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I N F O R M E R
Poppers Ban May Only Last Three Months
Parliament voted to approve a blanket ban on ‘legal highs’ last month, prohibiting the sale of all ‘psychoactive substance’. While
the bill included a ban on the sale of poppers, the government has now laid out plans to review medical evidence relating to their
use. The ban on poppers comes into effect in April and anyone found guilty of selling or even giving them away for free from April
could face a jail sentence of up to seven years. Pending the outcome of the review, poppers could be legal again by July, just three
months after they were outlawed.
Karen Bradley, a Conservative Whip, is leading the independent review relating to the use of poppers. Tory MP Mike Freer, a
prominent voice from within the backbench speaking out against the ban, and is set to meet with the Bradley ahead of the review.
“Given how the numbers were stacking up (including Northern Irish MPs voting for the ban), there was no prospect of an
exemption being secured during the debate,” Freer told Gay Star News. “It was essential to get the best outcome and the evidence
based review, including relationship implications, is an important step forward. I doubt sufficient evidence is there and it means
poppers should be exempt by the end of July. That’s what I and colleagues are working on”
British LGBT Awards Nominations
A host of famous faces are
urging the public to nominate
their favourite LGBT personalities
ahead of this year’s British LGBT
Awards. Celebrities including breakfast TV presenter Lorraine
Kelly, Eastenders’ actress Maddy Hill, Dustin Lance Black and
Big Brother’s Bit on The Side favourite Rylan Clark are amongst
those to appear in a new film urging people to nominate their
LGBT heroes and straight allies. Dubbed Britain’s ‘Gay Oscars’,
the red carpet extravaganza takes place on 13th May 2016 at
London’s Grand Connaught Rooms. The awards pay tribute to
the individuals and organisations that have demonstrated an
outstanding commitment to promoting equality and diversity.
This year’s event will be the second annual British LGBT
Awards which previously ran for four years as the ‘Out in the
City and G3 magazine awards’. A total of fifteen awards will
be presented, including Celebrity of the Year, Straight Ally of
the Year, Inspirational Role Model, Rising Star and Lifetime
Achievement. Previous winners have included Tom Daley, Kylie
Minogue, Daniel Radcliffe, Graham Norton, Paul O’Grady,
Stephen Fry and BBC broadcaster Jane Hill.
Rylan, who also scooped ‘LGBT celebrity’ at this year’s
awards, says the event shines a light on those blazing a trail
for LGBT people. He said: “Winning a British LGBT was one of
this year’s highlights. The event plays a huge part in promoting
LGBT rights. Things are getting better for gay people but there’s
still a lot more to do which is why the public must submit their
nominations.”
Voting opens 17th February 2016 and the new British LGBT
Awards film, featuring the celebrity supporters, can be found at
www.britishlgbtawards.co.uk
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Local HIV Charity celebrate 25th anniversary
Positive East, London’s largest HIV Charity, celebrates its silver jubilee this month,
having reached 25 years. The charity was founded in the midst of the AIDS
epidemic, when a small group of determined people came together and turned a
disused public swimming baths on Mile End Road into a beacon of hope and care.
“We have come a long way in 25 years,” said Mark Santos, the Charity’s Director. “And as the needs of people living with HIV have evolved, so the services we have provided them have changed. We now do more counselling than
anything else and help people to come to terms with a condition that they will grow old with. Sadly there is still a lot
of HIV related stigma. Whilst medicine has improved enormously in the last quarter of a century, societal attitudes
haven’t kept pace and people still face rejection, isolation and discrimination. So as long as people need us, we will
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Queer Question Time The Mayoral/GLA Edition
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How To Pull A DJ
Dylan Jones’ guide to getting it in with the city’s most dashing disc jockeys
DJs have a lot of clout and status on the gay scene.
They’re at all the best parties, know all the best people, and most importantly, they get DRINKS TICKETS.
But we can’t all be DJs (although it seems most of us have tried). So next best thing? PULL ONE.
Dylan Jones knows all the ins and outs, so to speak. He’s pulled at least ten DJs in the last four months.
So take note because he knows. And besides, if Rita Ora can do it, it can’t be that hard.
Wear tight
jeans
Or even better, tight short shorts.
But only if you’ve got good legs and
a good bum. This can also apply to
pulling city workers, bar staff, flyer
distributers, minor MPs, cleaners,
builders, landlords, JustEat delivery
men, soap actors, promoters, or
kebab shop employees. Depends
on how tight the jeans are really.
And how good your bum is.
Say their
beats are
totes sick
Even if they’re playing
early 90’s trip-hop slash
garage, badly mixed
with an FKA Twigs
bootleg b-side.
Know a BIT about music
To be honest, this isn’t essential really. And I use the term “music” loosely. It doesn’t matter what
music you’re into actually, you just need to know the right terminology and have the ability to
bullshit. As long as you know phrases like “spin”, “BPM”, “garage revival” and “crossfade”, and say
them in various combinations, you’ll be fine.
Sit on Grindr in a coffee
shop on Kingsland Road
It will probs happen after an hour or so
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Don’t be too
eager
Wear weird
jewellery
DJs like people who are laid
back and just, like, chill. So
don’t try too hard to talk to
them. If it’s summer, wear
sunglasses and demurely sip
a drink from behind them.
And don’t dance too hard to
their music either. Just sort
of gyrate a bit. Dance like
Victoria Beckham dances. Not
how Buffy dances.
Work at
QX
*takes selfie*
Go to Field Day
Festival
Always a good talking
point. I wore a homemade
second-hand Aztec/Navaho
culturally appropriated
bejewelled tortoise necklace
to Dalston Superstore once.
It went down a storm. DJs
usually wear weird jewellery
too, so you can compare
notes. “Oh, you got yours
from Camden Market? My
friend Pryanka gave me
mine. She makes and sells
topaz pendants to support
her unpaid internship at
Dazed & Confused. This one
means ‘transcendentalism’.”
Smoke
cigarettes
DJs have ALWAYS been to Field Day, and it’ll
come up in conversation at some point. How
they came up on a pill during Savages, or
borrowed a Rizla from Ten Walls. Buy yourself
a ticket, and go, and then you can talk about
it too. ALSO, actually being AT Field Day is
a good way to pull a DJ, because, as before
stated, they all go to Field Day. It’s a win win.
Smoking areas are the best
place to get chatting to DJs.
All DJs smoke. And when they
pop out for a fag between
mixes, it’s a great opportunity
to catch them when there isn’t
a basic bitch called Tabitha in
their face, thinking she’s edgy
because she’s requesting Jessie
Ware. You can have a chat,
have a smoke, and then coyly
ask when their set finishes.
Be friends with a celebrity
This helps. Although it depends on the celebrity. In fact, the
calibre of the celebrity is in direct correlation with the DJ you
pull. If you’re mates with Brian Dowling, you’ll pull a DJ with
gelled spiky hair, who wears a v-neck t-shirt, neon beads, and
plays things like Heaven by DJ Sammy. Or Paris To Berlin by
Infernal. If you’re friends with, say, Suki Waterhouse, or Chloe
Sevigny, you’ll pull a DJ who wears vintage Brick Lane finds
paired with Vivienne Westwood couture and plays cuttingedge electro acid SENSATIONAL pop.
Say YOU want to be a DJ
This can then lead to saying you need DJing lessons! They might invite
you over to theirs for a joint and a crash course in the basics. The next
thing you know, you’re at their warehouse conversion bent over a Pioneer
PLX-1000. That’s a type of deck, by the way. And if you’d done your
research, you’d know that. And you might have pulled a DJ by now.
Be a celebrity
This helps more. Again, it depends on how much of a celebrity you are. If you’re Olly Alexander,
and you’re reading this right now, you’ll be fine! You don’t need to read this! Go forth babes.
However. If you were an extra on Season 3 of Tracey Beaker, then LISTEN CLOSELY: Capitalise
on your fame, no matter how miniscule! This is the self-promotion generation. If you work in a
restaurant and once had a bit part in Hollyoaks, don’t tell people you’re a waiter, tell them you’re
an actor. And you might pull a DJ as a result. They like famous people.
So that’s that! My work here is done. Go out and bag yourselves a DJ.
And don’t blame me if you can’t, it’s because you’re doing it wrong.
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5
Les Poppeurs’ Most Outrageous
Moments in Italo and hi-NRG
It goes without saying that the late ‘70s and well, pretty much all of the ‘80s had some of the most
amazing, outrageous, avant-garde, fabulous fashion and music history has seen. And we at Les
Poppeurs love to splash about in the spangly, chiffon end of that. Ahead of our FIRST BIRTHDAY
EXTRAVAGANZA this Saturday we’ve picked the campest, most outrageous moments in disco,
Italo and hi-NRG that are almost too good to be true. Let us take you into our (slightly flammable)
world of big hair, smoke machines, sneaky hits of liquid gold and shiny metallic catsuits...
By Rachael Williams & Whitney Weiss
Rachael:
Whitney:
1. THE SPACESHIP DJ BOOTHS AT COSMIC CLUB
Italians love outrageous DJ booths. It’s possible this
trend started with the booth at Baia Degli Angeli
that was located inside a glass elevator that played
to multiple floors, but it definitely reached its zenith
with not one but TWO spaceship-shaped DJ booths
at Cosmic Club in Lake Garda. It’s only fitting
that this was where Daniele Baldelli developed his
signature “cosmic” sound.
5. RAFFAELLA CARRA’S DANCE MOVES
If you are only familiar with her as a host on
the Italian version of The Voice, you need to
recontextualize. Raffaella Carra elevated camp to
exciting new heights, which is quite an achievement
when you look at the musical audiovisual landscape
of Italy in the 1970s. During one particularly frenetic
rendition of her fabulous English-language song
“Black Cat,” Ms. Carra channels Liza at her jumpiest
and whips a cape around with aplomb, perhaps
temporarily forgetting that the song is about a
cat and not a bat, before doing some impressive
floorwork. This is further accentuated when the guy
operating camera one clearly tries to take a small
bump, ends up inhaling his entire bag of drugs,
and then gets really into aggressive zooming for the
remaining 70 seconds.
2. THE VIDEO FOR HYPNOTIC TANGO BY MY
MINE
This video opens with a bunch of people in crazy
outfits dancing on a beach. It could be a Cornish
pagan dance. It could be people still up after an
insane fancy dress party. I don’t know because
they never come back to those people again.
It’s never explained. The rest of the video is the
band playing in hall. There are what looks to be
giant posters of poppers bottles on either side.
Coincidence? I think not...
3. MIQUEL BROWN
Miquel Brown is a Canadian singer whose parents
named her Michael. But so that people didn’t get
confused with a children’s author and producer of
the same name they changed the spelling to Miquel.
But y’know, it’s still pronounced Michael. She makes
this list by worthy of her fabulous ditty “So Many
Men, So Little Time.” A feeling I think you all know
too well. Oh, and she’s Sinitta’s mum, so there’s that.
4. SHEILA AND B DEVOTION’S OUTFIT IN THE
VIDEO FOR SPACER
Not quite Italo but it is way cosmic. And oh boy is
Sheila’s outfit is impressive. Girl knows how to rock a
metallic jumpsuit. In this case she’s paired with a pink
mosiac shoulder detailing that is amazing and I’m a
bit jealous. Also she’s got a poor man’s light sabre
to dance with so that’s pretty cool. Plus her B(lack)
Devotion back-up trio to make her look that bit more
blonde and French.
6. THAT TIME MAN 2 MAN PERFORMED MALE
STRIPPER ON TOP OF THE POPS
God bless the UK, where a song like “Male Stripper”
can somehow go from club hit to crossover pop
sensation, eventually landing one-half of Man to
Man (Miki Zone had passed away a year prior) on
television to perform for straight people with perms.
Go-go boys in leather and military garb add to the
atmosphere while Paul Zone strips off his leather to
reveal more leather, then flannel, then a vest, then
some bondage accessories to the delight of the
squealing and oblivious girls in the crowd.
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7. PATRIZIA PELLEGRINO’S SONG-WRITING SKILLS
ON MUSICA SPAZIALE
Each of Patrizia Pellegrino’s records is a moment
of shimmery poppers-soaked genius, but if you do
not speak Italian, you are missing out on the best
parts: what she’s actually singing about. On “Musica
Spaziale,” Patrizia implores you to follow her into the
elevator, where you’ll find a natural blonde, cosmic
and cordial (once can only assume she’s talking
about herself). The best part about this is that natural
blonde rhymes with cordial in Italian.
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Join Rachael and Whitney this Saturday 6th February for Les
Poppeurs at Dalston Superstore (217 Kingsland High Street,
E8 2PB),9pm – 4am. Free before 10, £7 after. Special guests
include Christian S, Dan Beaumont and Joe Roberts.
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WHAT’S ON
AT THE TAV?
HOIST BLACK
The Vauxhall Tavern have got a whole host of new delights
coming up in February! Let’s take a sneak peek at some of
the plays, events and performers they’ve got in store…
Cabaret Roulette
Cabaret Roulette is a new kind of vaudevillian experience, in which
artists representing the widest possible array of styles and disciplines
are given two months to develop a new act on a single theme chosen
in advance by the audience. The eight artists who have accepted the
challenge of creating a brand new act based on the theme “Books”
are comedy drag performer Virgin Xtravaganzah, neo-burlesquer
Elsie Diamond, hooper Helen Orford, puppeteers Twice Shy Theatre,
showgirl Ruby Deshabille, torch singer Em Brulee, belly dancer Sarah
Stone and chanteuse Anna Lou Larkin!
All led by the Fagin’s favourite pickpocket and scamp, Joe Morose
and Lilly SnatchDragon on stage management!
If you ever wanted a theme with a literal infinite number of possible
interpretations, this just might be it…
Wednesday 10th February
Doors 7.30pm
Show 8pm
Tickets on sale now BUY HERE £12 in advance, £15 at the door.
Royal Vauxhall
It’s 1988 and queer London is partying hard under the spectre of AIDS,
the scrutiny of the press and the shadow of Clause 28. When Princess
Diana dreams of a wild night out away from the long lenses of the
paparazzi and the ruthless Royals at the Palace, best buddies Freddie
Mercury and Kenny Everett know there is only one place to take her: the
Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
Only trouble is: how the hell are they going to get one of the most
famous faces in the world through the door without blowing her cover?
Their night at the Tavern is the stuff of legend. Desmond O’Connor’s
irreverent yet insightful new musical reveals that what they learnt about
themselves and each other would shock and propel them through the
final years of their tragically shortened lives.
Performance Dates: 17, 18, 24, 25 February,
Doors: 7pm, Show: 8pm
Price: £12-15
Mari Wilson’s ‘Ready Steady Girls’
After her triumphant show in 2015, Mari Wilson returns to the Royal
Vauxhall Tavern with her show ‘Ready Steady Girls!’ featuring unique
interpretations of the songs that influenced her as she was growing up,
including iconic classics by Dusty, Petula, Cilla and others. Join Mari on
her personal, emotional and often hilarious journey through life.
Doors are at 7pm, Show is at 8pm
Plus one support act before Mari Wilson’s performance.
Tickets are £25 reserved VIP seating on balcony with table
service, £20 for reserved seating at the front of the stage, £15
tickets general admission (seating is not guaranteed)
The Vauxhall Tavern , 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY.
Tickets and info: www.vauxhalltavern.com
It’s Hoist Black this Saturday. If you’re curious to know what
happens in this hot house of horny men, we had caught up with
host Unkut Kurt for the lowdown:
“This is the biggest and sexiest men only dress code party on the
planet! I can’t wait to slip into my tight one-piece leather suit, put
my big boots and leather gloves on and just go for it! Dozens of
leather and rubber guys will come to London for just this one night.
That’s why we do this party. Every time it gets bigger and better. And
let me tell you a secret: the minute you arrive at The Hoist you can
smell the leather and rubber in the air. I get hard just talking about
it! It’s the dogs bollocks, man! Hoist Black parties are now so busy
that we have decided to do this monthly. Yep, we’re gonna kick ass
in 2016! I am also excited that the very exclusive and - erm - quite
elitist European fetishmen club “Men in Leather Corp” have made
HOIST BLACK their home. Expect macho guys in gear galore!”
The DETAILS:
- Hoist Black is on Saturday 6th February from 10pm - 4am.
- They pride themselves on operating the strictest dress code in the
world: leather and/ or rubber only. NO exceptions.
- Expect an international crowd, since the party is also promoted in
Europe through The Hoist Basements (Berlin)
- This means HUNDREDS of leathermen, rubber dudes, boot slaves
and Masters to turning up to get down.
- 2 arches are now open, both wall-to-wall leather and rubber
- There’s a brand new play area courtesy of Expectations London and
UK Red.
- Boot shine boy Karl will be on hand to buff up those boots!
- Plus a rope bondage show courtesy of Meister Armin
- Exclusive sounds will be provided by DJ/ producer M.Arana (USA)
So what are you waiting for? Gear up!
The Hoist is at Railway Arches
47b and 47c, South Lambeth
Road, London SW8 1RH
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C L U B
N E W S
For full listings see Musts & Maybes, pages 44-50
50-54 or the What’s On section at www.qxmagazine.com
For listings on the go, download the free QX GAY LONDON app at the iTunes store.
Friday 5th February
Homo Superior
The Moustache Bar,
58 Stoke Newington Road,
N16 7XB, 9pm – 2am
£3 before 10, £5 after.
A home away from
home for disco queens,
rock chicks and indie
gays, Homo Superior
is a new dance party
celebrating queer artists
and icons, past and
present brought to you
by DJs Panos Z and
Sina Sparrow. Music
policy: Punk, disco,
indie, rock ‘n’ roll,
heart and soul. Queer,
kitsch and cuttingedge performance.
Austerity and apathy
may be on the march
in East London, but
we’re not going to let
the bastards grind us
down. DIY, not G-A-Y!
Odorise the dancefloor! Amyl
me baby one more time! Pop
down to Dalston Superstore
for Les Poppeurs! They’ve
established themselves as
one of the gay scene’s most
totes popular monthly parties.
They’re crazy, sexy, cool.
They’re like Vanessa Feltz at
a warehouse party! They’ve
got D Swizzle resident Dan
Beaumont as well as Joe
Roberts DJing. So unwrap that
cellophane, crack that lid open
and DANCE!
Saturday 6th February
Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland
High Street, E8 2PB. 9pm – 4am. Free
before 10pm, £7 after.
Les Poppeurs
Duckie
The Vauxhall Tavern,
372 Kennington Lane,
SE11 5HY. 9pm – 2am.
£6 entry.
QUACK QUACK! Well put us in the bath and squeeze us…it’s Duckie at The RVT!
One of our gorgeous shimmering emerald city’s best-established alternative queer
club nights. Say THAT sentence after a couple of cider and blacks. It’s been going
for eighteen years! 18 years ago, nobody knew who Billie Piper was! Imagine that!
What a strange world it was. And Duckie didn’t exist! But they do NOW! Head
down to The Vauxhall Tavern for a lovely non-judgy alt-pop sensation.
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C L U B
N E W S
XXL time again! No more dry January for YOU! Blast away that bleak, bleary month with a
big beary extravaganza! XXL never disappoints. It’s at cavernous, wonderful, breathtaking
Pulse nightclub. They’ve got an awesome soundsystem, and smoke and lazers and stuff!
And the music’s always a gorgeous amalgamation of camp pop and bangin’ dance. Oh
and there’s always loads of hot men. And who are we to argue with that.
XXL
Pulse Nightclub, 1 Invicta Plaza,
SE1 9UF. 10pm – 6am. £15 entry,
£8 for members.
Mistamaker
Handsome
East Bloc, 217 City Road, EC1V 1JN,
11pm – 6am. £5 before midnight, £10 after.
Coinciding with the release
of House Masters: Heller
& Farley, Handsome
have got both Heller
AND Farley playing an
extended set at Handsome
this February. It’s the first
time they've had both play
together, so expect big
things in a little basement
club. BAM! They'll be
joined by the superb
Dave Kendrick for some
serious deep sounds. In
the Bar, there’ll be R’n’B
from Mistamaker and
Manchester's Off The Hook
head honcho Anthony
Crank. This is Handsome.
You are handsome.
Anthony Crank
We LOVE the sound of this. The
word “trouble” is one that we
mostly associate with amazing
pop songs. Trouble by Britney
is one of her best album tracks
ever. And Neon Jungle have
an absolute banger called
Trouble. And you KNOW how
much we love Neon Jungle.
Anyway now it’s a night at
The Glory! As far as we can
discern, the vibe is sort of biker
chick meets art fag meets
cheap porn. Leather, chains,
facial hair maybe. They’ve got
a special performance from
The Bearded Lady, as well
as a set from Kal The Naked
DJ, who does what he says on
the tin.
Trouble
The Glory, 281 Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. 8pm – 2am. Free before 10pm, £5 after.
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N E W S
Every time we look through the
photos from Papa nights we can’t
stand up for several minutes
afterwards. They’re stuffed with
gorgeous olive-skinned adonises.
The super sexy Israeli dance
gods are back in Vauxhall this
weekend for their superhero party.
They’re gonna have insanely
hot gogo dancers dressed as
your fave superheroes. Which,
as far as we’re concerned, is the
perfect combination of hot and
camp. Bit like us really! *looks in
mirror, tosses hair*. In Room 1 at
labyrinthine nightclub Fire, there’s
Papa resident DJ Suri, and Room
2 will play host to funky house
connoisseurs Miswhite and
Glauber Oliviera.
For full listings see Musts & Maybes, pages 44-50
50-54 or the What’s On section at www.qxmagazine.com
Papa Heroes
Fire Nightclub, South Lambeth Road, SW8 1SP.
11pm – 6am. Tickets £11.
Sunday 7th February
Beyond Super villains
YEP, Papa’s after party is being hosted by Beyond at Ministry of Sound! Gird your loins Elephant &
Castle! There’ll be a Batman in hotpants stumbling through the underpass with a Fanta. Now it STARTS
at 5am, so it’s fair to say this is for the more, erm, seasoned clubber. Leave your mate Cheryl at home
to watch Adventure Time and eat pizza and top up her electrolytes. One thing’s for sure. Ministry is
iconic. So is Beyond. Pair that with hundreds of hedonistic hero hunks and you’re onto a WINNER.
Sunday 7th February
Nostalgia Of
Mothership
Bloc Bar, 18 Kentish Town Road, NW1 9NX.
6:30pm – 1am.
Ministry of Sound, 103 Gaunt Street,
SE1 6DP. 5am – 1pm. Tickets £11.
Joint Papa Heros/Super Villains
tickets available for £19.80
Well THIS looks totes edgy! A
supercool band at a supercool
bar. According to their
Facebook page, Nostalgia
Of Mothership are “a
cosmic collision of creative
hearts and forces”. Can’t
argue with that! One of their
members is tousle-haired
singing siren Fi Mcluskey,
who occasionally does turns
in Jonny Woo’s Lou Reed
tribute band. She’s formidably
talented, and she’s got a
just-got-out-of-bed-andlooking-for-a-cigarette vibe
that we love. Bloc Bar is the
perfect venue for what sounds
like a whiskey-swilling, rock
and rolling night of glitterspattered passion!
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BRÜT
30/01/16
Steel Yard, 13-16 Allhallows
Lane, EC4R 3UE
Words and Photos by
Victor Hensel-Coe
January might be a quiet time
for some pubs and clubs in London,
but not at BRÜT! Beautiful bears,
bad blokes, cute cubs and a metric
fuckton of hunks could be found
throughout the Steelworks at Cannon
Street. In Vault 1 butch queens got
their qwerkout to twerky mashups,
pop and disco from DJ Dreadful,
Silverhook, and Ben Jamin, while
in Vault 2, sweat and hair moved to
the sound of pulsing deep and tech
house mixes from Louis Lennon,
Ross Jones, Luke Casey Browne
and special guest DJ Morlex. Now
in it’s 15th inning, with it’s sexy and
friendly vibes, BRÜT has really begun
solidifying itself as a golden staple
in the Bear calendar with no sign of
slowing down. We can’t wait to return
on the 27th of February for their first
anniversary, which promises to be a
stellar bear blowout.
“Beautiful bears,
bad blokes,
cute cubs and a
metric fuckton of
hunks.”
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Winter Pride
30/01/16
Coronet Theatre, 28 New
Kent Rd, SE1 6TJ
Words by Jaime Domingo
Photos by Mark Storey
With a stellar lineup the third
annual Winter Pride took over
historic Elephant & Castle venue
The Coronet with live acts, DJs,
delicious Smirnoff cocktails and
a party set to spiral into the
early hours ‘til dawn. With big
name headliners performing
and local LGBTI heroes taking
to the decks, it was without
questions one of biggest parties
in this year’s pink calendar. This
year they partnered with Pride
In London, meaning ticket sales
went towards supporting pride in
the capital’s LGBTI community all
year round.
Clubbers were able to spend
the night exploring four distinct
rooms within the confines of the
club and four separate outside
arches full of queer culture!
The main room was jampacked from beginning to
end with big name artists like
Smokin’ Jo, Tom Stephan and
Paul Heron while the East Side
room brought DJ sets from
Hannah Holland, Jonjo Jury,
Guy Williams, and D.Ramirez.
Room three was a London
celesbian takeover and Room
four had
Neil Prince, David O and
QBoy presenting their R & She: a
night dedicated to the Queens of
R&B and hip-hop from the ‘90s
to the present day.
With a food court, a swag
shop, a Horse Meat Disco
takeover, plus familiar London
faces including the cast of
recent critically acclaimed
“dragumentary” Dressed As
A Girl accompanying their
high priestess Jonny Woo and
fabulous hosts Chrissy Darling
and Lewis G Burton, if you
missed it, you really missed out.
“If you missed
it, you really
missed out.”
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XXL presents Hoxton
Whores
30/01/16
Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, SE1 9UF
Words Jaime Domingo
Photos by Joel Ryder
This Saturday XXL took the
whores out of Hoxton once again,
transplanting them for a riotous
Saturday set south of the river.
As always the delicious DJ duo
bestowed the beats upon a baying
audience of boys, bears, blokes
and everyone inbetween. Anyone
and everyone is welcome at XXL,
which is part of what makes it
so successful, but also so bloody
wonderful! If you’re looking for a
fantastic, friendly and attitude-free
party, you’ve found it with XXL. Try
it on for size, we guarantee it’ll fit
you perfectly.
“Try it on for size,
we guarantee it’ll
fit you perfectly.”
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Gravity
28/01/16
Protocol, 6 South Lambeth
Place, SW8 1SP
Words and Photos by
ChrisJepson.com
“Thursdays
at Gravity
are officially
FEROCIOUS.”
Thursday nights in Clubland have
always heralded the start of the weekend,
and no where shows this more than the
incomparable Gravity at Protocol, part
of the Fire complex. For over a decade
Gravity has been at the forefront of
afterhours clubbing on the London party
scene and now, with the legendary Fat
Tony at the helm and DJing, it has become
the ultimate destination serving up the
best eclectic house thru it’s booming
funktion one sound system. Over in room
two Lewis G Burton and his team of east
London creatives (freaks?) dish up a
generous helping of camp both musically
and visually while über host Issac Jones
manages to combine fun, flirty hotness
with slick efficiency keeping the machinery
oiled and the punters happy. With an
eclectic crowd drawn from right across the
gay spectrum, Thursdays at Gravity are
officially FEROCIOUS.
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WUT? Club
29/01/16
Dalston Superstore,
117 Kingsland High Street,
E8 2PB
Words and Photos by
LUXXXER
Dalston Superstore was wall to wall with fashion and excitement for the much anticipated
return of one of east London’s most iconic parties! To mark the special occasion, the
WUT?CLUB family favourites were assembled to present us with an all-star event to help us
say goodbye to those January blues! To help us were the wonderful Twinnies who gave us
crowd (and traffic) stopping looks with matching road safety clutches! Jacqui Potato and Annie
Pics played us the pop classics while Raven Mandella owned dancefloor all night. Downstairs,
founder and resident, Attack Attack Attack and Superstore’s own Joseph Icaro were joined by
the incredible Joshua James who rocked us with the perfect soundtrack for a wicked comeback!
Killer looks, sickening talent and some of the most everything creatures you could never
imagine. WUT?CLUB is literally cat nip for club kids, they just can’t get enough.
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literally cat nip for
club kids, they just
can’t get enough.”
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Homostash
22/01/16
Dalston Superstore, 117
Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB
Words and Photos by
LUXXXER
“A party for
all things
face fuzz.”
Move over Movember, this mouth brow
is here to stay! Dalston Superstore donned
their finest handlebars and chevrons last
Saturday for for this January’s Fitness
Edition of Homostash, a party for all things
face fuzz. The best face furniture was
awarded most handsomely (with more
alcohol) in a moustache competition,
while those not fortunate enough to have
their own ‘tache didn’t have to feel left
out as mouth mirkens were available all
through the night. Since its inception,
Homostash has treated us to the bushiest
beats out there and was no different.
Founder Tafanik gave us the tashiest of
Tech House and Techno downstairs and
was supported upstairs with Nu Disco and
Deep House from Nu Age Ape, Andrew
Moore, and a very Disney-looking DJ von
Petrovoski. So if you have a noteworthy
nose neighbour or get all weak at the
knees for whiskers look out for the next
installment of Homostash!
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Horsemeat Disco
10/01/16
Eagle London, 349
Kennington Lane, SE11 5QY
Words and Photos by
Mark Storey
“In typical
horsemeat
fashion, anything
goes and usually
does!”
After a crazy Christmas and
New Year, it was nice to pop
down to The Eagle and partake in
a bit of the horseplay and disco
that London clubbers have come
to love. A gem in the London gay
scene, Horsemeat Disco delivers
just what’s needed to wind down
the weekend. Jim Stanton and
Luke Howard were at the wheel
and rudder of this ship tonight,
laying down some disco magic
as they do so well. Very mixed
crowd in house getting messy
on the dancefloor, but in typical
horsemeat fashion, anything goes
and usually does! Love it, lots of
trotty-totty to play with and have
a boogie, I was in my element. Is
that the time? One more boogie
and we must be off. As always,
it was real nice seeing all your
lovely faces. Adios amigos!
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Comptons
51 – 53 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN
City of Quebec
Comptons is, as the name suggests, on Old Compton Street! They
have two major achievements: They haven’t been turned into a Pizza
Express. And. They’re ALWAYS full of sexy men. Always, always,
always. And we mean MEN. Whether it’s hot hairy daddy types
or burly rugby bears. So pull on your tightest pair of jeans, book
the next day off, then head over to watch the Six Nations rugby
this weekend. It’s France VS Italy (WOOF) on Saturday, or if you
like something a bit more local, there’s also Scotland VS England
(WOOF WOOF). Then on Sunday, Ireland is up against Wales
(WOOF WOOF HOWL).
12 Old Quebec Street, W1H 7AF
City of Quebec have had a makeover and now they’re WELL
posh! Urban and sleek. It’s a great space in there, roomy. And it’s
conveniently located in Marble Arch, just a stone’s throw away from
the Vivienne Westwood outlet in Selfridges. Who are we kidding. A
stone’s throw away from the McDonalds on Oxford Street. Anyway,
along with their new image they’ve got a new drinks menu including
a Dainty Damsel that’s made with vodka and Prosecco, plus fab
cabaret every Sunday. Go check it out!
Dr Woof
Ku Bar
30 Lisle Street, Soho, WC2H 7BA
Old Ship
17 Barnes Street, Limehouse,
E14 7NW
Limehouse is home to a cash machine
that speaks in Cockney rhyming slang, a
Costcutter, and…The Old Ship! It’s one
of the city’s oldest gay establishments,
perfect for a cosy pint in these harsh winter
climes. This Sunday 7th they’ve got fab
furry cabaret bear Dr Woof! Don’t miss it.
Ku have got loads going on over the
weekend as usual; you can watch the Six
Nations rugby on Saturday and Sunday;
relax with a delicious Bloody Mary to
soothe your hangover; throw some shapes
to Lady Lloyd spinning all the hits on
Sunday nights. Plus you’re almost always
guaranteed to see host with the most,
Nieko, sauntering across the dancefloor
with a champagne flute. There’s something
for everyone at Soho’s sexiest!
Bridge Bar
8 Voltaire Road, Clapham, SW4 6DH
Settle down for a cocktail at Bridge Bar!
It’s a lovely, newly refurbished gay bar
nestled under an arch right near the
overground station. It’s got friendly staff
and a totes gorge ambience. On Thursday
nights in February they’ve got karaoke
hosted by Roxx, plus drinks specials all
night. That should give you enough Dutch
courage to grab the mic!
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year. Hosted at the University of Westminster’s Marylebone campus and
the infamous G-A-Y night clubs, this year the event’s main focus is tackling
the vital but difficult conversation of mental health stigma. The free daytime
festival that takes place on the Saturday will also have panels with celebrities,
activists and politicians with RUComingOut.com, looking at angles of coming
out you might not have thought of. There’s also a team of LGBT YouTubers
lining up to discuss the impact of the platform on changing perceptions and
giving hope to young people. Then of course there’s StudentPride does Lip Sync. Plus cabaret,
live music and you can even bag yourself a job at the biggest LGBT careers fair in the UK.
“National Student Pride is always an amazing experience,” says Hatti Smart, National
Student Pride co-chair. “We have over 1500 LGBT students come together for a weekend of
events, including the largest LGBT careers fair in the UK, exclusive film screenings, and panels
that discuss topics important to LGBT youth.
“This year, National Student Pride will be placing a real emphasis on mental health,
with mental health issues still affecting LGBT youth disproportionately to their peers. This is
something am I really excited about, as mental health is a topic very close to my heart. We
will be holding a mental health discussion, chaired by editor of Attitude magazine Matthew
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The daytime festival on Saturday 6th February will be held at
the University of Westminster’s Marylebone campus, where over
1500 LGBT students from across the UK will be taking part in a
weekend of festivities.
The focus of this year’s event is on the difficult, but vital
discussion of mental health, which disproportionately affects LGBT
people. The mental health debate will be hosted by Matthew
Todd, editor of Attitude Magazine, who will provide real-life
experiences and expertise.
Joining him on the panel will be: Johnny Benjamin, known
for the #FindMike campaign and for his brave documentaries
and accounts about his schizophrenia; Taz Edwards-White (LBQ),
mental health coordinator for LGBT people for Metro; Bisi Alimi,
World renowned Nigerian LGBT activist who has written and
spoke openly about his time with HIV and Mental Health issues;
and Munroe Bergdorf, Trans advocate and DJ.
The Coming Out discussion, in conjunction
with the Rainbow List high flyer Wayne Dhesi’s R
U Coming Out website, will be a panel focused
on challenging the idea that coming out is only
synonymous with being gay. It’s so much more now,
whether it’s about gender identity of being a secret
luster for Justin Bieber. We know you looked at
those pics. *clears internet history*
Celebrating Coming Out even further,
Tom Dingley’s widely celebrated Coming Out
photography series will be on display at the event
too. He’ll even be offering the opportunity for you to
take part too.
In a new addition to National Student Pride,
a fringe event will take place alongside the main
stage and LGBT YouTubers have been lining up
to come and share what they think their impact
has been on shaping our community as our daily
online time grows and grows. Chaired by, Calum
McSwiggan, on the panel includes Meredith and
Shoshana, Mawaan Rizman (How Gay Is Pakistan
BBC3 Documentary), Jamie Raines (Selfie A Day
Transition), and Riyad K (known for reading out
Grindr messages with his Mum).
To provide a ‘Mental Health Trigger free zone’
at all times at the event, a Safe Space room will
be provided all day and whenever a mental
health topic is discussed the other stage will avoid
discussion of mental health.
Finally, the daytime event will end on a huge
high as the Warwick Rowers return to talk about the
charity they launched at our event in 2014; Sports
Allies. Followed by what will be the most tasteful
and least camp part of the whole weekend: a
#StudentPride lip sync battle. Because if Channing
Tatum and Anne Hathaway can do it - they definitely
can. Oh and on Saturday night there will be a
G-A-Y Scream Queens Party at Heaven, where
there’s £2.50 drinks deals to all those wearing
a wristband (you can also get two nights out at
heaven and G-A-Y late for just £5).
5th-7th February
The event is open to all - Not just students
Club Night tickets £5 www.studentpride.co.uk/tickets
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Friday
7-11pm: G-A-Y Late Registration welcome drinks. Free entry with NSP
Wristband + Drinks deals) 1st opportunity to pick up wristbands.
11-Late: G-A-Y Heaven welcome party (Free entry with NSP Wristband +
Drinks deals).
Saturday
12:30: Event at University of Westminster, opposite Baker Street,
opens. Careers fair and performance stage kicks off straight away. 2nd
opportunity to pick up wristbands, registration desk open until 4pm.
1:30pm: Main Stage Opens.
2pm: R U Coming Out Panel with Adele Roberts and Jaymi from Union J.
3pm: Mental Health Debate with Jonny Benjamin, Bisi Alimi and Munroe
Bergdorf.
3pm: LGBT YouTubers room opens.
4pm: Polarised LGBT Mental Health Documentary plays in YouTube room
4pm: Warwick rowers on main stage.
4:15: Lip Sync For Your Life, with Alaska Thunderfuck and James Barr.
5pm: Daytime festival winds down.
6pm-12pm: SHE Soho and Planet London host Womens/LBQ safe space
pre-drinks for weekend.
10pm-Late: G-A-Y vs NSP Scream Queens party at Heaven: Make sure
you have your wristband by this point, you cannot pick them up at heaven.
Sunday
11:30pm: Baggage Drop.
12:30pm: Screening of Milk £3.50.
2:30pm: Q&A with Stuart Milk, included in price of ticket.
Careers Fair
Another aspect of National Student Pride is the careers fair, now the largest
LGBT student Careers Fair in the UK. Fujitsu, the Royal Navy, the RAF, Ditch
The Label, PwC and Teach First are just some of the 30+ organisations
already signed up, and it’s expected to exceed last year’s roster of 50.
Follow @StudentPride on Twitter for more big announcements.
Photo: Kyle Jackson
Weekend Planner
ALASKA 5000
To Host and
Judge Lip Sync
Hugely successful RuPaul’s
Drag Race alumni Alaska
5000 is set to don the judge’s
cap, as she oversees an epic
Lip Sync Battle at National
Student Pride on Saturday
6th February at the University
of Westminster, Marylebone.
The battle will follow on from
the earlier panel discussions
on Coming Out, YouTube and
Mental Health to provide a
light-hearted way to close the
daytime activities.
Those wanting to apply to
take part in the Lip Sync
Battle should e-mail lip@
studentpride.co.uk for further
details. The most creative
and exciting lip syncs pitched
to the organisers will be
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New Bloomsbury Set
29/01/16
76 Marchmont St,
WC1N 1AG
Words and Photos
by Joel Ryder
Set in one of the nicest areas in London,
the New Bloomsbury Set is a gorgeous little
chic underground venue that offers warmth,
hospitality, great cocktails, beer on tap, cool
music and a camp movie on the screens. A
perfect place to drink and chat, dance or
unwind and relax, it’s truly multi purpose
and with three secret caves filled with soft
lush cushions, it can be a home away from
home. The New Bloomsbury set also offer a
great Happy ‘Hour’ from 4-8pm to unwind
after a hard days work and once a month
is a Eurovision quiz for all you fanatics out
there. The NBS is one of our little gems and
we can’t wait to go back. See you soon!
“A perfect place
to drink and chat,
dance or unwind
and relax.”
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OLD SHIP
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#J U L I A S AY S ...
by
Princess
Julia
This year we celebrate 40 years
of punk. You might be wondering
what that’s got to do with us but
I’m here to tell you the spirit of
punk lives on. The icons of punk
Andy Butler
have a spirit that is so ingrained
in our counter culture scenes that
Space, 5D Stoke Newington Road
we probably don’t think twice
N16. Christos has amassed an
about it. There’s a series of events
archive of photographic studies
and happenings going on over
of ‘unexpected jewels in the night
2016, prepare to be enlightened,
streets’ concentrating mostly of
go to punk.london for a full
roses. christostolera.com
program.
Over at Bloc Bar on Friday
If you’re into ‘do it yourself’
5th there’s a treat in store as
then you’re in a punk frame of
Thank F*ck It’s Friday has
mind! This week we’re going
legends David McAlmont and
to galleries, clubs and pubs.
Martin Green taking it in turns
Homecoming is a gallery
to DJ for your listening pleasure.
show from Christos Tolera on
Joining them Tina T’urner
from the 5th February till the
Tea Lady milling around with
7th February at BSMT Project
her trolly! From 9pm onwards...
D O M
P O P
H I T S, B I T S & S H I T S
by
Dom
Top
Zayn
Sia
Rihanna
All Saints
Sunday 7th at Bloc Bar ground
breaking band Nostalgia Of
Mothership are doing a gig
tonight, that’s DJ/producer Josh
Caffe and his cosmic funkateers
doing something different... go
and see what they’re all about!
Oh, look who’s in town tonight
Friday 5th, none other than the
charming and dashing Andy
Butler of Hercules and Love
Affair on at the Dalston
Superstore for Mr. intl #5.
Celebrating his UK record label
with Severino on the decks
Right, so Zayn Malik, formerly
of the pre-teen pantycrusting
supergroup One Direction, has
released his first solo single.
Now, first off, let’s just get down
to brass tacks here. We’d all fuck
Zayn. I’d fuck him, you’d fuck him,
your mum would fuck him, your
dad would fuck him (WOOF). It
appears Zayn’s management are
aware of this, so they’ve placed
a call to Songz’R’Us (currently
operating under CEO Sia) and
ordered up a song for him to ‘sing’
by the name of “PILLOWTALK”.
It’s…well, it’s nothing special. It
sounds a bit Bieber-lite. The video
has a bleach-blonde (WOOF)
Zayn wandering around with that
model Gigi Somethingorother and
looking a bit dead-eyed. But you
know what? Who cares. Good for
you Zayn, I’m glad it’s all panning
out. Now take off your damn
pants. I’m hungry.
Aforementioned Aussie chanteuse
and song-peddler to the stars, the
moon and pretty much anyone
else with a chequebook, Sia,
has released a new album! It’s
called “This is Acting” and it’s
comprised of rejected songs she
downstairs plus Jonathan
Bestly and Josh U Are DJing
up in the bar! 9-3am fans! Stay
up that way for Saturdays Les
Poppeurs #7. One year old join
Christian S, Dan Beaumont,
Whitney Weiss, Joe Roberts
and more...
Later on Tuesday February
9th my fave zine Polyester
celebrate their latest issue with
a launch party, it’s at the Moth
Club, Valetta Street, E9. 8 till
late. See what’s going on at
polyesterzine.com
wrote for other artists. I can’t tell
whether that’s a great idea or a
total piss take. It’s basically the
scraps drawer of her career. It’s
also pretty obvious which songs
were for which artist. The track
“Move Your Body” couldn’t be
much more Shakira if was belly
dancing in Barranquilla while
getting creampied by Gerard Piqué
(WOOF). It’s still a banger though
and the album is alright, so give it
a spin for free on Spotify.
After finally digging Shaznay Lewis
out of their Big Yellow Storage unit,
Melanie Blatt and the Appleton
Sisters (of Galaxy Chocolate Advert
Fame) have reformed All Saints.
Shaz has penned them a new
single called “One Strike”, which
we choose to believe is going to
be fantastic. They also have an
album called Red Stripe coming
out. No wait, it’s called Red Flag.
Shit. Thought that was a shoutout
to all the times I’ve loudly sobbed
to “Never Ever” after downing
sixteen cans.
Finally, Rihanna’s new single
“Work” ft Drake is out and I don’t
want to talk about it.
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Tangerine
director Sean Baker for just
closing Grindr, opening his
camera app, and getting on
with it. And now it’s become
a massive cult hit, created
the Academy Awards’ first
transgender campaign, and
been selected for dozens of
film festivals. Which is all so
hilariously audacious.
As it turns out, the usage
of phone cameras is great,
because it unwittingly gives the
film an insane sense of realism.
Watching it is LIKE watching
your friends’ videos they upload
to Facebook or whatever.
Suddenly you’re there with SinDee and Alexandra, screeching
in the back of a cab or asking
strangers for a lighter.
That’s the other thing:
tiny details like that are so
endearing, so everyday. It’s
a film about transgender
prostitutes, but it’s been done in
a way that anyone could identify
with them. Which is so great and
so important.
It’s also down to two
amazing turns from actors
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and
Mya Taylor. Quite apart
from marking a turning point
in cinema as transgender
actors in transgender roles,
they’re just great! Instantly
likeable, instantly hilarious,
instantly emotive. Mya’s more
introspective and sensitive,
Alexandra is genuinely Oscarworthy. Special mention too to
Mickey O’Hagan, who’s longsuffering Armenian taxi driver,
Dinah, provides a great contrast
with the handbag-swinging,
drink-swilling madness of the
rest of the movie.
Tangerine was made in 2015,
but it’s so 2017. It couldn’t be
more cool, crazy, sexy and selfassured. If the hot girl you were
too scared to talk to at school
were a movie, she’d be Tangerine.
Tangerine is showing at
Hackney Picturehouse on
Wednesday 17th February.
by
The Tell Tale Heart
“A macabre nightmare”… no, it’s not the name of Lana del Rey’s
new single, but the best way to describe The East London Session
Players and The Glory’s production of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic horror
classic, The Tell Tale Heart. As someone who indulges in the likes of
The Exorcist and The Shining, I really enjoyed this voyeuristic view into
the maddening breakdown that comes from meth addiction.
Deftly directed by Giorgio Spiegelfeld, this version is pulled
from late 19th century America and translated to a modern day East
London basement flat. The Glory’s very own Jonathan Wooster plays
the drug addled narrator – intense, paranoid and quite frankly, a bit
of a head case, he is as impressive an actor as his performance is
unsettling. As the sole member of cast on stage, Wooster commands
the stage with ease, not surprising following his recent non-drag turns
in The East London Lecture and TRANSFORMER.
This is an immersive 60 minute sensory overload; you plunge
yourself into the dark recesses of the Glory’s basement and snake
your way round what can only be described as a hovel – expertly
constructed by set designed Tony Horneker – before perching yourself
in the eaves. As you watch Wooster’s slow descent into madness
there’s an overbearing feeling that you shouldn’t be here, watching,
Mark
Hamil
but you can’t take your eyes off it, he’s as desperate and unhinged as
Björk at a Selena Gomez concert.
The whole experience is accentuated by the pulsing, almost
hypnotic, electronica of DJ Hannah Holland’s sound-track. The
narration faithfully follows the source text, mostly occurring off stage,
booming in your ears, until the narrator finally loses it and is all up
in your business, pulling you into his painful madness of surveillance,
isolation and chem.-seshes.
This all sounds mad as a box of frogs, and it is, but I can’t
recommend enough taking a furtive peek into this dark descent
into madness, even if just to take you out of your comfort zone for
an evening. The team have done an incredible job modernising a
story that’s been parodied and adapted more often than Jocelyn
Wildenstein’s face (we’ve all seen that Simpsons episode). The Glory
really is a shining beacon of creative light in the London gay scene and
I can’t wait to see what the team come up with next.
Photos: Stefano Venturi
Tangerine is filmed entirely on
an iPhone 5 camera, and follows
two transgender sex workers
through the streets of LA as they
toss off taxi drivers, smoke tina
and throw donuts at each other.
YES, it’s every bit as amazing
as it sounds. This film, is fucking
amazing. Sorry, wait, this isn’t a
Facebook status, this is a review
in a magazine. Let’s try again.
This film is a phenomenal portrait
of an unseen world, and not only
that, a powerful statement on
today’s cultural zeitgeist.
While obviously involving
transgender issues, in some
ways the goal of the movie
isn’t particularly to make any
particular point: it’s a dizzy,
debauched, drug-fuelled MESS.
In the best possible way.
The iPhone filming wasn’t
meant to be a gimmick or
product placement, it was
genuinely done due to budget
constraints. They couldn’t get
hold of a camera, basically.
MAJOR props to ingenious
February 1st – 5th, Arrive 7.30pm, Show Starts Promptly 8pm
£18, Strictly limited to 30 seats per show.
The Glory, 281 Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. www.theglory.co
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IN THE WORKS
Video of the week
AYA ARCOS (15)
From Brazil, this gay drama has an involving home-made style and realistic characters. With
only a loose plot, it’s about the awkward relationship between a middle-aged writer and a
21-year-old rentboy who refuses to use condoms or get tested for HIV. The tension between
them is obvious, but the way it plays out isn’t. Complex and thoughtful, the film addresses a
big issue in a personal way. (TLA)
Film of the week
TRUMBO (15)
The true story of Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Spartacus) is seriously riveting,
especially as played by Oscar-nominee Bryan Cranston with a huge dose of wry humour.
Blacklisted for refusing to participate in the anti-Communist hearings of the 1950s, Trumbo
is a fascinating man, and a great movie character. The film is funny and razor sharp. And
the cast includes Helen Mirren and John Goodman on peak firm.
Belgian hunk Matthias
Schoenaerts (pictured)
will star in The Sound
Of Metal, as a rockband drummer who
finds out that he’s going
EFBGt:PVOHIPUUJF
Robbie Amell has
landed the lead in Arq,
a time-travel thriller set
in a future after oil has
run out.
CRAZY POLITICS
Sandra Bullock plays
a worn-out but still
brilliant strategist in
OUR BRAND IS
CRISIS, an entertaining
political comedydrama about exporting
US politics to Latin
America. Based on a
true story, it’s important
and a bit scary.
ASIAN ADVENTURES
Over-praised by
critics, the beautifully
shot Chinese thriller
THE ASSASSIN is
about a conflicted
female killer. It’s also
infuriatingly vague
and impossible to
DPOOFDUXJUItLOST
IN KARASTAN starts
as a hilarious film
festival satire, as the
charming Matthew
Macfayden attends
one in Central Asia.
Alas, the plot gets
murky and muddled
halfway in.
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Yo ur gui d e t o t h e w e e k ’s b e s t B A R , C L UB & C A B A R E T e v e n t s in L o n d o n
04 Feb
11 Feb
M U S T S
THURSDAY 4TH FEBRUARY
CLUBS & EVENTS
Clam Jam at Dalston Superstore:
117 Kingsland High St, E8 2PB.
9pm-2:30am. Free. The Premiere
Thursday night for lesbians and
their gay boyfriends.
G-A-Y Porn Idol at G-A-Y Heaven:
Villiers Street, WC2N 6NG. 10pm
– 5am. Amateur strip night with
£100 prize money! To enter email
[email protected]
#KIT at Eagle London: 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11
5QY. 9pm-3am. Members free,
under 25’s free in trakies, sports,
rugby or footie kit, £5 after
10pm. Eagle’s Sports Fetish night.
Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30
Lisle St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am.
FREE. The party continues ‘til late
in the Ku basement.
Gravity Afterhours 11th Birthday
Bash at Fire: 39 Parry Street,
London SW8 1RT. 1am-8am
(Thursday night/Friday morning). Gravity is set to shake the
clubbing rules once again, giving
Thursday nights a new lease of
life.
Queer Question Time – London
Mayoral hustings at The Vauxhall
Tavern: 372 Kennington Lane,
Vauxhall, SE11 5HY. Doors 7pm,
7:30pm start.The race is on for
the London Mayoral and GLA
elections and Queer Question
Time are back to host a hustings
to find out what our candidates
feel on the issues facing LGBT
Londoners.
Room Service at Club 49: 49 Greek
Street, Soho, W1D. 10pm-3am.
Don’t you dare miss this fiercely
social, sexy club spot, playing
edgy and upfront house. Expect
hot gogo eye candy and hosted
by fab scene faces.
BARS & CABARET
The Family Fierce at Bloc Bar: 18
Kentish Town Road, Camden,
London, NW1 9NX. 5pm-2am,
£5. Cabaret from one of London’s
best performing troupes.
BackCounter: South Lambeth Road,
Vauxhall, SW8 1SR. 12pm-3pm.
The perfect way to start or end
your night in Vauxhall.
Official Room Service Pre-Party at
Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1.
4pm-4am. Thursday’s are the new
Friday’s at Soho’s intimate bar/
club spot with the most amazing
DJ booth in town.
City of Quebec: 12 Old Quebec
Street, Marble Arch, W1H 7AF,
12pm-3am. The newly refurbished
venerable institution of the gay
scene rocks out some pop classics
for an evening of fun.
Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old
Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN.
12pm-2am. The grand dame of
Soho.
G-A-Y Bar: 30 Old Compton Street.
12pm-2am. Free entry. Popular
pop music bar with non-stop hits
on the screens and a fun, flirty
atmosphere.
Backing The Stars at Halfway 2
Heaven: 7 Duncannon Street,
Charing Cross, WC2N 4JF.
Popular central London karaoke
fun with Kevin Walsh. Showtime
at 8pm.
The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place,
WC2H 7JR. 5pm-11:30pm. Enjoy
the Ku Group’s newest venuve;
a boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1
cocktails 5-7pm all week.
The Soho Square: 11 Soho Square,
Soho, W1D 3QE. 4pm-late. Last
entry 1am. Soho’s multi-floored
gay wonder.
Two Brewers: 114 Clapham High
Street, SW4 7UJ. Bar open 4pm-
&
M A Y B E S
2am. FREE b4 10pm, £3 after.
Popular South London cabaret/
club spot.
Candy at The Village: 81 Wardour
Street, W1V 3TG, 5pm-2am. Snap
cackling pop & chart with Heidi
Liscious and the gorgeous gogo
boys.
Gossip at West 5: Pope’s Lane,
South Ealing, W5 4NB. Open
from 8pm. FREE. Ealing’s hugely
popular club, bar and cabaret
spot.
FRIDAY 5TH FEBRUARY
CLUBS & EVENTS
Le Coq at East Bloc: 217 City Road,
Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. 11pm6am. £5 b4 midnight then £10.
£5 after 4am. This week there’s
Homostash’s Tafkanik plus Neil
Prince and resident Mistamaker
getting things going with RnB.
A:M at Protocol: 6a South Lambeth
Place, SW8 1SP. 11pm-11am. £4
b4 1am, £8 b4 6am with QX ADVERT / NUS / Conc, £13 others.
The original Saturday morning
afterhours beast that continues to
light up the weekend.
Mr. Intl at Dalston Superstore: 117
Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB.
9pm-3am. Free b4 11pm, £5
after. Andy Butler of Hercules and
Love Affair fame is back by popular demand for another all-night
showcase of his US-based record
label!
Homo Superior at The Moustache
Bar: 58 Stoke Newington Road,
N16 7XB. 9pm – 2am. £3 b4
10pm, £5 after. Queer artists,
queer icons, queer disco.
Men Inc. at Eagle London: 349
Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11
5QY. 8pm-late. Free before 10pm
- £5 after. Free for Eagle London
members before midnight. Men
Inc. the UK’s hottest all-man party
social sizzles this January with
a fresh DJ line up, international
performers and world exclusive
events. TONIGHT: Little John &
Andy Garbi
FREE b4 10:30pm, £5 after. Pop
perfection and hot floor fillers as
Ku’s hot 3 spin the tunes in its
downstairs basement club spot.
‘Silence = Infection / 40’ Campaign
Launch at The Vauxhall Tavern: 372
5HY. 6:30pm-8:30pm, £5. ACT
UP London host a night to inform,
inspire and mobilise. Followed by
The Lipsinkers, 9pm-4am. £8/£6
OTD - £5 After Show.The LipSinkers are now in their fourth year of
residency at The Vauxhall Tavern
always on the first Friday of the
month.
BARS & CABARET
Thank F*ck It’s Friday! at Bloc Bar:
18 Kentish Town Road, Camden,
London, NW1 9NX. Massive tunes
from the across the decades and
genres! TONIGHT: Ruby Wednesday, Maxi More, Scarlett O’Hora
& Bourgeoise
Friday Night Fever at BackCounter:
South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall,
SW8 1SR. 12pm-3pm. The perfect
way to start or end your night
in Vauxhall with style and great
drinks. TONIGHT: DJ Chillz
Bridge Bar: 8 Voltaire Road, SW4
6DH. Open from 4pm. Free. The
end of the working week oasis.
Karaoke at Central Station: 37
Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross, N1
9SD. Open from 6pm til 3am or
later... FREE The super-friendly
Kings Cross bar. DJs ‘til late.
Hosted by DJ Chris Reardon
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Tafkanik @
Le Coq
Christian M &
Alex Logan
@ XXL
Friday
Saturday
Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D
3JN. 4pm-4am. Soho’s intimate
but packed-out bar/club spot
watches Munroe Bergdorf and
friends werq the floor!
Soho.
Street, Marble Arch, W1H 7AF.
George and Dragon: 2 Blackheath
Hill, SE10. 8pm-4am. The friendly
Greenwich local. DJ Tony Tim on
the decks playing 80s and 90s
camp until 4am.
Femsesh! at The Glory: 281 Kingsland Road, Haggerston, E2 8AS.
Doors 5pm, show 8pm, club
10pm-2am. Free b4 10pm, £5
after. Thank freak it’s Friday…it’s
time for a FEMSESH! TONIGHT: A
Man to Pet & John Sizzle.
Friday Night Live at Halfway 2
Heaven: 7 Duncannon Street,
Charing Cross, WC2N 4JF. From
9pm. Tickets from £10. With DJ
Little John & Sandra.
Ku Bar Soho: 25 Frith Street, WC1D
5LB. Open till 5am. Ku Bar’s little
brother stretches across two floors
for that perfect Soho warm-up
drinking session and a little dance
with downstairs DJs.
WC2H 7JR. 5pm-12am. Enjoy the
Ku Group’s newest venuve; a boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 cocktails
5-7pm all week.
Street, SW4 7UJ. 10pm-4am.
FREE b4 10pm, £7 after. South
London’s legendary club & bar.
Fadoodle at The Village: 81
Wardour Street, W1V 3TG, 5pm2am, Free. Into the Deep in the
basement and Funhouse upstairs
with Heidi Liscious and the Go
Go’s.
West 5: South Ealing, Pope’s Lane,
W5 4NB. Open from 8pm, FREE.
The popular West London club,
bar and cabaret spot.
The Yard: 57 Rupert Street, Soho,
W1D 7PL. Open till 1am. FREE.
Renowned as one of Soho’s most
unique and popular destination venues, with terrific outdoor
space.
SATURDAY 6TH FEBRUARY
CLUBS & EVENTS
XXL at Pulse: 1 Invicta Plaza,
Southwark, SE1 9UF. 10pm-7am.
£15 guests, £8 members. Big,
bear night that’s open to everyone
in super club Pulse.
Papa Heroes at Fire: 39 Parry Street,
London SW8 1RT. 11pm-6am,
£11. Your favourite middle eastern
Gay party returns to London with
a brand new comic theme. Dust
off your lycra outfits & wip on a
cape as Papa Heroes save the day.
In the Bar Mistamaker is joined
this month by Off The Hook’s
Anthony Crank.
Handsome at East Bloc: 217 City
Road, Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN.
11pm-6am. £5 b4 midnight then
£10. £5 after 4am. Handsome
has house legends Farley & Heller
playing an all night back to back
set. Resident Dave Kendrick will
be warming things up with some
classic house sounds.
Les Poppeurs at Dalston Superstore:
9pm-3:00am. Free b4 10pm/£7
after. Super-cute queer dance party residents Rachael and Whitney
Weiss are back with more disco,
NRG and italo jams for their extra
special first birthday bash!
First Bang with DJ Diego Summers
at Eagle London: 349 Kennington
Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. 9pm4am, £5 advanced, £8 OTD. Free
before 11pm for Eagle members.
Eagle London’s hottest ever performance with International Porn
Star and DJ Diego Summers.
Duckie at The Vauxhall Tavern: 372
5HY. 9pm-2am. £6. Duckie’s flag
ship rock ‘n’ roll honky tonk.
Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 Lisle
St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am, FREE
b4 10:30pm, £5 after. The party
continues in Ku’s basement club
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Comptons
Saturday
with hot pop and floor fillers
from the DJs. ***TONIGHT: DJ
Anthony May all the way from
Madrid.
Savage at Metropolis: Strip Club,
235 Cambridge Heath Road, E2
9NN. 11pm-5am. £5. Weekly
Saturday club night from the Sink
The Pink crew.
Glitter Bomb at The Shadow Lounge:
Brewer Street, Soho, W1G 0RF.
10pm-3am. Let disco do its
dance with live entertainment,
dancers and DJs.
G-A-Y vs Student Pride at Heaven:
– 5am. £3 entry wristbands available from G-A-Y Bar, Free entry
with Student Pride Wrist band.
TONIGHT: It’s the official Student
Pride Scream Queens party.
Sweatbox: Foam Party at 1-2
Ramilies Street, Soho, W1F 7LN.
24 hours. 24hr pass £17, 48hr
pass £19. Unwind and release
some tension after a stressy week
with the all the fun of the foam at
Sweatbox’s original weekly party.
BARS & CABARET
Relax at Bloc Bar: 18 Kentish Town
Road, Camden, London, NW1
9NX. 12pm-3am. Free b4 10pm,
£5 after. Massive tunes from the
80s, 90s & 00s. TONIGHT: Martyn Fitzgerald & DJ Dreadful
Sassy Saturday at BackCounter:
SW8 1SR. The perfect way to start
or end your night in Vauxhall
Bridge Bar: 8 Voltaire Road, SW8
6DH, 4pm-12am. Free. Snug gay
bar in a railway arch, offering
cocktails, wines and light meals,
plus outdoor seating.
Central Station: 37 Wharfdale
Road, Kings Cross, N1 9SD.
Open ‘til 4am. FREE b4 10pm.
Cabaret then DJs ‘til late.
watches Munroe Bergdorf and
friends werq the floor!
12pm-3am. The newly refur-
bished venerable institution of the
gay scene rocks out some pop
classics for an evening of fun.
Compton Street, Soho, W1D
6HN. 5pm-2am. The grand dame
of Soho pulling in a more blokey
crowd.
G-A-Y Bar: 30 Old Compton
Street. 12pm-2am. Free entry.
Popular pop music bar with nonstop hits on the screens and a
fun, flirty atmosphere.
George and Dragon: 2 Blackheath Hill, SE10. 8pm-4am. The
friendly Greenwich local.
The Trouble live & DJ set at The
Glory: 281 Kingsland Road, Haggerston, E2 8AS. 5pm-2am, Free
b4 10pm & £5 Inspired by the
Bad Girl groups of the 1960’s,
The Trouble are a non-smilin’,
hard-drinkin’, tragedy-soaked
trio backed by a posse of scaly
lounge lizards.
Rose Garden’s Saturday Market
slash Swap Shop at Halfway 2
Heaven: 7 Duncannon St, WC2N
4JF. Open ‘til 3am. Rose Garden
and DJ Little John from 4pm.
Showtime at 5pm. Followed by
Xanadu from 8pm, the Camp
Disco.
Ku Bar Lisle Street: Chinatown,
WC2H 7BA. 8pm-5am. One of
London’s hottest gay bars and
clubs, with the hottest boys both
behind the bar and in front of it,
stretching over three floors.
Ku Bar Soho: 25 Frith Street,
WC1D 5LB. Open till 12am (3am
last Friday of the month). Perfect
for that Soho warm-up drinking
session and cheeky dance with
downstairs DJs.
WC2H 7JR. 5pm-12am. Enjoy
the Ku Group’s newest venuve; a
boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 cocktails 5-7pm all week.
The Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street,
Limehouse, E14 7NW. 8pm12am. Cabaret: 8.45pm. Free.
Local gay bar in East London’s
Limehouse,
Soho, W1D 3QE. Midday-
3am. Last entry 2am. FREE b4
10.30pm. Four floors of fun!
DJs spin a blend of commercial,
house, pop and chart remixes.
Guilty pleasures upstairs.
Street, SW4 7UJ. 10pm-4am.
Free b4 10, £8 after. Cabaret
and clubbing ‘til late at the famous venue.
House Party! at The Village: 81
Wardour Street, W1V 3TG, 5pm3am. Chunky funky techno in the
basement with Paul Heron and
snap crackling pop upstairs with
Heidi Liscious.
West 5: South Ealing, Pope’s Lane,
W5 4NB. Open from 8pm. The
popular West London club, bar
and cabaret spot, with added
Piano Lounge fun. TONIGHT: 9
Stars from RuPauls’s Drag Race +
6 from the UK!
The Yard: 57 Rupert Street, Soho,
W1D 7PL. Midday til Late. FREE.
Renowned as one of Soho’s most
unique and popular destination venues, with terrific outdoor
space.
SUNDAY 7TH FEBRUARY
CLUBS & EVENTS
Sunday Social at The Vauxhall
Tavern: Royal Vauxhall Tavern,
372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY.
2pm-12am. Showtime 5:30pm.
£4 members/£5 non-members.
London’s busiest social session.
TONIGHT: Simon Le Vanns,
Charlie Hides, Liam Chapman &
Sean Sirrs.
Community Service #fuckmondays
at East Bloc: 217 City Road,
Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. 9pm-4am.
Free b4 21.30 £3 NUS/flyer £5.
Weekly Sunday from the team
behind Dirty Diana. A new way
to start the week off on the wrong
foot! TONIGHT: Train, Ebrian,
Ursula & Polanski
Beyond Super Villains at Ministry:
103 Gaunt Street, SE1 6DP. From
11:59pm (Saturday Night/Sunday
Morning). £11. The official after
party for Papa Heroes. Sets from
Jamie Head, Maze & Masters,
Paul Heron & an exclusive 6
hours b2b set in The Box from
D’Johnny & Gonzalo.
Horse Meat Disco at Eagle London:
349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall,
SE11 5QY, 8pm-3am, £6. Every
Sunday the Horse Meat Disco
residents transform the Eagle
London dancefloor. Expect a
magical night of music and an
eclectic mix of beautiful people.
Orange at Fire: 39 Parry Street,
London SW8 1RT. 10pm-8am. £8
b4 1am with ad flyer or student
card. 15 years and still going
strong and still putting Sunday
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Sunday Social
@ RVT
Saturday
Sunday
clubbing on the map; Orange
has more energy than ever b4.
Last Resort at Dalston Superstore:
9pm-3:00am. Dalston Superstore’s Sunday night party series
Last Resort presents a queer disco
paradise for those not ready to
farewell the weekend just yet.
St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-12pm.
FREE. The party continues in Ku’s
basement club with classic 80s,
90s and 00s tracks from DJ Pablo
and the lovely Lady Lloyd.
BARS & CABARET
Nostalgia of Mothership at Bloc Bar:
18 Kentish Town Road, Camden,
Free. Funkadelica! After their
debut at Glastonbury last summer
we’ve got funk band Nostalgia
of Mothership at Bloc Bar this
Sunday. TONIGHT: Josh Caffe,
Marc Hayward, Fi McCluskey &
Nadia Juma
Vauxhall’s new playground. The
perfect way to start or end your
night in Vauxhall. TONIGHT:
Happy Sunday from 3pm-midnight.
Central Station: 37 Wharfdale
Road, Kings Cross, N1 9SD.
Open ‘til 4am. FREE b4 10pm.
Cabaret then DJs ‘til late.
with the most amazing DJ booth
in town.
Compton Street, Soho, W1D
6HN. 5pm-2am. The grand dame
of Soho pulling in a more blokey
crowd.
Brunch off Broadway at Counter:
SW8 1SR. 12pm-3pm. The funniest brunch this side of Bleecker
Street, piano bar delights. TONIGHT: Carl Joseph.
George and Dragon: 2 Blackheath
Hill, SE10. 8pm-2am. FREE. The
friendly Greenwich local. The
Duchess hosts the weekly Piano
Bar with Ian Parker on the keys.
Big Queer Songbook at The Glory:
281 Kingsland Road, Haggerston, E2 8AS. 5pm-11pm. FREE.
A weekly live piano bar.
CK Sunday at Halfway 2 Heaven:
7 Duncannon Street, Charing
Cross, WC2N 4JF. Open ‘til
11pm. Another award winning
Sunday at Halfway to Heaven!
Followed by An Evening with Mrs
Moore & Tanya Hyde from 7:30pm.
New Bloomsbury Set: 76 Marchmont Street, Bloomsbury, WC1N
1AG. 4pm-11.30pm. Open all
week for the more social gays
around the Kings Cross/Bloomsbury area.
Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street, Limehouse, E14 7NW. 8pm-12am.
Cabaret: 8pm. Free. Local gay
bar in East London’s Limehouse.
gay wonder. Ground floor DJs
spin top 40 and radio edit chart
dance and commercial and chart
R’n’B on the 2nd floor.
Power of Three at Two Brewers: 114
Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ.
4pm-2am. FREE b4 8pm, £4after.
South London’s legendary club,
bar and cabaret spot.
Karaoke with Carmen at West 5:
Pope’s Lane, South Ealing, W5
4NB. Open from 8pm. FREE.
West London’s giant club/bar/
cabaret home invites you to chill
out here.
The Village: 81 Wardour Street,
W1V 3TG, 5pm-11:30pm. Wind
down with happy hour at the village between 5-9pm.
MONDAY 8TH FEBRUARY
CLUBS & EVENTS
Popcorn at G-A-Y Heaven: Villiers
Street, WC2N 6NG. 11pm5.30am. £5 b4 1am, £8 after,
Last admission 3:30am. FREE
with wristbands from G-A-Y Bar
b4 1am. Massive mixed mash-up
with four rooms of top sounds,
from upfront, progressive house
to chart hits, via R&B tuneage.
The Big Bingo Show at The Vauxhall
Tavern: Royal Vauxhall Tavern,
372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY.
7pm, eyes down at 8:30pm, Free
Entry. Bingo in a pub……with
balls!!
Hot N’ Hairy at Eagle London: 349
5QY. 9pm-2am. Free b4 10pm
to all including Eagle members,
guests £5 after 10pm, entry
includes free coat check and 1st
drink included. If body hair and
makes you horny this is the night
for you! It’s the hottest Monday
night fur fetish sexy social. Hosted
by Luis Busto and Kurt Bearfest.
Hard-Up Mondays at Sweatbox:
1-2 Ramilies Street, Soho, W1F
7LN. 24 hours. Under 25s FREE
all day, £16 others. Finding
Mondays hard to handle? Relieve
the pressure with this discounted
day for under 25s (ID required) at
Soho’s only gay sauna.
Ku Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30
FREE. DJs play the weekend out
on a wave of hot pop.
BARS & CABARET
Cheap Mondays at Bloc Bar: 18
Free. Student cabaret night, all
welcome, hosted by Fagulous &
DJ Meth.
The City of Quebec: 12 Old Quebec
From 9pm. The newly refurbished
Comptons Says Relax at Comptons
of Soho: 51-53 Old Compton
Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. 12pm11.30pm. The real queen of
Soho. Bar £2.50 on popular
drinks from 5pm.
Backing The Stars at Halfway 2
Heaven: 7 Duncannon St. WC2.
7.30pm. Karaoke with singer
Kevin Walsh on hosting duties.
boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 cock-
tails 5-7pm all week.
Limehouse, E14 7NW. Local gay
bar in East London’s Limehouse.
Mrs Moore at Two Brewers: 114
Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ,
5pm-2am, £3 after 10pm. The
landmark south London cabaret,
bar and club.
W1V 3TG, 5pm-1am. All night
happy hour with 50% off cocktails
and selected drinks.
TUESDAY 9TH FEBRUARY
CLUBS & EVENTS
Bar Wotever at The Vauxhall Tavern:
372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall,
SE11 5HY. From 7pm, show at
8:30pm. £5. Genderbending
cabaret, live music and performance at the monumental
Vauxhall Tavern.
FREE. The party continues ‘til late
in the Ku basement.
Disco Spritz at Dalston Superstore:
9pm-2:30am. Free. Capelas,
Donna Leake and Chaka Khan’t
present a weeknight helping of
disco, soul and funk.
G-A-Y Late: 5 Goslett Yard, off
Charing Cross Road, WC2.
11pm – 3am. Free entry. Hot pop
sounds, drinks specials, cute guys
and a pop perfect atmosphere.
BARS & CABARET
Bloc Bar: 18 Kentish Town Road,
Camden, London, NW1 9NX.
5pm-1am, Free. Come cosy up
with a midweek pint at Bloc Bar.
3JN. Open ‘til 1am. Soho’s
intimate but packed-out bar/club
spot with the most amazing DJ
booth in town.
See you Next Tuesday at Halfway
2 Heaven: 7 Duncannon Street,
Charing Cross, WC2N 4JF. From
9pm. See you next Tuesday with
Bette Rinse and DJ LittleJohn
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BackCounter
Wednesday
Thursday
boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 cocktails all night.
Quiz Night at The Old Ship: –at 17
Barnes Street, Limehouse, E14
7NW. 9.30pm. Local gay bar in
East London’s Limehouse.
gay wonder.
Karaoke at Two Brewers: 114
Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ.
Bar open 4pm-2am. FREE b4
10pm, £3 after. Popular South
London cabaret/club spot.
W1V 3TG, 5pm-1am. Happy hour
until 9pm.
WEDNESDAY 10TH FEBRUARY
CLUBS & EVENTS
XXL at Pulse: 1 Invicta Plaza,
Southwark, SE1 9UF. 9pm-3am.
£15 guests, £8 members. Midweek grizzly fun for bears and
their admirers.
#GETLAID at Eagle London: 349
5QY. 9pm-2am. members free,
under 25’s free, guests £3 after
10pm. Where ladz #GetLaid! Try
something horny in the cinema,
or some exciting cruise areas to
explore.
Uncontrollable Urge at Dalston
Superstore: 117 Kingsland High
St, E8 2PB. 9pm-2:30am. Free.
Superstore’s late-night midweek
dose of sleaze from.
St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am. FREE.
The party continues ‘til late in the
Ku basement.
Cabaret Roulette: Books at The
Vauxhall Tavern: 372 Kennington
Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5HY. Doors
7:30pm. Show 8pm. £12 adv,
£15 OTD. A new kind of vaudevillian experience: artists are given
two months to develop a new
act on a single theme chosen in
advance.
BARS & CABARET
Bloc Bar: 18 Kentish Town Road,
Camden, London, NW1 9NX.
5pm-1am, Free. Come cosy up
with a midweek pint at Bloc Bar.
Wednesday Naughties at Central
Station: 37 Wharfdale Road, Kings
Cross, N1 9SD. Open ‘til 4am.
FREE b4 10pm. Cabaret then DJs
‘til late.
3JN. Open ‘til 1am. Soho’s
intimate but packed-out bar/club
spot with the most amazing DJ
booth in town
12pm-11.30pm. Super social pub
downstairs, chilled club lounge
upstairs with guest pianist tinkling
the ivories.
LIPSYNC1000! at The Glory: 281
Kingsland Road, Haggerston,
E2 8AS. Doors 5pm, show 8pm.
Free. LIPSYNC1000 is The Glory’s
Juggernaut, Dragship Contest in
which the hunt is on for new drag
talent and a give away £1000 to
one lucky star.
Whatever Wednesday at Halfway
2 Heaven: 7 Duncannon Street,
Charing Cross, WC2N 4JF.
From 9pm. TONIGHT: Whatever
Wednesday with Miss Penny and
Justin Swift.
Limehouse, E14 7NW. Quiz from
9.30pm. Local gay bar in East
London’s Limehouse.
gay wonder.
Street, SW4 7UJ. Bar open 4pm2am. FREE b4 10pm, £3 after.
club spot.
The Voice of The Village at The
Village: 81 Wardour Street, W1V
3TG, 5pm-1am. Karaoke with
the outrageous Robyn Banks from
9pm. Win a £50 bar tab.
West 5: Pope’s Lane, South Ealing,
W5 4NB. Open from 8pm. FREE.
Ealing’s hugely popular club, bar
and cabaret spot.
CLUBS & EVENTS
Clam Jam at Dalston Superstore:
9pm-2:30am. Free. The Premiere
Thursday night for lesbians and
their gay boyfriends.
G-A-Y Porn Idol at G-A-Y Heaven:
– 5am. Amateur strip night with
£100 prize money! To enter email
[email protected]
#KIT at Eagle London: 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11
5QY. 9pm-3am. Members free,
under 25’s free in trakies, sports,
rugby or footie kit, £5 after 10pm.
Eagle’s Sports Fetish night.
St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am. FREE.
The party continues ‘til late in the
Ku basement.
Gravity Afterhours at Fire: 39
Parry Street, London SW8 1RT.
1am-8am (Thursday night/Friday
morning). Gravity is set to shake
the clubbing rules once again,
giving Thursday nights a new
lease of life.
Mari Wilson – Ready, Steady Girls at
The Vauxhall Tavern: 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5HY.
Doors 7pm, show 8pm. Tickets
from £15. After her triumphant
show in 2015, Mari Wilson returns
to the Royal Vauxhall Tavern with
her show ‘Ready Steady Girls!’
Room Service at Club 49: 49 Greek
Street, Soho, W1D. 10pm-3am.
Don’t you dare miss this fiercely
social, sexy club spot, playing
edgy and upfront house. Expect
hot gogo eye candy and hosted by
fab scene faces.
BARS & CABARET
The Family Fierce at Bloc Bar: 18
£5. Cabaret from one of London’s
best performing troupes.
Official Room Service Pre-Party at
Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1.
4pm-4am. Thursday’s are the new
Friday’s at Soho’s intimate bar/
club spot with the most amazing
DJ booth in town.
Street, Marble Arch, W1H 7AF,
Soho.
G-A-Y Bar: 30 Old Compton Street.
12pm-2am. Free entry. Popular
pop music bar with non-stop hits
on the screens and a fun, flirty
atmosphere.
Backing The Stars at Halfway 2 Heaven: 7 Duncannon Street, Charing
Cross, WC2N 4JF. Popular central
London karaoke fun with Kevin
Walsh. Showtime at 8pm.
gay wonder.
Street, SW4 7UJ. Bar open 4pm2am. FREE b4 10pm, £3 after.
club spot.
Candy at The Village: 81 Wardour
Street, W1V 3TG, 5pm-2am. Snap
cackling pop & chart with Heidi
Liscious and the gorgeous gogo
boys.
Gossip at West 5: Pope’s Lane,
South Ealing, W5 4NB. Open from
8pm. FREE. Ealing’s hugely popular club, bar and cabaret spot.
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Fun with MA1
The home of Buff - your favourite horny, naked party - The Backstreet has
reopened and is busier than ever. Buff has been running for well over 10 years
now and with the introduction of Mega Buff, held on the first Sunday of the month,
things will be getting bigger and hornier than ever in 2016. The Backstreet boasts
a fully heated smokers terrace and playspace in addition to all the dark corners in
the club. With the summer just round the corner (!) it’s a great venue for those of
you who enjoy being naked outside.
If you’re into something a bit kinkier, then ClubCP is better than ever at The
Bunker Bar. The venue is currently in the middle of a redesign and now boasts more
space, a new bar and will very soon have its own video room. The perfect place to
spank the night away. Naturally there’s a big changing room and secure coatcheck
so everything is taken care of, and watch out for the extra Saturday Spank Club
coming up later in 2016. If you like a good spanking this is the club to be at!
Elsewhere, Suited, the infamous night for lads into suits and smart casuals, will
be making a return on Friday nights this Spring. Oh, and keep an eye out for the
return of SAS returns in April. If you’re into shagging around with skinheads, military
men, scallies, leather or rubber lads - or just lads with boots on – you’ll love it! Held
at Ted’s Place, It’s basically one giant, macho dark room - so get stuck in!
MA1 hold plenty of other nights and private events throughout the year including
the London Jack Off Club and the Naked Mates private social events. For more
information on all of MA1’s nights visit: www.ma1.co.uk.
It’s
basically
one giant,
macho
dark room
- so get
stuck in!
Your Guide to MA1 Events
Tuesdays
Club CP at Bunker Bar, 217, City Road,
Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. 7pm-11pm, £6
members/ £7 non-members. Spanking
and CP party for men, with a big play area,
video room, chill zones, private booths,
equipment and changing area. Closed first
Tuesday of the month.
Wednesdays
Buff at The Backstreet, Wentworth
Mews, London E3 4UA. 7pm-11pm, £9
members/£10 guests (free drink/coat check).
Horny, naked cruise party.
Saturdays
Buff at The Backstreet, Wentworth Mews,
London E3 4UA. 6pm-10pm, £9 members
/ £10 non-members (free drink/coat check),
free to 18-24 year-olds (excluding drink).
Horny, naked cruise party. Closed first
Saturday of the month.
Sundays
Mega Buff at The Backstreet, Wentworth
members/£10 guests (free drink/coat
check). Buff gets bigger and better with an
extended horny club night. First Sunday of
the month only.
Buff at The Backstreet, Wentworth
members/£10 guests (free drink/coat check).
Horny, naked cruise party. (Buff becomes
Mega Buff on the first Sunday of the month).
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LONDON SAUNA GUIDE
Get Your Rocks Off
WEDNESDAY 3RD FEBRUARY
The Backstreet: Buff at
Wentworth Mews, London
E3 4UA. 7pm-11pm, £9
members/£10 guests (free
drink/coat check). Horny,
naked cruise party.
Eagle London: #GetLaid
at 349 Kennington Lane,
Vauxhall, SE11 5QY.
9pm-2am. Members free,
Guests £3 after 10pm.
Where ladz #GetLaid! Try
something horny in the
cinema, or some exciting
cruise areas to explore.
The Hoist: Office/NBN
at Arches 47b & 47c, South
Lambeth Road, Vauxhall,
SW8 1RH. Office, 9pm-1am,
relax, chill and score after
work. NBN, 9pm-1am,
boots or trainers with jocks,
shorts or underwear.
The Underground Club:
Sweet Wednesday/
Hard Cruz at Central
Station, 37 Wharfdale Road,
Kings Cross, N1. Sweet
Wednesday, 1pm-9pm,
£20 trousers & £10 frocks.
A night for Tvs and their
admirers. Hard Cruz,
10pm-1am, free. Men only,
hard, up cruise night where
you can get it on.
Vault: Cruise/Underwear
at 139b-143 Whitfield
Street, W1T 5EN. Cruise,
1pm-7pm, £7. Followed by
Underwear, 7pm-1am, £8,
free drink, cloakroom and
re-entry. Get down to your
underwear.
Eagle London: #KIT
at 349 Kennington Lane,
Vauxhall, SE11 5QY.
under 25’s free in trakkies,
sports, rugby or footie gear,
£5 after 10pm. Sportswear
fetish night with a mix of
horny ladz, fit fella’s and
more.
Teds Place: TV/TS Party
Night at 305a North End
Road, W14 9NS. 7pm-2am.
£5. A horny night in the
cruisey basement club in
West London.
Pants/Spankz/Come To
Daddy at 37 Wharfdale
Road, Kings Cross, N1.
Pants, 12pm-6pm, £4 or
£2 b4 2pm, underwear
fun. Spankz, 6pm-10pm,
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£25 b4 7pm & £7 after, CP
night for rougher, tougher
play. Come To Daddy,
10pm-2am, £5, for bears,
daddies, big boys, chubs
and chasers.
Vault: Cruise/Stripped at
139b-143 Whitfield Street,
W1T 5EN. Cruise, 1-7pm,
£7. Followed by Stripped,
7pm-1am, £8. Free drink,
cloakroom and re-entry.
Get nude and rude. Strictly
naked, except footwear.
FRIDAY 5TH FEBRUARY
Eagle London: Men Inc.
with Little John & Andy
Garbi at 349 Kennington
Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY.
8pm-late. Free before 10pm
- £5 after. Free for Eagle
London members before
midnight. Men Inc. the UK’s
hottest all-man party social
sizzles with a fresh DJ line up.
The Hoist: First Friday
Fister Feast at Arches
47b & 47c, South Lambeth
Road, Vauxhall, SW8 1RH.
10pm-3am. Expect a busy
night with lots of fetish guys
not only for fisting.
The Underground
Club: Pants/City Boys
at 37 Wharfdale Road,
Kings Cross, N1. Pants,
12pm-6pm, £4 or £2 b4
2pm, underwear fun. City
Boys, 7pm-12am, £6
members/£8 non-members.
London’s original longrunning after-work Suit &
Tie club.
Vault: Cruise at 139b143 Whitfield Street, W1T
5EN. 1pm-1am, £7 b4
7pm/£8 after, free drink,
Horny cruise spot minute’s
from the West End.
SATURDAY 6TH FEBRUARY
Eagle London: First
Bang with DJ Diego
Summers at 349
Kennington Lane, Vauxhall,
SE11 5QY. 9pm-4am, £5,
advanced, £8 OTD. Free
before 11pm for Eagle
members! Eagle London’s
hottest ever performance
with International Porn Star
and DJ Diego Summers.
The Hoist: Boys & Sirs
/ Hoist Black at South
SW8 1RH. Boys & Sirs at
2pm-7pm, Weekly meet for
those into spanking / cp /
punishment. Hoist Black,
10pm-4am. Dressy! Macho!
Strict! The toughest dress
code in the world. Leather,
rubber, skin, uniform,
industrial. Or just your boots
and jocks. Hosted by Master
Armin (2 Arches).
The Underground
Club: Pants/Shoot! at
37 Wharfdale Road, Kings
Cross, N1. Pants,12pm6pm, £4, underwear fun.
Shoot!, 7pm-12am, £6/£8
non-members. The original
London Sportswear fetish
club - Get yer kit on & cum!
Union: Hard On at
66 Albert Embankment,
Vauxhall, SE1 7TP. 10pm –
late, £15 for members and
£20 for guests. America’s
hottest porn model Dolf
Dietrich coming over
especially to do a horny sex
show just for us! DJs Brent
Nicholls and world famous
guest DJ Jack Chang.
Vault: Cruise at 139b-143
Whitfield Street, W1T 5EN.
1pm-1am. £7 b4 7pm/£8
after. Free drink, cloakroom,
re-entry. Dark corners, catch
a dirty movie, indulge your
carnal side.
SUNDAY 7TH FEBRUARY
The Backstreet: Mega
Buff at Wentworth
Mews, London E3
4UA. 4pm-10pm, £9
drink/coat check). Buff gets
bigger and better with an
extended horny club night.
Every First Sunday.
Eagle London: Horse
Meat Disco at 349
SE11 5QY. 8pm-3am. £6 all
night. Expect a magical night
of music and an eclectic mix
of beautiful people.
Supremely special guests
visit from all over the world
to experience the unbridled
joy that emerges every
Sunday in this corner of
Vauxhall.
The Hoist: SBN / NBN
at Arches 47b & 47c, South
SW8 1RH. SBN, 2pm-1am,
like SBN but twice the fun
and twice the space. NBN,
7pm-1am, Boots or trainers
with jocks, shorts, underwear
or naked if you dare.
CHARIOTS
Situated in four prime locations around the capital,
Chariots is the undisputed emperor of London’s
sauna empire! More steam, towels and muscles
than you can shake a locker key at!
www.chariots.co.uk
Shoreditch: 1 Fairchild St, EC2A 3NS.
12pm – 8am Monday to Thursday, 12pm – 9pm
Friday to Sunday.
£19 entry.
Vauxhall: Rail Arches 63-64,
Albert Embankment SE1 7TP
12pm–8am Monday to Thursday, then 12pm-8am
Monday.
£19 entry.
Waterloo: 101 Lower Marsh, SE1 7AB.
24 hours all week.
£14 entry.
Streatham: Rear of 292 Streatham High Road,
SW16 6HG.
11am – midnight Monday to Thursday,
then 11am Friday til’ midnight Sunday.
£15 entry.
PLEASUREDROME
124 Cornwall Road, SE1 8XE.
Widely regarded as the city’s most famous sauna,
providing fun in a clean and classy environment!
www.pleasuredrome.com
24 hours all week.
£17 entry, £12 under 25’s with proof of age.
£12 with QX advert.
STABLE
29 Endell St, WC2H 9BA.
Sexy steamy fun tucked away in the heart of
London’s classiest shopping district. Who’d have
thought it! For opening times and pricing see
website, www.thestable.london
LOCKER ROOM
8 Cleaver St, SE11 4DP.
Cosy sauna in a convenient corner of Kennington.
Lock yourself into the Locker Room for fun and frolics.
www.lockerroomsauna.com
11am-12am Monday to Thursday, 24 hours Friday –
Sunday (closes midnight Sunday).
£13 entry, £20 weekend pass.
SWEATBOX
1 – 2 Ramillies Street, W1F 7LN.
Soho’s only sauna attracts a young hot crowd with
its ambient lighting and under 25 discounts. There’s
even a mirrored room! Scintillating.
www.sweatboxsoho.com
24 hours all week.
£17 entry 24hr pass, £19 - 48hr pass.
£10 for under 25’s.
Wanna get down and dirty?
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Teds Place: Chill Out
at 305a North End Road.
7pm-2am, £3 b4 10pm, £5
after, mixed/gay crowd of
cruisey guys.
Streams Of Pleasure at
37 Wharfdale Road, Kings
Cross, N1. 1pm-11pm. £7.
Yellow fun for waterworks
fans.
Vault: Underwear/Cruise
at 139b-143 Whitfield Street,
W1T 5EN. Underwear,
1-7pm, £7. Cruise,
7pm-1am, £8, free drink,
cloakroom and re-entry, just
pants b4 7pm, then cruise
‘til late.
MONDAY 8TH FEBRUARY
Eagle London: Hot N’
Hairy at 349 Kennington
guests free B4 10pm, £5
after. Hosted by Luis Busto
& Kurt Bearfest. f body hair
and makes you horny this
is the night for you! It’s the
hottest Monday night fur
fetish sexy social.
Teds Place: TV/TS
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Hi Dr Alex,
I was on holiday recently and got high and hooked up
with a guy. Although we started using condoms we soon
stopped because we were having sex pretty much all
day. No excuse I know. Anyways I woke up to realise that
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Hi,
Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
is a way to reduce your risk
of picking up HIV by taking
an anti-HIV medicine called
Truvada. Research so far
shows that it is very effective
and reduces HIV transmission
by 86%. There are two ways
that you can take PreP. Either
continuous use which means
taking a tablet every day or
intermittent use that means
taking two tablets between 2
and 24 hours before sex and
then one a day for two days
after the unsafe sex.
PreP is not a substitute for
using condoms and it won’t
protect you from other sexually
transmitted infections but it is
very useful for guys who put
themselves at risk of HIV by not
using condoms. And we know
this is much more likely if you
party and play, a worryingly
growing scene across London.
And yes I agree with you
that PreP not being available
Some guys clinic hop and
visit NHS sexual health clinics
saying they need PEP and then
only use the Truvada. But this
is unethical and there are a
couple of legitimate options
available. Firstly there is a
private PreP clinic at Dean
Street Sexual health clinic
https://getprep.uk/
“PreP is not a substitute for using
condoms and it won’t protect you from
other sexually transmitted infections.”
on the NHS is outrageous.
We know from studies across
the world that it radically
cuts the numbers of new HIV
cases. The NHS is considering
the issue and there are now
campaign groups to push for
it to be made available (www.
iwantprepnow.co.uk)
The service is subsidised
but it will still cost you £400
a month for 40 tablets. There
are other options available
too. I suggest you check the
Iwantprepnow website as this
has all the information about
PreP and where you can safety
buy it and use it.
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