scale art of you by Jason Atomic http://www.myspace.com/jasonatomic
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DJs:
Dickon Edwards http://dickonedwards.co.uk/
Jean-Paul Seculaire http://www.right-on.org
Suicide Ally (Black Plastic, Stay Beautiful)
Craig Clare (Uncle Bill’s Disco, The Paradox Club)
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DRESSING UP IS NOT COMPULSORY BUT STRONGLY ENCOURAGED
Inspirations: ballgowns and cocktail dresses, dinner jackets and black tie, formalwear, vintage wear 1900-1940, Victoriana, Edwardiana, military wear.
20% discount on costume rentals from http://www.Prangsta.co.uk
For a comprehensive guide to London’s best costume hire, vintage retail, second hand, make up and hair suppliers, visit: http://www.whitemischief.info/we-recommend/dressup-costume-hire-and-vintage-stores
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Book your tickets now
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