Announcing our Hallowee’n show: THE HAUNTED BALLROOM

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

Photographs from White Mischief “The Great Exhibition”

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.

Final details re The Great Exhibition…read this if you’re coming!

 

Please arrive promptly as performances run between 9.30pm and 1am!

Doors open at 9pm; first act goes on the main stage at 9.30pm; last entry into the building is at11.30pm (if you were planning to arrive after this please contact us so we can make arrangements with the door team); White Mischief’s hosts Tough Love will be on stage at11.30pm and the final stage act finishes around 01:00 with dancing until 04:00. Please note that due to temporal anomalies we will not be adopting British Summer Time. The show will continue for a full seven hours in spite of governmental interference with your clock.

 

SUPPORT THE ARTISTS AND CRAFTISTS

In addition to the many live bands and performers we are for the first time hosting a number of stalls featuring art, design, craft and objets d’art from the nation’s finest steampunk artists. There’s even a luxury chocolate stand from The Clockwork Quartet. There is a cash machine in the building, though we advise you to bring change so that you can support these fabulous artists by buying their remarkable work.

 

PHOTOGRAPHY / VIDEOGRAPHY

We support photographers’ right to document the event as a form of artistic expression; however please do this with the utmost respect for other partygoers and always ask permission before photographing someone. These days even your mobile phone can deliver photos and videos direct to Flickr, Facebook and YouTube. Please be sure to tag all photos you upload to these sites with the word whitemischief so that they show up automatically on our site and can be found easily by other partygoers. Note that we have a specific request from the act Voltini, who asks that you use absolutely no flash or lighting during his act whatosever, and that there must be no photography or filming of any scene involving naked flesh. Please respect our artists’ wishes. Also please note that the BBC will be filming a segment during the party; if you do not wish to be featured please let one of their team members know.

 

CLOAKROOM / VENUE ADDRESS

Yes, there will be a cloakroom. It is operated by the venue, Scala. Incidentally Scala is at 275 Pentonville Road, King’s Cross, London N1.

 

PERFORMERS / ARTISTS TAKING PART
Saturday’s party features dozens of artists including astounding live bands on and off stage, mind-blowing cabaret acts,  themed rooms, DJs and walkabout characters. For the full list visit our event page or RSVP on the Facebook event. To read about the steampunk art and craft that will be for sale, read our list of steampunk artists.

A NOTE ABOUT DRESSUP

Dressing up is not compulsory at White Mischief but we encourage guests to enter into the spirit of things and express themselves – we’ve had everything from panda outfits to lampshades to flocks of birds to dinner jackets, ballgowns, even the occasional guest in t-shirt and jeans. To help you decide on a look we’ve created this list of dressup inspirations as well as compiling a guide to London’s best vintage, second-hand, costume, hair and makeup suppliers.

But our favourite is Prangsta, the bespoke costumier in New Cross whose incredible outfits leave the concept of fancy dress in the dirt! They’re offering White Mischief guests a 20% discount and they’re open on Saturday from 11am to 7pm!

JUST A FEW PLACES LEFT… BOOK IN ADVANCE

Nearly 90% of the available tickets have been sold, including all the VIP tickets and all the group discounts. If you’re thinking of coming please do book in advance…we will have a limited stock of tickets on the door but they will be more expensive at £25.

 

 

Videos and links for the Great Exhibition artists and performers

We’ve collected videos and URLs for twenty of the acts / performers / live bands participating in White Mischief’s “Great Exhibition” show on Saturday March 27. This is just a taste as there are many more DJs and artists involved.

To watch a video, click the image (if there’s no clip it’s because we couldn’t find one!) To visit the artist’s site click the link on their name.

Voltini	Bruce Airhead	Oompah Brass	Mr B…	Elemental
Captain Chainsaw	Keda Breeze	Beau Burlington	Tankus The Henge	Thomas Truax
Meg La Mania	Tough Love	Art from Clockwork Quartet	Sydeian Creations	Hodman and Sally
Herr Doktor	Wayne Chisnall	Hirudinea	Prof Maelstromme	Historical Clothing

The show is now 60% booked and if there are any tickets available on the door they will be more expensive, so we strongly recommend you book in advance.

Dressup inspirations for March 27 “The Great Exhibition”

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

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

This Sunday: Saint Valentine’s Night show and dinner

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

Read the dinner menu here

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

Read the dinner menu here

Valentine’s Night menu

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

“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

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

To book tickets click here

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