OUT IN THE CITY: ACCESS ALL AREAS MARCH 2012
BOOK AHEAD! CLUB NEWS
Looking for a different sort of night out on the scene? One that doesn’t involved pumping house music and fl ashing lights? Can we suggest an evening at Polari? The regular event has been described as London’s “peerless gay literary salon”. Presided over by writer Paul Burston (pictured), the get-together features book readings, Q&A sessions with writers, and the opportunity to purchase new reading material. The next Polari is set to take place on Tuesday 20 March at 7.45pm at the Southbank Centre (Level 5 Function Room, RFH, Southbank Centre, SE1). Authors participating in March include Patrick Gale, Sophia Blackwell, Will Davis, Nick Field, Deborah Levy and Justin Torres. Tickets cost £5, but the event often sells out, so advance booking is recommended. For more details, check
www.southbankcentre.co.uk or the Polari ‘group’ page on Facebook.
EASTERN PROMISE QUEENS OF THE NIGHT
One of the highlights at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern this month is the eagerly-awaited return of Burger Queen. Launched last year by performance artist Scottee (pictured), it’s a series of beauty contests for larger-than-life contestants, highlighting the fact that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. Scottee has had a great response to his call for larger lovlies, and the show – complete with celebrity judging panel and performance entertainment – will run for four heats from Thursday 1 March, with a grand fi nal on Thursday 29 March. More details at www.
burger-queen.info Wednesday at the venue brings the return of drag nun whirlwind Sister Mary McArthur, who will be sweeping in on the 7 and 14 March for ‘Sister Mary’s “On Ya Knees!”’ Expect celebrity confessions as Sister Mary grills special guests on their deadliest sins and trangressions. Guests will include some of her ‘best friends’ including comedienne and actress Hattie Hayridge (Red Dwarf), famous weather girl and presenter Wincey Willis (TV AM), and Helen Lederer (Ab Fab), among others. Dr Sketchy is back for more burlesque and avant garde life-drawing classes on Wednesday 21 March, and Myra Dubois will also be back for her new last-Wednesday-of-the-month residency (28 March), Sing Out Louise! Following its launch last month, expect another “trawl through the bowels of musical theatre” with plenty of “cheap laughs and naff show tunes.” Entry is reduced for anyone with an Equity Card, and all attending will get a podcast of the night to take away with them. Fridays at the club offers Wotever World on 9 March, Rich B’s one-off Revolution night on 16 March, and the return of Boogaloo Stu’s Pop Kraft on 23 March. Regular dates include Timberlina’s bingo each Monday, Bar Wotever on Tuesdays, Duckie on Saturdays and S.L.A.G.S/ Chill-out each Sunday. The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5HY
www.rvt.org.uk
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East Bloc on Old Street has another packed calendar of events for March, with the monthly run-down looking like this: Songs Of Praise returns on Saturday 3 March, with the Sugarlow Boys, David Oh, Neil Prince and Jamie Bull spinning the eclectic mix of pop classics and hits of the future. Super Electro Party Machine is on Friday 9, 17 and 25 March, with the brilliant DJ Larry Tee (pictured) and his guests, with Dish on Saturday 10 March featuring Tom Stephan, Borja Peña, Kartel Brown and Scott Webster spinning the sounds. SOS is on Saturday
18 March, and Guy Williams’ Balearic-infused Paradise 45 night is on Saturday 24 March ( see page 31 for more details). Finally, every Sunday you can catch weekly session The Bloc Party, with Jeffrey Hinton, Kingsley and Sam Lemans spinning the r&b, hip hop, bashment and moombahton (a new genre for us!). Check out East Bloc at 217 City Road, EC1.
www.eastbloc.co.uk
EAST END PARADISE
Almost everything that the lovely Stewart Who? (pictured) lends his name to is pretty fabulous, and that includes Disco Paradiso – the underground Wednesday night hit that’s running each week at the Joiners Arms in Shoreditch. The night has been running for the past six months, and Stewart and Jo Public alternate weekly at the decks. It attracts a complete mix of Shoreditch fashionistas, Dalston dandies, rockers, old timers and midweek ravers, with Stewart and Jo promising an escapist mix of “’80s soul, rare groove, classic disco, jaunty folk, happy hip-hop, ‘70s funk, rockin’ reggae, Motown stompers, Northern Soul, indie disco and rock ‘n’ roll.” Anything except bangin’ house music, basically. You’ll fi nd the Joiners Arms at 116-118 Hackney Road, London, and Disco Paradiso runs Wednesday nights from 11pm till 2am.
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