White Mischief » October 31 2008 show

Lost and Found at Blue Beard’s Castle

Tobias — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:33:51 +0000

In the palatial surroundings of Blue Beard’s Chateau, one’s chattels can disappear down the backs of chaises-longues or re-appear as if by magic on a grand dining table.

FOUND:

1. After clearing up the venue we found one brown fur jacket left in the cloakroom – belonging to someone with the initials LW. If this is you please contact us.

2. One handbag (not Karla’s, below) has been found and is being kept at the venue. If this is yours, please contact us.

LOST:

Karla has lost her handbag…please see her message below.
Hi Mischief Makers,

While passing out chocolate truffles to you all on Friday night, my small bag was knocked off my arm and fell unnoticed to the floor somewhere. I’m hoping someone found it and picked it up for safekeeping for me. It was a small grey satin drawstring pouch with a bank card, oystercard and phone inside. I would especially appreciate having even just the SIM card back as it has all my contacts on it. If you have any of it, can you please send it or contact me, no questions asked? And…this is a long shot… but having lost my phone I’ve also lost a way to contact the lovely Andy. If he sees this, perhaps he can email?
Thanks!
Karla

Introducing your hosts, Tough Love

Tobias — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:24:25 +0000

Co-founders and hosts of White Mischief are Tough Love, who will be appearing on the main stage to celebrate the launch of their first ever mini-album.

Blending tribal, world-influenced drums and percussion with quirky, acerbic English lyrics, six-piece pop band Tough Love have been described by the Guardian as “the afrobeat Scissor Sisters” and by Flavorpill as “tribal pop ambassadors”.

Their dressed-up live shows are a riot of chanting backing vocals, face paint and Victorian-inspired finery, which might explain why Record of the Day has said that “they look and sound like nothing we have seen in recent times” and why Music Week called the group “brilliant – packed with pop hits and charisma.”

Having supported The Crimea, British Sea Power and Yeasayer, Tough Love are making an impact on audiences in London’s more eccentric and quirky clubs; one gig has seen Dexy’s Midnight Runners singer Kevin Rowland stood in front of the stage, mouth agog, looking quite appalled at the boundless energy coming from Tough Love’s two drummers.

A review from trendy blog Boing Boing called the band “completely kick-ass”, continuing “Tough Love played a show that felt like something from Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense tour, with funky, rhythm-heavy numbers that I enjoyed from the first song.”

Tough Love’s thirst for the unusual has inspired them to found White Mischief (www.whitemischief.info), a regular one-night indoor festival which combines live bands with wild circus and cabaret performances. At its last outing the night sold out the 1000-plus capacity Scala venue in Kings Cross with an assortment of revellers dressed as everything from steampunk airship captains to giant pandas.

Time Out called White Mischief: “The event of the week, the month, the year”.

The band has recorded with producers including Toby Smith (Jamiroquai), Phil Vinall (Elastica, Placebo), Cenzo Townshend (U2, Athlete, etc) and James Lewis (Arctic Monkeys, Wombats, Morning Runner).

For more information on Tough Love please contact Dominic Williams at William Bulldog Management.

http://www.toughloveband.com

Whoopee and White Mischief present THE HOUSE OF THE SANDMAN – A Hallowe’en “Spooktacular”

Tobias — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:38:05 +0000

Whoopee and White Mischief Present

THE HOUSE OF THE SANDMAN

Friday 31st October 2008, 8pm-3am

A Hallowe’en Spooktacular in a Magnificent 1700s Central London Mansion

(Venue address to be revealed only to ticket buyers in the week of the event; if you know or suspect the location keep it to yourself, lest the Sandman should visit you in the night and snatch you away )

This All Hallows Eve, beware The Sandman who lurks behind the shadows. Allow yourself to become bewitched by the beautiful Olympia at your peril, for her pretty eyes are not all they seem…

Macabre Magic and Mischievous Music from:

Dame Jayne
David McAlmont (DJ)
David Piper (DJ)
David TG (DJ)
Fancy Chance
Faye-Marie London
Hitman Hearn (DJ)
Joshua Knowles as The Sandman
La Horrox
Lily Farthing
Miss Beau Peek
Polly Cupcake (DJ)
Sawchestra
Stage Door Johnny
The Correspondents
The Dead Victorians
The Devil
The Puppini Sisters
The Shellac Sisters (DJs)
The Whoopee Beaux Belles
Tough Love
Top Shelf Jazz
Vicky Butterfly

See our tickets page for information on booking tickets and bedrooms

Dressing up not compulsory but strongly encouraged

(costume hire and vintage store details)

Inspirations: The Sandman, Clockwork Dolls, Jack-O-Lanterns, Spectres, Phantoms and Ghouls, Skeletons in the Closet, Bewitched Ballerinas, Wicked Witches, Diabolical Demons, Crows, Bats and Owls, The Infernal Dr Hoffman, The Undead, Accursed Automata, Eyeless Bodies, Sleepwalkers, The Uncanny

PLUS: Sleep in the House of the Sandman… if you dare!All bedrooms at the top of the Sandman’s house are now sold out. See our tickets page for information on booking tickets and bedrooms

“He is a wicked man, who comes to children when they won’t go to bed, and throws a handful of sand into their eyes, so that they start out bleeding from their heads. He puts their eyes in a bag and carries them to the crescent moon to feed his own children, who sit in the nest up there. They have crooked beaks like owls so that they can pick up the eyes of naughty human children”From Der Sandmann by ETA Hoffman

White Mischief teams with Whoopee for Hallowe’en

Tobias — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:44:10 +0000

By popular demand, White Mischief is back. While we begin to plan some more of those 1,200+ capacity, festival-like parties for 2009, we’ve succumbed to all the Mischief Makers who have emailed us asking to throw a Hallowe’en ball. Better still, our good friends at Whoopee – who helped us find some of the acts for the very first White Mischief and of course kickstarted the entire UK neo-burlesque movement – are partnering with us to make Friday October 31st the most “spooktacular” imaginable. It’s taken longer than expected for us to announce the night, as we wanted to be sure of finding a venue that will knock your socks off.

And so we’re delighted to reveal that on Hallowe’en, Whoopee and White Mischief will present THE HOUSE OF THE SANDMAN, hosted inside a stunning 1700s mansion in central London. As it is a private residence, entry is strictly limited. No tickets will be available on the door and there is a relatively small number of tickets available compared to our usual events. But once inside you will be exposed to one of the most magnificent abodes in the nation, while surrounded by all the music, magic and performance that you would expect from White Mischief and Whoopee – including a set from White Mischief’s co-founders Tough Love as well as some very special guests. Best of all, the Sandman will invite four guests (or couples) to brave a night sleeping in the bedrooms at the top of the mansion.

Themed for ETA Hoffman’s psychological horror story “Der Sandmann”, we invite you to explore your dreams and your nightmares, bringing life to the inanimate and death to the living. More information on our next show page, or click to find out more about booking tickets.