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QX_1147_Cover.indd 1 28/02/2017 15:36 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 2 28/02/2017 15:29 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 3 28/02/2017 15:29 The Informer.

New HIV vaccine leaves five test patients ‘virus-free’ Trump rolls back laws protecting transgender teens

In yet another shocking move against minority groups, international embarrassment and pretend politician Donald Trump has revoked the Scientists at the IrsiCaixa Aids Research Institute in Barcelona have developed landmark guidelines brought in by Barack Obama relating to transgender a new vaccine for HIV, by combining two HIV vaccines with a drug used to guidelines. The revolutionary rules protected the rights of transgender combat cancer. The vaccine has had exciting results – after being treated with students in schools, giving them the right to use whichever bathroom the vaccine, five of the 24 patients tested immediately became undetectable, matched their gender identity. The Trump Administration scrapped this on their immune systems stopping the spread of the virus. Then 15 were treated Wednesday. The only explanation came from badly-educated education with a booster dose in an attempt to “flush out” the virus. In 10 it returned, secretary Betsy Devos, who said “This is an issue best solved at the state and but 5 are now seemingly virus-free, with no need to take medication. local level.” It’s not though. It’s basic human rights. A promising development in the fight against HIV and AIDS!

A third of the UK’s population think being gay is a choice

A recent YouGov study of the public’s attitude towards sexuality revealed some shocking results. When asked, “Is being gay a result of genetics, upbringing or personal choice”, a mindblowing 31% answered “Personal choice”. Now, as we all know, being gay is not a choice. And people understanding this is key to the fight against homophobia. It raises some interesting questions on the public’s attitude towards LGBT issues. Unsurprisingly, when the participants’ political views were factored in, it was found the majority of UKIP voters thought being gay was a choice. What a mess.

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QX_1147_Informer.indd 4 28/02/2017 15:28 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 5 28/02/2017 17:06 The Problem With

DylanDylan JonesJones deconstructs an antiquated custom

For all London’s frenetic flaws, one thing lazy, it’s considered coolly uncaring. If you go out in a suit, people that can be said for it, is that it’s an imaginative and unselfconsciously just assume you’re Keith Richards’ son, or that you’ve just been to fashionable city. Anything goes really. The seasoned, streetwise the Brit Awards. At the time of writing, velvet chokers and pastel residents have accepted that it’s too much of a melting pot to be pink baseball caps are very in, but that might all have changed by militant about something as trivial as clothing. next week. Part of the joy of London is that you can get away with Of course, it depends on the context. Marching down Brixton anything. There’s always an aesthetic rabbit-hole to hurl yourself High Street at midday on a Sunday in full drag, would probably be down, bangles jingling and scarves swinging. inadvisable. And you COULD storm through South Kensington’s The result of this bohemian fashion free-for-all is infinitely more sleepily affluent tree-lined streets in camoflage cargo pants and a interesting than a monochrome world of suits and cocktail dresses. pair of brothel creepers, but Sienna Miller might call the community There’s so much more to look at, and so much more opportunity for officers on you. Or at the very least, organize a freetrade, ethically- self-expression and creativity; both of which are extremely important sourced neighbourhood watch meeting. in a world which seems to increasingly be rewarding mediocrity. But for the most part, nobody in London gives a toss what you’re Given all of this, it’s surprising that anywhere at all still bothers wearing. And it shows in the city’s social subsections. Restaurant enforcing dresscodes, but believe it or not it does still happen. and theatre culture has become markedly less stuffy since the It’s at its most prevalent in Leicester Square’s uniquely bleak and cumbersome cummerbund days of British high society. Even the misguided straight venues, and a few others around the rest of West opera is a fairly louche affair. Whilst there are still mink stoles to and Central London. be spotted on the porcelain shoulders of certain socialites, many For the most part, all it entails is a sign at the entrance, usually have been tossed aside in favour of neon faux-fur or perhaps a addressing men. They’ll read something like “Smart casual. Men must commercially ironic Moschino McDonalds affair. not wear jeans or trainers” and it’s as simple as that. But, while it’s the The nightclubs too, have bottled away their conformity in favour accepted norm in many places, I find this seemingly innocuous and of an eclectic cocktail of colour. You could wear absolutely anything reasonable request utterly ludicrous. on the East London nightlife scene and not look out of place. Let’s use the “no trainers” requirement as an example. I expect Even if Kellyanne Conway went dressed as Kellyanne Conway, what they mean when they say they want “no trainers” is “no trashed people would whoop with delight, thinking she was a particularly Essex boys in white JD Sport high-tops, stumbling in and vomiting dead-on drag queen, taking a daring dig at conservative values. KFC everywhere” (a type of assumption which of course has its own If you go out in tracksuit bottoms, it’s not considered cheap or problematic class stereotype issues.) But fashion is far too nuanced to

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QX_1147_Dresscode.indd 6 28/02/2017 16:01 “ What if, say, Kanye West turned up in a pair of Christian Louboutin’s Louis Strass trainers (RRP £1,895) with Kim Kardashian and twenty paparazzi in tow. Would they turn him away?”

be that black and white and objective about it. Not unlike dressing in gowns. In doing this, they’re not only assuming that we identify with London, it’s all about context. Fashion depends on who’s wearing it, conventional gender norms, but that we wish to comply with them. and how it’s being worn. What if, say, Kanye West turned up in a pair Who gets to decide that this is the done thing? Who says men must of Christian Louboutin’s Louis Strass trainers (RRP £1,895) with Kim wear three bits of fabric, with another long thin bit of fabric hanging Kardashian and twenty paparazzi in tow. Would they turn him away? down the middle, and that we should just accept that? Personally, I’ve actually witnessed something not dissimilar to this first-hand. whilst I do happen to identify as male, I’ve felt uncomfortable in suits A couple of weeks ago, at around midnight on a Friday, a friend since childhood, so for black tie events I usually just wear black skinny and I rocked up at a swanky cocktail bar in Soho. He’s a Grammy- jeans with an open shirt and lots of jewellery. I get looks from people nominated music producer and recording artist. He wasn’t allowed sometimes, but who cares. If I were to wear a suit, I’d feel constricted, in because he was wearing a pair of trainers. He was also wearing and wouldn’t have a good time, and certainly wouldn’t be a fun guest. a custom-cut Armani suit and, being a high profile person, would And would that not defeat the whole purpose of the event? have lent an electric atmosphere to the venue and boosted their Similarly, why are women expected to wear revealing gowns and profile. People inside were already excitedly glancing over, taking oppressively uncomfortable heels? In fact, many people are starting surreptitious photos on their phones. to question this, and it’s something that’s become less and less But this, apparently, was of no consequence, because he was imperative in recent years. High profile women like Tilda Swinton and wearing the wrong sort of material on his feet. I was wearing a charity Janelle Monae have frequently broken the mould at events like The shop shirt that I bought for £2, and some jeans with ketchup on them, Oscars and The Grammys, and have looked fabulous doing it. but they said I was allowed in, because I happened to be wearing a As far as I’m concerned, dresscodes are acceptable in one pair of All Saints boots from 2011. The whole thing was completely capacity, and one capacity only; themed events. Like a 1940s swing ridiculous, and it’s a perfect example of how these venues are night. Or a fetish night. Because at least you know what you’re shooting themselves in the foot (trainered or otherwise.) getting. You’ve sought out that event, because it’s what you feel like But it’s not just the fact that the concept doesn’t match the city’s wearing. You’re CHOOSING to dress a certain way because you’re laissez-faire punk throwback mantra. It’s a concept that doesn’t work passionate about the time period, or because it turns you on. Not in our blurred 2017 reality. Dresscodes, by their very nature, rely because antiquated and ultimately useless societal rules are forcing on gender roles, and the various constraints and social constructs you to. Fashion as we know it today wasn’t born out of uniform tied in with that. Events like weddings or award ceremonies come to conformity, it was born out of hedonistic, selfish, indulgent desire. And mind. The dresscode requires men to wear suits and women to wear that’s what it should always be about.

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QX_1147_Dresscode.indd 7 28/02/2017 16:02 Daniel Liam Glyn’s Changing Stations

aniel Liam Glyn is a music represent the nuances of each line. Meet the gay producer with Grapheme Colour “I’ve composed each one using the colour DSynaesthesia. This means he sees from the map,” Dan told us “e.g. A equals musician creating sound in colour. “I perceive musical notes red, which equals Central Line, which equals a unique and key signatures in colour,” he said “along A Major. I’ve also used the thoughts and with letters, words and numbers.” feelings from each colour and underground soundmap of He has used this as a tool in his latest journey when decided my style for each project, “Changing Stations”. It’s a carefully piece. So F equals dark green, which equals the London conceived 11 track album, with each tune a District Line, which equals F# Minor…a sonorous representation of a different line gloomy key, and a slow, lethargic journey Underground on the underground! They’re supposed to full of delays.

To find out more about Dan’s intriguing project and to listen to some of his tracks, head to changingstations.london

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QX_1147 Changing Station.indd 8 28/02/2017 15:31 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 9 28/02/2017 15:33 CLUB NEWS

Friday 3rd March

A:M

12 hours, 6 DJs, 2 Rooms, 1 epic time at A:M! That was actually a bit cheesy, wasn’t it. Like the over-excited voiceover on an advert for Alton Towers. Let’s start again. A:M is the marathon clubbing session every Saturday in Vauxhall, starting at 11 at night and rolling on until 11 the next morning; or brunch time if you prefer. They’ve always got some of the hottest house DJs spinning and the dance floors are always a heaving mass of gorgeous, topless men. It’s the sort of party that makes your straight friends scared to go to Vauxhall. That’s reason enough to head down.

A:M is on Friday 3rd March at Protocol, 6a South Lambeth Road, SW8 1SP, 11pm-11am, adv tickets £4 before 1am, £8 after or £13 OTD

Friday 3rd March

The Lipsinkers

The Lipsinkers are a London institution, like the Bakerloo Line or those blue plastic bags you get from the off license. They don’t just lip-sync for their lives, but, even more importantly, they lip-sync for their livelihoods and have been doing so for the past ten years. Their shows are always a complete scream, with each performance always messily different from the last. And what’s more, after the show, Dawn Amber Harvey, David Robson, and Richardette will be keeping the campery coming until 4am, playing all your pop faves.

The Lipsinkers is on Friday 3rd March at Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY, 9pm-4am, Show 10pm, £8/6 conc, £5 after midnight

Friday 3rd March

Blocheads

If there’s a better way of kicking off your weekend than dancing to a thumping mix of house, techno, and disco in an intimate and up-all-night East London basement underneath a Turkish supermarket, then we haven’t heard it. If you have, then let us know. Write us a letter or something. Otherwise, we’ll stick to Blocheads, where every Friday, Hifi Sean (pictured), Stevie B, Martyn Fitzgerald and the occasional special guest whip up a sparkling storm on City Road. Have at it.

Blocheads is on Friday 3rd March at East Bloc, 217 City Road, EC1V 1JN, 11pm-6am, £5 Before 1am, £10 After

10 For full listings see Musts & Maybes, pages 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. qxmagazine.com

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Friday 3rd March

SWEAT

SWEAT’s back at Superstore this Friday for another steamy sojourn and as per, they’ve got a stellar list of DJs from all over to get you on the floor and keep you glued there until closing. Downstairs, you’ll be admiring the perspiring when Akirahawks, of Berlin party Buttons, brings his slick mix of disco house to town, along with fellow Berliner Tim Saturday 4th March Vitá (pictured). Upstairs, SWEAT founder Pavliné, Debbie Tafanik, and Nic Fisher will be spinning more disco Our Debbie’s back again, settled all nicely into her new home at Eagle madness. Humidity’s rising, London. The first rule of Debbie: they don’t play any male-fronted songs. The barometer’s getting low, second rule: they don’t play ANY male-fronted songs. The third rule of Debbie: SWEAT’s the place to go! if someone yells stop, goes limp, taps out, then the fight is over. Apart from that, anything goes, and they put on a right mixed bag of pop, rock, and disco. Sweat is on Friday They’ll play songs you remember, songs you thought you’d forgotten, songs 3rd March at Dalston you had tried to forget, and Blondie. That one’s pretty much a dead-cert. Go Superstore, 117 pay Debbie a visit this Saturday for a disco of arm-flailing proportions. Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB, 9pm-3am, Debbie is on Saturday 4th March at Eagle London, 349 Kennington Free Before 11, Lane, SE11 5QY, 9pm-4am. Free before 10pm, £6 after. £7 After

Saturday 4th March

XXL St David’s Day

Your local bear-cave needs you! This week, the bears behind one of London’s best weekly parties are celebrating St David’s Day, so think sing-song accents, throbbing coal-smeared arms, curly- haired rugby players, and all kinds of other tired Welsh stereotypes. We could go on. But we won’t. Expect to hear some welsh pop icons in the Fur Lounge, from Shirley Bassey, Catatonia, and Kylie’s Mum, as well as the usual fare of hairy men and party sounds in the main arch. And if you want a bit of it all before the weekend, they’ve got a mid- week session every Wednesday, where members can get in for free. It’s a bit more laid-back, but it’s still got that distinct XXL vibe we know and love!

XXL Mid-Week is on Wednesday 1st March, 9pm-3am, Members Free, Non-Members £5 XXL St David’s Day is on Saturday 4th March, 10pm-7am, Members £10, Non-Members £15 Both at Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, South Bank, SE1 9UF

For full listings see Musts & Maybes, pages 50-54 or the What’s On section at www.qxmagazine.com 11 For listings on the go, download the free QX GAY LONDON app at the iTunes store. qxmagazine.com

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Saturday 4th March

Glory Lates

There’s another packed schedule of elaborate silliness down on the Haggerston Riviera this Saturday. Earlier in the evening, comedy crustaceans Sex Shells continue their residency, shining their tongue- inbetween-cheeks wit on every nook and cranny of the gay Saturday 4th March scene. After that, crumble connoisseur and kazoo R&She superstar Lorraine Bowen (pictured) will be doing some The three horsemen of the East-Blocalypse, QBoy, David Oh, and of her nutty numbers down Neil Prince, roll back onto City Road this Saturday for another fresh in the basement, all followed helping of cuts from the undoubted queens of Hip-Hop and R&B. This by a homodisco into the wee month round, they’ve got scene legend Jeffrey Hinton spinning a hours. The Glory really does set too. Name an iconic London club night, and he’s probably done spoil you. it before. Queer Nation, Circus, Taboo, the list is endless. You’re guaranteed a packed basement with back-to-back-to-back killer Glory Lates is on Saturday anthems with R&She. Head down to see why it’s gained a reputation 4th March at The Glory, as one of the most-adored nights in East London! 281 Kingsland Road, E2 8A2, 5pm-2am, Free R&She is on Saturday 4th March at East Bloc, 217 City Before 10pm, £5 After Road, EC1V 1JN, 11pm-6am, £5 Before Midnight, 10 After

Saturday 4th March

BRÜT Saturdays

Far from being in hiberation, hot husky night BRÜT have been busy gearing up their new home – a brand new club space in Vauxhall! Exciting stuff. It’s under one of Vauxhall’s trademark vaulted Saturday 4thth MarchMarch railway arches, with two rooms and a Beyond AAmazoniamazonia killer soundsystem. Perfect for Brüt’s Beyond are delvingdli into it the thA Amazon this thi Saturday,S td bringing bii a tantalisingly t tliil sexy, cruisey, urban- tropical paradise to this corner of Elephant and Castle. They’re taking over the underground vibes. faded grandeur of the Coronet Theatre and once again filling it with 3,000 They’ll be pulling gorgeous, uber-toned men two-stepping to hard-hitting house and techno. out all the stops to introduce you all to their new home, with DJs Hifi In the main room, Tony English tops the bill, and will be accompanied by Sean, Ross Jones, Paul Heron, Ben Jamin and DJ Dreadful. It’s not Gonzalo, Michel Mizrahi and Nic Fisher. The party goes on and on and every day a new space opens up on the gay scene, so get down there and on at Fire afterwards, for all those who still ain’t got their fill. Beyond major! experience it for yourselves!

Beyond Amazonia is on Saturday 4th March at The Coronet, Brüt London, 65 Goding Street, SE11 5AW. 10pm – 5am. 28 New Kent Road, SE1 6TJ, 11pm-6am, £11 adv tickets £15 adv tickets.

12 For full listings see Musts & Maybes, pages 46-50 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. qxmagazine.com

QX_1147_Club News.indd 12 28/02/2017 16:53 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 13 28/02/2017 17:03 David LaChapelle, Lady Bunny and more gather at the launch of Daniel Lismore’s new book

21/02/17 The London EDITION, 10 Berners Street, Fitzrovia, W1T 3NP

Words by Dylan Jones Photos by Victor Hensel-Coe

Fashion icon Daniel Lismore brought socialites, celebrities and industry legends flocking to Fitzrovia’s effortlessly sleek London EDITION Hotel last week for the launch of his book Be Yourself, Everyone Else Is Already Taken. An unapologetically luxurious commodity, the beautifully embossed book is a kaleidoscopic chronicle of Daniel’s head-turning looks throughout his years as designer, model and muse. Jodie Harsh spun her unique brand of homolicious house and debauched disco on the decks while David LaChapelle air kissed Lady Bunny, as models pouted from behind their cocktails and fashion journalists pretended they didn’t want the canapés. Daniel held court at the doorway, graciously making a point of chatting to not just every single guest, but to every single guest’s plus one. Much like Daniel himself, the entire evening exuded true, genuine glamour, and uncontrived class.

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QX_1147_Lismore Signing.indd 14 28/02/2017 15:54 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 15 28/02/2017 17:48 XXL 25/04/17 Pulse Nightclub, 1 Invtica Plaza, SE1 9UF

Photos by Joel Ryder

XXL! The go-to location for unadulterated hedonism and unapologetic homo disco. They’ve got air cannons, they’ve got strobe lights, they’ve got drinks, they’ve got music…all the mod cons! DJ Dave Robson usually plays a bit of Kylie. Can’t go wrong with a bit of Kylie. The gays love her, or so we hear. Anyway last Saturday was no exception. In fact it was even MORE high octane than ever! Packed with loads of lovely ursine gentlemen. We can’t think of a better Saturday. CAN YOU?

“MORE HIGH OCTANE THAN EVER!”

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QX_1147_Club Reviews_New.indd 16 28/02/2017 17:45 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 17 28/02/2017 15:40 A:M 24/02/17 Fire, 6A South Lambeth Road, SW8 1SP

Photos by Chris Jepson

London’s most hedonistic Friday party was going OFF last week. It was, as the kids would say, LIT. The dancefloor was packed as always “IT WAS, AS THE KIDS WOULD SAY, LIT” with late-night revelers, brandishing drinks and taking phone numbers. Well, no-one takes phone numbers anymore. People follow each other on Instagram…THAT’S what they were doing. And in the true style of clubbing leviathans Orange Nation, there was no shortage of lascivious lighting, paired with the scene’s best DJs. A win win! Well done kids.

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QX_1147_Club Reviews_New.indd 18 28/02/2017 17:45 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 19 28/02/2017 15:40 Beyond 26/02/17 Fire, 6A South Lambeth Place, SW8 1SP

Photos by Chris Jepson

Why do you always do this to us Beyond? You’re not allowed to have so many hot men. It’s just not fair. Because, like, there are only so many hours in one night. So many men, so little time. Maybe that could be QX’s slogan. Beyond was…well… BEYOND! As you can see from the gorgey pics, there were lots of ripple- muscled lotharios out and about. Apparently bandanas are back too. We didn’t get the memo.

“SO MANY MEN, SO LITTLE TIME”

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QX_1147_Club Reviews_New.indd 20 28/02/2017 17:46 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 21 28/02/2017 15:43 Bunny Hop 24/02/17 East Bloc, 217 City Road, EC1V 1JN

Words by Maciek Groman Photos by [HAWT!]Photographry

Having finished her London tour with a surprise show at Her Upstairs, this mega-super-massive drag legend hopped over to East Bloc to give us an ahmalzing DJ - Lady Bunny, you’re bedazzling, fabulous, drop- dead hillarious and spectacular! There was literally nobody on the dancefloor who wasn’t shaking their groove thang! That sexy, sexy mix of 90s classics and chart-topping tunes brough LITERALLY all of the hot boys to the East Bloc yard. Booze was flowing, butts were shaking, queens were prancing. Lady Bunny, can we have you over, more often, pretty please?

“BEDAZZLING, FABULOUS, DROP-DEAD HILLARIOUS AND SPECTACULAR!”

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QX_1147_Club Reviews_New.indd 22 28/02/2017 17:46 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 23 28/02/2017 15:39 WUT Club 24/02/17 Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB

Words by Maciek Groman Photos by [HAWT!]Photography

O.M.G.! Dalston Superstore LITERALLY has never seen queues this long! This Friday everyone, and I repeat, everyone in town wanted to get in on the hawt action and debauchery brought to you by the hawttest night in town - WUT Club. This time it was a perverted ride through the Peep Show and all the cool cats, drag queens and club kids got their kits off, put on those come-fuck-me boots, slapped some paint on their faces and teased us all night with their seductive, sensual and vulgar extravaganza… Oooph! The amazing Cain Jennings and AttackAttackAttack totally swept us off our feet YET AGAIN, by making this juicy smorgasboard of hot peeps and ultra-creative individuals possible. Now, the next one is on the 10th of March, you’ll be heading to The Glory for a night under the theme of Sports Day, hosted by the one and only Aquaria, coming to you straight from NYC! Put on those baseball caps, jockstraps, cheerleader skirts, rollerblades and grab the pom-poms and footballs and let’s tackle each other stupid on the dancefloor!

“JUICY SMORGASBOARD OF HOT PEEPS AND ULTRA-CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS”

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QX_1147_Club Reviews_New.indd 24 28/02/2017 17:46 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 25 28/02/2017 15:44 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 26 28/02/2017 17:07 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 27 28/02/2017 17:08 RAISING THE BAR

The Glory 281 Kingsland Road, Haggerston E2 8AS

You’ll have heard of the Glory by now if you’re an avid QX reader (is ANYONE an avid QX reader? ANYONE? Anyone for drag? Oh well, have another drink). We love the Glory! Mostly because they’re gorgey – a beautiful, eccentric grotto of a venue, Saucy Sophie run by talented people who care. They’re now The Old Ship into week three of their 17 Barnes Street, Limehouse E14 7NW annual dragstravaganza, LIPSYNC1000! As the Hoist the mainsails and crank the crankshaft (?!) it’s The Old Ship! We’ve never name suggests, it’s a been on a ship before. We’ve been on a ferry…does that count? But we HAVE lipsync contest where the been to the Old Ship in Limehouse! It’s a friendly little gay pub with chilled cosy winner wins £1000. Every vibes and chatty local punters. It’s got a nice community feel that’s quite a rarity Wednesday from 8pm. in London! They also have DRAG SHOWS. We like a drag show! Who doesn’t?! UNMISSABLE. Feat a slew Well, Vladimir Putin probably doesn’t. Actually he probably does, but pretends of East London’s best not to. This Sunday they’ve got scene stalwart Saucy Sophie from 8pm! talents, and Jonny Woo as MC. Her Upstairs 18 Kentish Town Road, Camden, NW1 9NX

We love Her Upstairs! It’s full of chintz and glamour! Pomp and circumstance! There’s not enough of that these days. People just eat crisps and watch TV. NO! Put those Chilli Heatwave Doritos down, Eagle London and get out there and be 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY outrageous! YES YES YES! Her Upstairs have done The Eagle have undergone a slick refurb recently, but they’ve still retained their all sorts these days – drag wonderful dive bar charm we love them for. Inside it’s evocative of coolly retro contests, pioneering times gone by…it’s a bowl of peanuts and a pocket handkerchief away from the nights for people of New York bars of the 70s and 80s. The other great thing about The Eagle is their colour, shows by celebs…. roster of consistently great events and programming – their Sunday night Horse all sorts! Get down there Meat Disco in particular has become legendary. So pull on some tight-fitting (or rather, UP there) and bootcut jeans, and get down there! check them out. Holestar Ku Bar 30 Lisle Street, Soho, WC2H 7BA

The Ku boys can always be relied on for a good time, no matter WHAT day of the week it is. They even go hard on Tuesdays. Even WE don’t go hard on Tuesdays (well, not that hard, just a few gin and tonics sweetie). They’re the shining jewel in Soho’s gentrified crown, keeping a gay oasis amongst the increasingly touristy hustle and bustle. Whether you’re a ball-busting businessman or a shaggy-haired student, you’ll always find something (or someone) to enjoy at Ku Bar! Don’t miss their Kabaret on Sunday nights hosted by Jacqui Swallows, with a DJ Jacqui Swallows set by Lady Lloyd after!

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QX_1147_Raising The Bar.indd 28 28/02/2017 15:34 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 29 28/02/2017 16:37 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 30 28/02/2017 15:47 London Gay Village Guide Central & Soho

BARS to newcomers. Downstairs boasts a gorge New York style loft-bar, themed nights of pop tuneage. The regular cabaret and karaoke nights. Soho’s ONLY smoking balcony and beautiful bar boys will have your 1. Admiral Duncan courtyard, plus a bevy of beautiful mouths watering. 54 Old Compton 8. King’s Arms boys, professional gayers and Street, W1D 4UB 23 Poland Street, W1F 8QL everyone in-between. 21. Light Lounge Landmark traditional gay pub Long-serving, friendly and always 1 Newport Place, WC2H 7JR slap bang in the middle of queer popular drinking den for bears and 15. Central Station A thoroughly cosmopolitan cocktail street. A friendly, eclectic clientele their pals. 37 Wharfdale Road, N1 9SD bar close to Chinatown, with a for uncomplicated drinkin’ and AA cosycosy queerqueer wateringwatering holehole nestlednestled menu full of daring and inventive entertainment seven nights a week. 9. Ku Bar Frith Street in the heart of Kings Cross. Take concoctions. Happy hour every day 25 Frith Street, WC2A 7BA the edge off with a beer by their between 5pm-8pm and all day 2. Her Upstairs This funky bar is a pleasing plateau roaring fire, or enjoy their live Tuesday. 18 Kentish Town Road, of comfy seats, plasma screens, entertainment, great food and roof NW1 9NX great lighting and a diverse terrace. 22. Village A sparkling cabaret bar in the clientele. Not forgetting the hot 81 Wardour Street, heart of Camden! Created by the boys behind the bar! 16. She Soho W1D 6QD community, for the community. 23a Old Compton Street, A three-floored wonder of stunning 10. Molly Moggs W1D 3BJ Sohocialites enjoying chilled-out 3. Comptons of Soho 2 Old Compton Street, London’s only lesbian bar, slap- drinks. 52 Old Compton W1D 4TB bang in the middle of Soho. A Street, W1D 6HJ Offering not only a warm and range of diverse nights, from CLUB The Grand Dame of Old Compton friendly atmosphere, Molly karaoke to cabaret to resident DJs Street. This ever-busy drinking den Moggs also has a packed event spinning hot tunes to an up-for-it 23. G-A-Y Late has a cruisy downstairs with circular programme across the week, dance floor. 5 Goslett Yard, WC2H 0EA bar, plus a loungeier, grandiosely generally involving singing and The late night version of its Old furnished upstairs. Great music, sequins. A cosy, charming venue LATE BARS Compton Street sister, which sticks and they often show live rugby/ that, whilst being predominantly to the winning formula of top pop, football matches for the butcher gay, does also attract a mixed 17. Bloc plasmas screens, hot boys and flirty fellas. crowd to its cabaret shenanigans. 18 Kentish Town Road, girls – but continues until the early NW1 9NX hours of the morning! 4. Duke Of Wellington 11. New Bloomsbury Set Camden’s hottest, cutest, trendiest 77 Wardour Street, W1V 3TH 76b Marchmont Street, new venue with a weekly rotation 24. Heaven A local pub right in the heart of the WC1N 1AG of poptastic DJs and sassy cabaret! Villiers Street, WC2N 6NG West End. This more traditional- A gorgeous spot for socializing Great for post-work drinks or Probably the most famous gay looking gay boozer boasts an nestled in the heart of bustling debauched weekend shenanigans. disco on Earth! Boasting five eclectic and friendly clientele and is Bloomsbury. Pulling in a diverse mix rooms of sounds, this legendary particularly busy at weekends. of suave and sophisticated gays, 18. Circa venue caters to a wild mix, from from professionals to students, the 62 Frith Street, W1D 3JN polysexual and studenty crowds 5. Friendly Society cushioned cubby holes are great for Cozy club/bar off Soho Square, to mad trannies and muscle boys, 79 Wardour Street, W1D 6QB big groups or an intimate date. featuring super-friendly staff and with plenty of special events and A discreet door hides a wonderful a buzzing atmosphere. DJs play wild parties, including G-A-Y every kitsch and kooky sub-surface bar 12. Retro Bar pop and clubbier beats, with a late Thursday (Porn Idol), Friday (Camp where Barbarella meets Barbie. 2 George Court, license until 1am. Worth checking Attack), pop artists perform live or Friendly, fun and quirky. WC2H 6HH out for the amazing mirror-ball DJ regular themes every Saturday, and A hidden gem that brings a slice of booth alone! dance night Popcorn every Monday. 6. G-A-Y Bar ‘Shoreditch cool’ to the West End. A Playing the best in pop, dance, R&B 30 Old Compton Street, laid-back, trendy but unpretentious 20. Freedom and anything you can shimmy to. W1D 4UR crowd, chillin’ to indie and retro 66 Wardour Street, W1F 0TA Soho’s palace of pop, which boasts tunes. A polysexual, two-floor bar that 25. Club 49 three floors of purple-walled, pop caters to many a well-heeled 49 Greek Street, W1D 4EG tuneage beamed from loads of 13. Rupert Street gayer and their trendy hetero A sexy Soho boutique lounge club, plasma screens. Scores of pretty 50 Rupert Street, W1D 6DR acquaintances. There’s also a glitzy host to glam nights such as the young party things and endless This popular bar has a disco downstairs with club nights, eternally popular Room Service, cheap drinks promotions means sophisticated and stylish clientele, live performances and more. every Thursday. you’re assured a fab night out. with a diverse food menu during the day and live DJs playing 21. Ku Bar Lisle Street MEN ONLY 7. Halfway II Heaven to a packed-out venue at the and Klub 7 Duncannon Street, weekend. A favourite pre-clubbing 30 Lisle Street, WC2H 7BA 29. The Underground Club WC2N 4JF destination. A wonderful, three-floor bar/ 37 Wharfdale Road, A traditional gay boozer, with club with a diverse crowd of party N1 9SD a friendly bunch of after work 14. Yard pumpin’ pretties. The ground North London’s fetish destination, regulars and off-duty drag 57 Rupert Street, W1D 7PL floor is regularly heaving, and Klub with nights and events to suit every queens who are very welcoming A wonderful, relaxed venue with is open 7 days a week with different weird and wonderful taste.

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30. The Stable bar, run by the lovely Ted. With 37. Centred Just a 5 minute walk from Carnaby 29 Endell Street, WC2H 9BA a mix of cruising, underwear and Unit 1, 10-11 Archer Street, Street, you’ll find the London A sophisticated sauna and bar for sports kit nights, as well as a pop W1D 7AZ Face Clinic. Specialising in a boozing and cruising. Includes spa, T-Girl event on every Thursday! Kairos in Soho (KiS) is a multitude of treatments including sauna, steam room, cabins, video registered charity and community wrinkle treatments, dermal fillers, lounge and massage services, in SHOPS, SERVICES, GYMS development organization with the microdermabrasion and sweating a discreet location in the bustling AND MORE… long-term vision of a society where treatments. They also offer skin tag Covent Garden, just a hop, skip every LGBT person is able to live and wart removal, if you have a little and a jump away from Soho. A 34. 56 Dean Street free from prejudice, harassment something you want taken care of! perfect way to release some after 56 Dean Street, W1D 6AQ and discrimination. Providing a safe Soho Skin is a boutique clinic work tension. A welcoming, ultra modern place, and a range of activities to offering the best in skincare and and very friendly sexual health develop a sense of community, a beauty. Step inside our doors and 31. Sweatbox clinic that offers both walk- support network and wider social you’ll find a choice of advanced 1-2 Ramillies Street, W1F 7LN in and appointment services. and strategic change. facials, nail and beauty services A sauna, gym and emporium of With fast HIV testing, Hepatitis to make you look your best; with spa therapies and massages all B vaccinations, free condoms, 38. Prowler our shelves stocked with the latest under one roof, this ultra modern, emergency contraception and 5-7 Brewer Street, W1F 0RF pampering products from REN, men-only space also holds advice. The number one stop for your our advanced skincare line by ZO regular club events such as foam every gay need; ranging from Skin Health, and a kaleidoscope parties, with 1-day and weekend 35. Clone Zone toys to clothes, books to DVDs of colour from Morgan Taylor nail passes, plus monthly and annual 35 Old Compton Street, and a dedicated section for porn, paints.drop memberships available. Open until W1D 5JX Prowler have got it all! Located in 2am weeknights and 24 hours over A gay man’s shopping paradise, the heart of Soho, Prowler offers a 44. Gay’s The Word the weekend. featuring DVDs, toys, clothes, comfortable, easy shopping space 66 Marchmont Street, underwear, books, magazines with friendly staff on hand to ensure Bloomsbury, WC1N 1AB 32. Vault and more. Plus, head to the you find exactly what you need. Not just the UK’s only gay bookshop, 139 Whitfield Street, basement downstairs for a feast of it’s also a wonderful resource of SW1W 0HH strictly adults-only goodies, such 39. X-it Soho gay literature and information, from A cruise bar where you can have as porn, DVDs, dildos, plus fetish/ 2 Silver Place, Soho, W1F 0JP serious to camp. There are also drinks at the bar and unwind in front bondage gear. Husband and wife team Sean and regular readings, meetings and a of the movie screens or wander the Tracy Miller own and run a this real community vibe. A little walk dark corridors and hidden vaults to 36. Dean Street Express unique salon in the heart of Soho. from Soho but worth it! discover secret treasures. There’s 35 Dean Street, W1D 6AQ Unlike most traditional salons who also themed nights of nudity and If only all sexual health services offer a variety of treatments, they 45. Fifty&Dean underwear-only. Just a stone’s throw were so forward-thinking! The specialise in hair removal and use 50 Old Compton Street, from Soho. walk-in service that allows you to the ancient Egyptian art of sugaring W1D 4UB register quickly, and get tested to give a less painful and more Featuring men’s designer 33. Ted’s Place faster by doing your own swabs thorough treatment. underwear, loungewear, streetwear 305 North End Rd, for STIs. Results get texted to your and other goodies upstairs and R18 Fulham W14 9NS phone. Open Monday-Sunday. 40. Face Clinic/Soho Skin DVDs, sex toys and adult playthings A friendly, welcoming basement HIV tests may take a little longer. 7 Silver Place, Soho, W1F 0JT down in the basement, with a cool industrial-style decor to boot!

46. Extreme Needle 36 St Martin’s Court, Covent Garden, WC2N 4AL Offering a different kind of prick than perhaps the type you’re used to, Extreme Needle has two studios in central London that boast professional and artistic tattoo design and body piercing.

47. London Hippodrome Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, WC2H 7JH Located in the heart of Leicester Square and billing itself as London’s ‘biggest night out’, the Hipprodrome presents a varied mix of shows, from classy cabaret to drag impresarios.

48. Freedom Shop, Capper Street, WC1E 6JB Super good value store for all your sexual needs! With special lube and condom packs.

QX_Soho&Central_Listings 1147indd.indd 34 28/02/2017 17:14 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 35 28/02/2017 15:48 Comptons Of Soho 25/02/17 51-53 Old Compton Street, W1D 6HN

Words & Photos by Richard Holland

On a dark, wet and windy night in Soho what could be nicer than the warm, welcoming embrace of Comptons for a well-savoured pint (or several!) Manager Neil and his team of Gavin, Antonio, Carlos, Antony and Georgioni did their usual sterling work ensuring everyone had a drink to imbibe, whilst DJ Zach Burns provided the music, ensuring no-one could fail to at least have their toes tapping. What better way could there be to kick-start your Saturday night? “THE WARM, WELCOMING EMBRACE OF COMPTONS”

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QX_1147_Bar Reviews_New.indd 36 28/02/2017 15:33 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 37 28/02/2017 16:42 Ku Bar 25/02/17 30 Lisle Street, WC2H 7BA

Words & Photos by Richard Holland

Nestled just to the north of Leicester Square is the den of fabulousness that is Ku Bar. Famous for its Adonis- like bar staff - you’re always in for a voyeuristic evening once their tops come off! Twiddling the taps alongside manager Nieko, the Ku Bar Boys titillated more than the taste buds as DJ Carol Garcia twirled the turntables. In the Downstairs club, DJ Charlie Holland kept the party going well into the small and not-so-small hours for those younger than your reviewer who apparently need no sleep!

“THE DEN OF FABULOUSNESS”

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QX_1147_Bar Reviews_New.indd 38 28/02/2017 15:33 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 39 28/02/2017 15:51 The Launch of Impulse London Shangela

The Fabulettes Crystal Lubrikunt

Wanna head to a glitzy party with an undeniably good cause behind outrageous performances. Joining her are some of London’s best drag it? Well, you’re in luck. Impulse United is a worldwide collective of talent, with gorgeous girl-group The Fabulettes and foul-mouthed lip- volunteer groups created in 2009 in response to continually rising HIV syncer Crystal Lubrikunt taking to the stage. Later in the evening, some rates. Their main mission is to promote healthy lifestyles and sexual of the scene’s hottest DJs head to the decks, with Jonathan Bestley health for gay men through more varied and modern means. Chapters (Circa, Dollar Baby) and Aamyko (Ku Bar) bringing you disco divas in have been set up all over the USA, as well in Central America and one room, and James Bartlett (Comptons, Daddy Issues) and Matt throughout Asia, but the first European branch is being started in Bogard (BANG, Room Service) giving you harder house sounds in the London by some familiar scene faces. And of course, they’re launching other. The team behind the new chapter, as well as other organisations this Friday the only way they know how, with an irresistibly glamorous they’re involved in, will be there on the evening, so it’s a great opportunity party up at Kensington Roof Gardens! to find out more about the work they hope to carry out and how to get They’ve got a star-strikingly stellar roll of guests on board to kick it involved if you’re interested. all off in fabulous fashion. Drag Race regular returnee Shangela has So, come join the flamingos up on West London’s most exclusive been an ardent supporter of Impulse United’s work so far, so it makes rooftop for a new drag n’ disco party, all in aid of a new groundbreaking perfect sense for her to headline the evening with one of her notoriously charity started to improve gay men’s lives. No reason not to really!

Introducing Impulse London is on Friday 3rd March at The Roof Gardens, 99 Kensington High Street, W8 5SA, 7pm-2am, Adv tickets £12

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QX_1147_Impulse.indd 40 28/02/2017 16:11 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 41 28/02/2017 15:46 Getting to Know...

Travis Alabanza

For those who have never question their specific role in the seen you perform, how oppression of myself and others. would you describe your I want them to hold themselves performance style? accountable for the interpersonal I’d say I’m pretty theatrical. My ways they could be showing up more work is rooted in poetry and lyrics, for black, trans and femme lives. but I create live soundtracks, How much of your art is derived soundscapes, electronic voice from your own personal life editing and projection in a lot of my experiences? work. It’s hard to define, as currently At the moment, in some way, all of it. my work is being shown in various How do you feel when you’re spaces (queer clubs, cabaret scenes, expressing those feelings galleries, poetry books) but I guess onstage? Is it cathartic? in short - it’s always a performance. I think it depends. It used to always And a typical show? be cathartic - it was my therapy! I Expect: physical and emotional think now that I’m performing and mess. Tidying up. Mess again. working a lot, sometimes six days Campness that then cuts you. Guilt a week, that catharsis isn’t always for feeling the campness. A lot of present. Also, not every space I emotions. A cute dress. perform in is safe for me. I’m often You use ‘confrontational art’ misgendered before I go on stage, to convey your experiences of or touched without my consent, so being black and trans. Can it’s hard to bear yourself in that you elaborate on this and how environment and feel cathartic. I effective it is? always do feel a release though, of I think naturally as a black and trans some sort, whether it be rage, or body on the stage, I will always be sadness, or something. confronting something. In a white In your opinion, are PoC supremacist [art]world, I wonder artists well represented on the if my art/body can never be seen London scene? as an intervention? I’m not about In short: no. But I also want to note making art that allows for passive that there is a huge wave of queer listening; if I’m in a white/cis space PoC artists such as Karnage, Jacob I want to create a piece that affects V Joyce, FKA, The Pheonix, Rebekah and confronts the audience, as Ubunutu and Sadie Sinner. They much as their existence confronts are all coming up together, making mine. In terms of it being successful? it often feel like even if the wider It’s hard to tell. I know my work scene is not representing us - we are has created strong reactions and out here doing it ourselves. How to A new and compelling wave of PoC emotions in people, inspired them to improve? Give us our own spaces. artists have been coming through on donate to an organisation or check Fund us. Support our nights. When the cabaret scene of late. They are in on their trans friend, but obviously I hosted Bar Wotever at the RVT in art is complicated and oppression is January, I booked a whole month of challenging some and comforting others, multifaceted. PoC artists and the nights were busy and they’re making people sit up and What do you want your and full of diversity. take notice. One of those is Travis audience to question the most? Finally, away from all the It really depends on who my craziness of life in 2017, what Alabanza - who has supported Mykki audience is. I performed a few would a perfect world look like Blanco and is a resident artist at the months back to a room full of black to you? Tate. This week, Jason Reid chats to trans people and I didn’t want them Lots of cats. All girls bands to question anything - I just wanted that previously split up would them about being a black, transfemme them to see me, and each other, and harmoniously get back together. performance artist in 2017. to hold ourselves. It was a beautiful Black lives would universally matter. gig because a 16 year old snuck in to tell me that they found my Travis’ new solo show Burgerz work online and realised they were debuts at The Hackney trans. I didn’t need them to question Showroom on 27th March. For anything: just to be. I guess with a more info and tickets, head to general audience I want them to hackneyshowroom.com

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QX_1147_Travis Alabanza.indd 42 28/02/2017 15:56 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 43 28/02/2017 15:54 #TubeCrush It’s cold outside, and not only that, but the toxic winds of pollutant death are out on £30 worth of takeaway chicken (please refer to our previous apparently wafting through London. Donald’s gone off the rails, Melania’s issue) and SOMETIMES, in fact MOST TIMES, it’s perving on hot men given up and is just sat in the bath filing her nails and listening to Dido, and on the tube! Theresa May’s binned her leather trousers in favour of fascism and regret. Remember that website TubeCrush? Well we’ve decided to give it a London has NOT. BEEN. FUN. But one wonderful thing about a city bit of a renaissance to erect all of you from your January comedowns. like London, is you can always find something to cheer yourself up. Chuck that Lucozade down the toilet, switch off Celebrity Big Brother, Sometimes it’s seeing minor celebrities get their heels stuck in the drain and top up your Oyster cards (lolz) because we’ve got hot men to hunt! on Frith Street (we’re look at you, Anna Friel). Sometimes it’s splashing GOTTA CATCH EM ALL.

MENNINGTON µ ³ Happy That’s a crap pun, because it was taken new at Kennington Station. Geddit? MENNINGTON. Because he’s BULGE a man. Those hands are making us weak at the knees. On our knees? If you insist, MANNINGTON! This thick-thighed hunk of gorgeousness was spotted on the Hammersmith & Shitty line on New Year’s Eve! Must have been off to the gym! Or on his way back from a chillout. That’s quite a chillout-y outfit.

Tall, Dark, and We all love a pair of trakkies don’t we. What is it about them? Even Wearing Wayne Rooney (that Mr Potatohead who plays football) would look hot Trakkies in a pair of trakkies. ³ Maybe not actually. Anyway, this guy does!

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QX_1147_Tube Crush.indd 44 28/02/2017 15:25 Maccies We’d let him spit in our D’s McFlurry and then in our Nosh mouth. ¶

Legs For Chillout µ Days! chic Ok, these two are DEFINITELY on their way back from a chillout. YAAAS KWEEN WERK. µ Into it. Into You. By Ariana Grande LEGENDARY? (NB: by “chillout” we of course MORE LIKE LEG AND DAIRY! mean “a nice calm party where everyone meditates on cushions”) Kilted cutie

It was Burns Night last week, and this kilted cutie was on the District & Circle! We’d blow his bagpipes. Ew. ¶

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Fuckboi Pastel polo shirts are awful, as are µ cream slip-on shoes (VOM) but we’ll let this guy off because we’d Don’t you just love football season.µ let him CRUSH US with those arms. Well, not playing it, or watching it. Also, this may or may not be Hugh But football KIT season. Jackman. Hugh? Hello? It’s me.

Well, that’s that for this week’s #TUBECRUSH. For more #TUBECRUSHES, head to tubecrush.net

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QX_1147_Tube Crush.indd 45 28/02/2017 15:25 Artsbitching By Fraulein Sasha Selavie EXCESSEXPRESS! What makes a queen a queen? Oh, screw looked completely poxy, polar opposite role models – who’d willingly Cutting-Edge appalled! be a dull-as-piss, straight-acting gay, or non-stop, Tough. Following me, shrieking drag queen? They’re both killer stressful an anti-social tsunami of and suck, big-time; being on, 24-7, RuPaul style, Queens Living Countess Alex Zapak – the demands amphetamine stamina, and why be an fiercest, multi-media diva invisible suit who only discreetly sucks cock? alive, with Dalston Ballet, Mercifully, there is an alternative - gleeful, their Dreams! a transgenre dance troupe artistic diarrhoea sprayed all over lazy, gay scene – demolished any possible stereotypes. Meet killer, confrontational queen audience resistance. Matthew Glamorre, one of the few, genuinely Stunningly surfing on the marvelous mavericks not crucified between faux- endless, whining heap of female caricature and business-suit buggery! micro-aggressions from Like all outlaws – criminal, sexual and creative – a prissy, PC crowd, the he’s got well tasty, previous form. Forget notions of Countess and her dancers nightclubbing as a passive consumer experience re-injected mass, punter – Glamorre, always, saw hosting as a gloriously confusion as pure, artistic confrontational, performance art. It shows. From rocket-fuel! legendary, late 80s art attack Kinky Gerlinki and But don’t despair – soon, playing in Leigh Bowery’s banned by Westminster you too can gorge on the Council band Minty, Glamorre’s simply fucked finest fruits of Glamorre’s complacency senseless! twisted genius, as Scism’s It’s pure, full-on gender terrorism, exploding depraved highlights male, female and in-betweenie clichés left, right are edited for public and centre. Never embracing stereotypes easily exposure in May. Meantime, welcome Thierry Alexandre, AKA mocked and ridiculed by bigots, Glamorre, instead, Tierney, yet another unimaginably perverse, queer visionary. makes pop culture itself fantastically queer. His Sheer poison to corporate queens, a creative engineer events, always, are post-gay and post-straight – par excellence, Thierry’s latest, totally immersive project is who after all, cares what and how you screw? – and Cage Royale, an infrequent flocking of barely-sane, totally artistically, are as shockingly indiscriminate as riot unorthodox beauties. cops busting heads. Sure, compared to Glamorre, Thierry’s of a milder, interpersonal Take Scism, his newest, filthily provocative project. ‘Show up and do bent entirely, but never, ever assume that serenity implies artistic your shit!’, the open invite proclaims, insisting performers bring their timidity. Instead, he’s sweet subversion personified, the mind-twisting anger, psychosis and shameless expertise live on stage where anything’s psychedelic inside an innocuous sugar-cube. One lick, and suburban allowed. Split over three nights – male, transgender and female – proprieties are fucked en masse –Thierry’s gatherings become live Glamorre’s summons drew fallen, sick-fuck angels city-wide, desperate Fellini movies, choreographed by Baz Luhrman on a GHB bender! to piss in the transgressive footsteps of David Hoyle and Jonny Woo! And personally, Thierry’s an extraordinary sight; not male, not female, So, did I suck and deep-throat Glamorre’s irresistible bait? For sure, more a living Toulouse Lautrec cancan poster, all frills, feathered and I unleashed a nuclear, nakedly honest rant on the pitfalls of being fascinator and impish grin. He’s joined, fittingly, by fellow outrage fucked for five years by a celebrity. ‘When, exactly, do you invoice your conspirator Kala Kala, a one-man, Hindu explosion of hippy Flower boss for added benefits?’ I screamed. ‘Before, during or after anal sex? Power, swamped in robes, blossoms and utopianism, a living art And crucially, should you charge VAT?’. Christ, why was I so polite to the installation. Other show-stopping delights included octogenarian poet celebrity involved? I should have reported him for sexual tax evasion! Ruth Miller, avant-garde jazz diva supreme Holly Penfield, and a woman See, his idea of panache was using me as psychological arse-wipe. Still, in red and white velvet bewitchingly dressed as a magic mushroom. revenge was sweet – I slipped him laxatives, then locked the loo and So no, London’s gay scene isn’t dead – it’s morphing into shapes hid the Andrex. Predictably, the watching, innocently naive audience undreamed of!

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QX_1147_Artsbitching.indd 46 28/02/2017 16:21 MONDAY NIGHTS: FETISH & BEARS £8.00 ENTRY FROM 6PM NEW TO SOUTH LONDON EVERY TUESDAY UNDER 25’S FREE ENTRY ALL DAY.

QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 47 28/02/2017 15:55 #JULIA SAYS

by Princess Julia

The months just fly by don’t they!? We’re already in March and spring is on its way...time to dust yourselves down and emerge into the sunshine. All these places to Akirahawks at SWEAT / Dalston Superstore go and people to see! the beats are kicking in on both at this cute late night dive bar One of my faves The Glory have So yes, this weekend we start levels. Catch Tafanik, Pavliné and club called Tipsy, 20 Stoke always got something on, go see with a trip to Her Upstairs in and fave Nic Fischer upstairs, Newington High Street. Catch DJs Sex Shells XL on the 2nd until Camden, where in this intimate down special guest Berlin based Attack Attack Attack, Munroe the 4th March where they perform cabaret room things happen with Akirahawks is joined by Tim Vitá. Bergdorf and the Mariah their hugely relevant show, starts a bang...The New New Show! Carey Soundsystem from at 8pm. theglory.co on Thursday 2nd is a showcase Over at the Eagle on Saturday 10pm - 4am. of new and talented performers 4th March Debbie Does...is If that wasn’t enough catch hosted by Herr. It all kicks off at back for their unique night of indie Up at Vogue Fabrics, there’s ShayShay’s Breakfast In Bed 9pm and it’s free to get in so get pop female fronted specialities. the return of cult club Dirtbox on Sunday 5th for a brunch - down there to witness newcomers DJs Sina Sparrow and Xander on Saturday 4th; this is a night lunch experience at the Dalston Sue Gives A Fuck, FKA, Bernhard dig deep into their of rumbling beats and hot to trot Superstore. I popped in the other Knockout and Rose Gold. archives and play all the songs boys from DJs Gibson, week and it’s such good fun... From you love and know! 9pm-4am. The Duchess of Pork and 12 midday until 4pm ShayShay will On Friday 3rd check out SWEAT special guest Terry Vietheer. be spinning her dinning selection Berlin Edition with Akirahawks Just in time Pink Lemonade 10pm ‘til 3am. of tunes and entertaining us in last at Dalston Superstore, where is back on Saturday 4th March night's makeup!

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QX_1147_Review Section.indd 48 28/02/2017 15:31 QX 1147 MASTER 1.indd 49 28/02/2017 15:56 Your guide to the week’s best BAR, CLUB & CABARET events in London

01 March - 07 March MUSTS & MAYBES

WEDNESDAY 1ST MARCH downstairs, chilled club lounge SexShooters, cheap booze, bar the Ku Group’s newest venue; CLUBS & EVENTS upstairs. sluts and people ready to leave a boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 XXL at Pulse: 1 Invicta Plaza, The Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street, their shit at the door for a fucking cocktails 5-8pm all week. Southwark, SE1 9UF. 9pm-3am. Limehouse, E14 7NW. Quiz from good time! Two Brewers: 114 Clapham High £5 guests, Free for Members. 9.30pm. Local gay bar in East Hard-Up Thursdays at Sweatbox: 1-2 Street, SW4 7UJ. Bar open 6pm- Midweek grizzly fun for bears and London’s Limehouse. Ramilies Street, Soho, W1F 7LN. 2am. FREE b4 10pm, £3 after. their admirers. Two Brewers: 114 Clapham High 24 hours. Under 25s FREE all day, Popular South London cabaret/ Uncontrollable Urge at Dalston Street, SW4 7UJ. Bar open 4pm- £16 others. Start the weekend club spot. Superstore: 117 Kingsland High 2am. FREE b4 10pm, £3 after. early and relieve the pressure with Admiral Duncan: 54 Old Compton St, E8 2PB. 9pm-2:30am. Free. Popular South London cabaret/ this discounted day for under 25s Street, W1D 4UB Infamous Superstore’s late-night midweek club spot, with Kara Van-Park’s (ID required) at Soho’s only gay cabaret pub in the heart of Soho, dose of sleaze! Eccentric Quiz Night. sauna. David Hoyle at Royal Vauxhall electronica and weirdo-disco! The Voice of The Village at The G-A-Y Porn Idol at G-A-Y Heaven: Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, Eagle Bar at Eagle London 349 Village: 81 Wardour Street, W1V Villiers Street, WC2N 6NG. 10pm SE11 5HY. Doors 7pm, Show Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 3TG, 5pm-1am. Karaoke with the – 5am. Amateur strip night with 8.30pm, £10 adv, £12 OTD. 5QY, 8pm-2am, Free Entry. Late outrageous Robyn Banks from £100 prize money, To enter email Inventive and innovative as ever, night bar with pool table, music & 9pm. Win a £50 bar tab. [email protected] David Hoyle returns for a run at videos, lounge areas and £2.50 West 5: Pope’s Lane, South Ealing, RVT. This week, he’s joined by Will drinks offers all night. W5 4NB. Open from 8pm. FREE. BARS & CABARET Self, The Great White Males, and Bombshell at Muse: 23 Frith Ealing’s hugely popular club, bar Cocktails & Dreams at West 5: Pope’s The Nightbus Street, W1D 4RR. 10pm – 3am. and cabaret spot. Lane, South Ealing, W5 4NB. Halfway 2 Heaven 7 Duncannon Unapologetically insane night Admiral Duncan: 54 Old Compton Open from 8pm. Drinks and Street, WC2N 4JF Notorious for TV/TS girls and their pals! Street, W1D 4UB Infamous dancing at Ealing’s cabaret haunt just off Trafalgar With DJs Lady Lloyd and Silver cabaret pub in the heart of Soho. premier gay establishment! Square TONIGHT: Karaoke with Summers. LOCK UP YOUR SONS. TONIGHT: Wanked Wednesdays New Bloomsbury Set: 76 Marchmont Kevin Walsh. KlubKu Bar at Lisle Street: 30 Lisle with LoUis CYfer. Street, WC1N 1AG. 4pm – Counter: Arch 50, South Lambeth St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am. FREE. Freedom Bar: 60-66 Wardour 11:30pm. Gorgeous cocktail bar Road, SW8 1SR, 8am-12.30am The party continues ‘til late in the Street, Soho, W1F 0TA, 4pm- with a friendly crowd, plus one Vauxhall’s chic eatery, with happy Ku basement. 3am, Free. Swanky, sexy cocktail of the best happy hours around; hour every day from 5pm-7pm destination in the heart of Soho. every weekday until 10pm: £10 and 10% off for all Above The BARS & CABARET TONIGHT: The Danni Dee Show bottle of house wine, 2 cocktails Stag Theatre-goers. LIPSYNC1000 at The Glory: 281 Halfway 2 Heaven 7 Duncannon for £10 or double up on house The Kings Arms 23 Poland Street, Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. 5pm – Street, WC2N 4JF Notorious spirits for £1. W1F 8QJ 12pm-11.30pm – Soho midnight, Heat starts at 8pm. Free cabaret haunt just off Trafalgar Sex Shells XL at The Glory: 281 gay pub, always game for a entry. The third heat of this year’s Square TONIGHT: Whatever Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. 8pm. drink and a dance, with drinks long-awaited LIPSYNC1000, Wednesday with Miss Penny £15 adv tickets. The outrageous promotions. where the capital’s best new talent Counter: Arch 50, South Lambeth comedy troupe return with lip-sync for a place in the final! Road, SW8 1SR, 8am-12.30am a supersize version of their FRIDAY 3RD MARCH Queer Goes Nothing at Her Upstairs: Vauxhall’s chic eatery, with happy notoriously insane shenanigans! CLUBS & EVENTS 18 Kentish Town Road, NW1 9NX. hour every day from 5pm-7pm Karaoke @ Halfway 2 Heaven: 7 A:M Afterhours at Protocol: Protocol, 5pm – 1am. Free entry. A night of and 10% off for all Above The Duncannon Street, Charing Cross, 6A South Lambeth Place SW8 1RT, queer pop bands, including Wolf Stag Theatre-goers WC2N 4JF – Take the mic and 11pm – 11am. £4 before 1am Girl, Me Rex and Kermes The Kings Arms 23 Poland Street, holler along to a classic, with with flyer/ad. £8 after ‘til 6am, The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, W1F 8QJ 12pm-11.30pm – Soho Kevin Walsh. £13 OTD. 12 hours of hard- WC2H 7JR. 5pm-11:30pm. Enjoy gay pub, always game for a Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old hitting partying at London’s most the Ku Group’s newest venue; drink and a dance, with drinks Compton Street, Soho, W1D notorious after hours destination! a boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 promotions. 6HN. 12pm-11.30pm. Thursdays Men Inc at Eagle London: 349 cocktails 5-8pm all week. at Comptons only mean one Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 Duke Of Wellington: 77 Wardour THURSDAY 2ND MARCH thing – Tasty Tim’s takeover! From 5QY. 10pm - 5am. Free entry & Street, W1D 6QA. 12pm – 12am. CLUBS & EVENTS 8:30pm. £2.50 drinks until 10pm, £5 after. Free entry. Irresistibly popular Eagle Bar at Eagle London at 349 Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1. Super sexy Friday night with host central London gay boozer. It’s the Kennington Lane SE11 5QY. 8pm- 4pm-4am. Thursdays are the new and resident DJ Tareq. weekly quiz with Martha D’Arthur 3am. Free entry. Late night bar Fridays at Soho’s intimate bar/club Introducing Impulse London at The and Topsie Redfern on rotation. with pool table, music & videos, spot with the most amazing DJ Roof Gardens 99 Kensington High Wednesday Naughties at Central lounge areas and £2.50 drinks booth in town. Street, W8, 7pm-2am, £12 adv Station: 37 Wharfdale Road, Kings offers until 10pm G-A-Y Bar: 30 Old Compton Street. The launch of Impulse United’s Cross, N1 9SD. Open ‘til 4am. Mouth to Mouth at Dalston 12pm-2am. Free entry. Popular London chapter, with Drag Race’s FREE b4 10pm. Cabaret then DJs Superstore: 117 Kingsland High pop music bar with non-stop hits Shangela, Krystal Lubrikunt, The ‘til late at this much-loved boozer! Street, E8 2PB. 9pm – 2:30am. on the screens and a fun, flirty Fabulettes and more. Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D Free entry. Trance dance and atmosphere. Blocheads at East Bloc: 217 City 3JN. Open ‘til 1am. Soho’s ritual grooves from Anthropocene Candy at The Village: 81 Wardour Road, Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. intimate but packed-out bar/club Queens and A Boy From Outer Street, W1V 3TG, 9pm-2am. A 11pm-6am. £5 b4 midnight, £10 spot with the most amazing DJ Space. night full of all things sweet and after. Blocheads is now on Friday booth in town. FUCKING GOOD TIME at Klub: 30 tasty! With Heidi Liscious on the nights weekly! East London’s Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old Lisle St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am, decks, joined by gorgeous gogos. raucous Friday dance basement. Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. £3 b4 12am, £5 after. A sexy fun The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, Pop Off! at The Bloc: 18 Kentish 12pm-11.30pm. Super social pub night with good music from the WC2H 7JR. 5pm-11:30pm. Enjoy Town Road, NW1 9NX. 9pm –

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Friday Saturday

3am, £5 Entry. Beary Carey’s Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street, BackCOUNTER Friday at Homodrop at Dalston Superstore: back at The Bloc with a bucketful Limehouse, E14 7NW. 8pm-12am. Backcounter: Arch 50, South 117 Kingsland High St, E8 2PB. of your fave pop hits! Free. Local gay bar in East London’s Lambeth Road, SW8 1SR, 9am- 9pm - 4am. Free b4 10pm, £7 SWEAT at Dalston Superstore: 117 Limehouse, with DJ Matty B. 1.30am Vauxhall’s chic eatery, after Big gay rave-up, with Francis Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB. Karaoke at Central Station: 37 with happy hour every day from Inferno Orchestra and friends 9pm – 3am. Free before 11pm, Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross, N1 5pm-7pm and 10% off for all Glory Lates at The Glory: 281 £7 after. High-humidity fun at 9SD. Open from 6pm ‘til 3am or Above The Stag Theatre-goers Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. Doors the Superstore, with Akirahawks, later... FREE The super-friendly The Kings Arms 23 Poland Street, 5pm. Free before 10pm, £5 Tim Vitá, Tafanik, Pavliné and Nic Kings Cross bar. DJs ‘til late. W1F 8QJ 12pm-11.30pm – Soho after. A series of late night Fischer. Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D gay pub, always game for a drink cabaret productions at The Glory, The Lipsinkers at The Royal Vauxhall 3JN. 4pm-1am. Soho’s intimate and a dance, DJ on tonight showcasing the city’s most unique Tavern: 372 Kennington Lane, but packed-out bar/club spot Sex Shells XL at The Glory: 281 talents! THIS WEEK: Satanica Vauxhall, SE11 5HY. 9pm–4am. watches Munroe Bergdorf and Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. 8pm. Panadmonia. Show 10pm, £8/6 concession, £5 friends werq the floor! £15 adv tickets. The outrageous SavageMetropolis: at Strip Club, after midnight OTD. RVT residents Gotta Snatch ‘Em All at Her Upstairs: comedy troupe return with 235 Cambridge Heath Road, E2 and London institution The 18 Kentish Town Road, NW1 9NX. a supersize version of their 9NN. 11pm-5am. £5. Weekly Lipsinkers return for another show, 9pm – 3am. £5. Meth whacks notoriously insane shenanigans! Saturday club night from the Sink plus a disco after. open her pokedex, along with Soho Sound Sessions at Freedom Bar: The Pink crew. Klub: 30 Lisleat Ku St, WC2H 7BA. A$hlee Warchild, Cheryl Hole, Ruby 60-66 Wardour Street, Soho, W1F Duckie at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern: 8pm-5am. FREE b4 10:30pm, Wednesday and DJ TeTe Bang. 0TA, 4pm-3am, £5 After 10pm. 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, £5 after. Lit clubbing experience George and Dragon: 2 Blackheath Swanky, sexy cocktail destination SE11 5HY. 9pm-2am. £6. Duckie’s courtesy of the Ku boys Hill, SE10. 8pm-4am, free in the heart of Soho. flag ship rock ‘n’ roll honky tonk. G-A-Y Camp Attack at Heaven, Villiers entry before 11pm. The friendly G-A-Y at Heaven: Villiers Street, Street, WC2N 6NG. 10pm – 4am Greenwich local. THIS WEEK: SATURDAY 4TH MARCH WC2N 6NG. 10pm – 5am. The palace of pop welcomes Martha D’Arthur on stage at CLUBS AND EVENTS £5 entry wristbands available you for an evening of camptastic 11pm. XXL St David’s Day at Pulse: 1 from G-A-Y Bar, Free entry with dancing and twirling twinks. Ku Bar Soho: 25 Frith Street, WC1D Invicta Plaza, Southwark, SE1 wristband. A lit Saturday night at Super Friday at The Glory: 281 5LB. Open extra late until 3am! In 9UF. 10pm-7am. £15 guests, £10 London’s biggest gay club! Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. 9pm- the heart of Soho, Ku Bar stretches members. A super-furry, super- Sweatbox: Foam Party at 1-2 2am. £5 After 10pm. Two floor across two floors for that perfect charged club night for bears and Ramilies Street, Soho, W1F 7LN. queer anthem party with drag Soho warm-up drinking session and their friends. 24 hours. 24hr pass £17, 48hr shows from HERR and DJs Princess a little dance with downstairs DJs. Beyond Amazonia at The Coronet: pass £19. Unwind and release Julia, Dance Armstrong and Sissy LolliPop Fridays at West 5: South 28 New Kent Road, SE1 6TJ some tension after a stressy week Ealing, Pope’s Lane, W5 4NB. 11pm-6am £16 adv –The Beyond with the all the fun of the foam at BARS & CABARET 8pm – 3am. £3 entry before boys takeover the Coronet for a Sweatbox’s original weekly party. Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old 11pm, £4 entry after. Special banging party of bruising beats Pink Lemonade at Tipsy 20 Stoke Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. Friday night with £1 shots, £3 and burly boys, with Tony English, Newington Road, N16 7XN, 10pm- 12pm-midnight. Super social pub pints and DJs on rotation! Gonzalo, Michel Mizrahi and 3am Pour yourself a refreshing downstairs, chilled club lounge The Yard: 57 Rupert Street, Soho, more. Continues at Fire after clubbing cocktail, with Attack upstairs. TONIGHT: MisWhite on W1D 7PL. Open till 1am. FREE. R&She at East Bloc: 217 City Attack Attack, Munroe Bergdorf, from 9pm Renowned as one of Soho’s most Road, EC1V 1JN. 10pm – 6am. and Mariah Carey Soundsystem. The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, unique and popular destination £5 before midnight, £10 after – BRUT at Bloc South 65 Albert WC2H 7JR. 5pm-12am. Enjoy venues, with terrific outdoor space. Jeffrey Hinton joins QBoy, David Embankment, SE11 5AW, 10pm- the Ku Group’s newest venue; Admiral Duncan: 54 Old Compton Oh and Neil Prince to play R&B/ 5am – BRUT returns, in a brand a boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 Street, W1D 4UB Infamous Hip-Hop Queens all night long new Vauxhall venue. Head down cocktails 5-8pm all week. cabaret pub in the heart of Soho. Ku Klub: 30 Lisle St, WC2H 7BA. for opening night! Ft. Hifi Sean, New Bloomsbury Set: 76 TONIGHT: Strawberry Whip and 8pm-3am. FREE b4 10:30pm, Paul Heron, Ross Jones and more Marchmont Street, WC1N 1AG. Son of a Tutu £5 after. Lit clubbing experience 4pm-11:30pm. The perfect place The Two Brewers: 114 Clapham courtesy of the Ku boys. BARS & CABARET to start your night out! Fantastic High Street, SW4 7UJ. Bar open Debbie 5th Birthday Party at The Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street, drinks prices and amazing happy 6pm-2am. FREE b4 10pm, £7 Eagle: 349 Kennington Lane, SE11 Limehouse, E14 7NW. 8pm- hour, with all the latest pop hits! after. Popular South London 5QY. 9pm – 4am, Free before 12am. Free. Local gay bar in East Bridge Bar: 8 Voltaire Road, SW8 cabaret/club spot. 10pm, £6 after. Debbie returns London’s Limehouse. 6DH, 4pm-12am. Free. Snug gay Halfway 2 Heaven 7 Duncannon with their monthly night of Female Central Station: 37 Wharfdale bar in a railway arch, offering Street, WC2N 4JF Notorious fronted pop, rock and disco only, Road, Kings Cross, N1 9SD. Open cocktails, wines and light meals, cabaret haunt just off Trafalgar with DJs Sina Sparrow, Xander ‘til 4am. FREE b4 10pm, £5 After. plus outdoor seating. Square. With Titti La Camp. Bernhard and guests King’s Cross gay boozer.

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West 5: Pope’s Lane, South Ealing, 5LB. Open till 12am (3am last OTD, joint Amazonia tickets friendly Greenwich local, with W5 4NB. Doors 8pm. DJ Gary Friday of the month). Perfect available. Amazonia Afterparty! Kelly Mild and pianist Ian Parker C and Drag Race superstars for that Soho warm-up drinking High-octane Saturday night onstage from 9:30pm. Ongina, Tatianna & Morgan session and cheeky dance with clubbing experience from the Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old McMicheals go West at Ealing’s downstairs DJs. Orange Nation crew. Beyond Lab Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. premier gay bar. The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, takeover the main floor. Open ‘til 10:30pm. The grand Silver Summers and Vanity Von Glow WC2H 7JR. 5pm-12am. Enjoy Horse Meat Disco at Eagle London: dame of Soho pulling in a more at Her Upstairs: 18 Kentish Town the Ku Group’s newest venue; 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, blokey crowd. With Six Nations Road, NW1 9NX. 9pm – late. £5. a boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 SE11 5QY. 8pm – 3am. £6 & showing and Leather Social from SS & VVG up on stage at HU, cocktails 5-8pm all week. £2.50 drinks before 10pm, £8 5pm disco until late. Two Brewers: 114 Clapham High after. Unbridled Sunday night fun! Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street, Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old Street, SW4 7UJ. 7pm-3am. Free Disco delights and handsome Limehouse, E14 7NW. 8pm-12am. Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. b4 10, £6 after. Popular South stallions abound. THIS WEEK: Jim Cabaret: 8pm. Free. Local gay 5pm-10pm. The grand dame of London club/ cabaret venue. Stanton and Luke Howard bar in East London’s Limehouse. Soho pulling in a more blokey House Party at The Village: 81 Sundaya Soci l at The Vauxhall TONIGHT: Mrs Moore crowd. With Six Nations screening Wardour Street, W1V 3TG, 9pm- Tavern: Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 The Power of Three at Two Brewers: and DJ Lee Harris on from 9pm 3am. Snap crackling pop upstairs Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY. 3pm 114 Clapham High Street, SW4 New Bloomsbury Set: 76 with Heidi Liscious & Robyn Banks, – 12am. £4 members/£5. Weekly 7UJ. 5pm-2am. FREE b4 8pm, £4 Marchmont Street, WC1N 1AG. plus chunked up deep tech club Sunday fun at The Vauxhall Tavern, after. Starring Miss Jason, Mary 4pm-11:30pm. The perfect place vibes in the basement. with cabaret and DJs on rotation. Mac and Sandra. to start your night out! Fantastic The Yard: 57 Rupert Street, Soho, THIS WEEK: Charlie Hides. West 5 South Ealing, Pope’s Lane, drinks prices and amazing happy W1D 7PL. Midday ‘til Late. FREE. Last Resort at Dalston Superstore: W5 4NB. From 8pm The popular hour, with all the latest pop hits! Renowned as one of Soho’s most 117 Kingsland High Street, E8 West London club, bar and Bridge Bar: 8 Voltaire Road, SW8 unique and popular destination 2PB. 9pm- 2.30am, free entry. cabaret spot, with added Piano 6DH, 4pm-12am. Free. Snug gay venues, with terrific outdoor space. A queer disco paradise for those Lounge fun. bar in a railway arch, offering Admiral Duncan: 54 Old Compton not ready to say goodbye to the Admiral Duncan: 54 Old Compton cocktails, wines and light meals, Street, W1D 4UB, 12pm-12am weekend! Street, W1D 4UB Infamous plus outdoor seating. Infamous cabaret pub in the heart Orange at Fire: South Lambeth cabaret pub in the heart of Soho. Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D of Soho with Lola Lasagne. Road, SW8 1RT. 11pm -7am. £7 TONIGHT: Baga Chipz and 3JN. 4pm-1am. Soho’s intimate Counter: Arch 50, South Lambeth b4 3am, £10 thereafter. £13 OTD. special guest but packed-out bar/club spot Road, SW8 1SR, 9am-1.30am Orange gives you 100% fresh Big Gay Songbook at The Glory: watches Munroe Bergdorf and – Vauxhall’s chic eatery, with house. Rotation of superhot DJs 281 Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. friends werq the floor! TONIGHT: Bottomless brunch from £28pp, 2 every week. 1pm – 11pm. Show from 7:30pm. Adam Turner, James John and courses and all the prosecco you Gorgey Rudi Douglas and special Connor Bolton could ever want! BARS & CABARET guests do special piano versions G-A-Y Bar: 30 Old Compton Street. The Kings Arms 23 Poland Street, Kabaret at Ku Bar Lisle Street: of their fave gay hits. 12pm-2am. Free entry. Popular W1F 8QJ 12pm-12am – Soho gay 30 Lisle St, WC2H 7BA. 7pm- CK Sunday at Halfway 2 Heaven 7 pop music bar with non-stop hits pub, always game for a drink and midnight, FREE. Weekly gossip Duncannon Street, WC2N 4JF on the screens and a fun, flirty a dance, with drinks promotions soiree and cabaret hosted by Notorious Sunday cabaret night atmosphere. Sex Shells XL at The Glory: 281 Jacqui Swallows, followed by DJ just off Trafalgar Square with George and Dragon: 2 Blackheath Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. 8pm. Lady Lloyd ‘til midnight! Crystal D’Canter and Kelly Mild. Hill, SE10. 8pm-4am, free £15 adv tickets. The outrageous New Bloomsbury Set: 76 Marchmont Central Station, 37 Wharfdale entry before 11pm. The friendly comedy troupe return with Street, WC1N 1AG. 4pm – Road, Kings Cross, N1 9SD, 8pm Greenwich local. TONIGHT: Myra a supersize version of their 11:30pm . Unwind at NBS after a onwards, free entry. Much-loved Dubois from 11pm. notoriously insane shenanigans! busy weekend of partying. gay boozer just around the corner Rose Garden’s Swap Shop/Lipsync FINAL NIGHT Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D from Kings Cross Station! Saturday at Halfway 2 Heaven: 7 3JN. 4pm-4am. Soho’s intimate Counter: Arch 50, South Lambeth Duncannon St, WC2N 4JF. Open SUNDAY 5TH MARCH but packed-out bar/club spot with Road, SW8 1SR, 9am-12.30am ‘til 3am. Mary Mac at 3pm, Rose CLUBS & EVENTS the most amazing DJ booth in – Vauxhall’s chic eatery, with Garden from 5pm, with Vixens Beyond at Fire: South Lambeth town. Bottomless brunch from £28pp, 2 after at 10pm. Road, SW8 1RT. 4am – 12pm., George and Dragon: 2 Blackheath courses and all the prosecco you Ku Bar Soho: 25 Frith Street, WC1D £14 concession b4 7am, £16 Hill, SE10. 8pm-2am. FREE. The could ever want!

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The Kings Arms 23 Poland Street, £3 after. Mrs Moore calls the balls entry. Champagne for you to live W1F 8QJ 12pm-10.30pm – Soho Counter: Arch 50, South Lambeth out your Pretty Woman fantasy at gay pub, always game for a Road, SW8 1SR, 8am-12.30am Soho’s glitziest cocktail bar! drink and a dance, with karaoke Vauxhall’s chic eatery, with happy Halfway 2 Heaven: 7 Duncannon tonight! hour every day from 5pm-7pm Street, Charing Cross, WC2N 4JF. Sunday Mass at Her Upstairs 18 and 10% off for all Above The From 9pm. TONIGHT: The Vix Kentish Town Road, NW1 9NX Stag Theatre-goers. Factor! The search to find the next show from 8pm, free entry The Kings Arms 23 Poland Street, Vixen, with Tanya Hyde. Confessions, cabaret and celestial W1F 8QJ 12pm-11pm – Soho gay Bridge Bar: 8 Voltaire Road, SW8 campery with the always extra pub, always game for a drink and 6DH, 4pm-12am. Free. Snug gay Virgin Xtravaganzah a dance, with drinks promotions bar in a railway arch, offering Before Stonewall – Film and Q&A at cocktails, wines and light meals, MONDAY 6TH MARCH The Glory, 281 Kingsland Road, E2 plus outdoor seating. TONIGHT: CLUBS & EVENTS 8AS, 7.30pm, Free or £5 donation Quiz night, try to win a £60 bar Hard-Up Mondays at Sweatbox: 1-2 – Activists Queer Tours of London tab if you’ve got the smarts! Ramilies Street, Soho, W1F 7LN. hold a special film viewing, plus a The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, 24 hours. Under 25s FREE all day, Q&A with Stuart Feather WC2H 7JR. 5pm-11:30pm. Enjoy £16 others. Finding Mondays hard the Ku Group’s newest venue; to handle? Relieve the pressure TUESDAY 7TH MARCH a boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 with this discounted day for under CLUBS & EVENTS cocktails all night. 25s (ID required) at Soho’s only Eagle Bar at Eagle London: 349 Quiz Night at The Old Ship: 17 gay sauna. Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 Barnes Street, Limehouse, E14 Ku Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 5QY, 8pm-2am, Free Before 7NW. 9.30pm. Local gay bar in Lisle St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am. Midnight, £3 After Late night bar East London’s Limehouse. FREE. DJs play the weekend out with pool table, music & videos, Karaoke at Two Brewers: 114 on a wave of hot pop. lounge areas and £2.50 drinks Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ. The Big Bingo Show at Vauxhall offers until 10pm Bar open 4pm-2am. FREE b4 Tavern: Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Disco Spritz at Dalston Superstore: 10pm, £3 after. Popular South Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY. 7pm 117 Kingsland High Street, E8 London cabaret/club spot. – 12am. Free. Mad bingo with 2PB, 9pm – 2:30pm. Free entry. Admiral Duncan: 54 Old Compton Timberlina! A generous weeknight helping of Street, W1D 4UB Tuesday nights disco, soul and funk from Chaka live with Martha D’Arthur BARS & CABARET Khan’t, Dance Armstrong, Basil Counter: Arch 50, South Lambeth Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old and special guests. Road, SW8 1SR, 8am-12.30am Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. Ku Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 Vauxhall’s chic eatery, with happy 3pm-11.30pm. Bar £2.50 from Lisle St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am. hour every day from 5pm-7pm 5pm, with happy hour prices on FREE. DJs play the weekend out and 10% off for all Above The selected drinks. Plus tunes from DJ on a wave of hot pop. Stag Theatre-goers. Alex Eugenio. The Kings Arms 23 Poland Street, Backing The Stars at Halfway 2 BARS & CABARET W1F 8QJ 12pm-11pm – Soho gay Heaven: 7 Duncannon St. WC2. Bar Wotever at Royal Vauxhall pub, always game for a drink and 7.30 pm. Karaoke with singer Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, a dance, with drinks promotions Kevin Walsh on hosting duties. SE11 5HY. Doors 7pm, tickets £6. Feud Screening at The Glory: 281 The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, Royal Queer Variety Show with live Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. 8pm. WC2H 7JR. 5pm-11:30pm. Enjoy music, cabaret, talks, films and Free Entry. John Sizzle hosts a the Ku Group’s newest venue; spoken word! screening of the bio-series about a boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 Freedom: 60-66 Wardour Street, the rivalry between Bette Davis cocktails 5-8pm all week. W1F 0TA. 10pm – 3am. Free and Joan Crawford. The Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street, Limehouse, E14 7NW, open until midnight. Local gay bar in East London’s Limehouse. Karaoke at Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, N1 9SD, 8pm onwards, free entry, Come holler along to a classic at King’s Cross stalwart Central Station. Kinky Kabaret at Freedom 60-66 Wardour St, London W1F 0TA. 10pm – 3am. Show 11pm. Free entry Every Monday, a variety of the kinkiest and most colourful kabaret acts at Freedom Admiral Duncan: 54 Old Compton Street, W1D 4UB Infamous cabaret pub in the heart of Soho, TONIGHT: Karaoke with Nancy Clench. Rock ‘n’ Roll Bingo at Two Brewers: 114 Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ. 5pm-2am. FREE b4 10pm,

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