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Miss Amundsen - Bipolarexplorer
Although our good friend Mam’zelle Fifi is sadly no longer able to appear at White Mischief, we’re delighted to say that a new friend - and a brilliant artist of note - has stepped into the breach with an astounding aerial performance that will thrill your eyes and ears.
Here Miss Amundsen - Bipolarexplorer presents her naughtical misadventure on the high seas! Watch in awestruck horror as she faces down creatures of the deep, her own puny physique and raging alcoholism to map the unknown outer reaches of extreme sea-shanty practise with the help of her intrepid, flying accordion. Read on for more information and a full-size photo.
Not long to go before White Mischief “Around the World in 80 Days”, on Saturday 7 June 2008 from 8pm-3am. While all the VIP room tickets have sold out, and regular tickets are selling fast, for the next few days we will continue to offer our discounted group tickets. So if you’re in a group of five or more….
Update 5 June: as tickets are selling out fast we can now only offer group discounts to groups of 10 or more. In order to book we will need advance payment via PayPal. For full details please get in touch with us via whitemischiefnight AT gmail DOT COM and we can offer you not only a discount but the opportunity to buy without booking fee. Groups over ten get an even greater discount, so if you have a birthday or other special occasion to celebrate on June 7 get in touch and we’ll go out of our way to make it special for you.
Several members of the White Mischief team - and a fair few of our partygoers - are part of the Burning Man subculture which encourages creativity and self-reliance as part of a week-long community-building project in the Nevada desert. Burning Man has sprouted offshoots all over the world, one of which is in Northern Spain and is entitled “Nowhere“. For those of you bored of the bland predictability of corporate festivals and wanting to become participants rather than mere spectators, Nowhere is the place to be. It takes place between July 9-13 2008 and you can find out more by reading on.
White Mischief on Saturday June 7 is set to welcome back wit, raconteur and chanteur extraordinaire Dusty Limits. We’ll also be featuring the astounding Miss Behave, who will be MCing and sword swallowing on the main stage. But for those Mischief Makers who simply cannot get enough of these two great talents, we recommend Dusty’s show “The Picture of Dusty Limits”, which will be taking place on Friday 13th and Friday 20th June. Read on for full details.
Continue reading ‘White Mischief recommends: The Picture of Dusty Limits’
Read our latest mailout
If you’ve bought a ticket to a past White Mischief show you’ll be on our mailing list, but for those of you who are not receiving our mailouts, here’s a chance to find out what we’ve been saying. Remember, tickets are still available, and we offer group discounts for people buying more than five tickets at once.
Click here to view our latest mailout -which contains some great photos of the acts.
What is White Mischief?
White Mischief is a one night indoor festival combining unique live musical acts with some of the most astonishing vaudeville and circus performers around.
Added to the mix are interactive experiences, spontaneous encounters with musicians and costumed characters in unexpected quarters… and a range of DJs representing every genre from jazz, blues and rock’n'roll to country and world music.
With four rooms of entertainment, two music stages and another room for those who want VIP tickets, there’s an extraordinary abundance of fun to be had during the seven hours of a White Mischief party. It’s a show from start to finish, so we invite guests to arrive as early as they can to be sure of catching everything.
No wonder Time Out called White Mischief “event of the week, the month, the year“!
Todd Hart
You may know Todd Hart from his DJ appearances at Durrr, but he originally caught our attention as proprietor of the unique MP3 blog “Dalston Oxfam Shop Blog”, which takes music that has by some been consigned to the bargain bin of life and puts it in front of the hipster digerati, uploaded and ready for the iPod generation to enjoy.
One fascinating seam of discoveries within the blog has a decidedly African flavour, which may have as much to do with the fact that Todd grew up in Kenya and Tanzania as it does with with the fact that the occasional African mixtape found its way into the Dalston second-hand shop. But there’s no doubt that Todd Hart has pioneered the current crossover between world or African-influenced sounds blended with bands or dance music, with his Manifesto party pushing forward the boundaries every Tuesday night at the Burlington Club. Todd has agreed to play an all-African set at White Mischief and will be playing from the peak of the night in the main room. Continue reading ‘Todd Hart’
Lady Kamikaze
Among the most respected DJs of jazz on the cabaret and dressup scene, Lady Kamikaze is host of the Black Cotton Club and regularly appears with her partner El Nino at the Lady Luck Club. There’s no questioning her dedication to classic style and authentic vintage music, which is why any night with Kamikaze on the decks is bound to swing.
Since she last played at White Mischief, Lady Kamikaze has featured in a glamorous fashion shoot in the newspapers while the Black Cotton / Lady Luck empire of clubs has gone from strength to strength. Not forgetting, of course, the amazing Black Cotton vintage retailer at the Stables market in Camden, which should be a staple for any buyer of vintage clothers. We a’re delighted to welcome her back… check within for photos.
Ophelia BItz
Ophelia Bitz is a good friend to White Mischief, having performed at the last two shows - notably before a crowd of bemused budding life-drawing students when Dr. Sketchy held a salon at our Conway Hall show. Recently Ms. Bitz has been on stage with the brilliant Tiger Lilies as part of their London show; she’s also a notable MC and club promoter in her own right, as well as being known by the masses for her appearances with pop singer Mika and scary magician Derren Brown. With so many talents to spare, Ophelia has been invited to curate her own space at this White Mischief and will be putting together the mysterious “Hall of Oracles”.
Sefi, snake dancer
Appearing in White Mischief’s mysterious “Hall of Oracles” will be Sefi, dancing with a real snake and offering audiences the chance to get up close and personal with the serpent.
Look within for a full-size photo of Sefi in full snake charming action.
