White Mischief "Around The World In Eighty Days"

Ebony Bones, Oojami, Tough Love, aerial acrobatics, snake dancing, sword swallowing, seven vaudeville acts, seven DJs and seven bands over four rooms and two stages
Host:
Type:
Network:
Global
Start Time:
Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 8:00pm
End Time:
Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 3:00am
Location:
Scala
Street:
275 Pentonville Road
City/Town:
London, United Kingdom

Description

White Mischief "Around The World In 80 Days"
Saturday 7 June, 2008: 20:00 to 03:00
http://www.WhiteMischief.info

"Event of the week, the month, the year" - TIME OUT

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WHAT IS WHITE MISCHIEF?

Hosted by the band Tough Love, White Mischief is a one night indoor festival combining unique live musical acts with some of the most astonishing vaudeville and circus performers around.
http://www.whitemischief.info/faq/what-is-white-mischief

It is hosted at Scala, where we take over and theme four rooms using set dressers who worked on Punchdrunk. The venue has an outdoor patio for smokers.
http://www.whitemischief.info/faq/about-the-venue-scala

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LIVE MUSICAL ARTISTES - Drawn from ALL FOUR CORNERS of the GLOBE!

Oojami - Turkish/London musical hybrid beloved of the bellydancing crowd, blending percussion and Sufi dancing
http://www.whitemischief.info/videos/oojami

Ebony Bones - Style icon like Bow Wow Wow meets Grace Jones
http://www.whitemischief.info/videos/ebony-bones

Tough Love - hosts of White Mischief, chanting worldbeat "tribal pop" with two drummers
http://www.whitemischief.info/bands/introducing-your-hosts-tough-love

The Outside Royalty - From Pennsylvania via a squalid Victorian flat in Archway, "electro chamber rock" with cello and violin
http://www.whitemischief.info/videos/the-outside-royalty

Hooligan Night - sleazy bass-driven electro dub fronted by delinquent showgirl Ruby Blues, co-creator of Glastonbury's Trash City area
http://www.whitemischief.info/bands/hooligan-night

Ta Mere - From Paris, this semi-acoustic "petit gypsy string" orchestra will encounter partygoers spontaneously
http://www.whitemischief.info/videos/ta-mere

Tricity Vogue - cabaret hit of Volupte and Pigalle brings her "cheeky jazz" with ukelele and trombone from her "Slinktet"
http://www.whitemischief.info/videos/tricity-vogue

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ASTONISHING VAUDEVILLE ACTS arriving by EVERY means of CONVEYANCE!

Miss Behave - Guinness world record holding sword swallower, about to do her own run at the Roundhouse
http://www.whitemischief.info/performers/miss-behave

The Penny Dreadfuls - "Victorian sketch comedy troupe", stars of Radio 4's "The Brothers Faversham"
http://www.whitemischief.info/performers/the-penny-dreadfuls

Miss Amundsen, Bipolarexplorer - Aerial acrobat who plays accordion while suspended above the audience
http://www.whitemischief.info/performers/miss-amundsen-bipolarexplorer

Sefi - Snake dancer with a real live serpent
http://www.whitemischief.info/performers/sefi-snake-dancer

Dusty Limits - notorious, acid-tongued cabaret singer and host
http://www.whitemischief.info/videos/dusty-limits

Ophelia Bitz - recently appeared in the Tiger Lillies show, Ms. Bitz will be curating and hosting the Hall of Oracles
http://www.whitemischief.info/performers/unveiling-the-hall-of-oracles
http://www.whitemischief.info/performers/ophelia-bitz

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DANCING late into the night with our Disc Jockeys

Todd Hart - blogger on the Dalston Oxfam Shop blog, DJ at Durr, runs African party Manifesto
http://www.whitemischief.info/djs/todd-hart

Lady Kamikaze - "Black Cotton Club" host will spin her incomparable selection of vintage jazz
http://www.whitemischief.info/djs/lady-kamikaze

Scratchy - "the rock and roll of the world" from the Gypsy Hotel resident DJ and former tour DJ with The Clash
http://www.whitemischief.info/djs/scratchy

Theodora Goes Wild and Sheriff Marshal Lawman - comprising Theo of the Shellac Sisters with her husband, co-founder of Nashville-on-Thames.
http://www.whitemischief.info/djs/theodora-goes-wild-and-sheriff-marshal-lawman

Dickon Edwards - Fosca, formerly Orlando, "dysfunctional dandy", eloquent blogger, brilliant DJ
http://www.whitemischief.info/djs/dickon-edwards

The Broken Hearts - fresh from a Mute Records single with Whitey, these Technicolor icons are known for their Djing at Loss and Rakehell's Revels
http://www.whitemischief.info/videos/the-broken-hearts

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Tickets £15 in advance. Groups of five or more can benefit from group discounts. As previous shows have sold out and tickets on the door are more expensive, please book in advance.

For information on ticket booking see http://www.whitemischief.info/ticket-info

VIP room tickets sold out but regular tickets and group bookings still available. For information on group tickets please visit: http://www.whitemischief.info/tickets/ordering-discounted-group-tickets-for-white-mischief

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Dressing up is not compulsory but certainly encouraged - for dressup inspirations visit:
http://www.whitemischief.info/videos/around-the-world-in-80-days-dressup-inspirations

Recommendations for costume rental / purchase and vintage shops available at http://www.whitemischief.info/we-recommend/dressup-costume-hire-and-vintage-stores
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Flyers:

Back http://www.whitemischief.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wm3_huge_back.jpg
Front http://www.whitemischief.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wm3_huge_front.jpg

Other Information

  • Guests are allowed to bring friends to this event.

Event Type

This is an open event. Anyone can join and invite others to join.