A hitherto unseen contraption has arrived at Scala. Like the Tardis, its interior is rather different than one would expect from the outside. Indeed, it’s a lot cosier inside than out. Welcome to Ginger Roger’s Time Galleon, in which Edwardian Space Pirate Ginger Roger will be taking intrepid White Mischief adventurers on excursions through time.

Depending on which way the hyperdimensional winds are blowing, you may find yourself on prehistoric Earth; the galactic court of Queen Ma-Bu-Bu; Ginger Roger’s childhood home, the sleepy hamlet of Little Snoodbury; or the lair of Roger’s arch nemesis, Oscar Milde. But watch out, as interfering with time can result in implausible time loops or – worse still – lost weekends.

Ginger Roger is the invention of performer and installation artist Josh Knowles, who has been plying his trade in some of London’s best-known vaudeville and cabaret clubs since graduating in 2002.

Previous collaborators and clients have included Whoopee, Burly Q, Future Cinema, Oh My God I Miss You!, Duckie, Art Car Boot Fair and the notorious Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club.
Josh’s style is zany, physical, dirty and sweet. His characters include male strippers Rod Lighting and The Royal Male; crooner Les Diamond – host of The Magic Lantern Club; hapless daredevil Benny Bell; and archetypal quack Dr Rupert G Hooper (host of Lucha Britannia.) And of course Josh is the official protector of the mysterious Sphynx, whose wise utterings had guests in stitches at the last White Mischief.

More details at

www.myspace.com/rodlightningandfriends

www.joshknowles.co.uk