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What’s in store…? Put your wig on tight, leave the boyfriend at home and get ready to dance hard as DALSTON SUPERSTORE celebrates five years of adventures over East print + web iPad + iPhone TheSuper- DALSTON SUPERSTORE put queer East on the map five years ago. With an incredible array of club nights, Club combining explosive DJs with the most mentalist drag queens and trannies, you don’t get more bang for your buck than a weekend at the ‘Superstore. Owners Mikki Most and Dan Beaumont plied Cliff Joannou with plenty of prosecco and told him just how they pull it all together every week…

Photos by Franc-off Godevi

CLIFF: Why is Dalston Superstore the and not just do the obvious dog's bollocks? stuff. We both ran clubs DAN: Come down to our birthday next Sunday before [TrailerTrash and Disco and we’ll show you … Bloodbath] and putting on great You’re on. How has Dalston itself evolved DJs is fundamental. We’re open over the past five years, and what impact day and night, and I like the has the ‘Superstore had on the area… idea you can come for a decent DAN: When we started out people thought we cocktail and some food early were crazy trying to open a gay bar in Dalston! evening and still be here at 4am MIKKI: Yes, we were pretty much the first bar in the morning dancing… There’s in the area, and certainly the first gay bar, so I not too many places offering that think people thought we were mental. We’ve in London. opened up a lot of doors in the area for people For such an intimate club though, and it’s been amazing to be part of spot, you’ve had some very Morales playing for four hours, and multiple helping make Dalston cool DJs jump at the visits from people like Optimo, Horse Meat more diverse. It’s chance to play there… Disco, Chloe and Spencer Parker. Plus, our been stressful at times DAN: The best thing about amazing residents – it wouldn’t be the same but the booze helps! “Music, booze, programming your own without Hannah Holland, Borja Peña, the Little How have you set discotheque is that you get Gay Brother guys, Lovely Jonjo, Dave Kendrick, it apart from other food and fun! to bring all your favorite DJs Jos Gibson and the Duchess of Pork et al. gay venues? over to play. Highlights for MIKKI: Absolutely, we recently had the guys DAN: Music, booze, You never us have been an amazing set over from Members Club in Berlin for B(e)ast food and fun! You from Prosumer in the early and the music was really amazing and fresh for never know what know what to days, Erol Alkan dropping a London. It’s great to have the freedom to bring to expect at the disco set, the legendary David over international talent and introduce it to our ‘Superstore. You expect at the scene over here. could fine John Sizzle And it’s the place to put a wig and A Man To Pet ‘Superstore” on it… reenacting the Human MIKKI: It’s part of what we are Centipede on the and to be honest all the best bar - don’t ask! - and nights I can remember at then pop downstairs ‘Superstore have involved for dance courtesy of wigs and heels flying some hot young DJ around all over the place. we’ve found in New So many of our regulars York or Berlin. turn up in flats and leave MIKKI: Yes, we’ve in heels, it’s what gives the always tried to push place its sparkle. things a bit here Dalston Superstore DAN: [Laughs] Yes, our bar (117 Kingsland High St, E8 2PB) very often gets mistaken for a celebrates its 5th birthday over stage by our bewigged regulars the May Bank Holiday weekend doesn’t it? We wouldn’t be the venue with the main party on Sunday we are without the support of people 4th May, 6pm - late. like Jonny Woo, A Man To Pet, John Sizzle, Jacqui Potato and Glynn Famous. In fact we are still in awe of their talents… not to mention their ability to stage dive in heels on a Friday night without sustaining any injuries.

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Whatis BEAUTY?

Albino supermodel Shaun Ross was taunted by bullies as a child, but is now one of the most sought after faces in fashion. Following on from his ‘Radical Beauty’ talk at the TEDXHackney event, Patrick Cash went to meet him at the Dalston Superstore to talk more about modern ideas of beauty.

they automatically look ugly to me. And who are the most radically beautiful people you yourself have encountered in your life? Grace Jones. Because Grace Jones is so different, even as a person, what is she like Tell us a bit about yourself. some sort of validation from fifty or sixty? She’s still I’m obviously a fashion model, of course, but another person because you walking around in a I’m just a very creative individual that likes to can’t find it within yourself, leotard and high stilettos do all kinds of different things. which is why a lot of men, and a mink. I mean come

Talking about radical beauty itself, especially gay men, are very, Photo: Vilanova Vinicius on, it doesn’t matter, and in my research it said you suffered very insecure, they don’t she doesn’t have the body at the hands of bullies as a child, even really notice it. of a supermodel and she how does it feel to have been both Just looking for fleeting affirmation? embraces it and I love that. And she’s probably taunted for the way you look and to Of course. Even getting a lover, it’s: ‘I want to be one of the most radically beautiful people I’ve have been more recently celebrated? with him because we look good’, more so than ever met. I mean the taunted came more so from when ‘we feel good’, and that could be the reason why Do you think there’s a hypocritical aspect I was younger. When you’re younger you a lot of gay relationships don’t really last. to modern society’s treatment of beauty? definitely go through things. You know kids So, what to you is beautiful? I think that it’s very hypocritical because while are cruel and kids say mean things. But the Certain things are not meant to be jammed you’re saying that you want to be innovative and taunting and everything, it definitely made me in a jar and certain things are not meant to be different, you’re showing the same shit. stronger to do the things I’m doing today. categorised, so that’s beautiful and beauty to What do you think would push people Does it keep you grounded? me. Beauty as a feeling, like an air you can’t forward to doing something different? It definitely keeps me grounded, especially really feel, you can’t explain, you just know how People like me. People like myself and you. Like when I look at other people and I see what it feels and you’re like that’s beautiful. having a gay magazine about gay men doing they go through, it keeps me grounded, And what to you is physically successful things as if you were reading another because it’s like ‘I’ve been there before, that’s beautiful? magazine. It’s making what we feel unnormal the very familiar.’ Physical beauty doesn’t exist to me. norm, because it is normal. Do you think the contemporary gay But there must be some guy in a club Excellent. And finally, this is a kind of scene is too obsessed with aesthetic, who you walk in and think ‘wow!’ devil’s advocate question, but what to the way people look? Well, I have a boyfriend. you is ugly? Without a doubt. Predominately in gay culture That doesn’t stop you looking. When I see people who don’t live their lives you have Grindr and you have Instagram I look at people and I think they’re hot but I’m the way they want to, that’s ugly to me. When I where you post pictures of yourself on social a very logical person, that’s my problem. I’ll see somebody living a false life, that’s very ugly, media of your body and things like this, and look at a boy and think ‘Oh my god, he’s so extremely ugly. it’s like ‘why are you doing that?’ The only cute’, but I know x, y and z, why this would So truth is beauty? reason you’re doing that is because you want never happen, why it would never work, so Yes.

www.facebook.com/ModelShaunRoss www.tedxhackney.co.uk - curated by Daniel Vais

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INFORMERTHE WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHERE, WHEN OF GAY LONDON… THUMBS UP NEW PROSTATE CANCER GROUP FOR GAY MEN Saturday 26th April, 2pm West Greenwich Community Arts Centre, 141 Greenwich High Road, SE10 8AJ Metrocentreonline.org Equality and diversity charity SUPER WALKERS METRO have joined up WALK FOR LIFE – ‘HEROES, HEROINES AND VILLAINS’ with Prostate Cancer UK Sunday 8th June to launch a new group The theme for this year’s Walk For Life is ‘Heroes, Heroines and for gay and bisexual Villains’, raising money for HIV and sexual health charity the men in London and Terrence Higgins Trust. So we can expect to see Cruella De’Ville South East affected by being hot on the tails of a Batman or two. The 10km walk will start prostate cancer. Monthly and finish in Bloomsbury Square. It’s going to be a fun day for a meetings in Greenwich great cause and entry is only £7. Check out www.walkforlife.com to will be available for men find out more and to register. to share information and discuss their experiences. With prostate cancer now the most common cancer in men in the UK, it seems sensible to have a place for men to support one another.

DARK FABRICS CABARET Vogue Fabrics, 66 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, N16 POLARI 7XB Monday 28th April, 7.45pm – 10pm Saturday 26th April, doors 7pm. £5. Level 5 Function Room, RFH, Southbank Centre, www.facebook.com/DarkFabricsCabaret Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX Now on its third event, this bi-monthly theatrical showcase Tickets: £5 at renowned East End arts venue Vogue Fabrics is The gay book salon returns for another entertaining dedicated to bringing you a selection of the best new acts night of literary kicks. This month’s dose from around town for your entertainment. This Saturday you sees Philip Hensher, Sophie Ward, LaJohn can find musician/actor Izabella Finch giving you a piece on Joseph, Rebecca Chance and Kiki Archer chugging, brand new bouffon theatre company Ideas Worth taking part. If you want in on a Penny premiering an extract of their Edinburgh show, the irreverent fun and to brush all-singing and all-dancing from the dashingly handsome shoulders with other literature Rich Watkins, ‘Hackney New Act of the Year’ comedy finalist enthusiasts, what better place Candy Gigi Markham, much-loved theatrical performer to do it than by the buzzing Luke Dizzle as ‘Vinnie the Boring Boyfriend’ and the night surroundings of Southbank? capped off by live music from LGBT-fronted band Screaming Toenail! Hosted by Patricia Primarché.

6 PROUD BY THE PEER Don’tDon’t YouYou KnowK BRIGHTON PRIDE OVERVIEW Saturday 2nd August, 12pm – 10pm WhoWho I Am?Am? Preston Park, Tickets: £15 - £20, MOTD. Booking: brighton-pride.org MARC MAJOR,MAJ With extended park-partying hours, the excitement for this year’s Brighton Pride is rapidly building! There will be plenty of fundraising GGMM @ THTHEE VICTORIA events taking place over the two week period, including Doggy Pride at Hove Rugby Club, an Arts and Films festival, a 5K Rainbow Run and Sports Day. So, there’s plenty of things you could dip your toe in to help raise funds to make it the best Pride yet!

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26/04/14: G-A-Y presents Lily Allen Now, this is no ordinary pop star performance at G-A-Y. Four lucky patrons could win the chance to be Lily’s backing dancers for her recital of ‘Hard Out Here’ in front of thousands on the stage at Heaven – simply come dressed as Lily for the chance to be picked! Here at QX Towers we’ve EPVIEH]FIIRTPERRMRK[LEX2MOIXVEMRIVWERH¾SVEPQE\M dress combo we’re gonna turn up in. You can expect tracks from her latest album ‘Sheezus’ as well as a favourite or two. Colour us excited.

Heaven, Under the Arches, Villiers Street, Charing Cross, WC2H 6NG. 10.30pm-5am. £5 wristband from G-A-Y.

26/04/14: XXL ‘Retro’ Join the disco-dancing bears for another all-nighter of commercial remixes and vocal house. Resident DJs Mark Ames, Alex Logan, Christian M and Joe Egg will be on the decks providing the thumping soundtrack to your Saturday night/Sunday morning. And for those more adventurous bears (otters, beavers, and the rest), there’s even a dark room if you can’t wait Christian M to get back to your cave!

Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, Southbank, SE1 9UF. 10pm-8am. Members £8, guests £15.

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S 26/04/14: Blocheads

W East Bloc throws opens its ever-pumping doors for another awesome instalment E of ‘Blocheads’ this weekend with Tom Stephan, Smokin Jo and Paul N

Heron in the Main Room. Then there’s the Macho Sluts Ollywood, Ray Noir,

B Ursula Snakes and Andrew Moore elsewhere in East Bloc’s hallowed supporting U rooms bringing in the beats for you to bang to until

L morning.

C East Bloc, 217 City Road, Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. 10pm-6am. £5 before 12am, £8 before 1am, £10 after.

26/04/14: Zigzag Samstag They may have taken a brief hiatus but the dark and hedonistic Berlin-inspired party is back! And what better for a new and slightly sinister location than under the arches of Bethnal Green? Bringing you trippy-techno and modern beats will be resident duo Herrs Craig Campbell and Greg Lowe. If you thought those boys of Berlin partied hard, you ain’t seen nothing yet! We hope you know a good hangover cure - you’ll need it!

Resistance Gallery, 265 Poysner Street, Bethnal Green, E2 9RF. 9pm-late.

£3 b4 11pm, £5 after. Craig Campbvell

Dance Tunnel presents… Dance Tunnel, 95 Kingsland High Street, Dalston, E8 2PB. 10pm-3am.

25/04/14: Ostgut Ton Nacht Veteran Berghain resident Fiedel plays the next installment of Ostgut Ton’s new London residency. Supported by local resident Fold, fresh from his debut at Panorama Bar last month. £5 b4 11pm, more after. Mr Ties Fiedel 26/04/14: Darkroom Founder of infamous 24 hour Homopatik parties in Berlin, Mr Ties will be gracing the Tunnel with his presence this April. Expect disco, techno and underground sounds, and an anything-goes-attitude because that city never does things by halves.

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S 26/04/14: Tik Tok Post-Easter craziness and need to

W get back on it with another top-notch party? Then get E yourself down to Tik Tok for DJs Chris N

Barker and Alex Georgiou giving you

B proper burning beats to get your hooves U a-tapping. Plus, East

L End scenester Borja Pena drops into the C Vauxhall centrifuge, and there are two DJs on a special back2back with Severino and Leonardo Glovibes.

Barcode, 69 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 7TP. 10pm-6am. £6.

26/04/14: R&She 2nd Birthday R&She celebrates its second birthday with another nasty escapade dedicated to the queens of R&B and hip-hop from the 90s to the present. Featuring DJs QBoy, David Neil Prince Oh and Neil Prince on the David Oh decks giving it to your large with your favourite divas in the world, ever.

QBoy Vogue Fabrics, 66 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, N16 7XB. 10pm-3am. £5, £3 before 11pm.

G-A-Y presents… There’s an amazing line-up of entertainment on stage for you coming up at G-A-Y!

Heaven, Under the Arches, Villiers Street, Charing Cross, WC2H 6NG. 10.30pm-5am. Discount wristbands from G-A-Y.

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Neon Jungle @ G-A-Y 19/04/14 Heaven, under the WORDS BY Arches, Villiers Street, ANTHONY GILÉT Charing Cross, PHOTOS BY WC2N 6NG CHRIS JEPSON

WHEN IT COMES to the biggest four-day weekend in anyone’s calendar, it’s no surprise that things can be a bit up in the air, but there was certainly one staple that was firmly fixed in our calendar; Neon Jungle’s latest performance at Heaven. Obviously stumbling down that cobbled alley was as tough as ever, but believe us it was worth it. The crowd enjoyed some pumping commercial sounds as they awaited pop’s latest girl group, and when they emerged the entire club was no short of dripping like Cheryl Cole when she heard “X Factor comeback”. The quartet certainly lived up to their name when they appeared in colourful outfits that would send any epileptic into uncontrollable fits. But we were actually LIVING for each one of their outfits! *writes Christmas list* The girls burst onto the stage causing a whole lot of ‘Trouble’ with their debut hit, before performing title track ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ and their most recent smash ‘Braveheart’. We were shacking out like Janet Jackson doped up on speed; yes ‘cause ‘Braveheart’ is our jam! The group looked - and sounded - amazing, so we were fully content when we had to drag our drunk arses along those cobbles again. Neon Jungle, we salute ya!

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PAPA - THE SAILOR 20/04/14 Terminus Place, Victoria, SW1V 1JR WORDS AND PHOTOS BY CHRIS JEPSON

WITH MOUSTACHES a-plenty and the words ‘come to Papa’ dancing on our lips, Sunday night saw one of the biggest new happenings on the London club scene for ages as Tel Aviv’s Papa World Tour landed for its London debut. Super-hot Eliad Cohen brought his cohort of sexy sailors to super club Pacha in Victoria wearing only skimpy pants that left nothing to the imagination. The main room rocked to the tunes of international Papa DJ Suri as well as our very own Mike Dower and Zach Burns, while upstairs Daz Saund, Tom Stephan and Leonardo Glovibes provided some grrr and furrr in the Megawoof room, and Gordon John and Paul Heron the ‘gurl’ and hoopla in a packed room of chunky dirty sounds. The club was packed with the hottest men imaginable and it was shirts off and tits out from the off with most staying right through ‘til closing at 5am. If you missed it, you definitely missed out, but hopefully it won’t be too long ‘til Papa comes back to see us again.

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FEVER 19/04/14 Barcode, 69 Albert WORDS BY Embankment, Vauxhall, TOM REDKID SE1 7TP PHOTOS BY MARK STOREY

BARCODE DROVE us to a fever- pitch with the aptly themed Fever last Saturday and it was hot enough to fry our Easter eggs! Manager Michal and his hardy crew, along with endearing hostess Isis, made sure their two club rooms were packed with every bunny who was any-bunny hoppin’ and boppin’ to the hottest DJs in town. The club bar cranked up the way-back machine and “went back to our roots” with some retro-disco and a hot mix of Afro-Latin funk house beats streaming from the fingertips of DJs Carl, Jason Prince and Michael Mileti. The main room, ‘Happy House’, featured ‘music to make you smile’ courtesy of DJs Stevie B, Steve Geller and the Sharp Boys and rumbled and buckled with such fierce bass you’d think it was the second coming! Maybe it was but we were too busy dancing to notice. The clubs were packed to overflowing with a hulking mix of some serious muscle, twirling clubbers, freewheelin’ fems and more than a few Easter bunnies who put their baskets down and got busy shakin’ their cotton tails. “It’s all about laid-back people socialising with each other,” Mgr. Michal put it into perspective. Barcode proved that ‘funk never sleeps’ as Fever transitioned into UnChill after-hours, taking our weekend into Sunday morning.

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HANDSOME 19/04/14 East Bloc, 217 City Road, WORDS BY Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN TOM REDKID PHOTOS BY DOS FOTOS

EAST(ER) BLOC stuffed a rocket in our pockets and boiled our eggs in a pretty pink basket with Handsome Saturday night at the East End’s favourite bunny hole. The ‘Bloc’s Wayne and promoter Martyn Fitzgerald served us up a right proper treat with none other than legendary original Chicago house DJ Marshall Jefferson laying on sticky-chocolate funk house that had us bunny hoppin’ ‘til the sweat trickled down the walls. “The theme is US house,” said Martyn. “We want to bring back that whole mixed crowd urban vibe that’s been missing from the gay club scene.” Bring it they did. A night reminiscent of the good ol’ days back in my misspent Chi-town youth in the basement jams of Frankie Knuckles where all ages and races mixed it up on the dance floor. Highlights included the crystalline airy electro-deep trip mix of blond sugar Stuart Geddes, high-energy house by Dave Kendrick and Mark-Ashley Dupe’s slick urban grooves that had them vogue-ing in the back bar. Mistamaker spun some impressive hip-hop and Johnny Kalifornia had the third room club swirling to his own “shed party within a house party” featuring his new downloadable mix ‘Sprung’. A hot mix of club kids, old- schoolers, hard hunks and funkmasters all gathered together like multi-coloured eggs in one helluva basket.

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DALSTON SUPERSTORE 11/04/14 117 Kingsland Road, WORDS BY E8 2PB TOM REDKID PHOTOS BY JOEL RYDER

DALSTON SUPERSTORE shoved hot spice up our fannies to get us groovin’ at their tailgate party for the Fringe Film Festival with their Spice World sing-along parody featuring some of the hottest DJs and spiciest trannies, such as the incomparable Jacqui Potato as Posh Spice. From the basement to the top of the upstairs bar, not a square inch of space was left untainted by the massive crush of fanny-friendly crowds filling two floors and out the door! DJs Neil Prince and RUFUS and Bambi led the night on the ground floor with familiar 90s dance-pop and retro grooves re-styled for the funkier folk. As the night grew heavier and more of the teeming throngs poured in from the Hackney Empire, the music revealed decidedly cooler flavours of fun from Kotsakis, Holestar and none other than her majesty the Duchess of Pork (oink oink)! If only the real Spice Girls had been this talented, we might still give a monkey’s. In the laser basement, darker, harder funkhouse grooves thumped out in time with the laser beams shining off our greased-up glitter and flashing on the glam in the dark. We humped and grumped our way through the sexy sea only to be snatched up by one Spicey “lady”(I think it was Mel B or C -- I couldn’t tell) who demanded: “Which Spice Girl are you?!” “Peaches!”

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SEPM 11/04/14 WORDS BY East Bloc TOM REDKID 217 City Road, PHOTOS BY Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN JOEL RYDER

DOWN IN THE DARK dungeon lab of East Bloc, mad scientists Larry Tee and Attack Attack Attack hooked the battery cables to their lil’ monster’s neck plugs, cranked up the voltage and unleashed another Super Electric Party Machine onto the lovable carny folk. High- energy funk house ripped through the joint packed with the sweaty, shirtless, the weird and wonderful all come together in the panoply of style and fun that always makes the East End worth the trip across town. LT and AAA had ‘em lubed and ready for main stage DJ Kris Di Angelis’ “heavy dance music”, serious man- size beats that shook the plaster from the ceiling: “It’s incredible from the minute I step in! I love it here!” The back room swirled with the familiar funk-pop, old school grooves of James Long and Maddy Endrighi early on and wrapped up tight with the harder twisted vogue-worthy bass lines of Colby B. from NYC. Special treat was an appearance by soon-to-be Eurovision winner, Austria’s own Conchita Wurst (yes, “sausage”, figure it out people). The bearded songstress belted out two power pop hits: “That’s What I Am” and contest entry ‘Rise Like A Phoenix’. A drag artist since her teens, Ms. Wurst is first and foremost a pro singer and songwriter. “I just want to do a good job onstage and change some minds,” she told us. She certainly blew some minds at East Bloc as the crowd tore down the walls and stomped for more. Yessir, I think we have a weiner - I mean, winner! Purple-haired Viking Matthew Kerry, did a show that was “fierce, fab and bitches gonna gag!” She wasn’t foolin’! I wish I could print what MK did! FiFi la True swanned about in her festooned wig and svelte body giving bon mots to all and adding that touch of Warhol-chic to this new romantic denizen. “Being glamtrash isn’t about being cunty, darling. Only the insecure bitches are nasty. I know I’m beautiful, so I can afford to be sweet,” she glared with pearly whites. Yes, Glinda, only bad witches are ugly... Eurovision trannies, Warhol glam-trash, Vikings, sexy bartenders, wicked DJs, card sharks, – SEPM got it all!

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Sam DMS Munroe Bergdorf Dusty O CIRCA NIGHTS

Circa owner Alan Winter asked his team to fess up about their most memorable nights at one of Soho’s most insanely sociable venues… Adam Turner Jonathan Bestley Lee Dalloway

Sam DMS at TWERQ, Tuesday Munroe Bergdorf at Discipline, Friday Jonathan Bestley We all get our fair share of unwanted Fridays are always full of crazy, but that at Love #Hangover, Sunday attention but one particular guy kept time I was balancing explaining WHY I We were obsessed with American Horror turning up on my night and getting overly- wasn’t going to play Celine Dion’s ‘new Story this year. Little did I realise I’m friendly. I made the mistake of moaning to one’ to a punter, whist trying to remain actually part of a coven. We cursed a Alan to which I was met with the response: invisible to two ex-boyfriends in the crowd wicked man the other day and he woke “Oh be quiet Sam, it’s a quiet night, take and hide the new one inside the booth, was up in hospital the next morning with one for the team!” particularly memorable. concussion. Do not incur our wrath! (He was fine btw LOL) Dusty O Detained, Wednesday On one particular day there was an event Lee Dalloway, Dungeon Master on in Soho I was working at. One of the first Downstairs at Circa, affectionately places I head to is Circa. On this occasion known as “The Dungeon”, is naturally Mr Winter’s generosity overcame me, and the venue’s epicentre of sin. While not combined with the lovely atmosphere I always the delightfully rotten core of the bar enjoy so much and - you guessed it - I got That mirrorball (that honour goes to our leader Alana drunk. In fact, I got bladdered. So much so booth has seen Wintour) many of the things a drunken that I forgot I was working and spent the cloakroom slut gets up to on an average whole night at Circa. It was only the next its fair share of shift are unprintable. day after waking up fully clothed on my moments But the biggest sin is clearly vanity, bathroom floor did I remember I was actually thanks to the floor-to-ceiling “selfie meant to be somewhere else and had come mirror” next to the loos - where home without doing my duties. I never miss Adam Turner, Saturday the great, the good, the drag and the a gig, especially my own and was horrified. There was one night during our late licenses bladdered pout into an iPhone then However, it’s a testament to how much I last year that we had a DJ who had to get Instagram the shit out of it. Security adore the bar and its wonderful welcoming to another gig before Circa closed, which cameras regularly catch Soho’s drunkest atmosphere. Thanks Circa. I love you! meant I had to do the last hour of Circa. sprucing and preening, but the best With a two hour gap of no DJing for me and moment had to be a staggering kween Munroe Bergdorf at VS, Thursday Alan forcing Jaegarbombs down my neck, who, somehow, mistook the giant mirror That mirrorball booth has seen its fair once I got back on the decks I have no idea for a continuation of “The Dungeon” and share of moments, but the time that I what I played, if I played or where I was. smacked face first into his own visage. managed to get both my dress and weave Moral of the story: never agree to DJ the We’ll leave it up to you to decide if the stuck in the DJ booth fan was particularly last hour if Alan has anything to do with it! problem was a lack of reflection... epic. I’m not sure what I would have done without Adam Turner untangling me before the track finished… Circa (62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D 3JN) celebrates its 3rd birthday on Thursday 8th May. Open ‘til 4am.

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TWO BREWERS 114 Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ It’s another big weekend at the Two Brewers with Lady Imelda bringing plenty of campness (and undoubtedly a dress that weighs more than she does) to the stage. London’s Big Gay Lady Imelda Band and La Voix make some noise in the club bar on the Saturday 26th before the Power of Three conjure some comedy on Sunday. THE VICTORIA 188 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, E17 4QH Don’t miss The Victoria over the next Bank Holiday as they are ramping up the ante with super sparkling swinging-o- the-hips entertainment on Saturday 3rd May with cabaret superstar Miss Jason on the boards. After you’ve cackled and howled yourself silly like lubed-up putty KU BAR in Miss Jason’s manicured fingers, you can 30 Lisle Street, Chinatown, WC2H 7BA enjoy the entertainment up North way So you just finished one Bank Holiday, in Walthamstow with beats courtesy of are you ready for another? Ku Bar DJ Steveo. certainly are, with their infamous May Pole Dancing returning on Sunday 4th May, with some of the sexiest, hard-bodied male pole dancers in the whole of the capital swinging their hips around a thick pole (the gorgeous Ku Bar Boys know all about that), plus free shot boys, tops off behind the bar and Ku Klub open until 3am afterwards. That’s your next Bank Holiday sorted then!

Miss Jason

HALFWAY TO HEAVEN 7 Duncannon Street, Charing Cross, WC2N 4JF This weekend at Halfway to Heaven you can find Myra DuBois on Friday 25th April giving you her immense ‘Friday Night Live!’ with a special guest. Saturday 26th sees Rose Garden with her Saturday Market Swap Shop from 4pm, followed by Bears Downstairs with Justin Swift from 9pm. And finish off the weekend with Mrs Moore on Sunday 27th from 8pm.

Myra DuBois

Rose Garden

30 BAR NEWS ´ by Jason Reid #QXGayLondon Email: [email protected]

STRIKE UP THE band, hang up last three years,” she said, adding: the bunting and hold onto your “After Halfway’s win with Martha wigs, because the competition last year, we’re determined to do gets underway good and proper the double and hold onto that this week, with the first heats title, so it’s all systems go, dear, at Halfway to Heaven on and (manager) Angel is always Tuesday 29th, from 9pm, and behind the acts 100% too, which The Golden Cross, Cardiff is great.” on Wednesday 30th from I’ll be joined on the judging panel 8pm. Halfway has my very own by 2011 winner Son Ofa Tutu drag wife, and drag mother to and the wee Glaswegian lassie many, Bette Rinse hosting; and with the big voice, Mary Mac. I’ve been reliably informed that Guest judge for the first heat will there’s a healthy mix of traditional be resident DJ David Robson, and alternative drag performers, and there’ll also be performances who will all be looking to secure from previous winners, Martha one of those golden spots in the D’Arthur and Tanya Hyde. Heat Final. If you’re an aspiring performer Speaking to me this week, Bette who is toying with the idea of spoke of her ‘excitement to be entering, every venue is still carrying the mantle as host for the accepting applications, however third year in a row’. the following may be your best “I’m really looking forward to bet in London as they’re looking seeing what new talent to fill their heats: The is out there,, I think George and Dragon, it’s so importantmportant Greenwich; Central to encourage,urage, Station, Kings Cross nurture andand and The Victoria, offer as muchmuch Walthamstow. advice ass Follow me possible to on Twitter @ those startingarting JasonReidUK out. I will,ll, for live tweets of course,e, throughout the be assisteded competition, and I’ll by my eliteite do my damnedest panel of to get all the judges, whowho juicy action have workedrked and backstage with me so capers your way well for thethe first.

Bette Rinse

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WITH ALL the shiny adverts, bells and whistles that accompany the arrival to our shores of various visiting continental mega clubs, it is very Circa easy to become complacent and forget just how lucky we are to have the breadth and diversity of permanent gay venues right here in the city that are open day-in and day-out, come rain or shine. Whether you are after a quiet respite for a romantic rendezvous or something a little more lively to kick-off a night on the tiles, London has it all. This Easter saw the festivities spread themselves out over the five nights from Thursday to Monday, and never being ones to miss an opportunity we donned our best walking mules and did the rounds. We started on the north side of Soho Square at the multi- Edge coloured edifice that is the Edge. Shining out like a beacon in the midst of Crossrail chaos, a plethora of top DJs invited us to get down and dirty with their Easter Bunny, while sexy bar boys and hostess Felicia Van Cartier ensured there was no let up in the frolics right through ‘til 3am every night. A hop and a skip down Frith Street, we found Chez Alan at Circa where the G-A-Y Late mirror ball DJ box was

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on constant rotation pumping out the party tunes to a packed bar of pretty boys. Sunday also saw the launch Halfway II Heaven of Jonathan Bestley’s Love#Hangover with delightful disco jams, soulful sounds and re-imagined poptastic ditties. After a couple of Circa’s dirtiest martinis we fell out of the door and made our way carefully through the back streets of Soho to The Yard where we were greeted by a warren of the hottest bunny boys imaginable. With all three spaces packed to the rafters we chose to mingle in the star- lit courtyard while KU Bar beautiful ripped shot boys bearing trays laden with Easter delights pressed their way through the crowds. Our next stop was just a few metres away at Rupert Street where we found the lovely Little John on the decks mixing commercial tunes to another packed bar, continuing their line-up of guest DJs that also had the gorgeous Jodie Harsh doing her thang as well as residents Rich B and Brent Nicholls. Dragging ourselves away we headed to Ku Bar on Lisle Street where it was Playboy paradise on Manbar all three floors with live DJs, topless pert

BAR NEWS ´ THE SOHO EASTER BARS ROUND-UP WORDS AND PHOTOS BY CHRIS JEPSON

pecs serving pints and pretty boys galore as only Ku knows how. Next stop, Manbar where, although they have had to turn the music down due to the complaints from a single vindictive neighbour, the fun continues with Rupert Street a superabundance of superb drinks offers for the summer and plenty of space downstairs as well as up in the new Moustache Lounge where the men gather! Halfway II Heaven had a bumper offering of cabaret this weekend with Rose Garden’s Saturday Market knocking the ball well and truly out of the park, and DJ Sean delivering camp classics on the decks, complete with his impromptu dance routines, our evening was almost complete! With legs almost unable to walk in a straight line, we finished our Soho trawl by jumping in to a Polish driven rickshaw and careering up the Charing Cross Road to G-A-Y Late where, having opened at 11pm it was almost at capacity thirty minutes later, and the queue stretched almost 100m down the road. Inside, the party was in full swing with the anthems and pop perfection for buff young bucks, and with drinks as The Yard cheap as Easter chicks it was the ideal homo establishment to kick back and spend the rest of the night.

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Thursgays is at East Bloc, 217 City Road, Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN from 10.30pm-4am. Suggested donation of £3, £2 minimum.

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Pride to Maspalomas2014 Drag and Idol Birmingham Contestants Wishing the Best of and the very best of luckMuch to TutuAll Love REVIEW: MUSIC NEWS ARTS

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Never ones to keep their clothes on for long behind the bar, the Ku Bar Boys invaded our office last week to parade around the rooftops at QX Towers in their latest favourite undies. We felt obliged to take photos…

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From left to right Matteo – Hom Sport Rio Cup Boxer, £22 Kamran – Hom Black Addict Jeans Print Boxer, £24

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YOUR GUIDE TO THE WEEK'S BEST BAR MAYBES CLUB CABARET EVENTS IN LONDON MUSTSFULL LISTINGS AVAILABLE AT WWW.QXMAGAZINE.COM THURSDAY 24TH APRIL compete text 07789 553 868 or email W1. 4pm-1am. Munroe Bergdorf and admirers. [email protected] Adam Turner get you warmed up for G-A-Y Camp Attack at Heaven, Villiers CLUBS & EVENTS Vibe at Barcode, 69 Albert Room Service with some unrivalled Street, WC2N 6NG. 11pm-4am. FREE Hamburger Queen Grand Final at Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 7TP. Thursday night hotness! with wristband from G-A-Y Bar. Main The Bloomsbury Ballroom, Victoria 11pm-4am. Weekly night of urban Backing The Stars at Halfway 2 Floor plays 70s, 80s, 90s, 00 & 01, Star House, Bloomsbury Square, WC1B sounds from DJs Nastee and Robski, Heaven, 7 Duncannon Street, Charing Bar is 02 to present day, videos in the 4DA. Doors 7pm. Show 8pm. with PopVibe in the bar and the Cross, WC2N 4JF. Long running Pop Room. Musical theme sing-along in £15 advance. Performance artist upstairs SexVibe cruise room. popular central London cabaret pub the Departure Lounge. Scottee returns with his celebratory with Kevin Walsh. Own It at Disco, 13 Kingly Court, competition for the bigger framed BARS & CABARET W1B 5PW. 9pm-3am. A new party personage reaches the grand final! Two Brewers – Drag Idol Heat at for hot house and thumping disco for Head judge Felicity Hayward and 114 Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ. FRIDAY 25TH APRIL Friday nights in Soho from Fat Tony resident DJs Unskinny Bop. Bar open 4pm-2am. FREE b4 10pm, with guest DJ Steve Pitron. David Hoyle’s Still Life at RVT, 372 £3 after. Popular South London CLUBS & EVENTS Trannyshack East at Vogue Fabrics, Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 cabaret/club spot. TONIGHT: The first Super Electric Party Machine at 66 Stoke Newington Road, N16 5HY. Doors 7pm. Show 8.30pm. Two Brewers Drag Idol Heat. East Bloc, 217-219 City Road, EC1V 7XB. 10pm-3am. £5. Trannyshack £10. David Hoyle presents a series 1JN. 10pm-6am. £5. The freshest, is heading East for their bi-monthly of conversation based performances Titti La Camp hottest talent playing the best new party at Vogue with Tasty Tim and exploring spirituality, art, academia, music with DJ Larry Tee and guests Lady Lloyd on the decks. queer history and more. TONIGHT: In at this hot-ass East London basement Push the Button ‘Nil Points’ at conversation with painter and sculptor club spot. TONIGHT: Guest DJs Jodie RVT, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, Maggi Hambling. Harsh, Ray Noir and Will Bond. SE11 6HY. 9pm-3am. £6. Push the G-A-Y Late at 5 Goslett Yard, Nancy’s at Dalston Superstore, Button is a celebration of the last 20 off Charing Cross Road, WC2. 117 Kingsland High St, E8 2PB. years of pop in all its glorious forms, 11pm-3am. Hot pop sounds get 9pm-4am. Free b4 11pm/£5 after. with requests taken all via Twitter on played out across the club, drink Weekly night of regular resident DJs @PTButton and #PLAYTHEHITS. specials, cute guys and an almost spinnin’ up a storm of top deck disco TONIGHT: PA by X Factor’s Ruth unrivalled highly electric atmosphere. house and hot tracks to shack out to. Lorenzo. Open 7 days. TONIGHT: Abattoir featuring Rufus A:M (afterhours) at Protocol, South Thursgays at East Bloc, 217 City & Bambi plus partner-in-crime Rex Lambeth Road, SW8 1RT. 1am Road, Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. the Dog! (Saturday morning)-11am. £12. The 10.30pm-7am. £5. The ‘Bloc goes Ostgut Ton Nacht at Dance original Saturday morning afterhours bonkers for Easter weekend with Tunnel, 95 Kingsland Road, E8 2PB. beast that continues to light up the an ultra late opening time ‘til 7am! 10pm-3am. £5 before 11pm, more weekend ahead of the rest churns out Midnight Yeast Cabaret deliver a after. Veteran Berghain resident the turbocharged house sounds. performance by Oozing Gloop, Lewis Fidel plays the next instalment of Barton and Rodent Decay with tunes Ostgut Ton’s new London residency, BARS & CABARET by resident DJs playing pop, dance, supported by local resident Fold, West 5 at South Ealing, Pope’s Lane, R’n’B, disco and electro. fresh from Panorama Bar debut. W5 4NB. The popular West London Ku Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street, Vanity Von Glow’s Cocktails in The Ku Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street at 30 club, bar and cabaret spot, with added Leicester Square, WC2. 6pm-3am. Shufflewick Bar at The Black Cap, Lisle Street, Leicester Square, WC2. Piano Lounge fun. TONIGHT: Cabaret FREE. The legendary Tasty Tim and 171 Camden High Street, NW1 7JY. 10pm-3am. FREE b4 11pm, £5 after. from Son ofa Tutu. VVG in the Piano guests spin the pop sounds and floor The popular Camden cabaret, pub Pop perfection and hot floor fillers Lounge. fillers. and club hosts a new night of drag as Ku’s hot 3 spin the tunes in its The Victoria at 186 Hoe Street, Room Service at Miabella, 12-13 and drink. With special guest Silver downstairs basement club spot. Walthamstow, E17. Open ‘til 3am. Greek Street, Soho, W1D 4DJ. Summers. G-A-Y Late at 5 Goslett Yard, Lively East End pub features karaoke 10pm-3am. Don’t you dare miss this Rupert Street at 50 Rupert Street, off Charing Cross Road, WC2. every Friday! fiercely social, sexy club spot, playing Soho, W1D 6DR. From 8pm. Weekly 7.30pm-3am. Hot pop sounds, drink Kazbar at 50 Clapham High Street, edgy and upfront house. Expect hot dance session at the popular Soho specials, cute guys and a pop perfect SW4 7UL. 4pm-3am. Free. Funky gogo eye candy and hosted by fab bar. TONIGHT: Enriched with DJ atmosphere. Clapham bar with stylish swish. scene faces. Get snapped by the Rich B. Fitladz at Barcode, 69 Albert TONIGHT: ‘Everybody’s Free’! DJ legendary resident papper! Comptons of Soho at 51-53 Old Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 7TP. Eduardo Herrera is joined by a PA from Ted’s TV/TS Night at Ted’s Place, Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. 10pm-8am. £8 members, £10 Rozalla. 305a North End Road. 7pm-2am. £5. 12pm-midnight. One of Soho’s best guests. The club session for horny The Two Brewers at 114 Clapham The night for fellas in frocks and their loved traditional gay pubs, always lads with hot grooves from the DJs High Street, SW4 7UJ. 5pm-4am. admirers. busy and always friendly and always and an extended cruise space. £5 after 10pm. London’s legendary G-A-Y Porn Idol at Heaven, Villiers fun. Tonker at Eagle London, 349 cabaret and club bar. TONIGHT: Street, WC2N 6NG. 11pm-4am. Metro Nights Foam Party at West Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 Cabaret from Lady Imelda. Discount wristbands from G-A-Y Bar. 5, Pope’s Lane, South Ealing, W5 5QY. 9pm-3am. FREE b4 10pm, £6 Discipline at Circa, 62 Frith Street, The biggest amateur strip contest in 4NB. Open from 8pm. FREE. The after. Big bear bar boozing, cruise Soho, W1D 3JN. 4pm-1am. Soho’s town is back! Win £100 on the night foam flies tonight at Ealing’s hugely and tunes has disco, house & soul, intimate but packed-out bar/club spot and maybe £1,000 in the Final. Plus, popular club, bar and cabaret spot. then sexier vibes to the early hours watches Munroe Bergdorf and friends hot pop spun across the venue. To VS at Circa, 62 Frith Street, Soho, for hot daddies, bears, cubs and their werq the floor!

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Central Station at 37 Wharfdale G-A-Y presents Lily Allen at Mr Ties at Dance Tunnel, 95 Kingsland London, 100 Shoreditch High Street, Road, Kings Cross, N1 9SD. Open ‘til Heaven, Villiers Street, WC2N 6NG. Road, E8 2PB. 10pm-3am. Mr Ties runs E1 63Q. 10pm-3am. New night 4am. FREE entry. Cabaret and DJs ‘til 10pm-5am. Discount wristbands Homopatik. It’s one of the best parties launches in Shoredtich with Hannah late. TONIGHT: Entertainment from available from G-A-Y Bar. The palace in Berlin. He’ll be playing all night. Holland, Guy Williams and Josh Lucy Jones. of pop and quite possibly the world’s Disco, techno, and anything else he’s Caffe. Friday Night Live with Myra most famous gay club packs out this feeling. That’s what you need to know. The Riverside Tavern at 8 Canal Dubois at Halfway 2 Heaven, 7 cavernous venue. TONIGHT: Lily Allen R18 at Eagle London, 349 Road, Strood, Kent, ME2 4DR. One Duncannon Street, Charing Cross, onstage live! Come dressed as Lil’ to Kennington Lane, SE11 5QY. of Kent’s premier gay venues holds WC2N 4JF. 9pm-3am. The central win the chance to join her on stage. 9pm-4am. FREE b4 10pm/£6 after. another big Saturday night bash. London cabaret hot spot. TONIGHT: Get ready for a night of ‘Unrestricted’ Ku Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street at 30 Myra’s joined by Drag With No Name. pleasure as R17 returns for April with Lisle Street, Leicester Square, WC2. The Black Cap at 171 Camden High a huge load of man-on-man action, 10pm-3am. FREE b4 11pm, £5 after. Street, NW1 7JY. 10pm-3am. £5. featuring Jack Empire and resident DJ £3 with wristband/membership. The Party rocking Camden pub delivers Eduardo Herrera playing the sound of party continues in Ku’s basement club premier cabaret and entertainment. pulsating dark beats. with hot pop and floor fillers from Bridge Lovers at The Bridge Bar at Hot Boy Dancing Spot at Dalston the DJs. 8 Voltaire Road, Clapham, SW4 6DH. Superstore, 117 Kingsland High G-A-Y Late at 5 Goslett Yard, 5pm-2am. Funky vocal house from DJ Street, E8 2PB. 9pm-3am. FREE b4 off Charing Cross Road, WC2. Kurt Potter at the snazzy Clapham bar. 11pm/£5 after. The Lovely Jonjo 11pm-3am. Hot pop sounds, drink Comptons of Soho at 51-53 Old and Hello Mozart bring the disco specials, cute guys and a pop perfect Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. and indie obsessed Tronik Youth to atmosphere. 12pm-2am. The grand dame of Soho. the basement where you can expect Sweatbox Foam Party at 1-2 TONIGHT: Guest DJ Zach Burns. everything from Bobby O to New Ramilies Street, Soho, W1F 7LN. 24 Rupert Street at 50 Rupert Street, Order! hours. £16. Unwind and release some Soho, W1D 6DR. Open ‘til 1am. R&She – 2nd Birthday at Vogue tension after a stressy week with the Soho’s sexy bar is ready to shine Fabrics, 66 Stoke Newington Road, all the fun of the foam at Sweatbox’s again with weekly DJ sets to get you N16 7XB. 10pm-3am. £3 before original weekly party. in the weekend mood! TONIGHT: 11pm, £5 after. A night dedicated to Duckie at RVT, 372 Kennington Guest DJ Phil Marriot. the queens of R&B and hip-hop from Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5HY. 9pm-2am. Sauna Bar at 29 Endell Street, the 90s to present, with DJs QBoy, £6. Authentic London club/ Covent Garden, WC2H 9BA. David Oh and Neil Prince. Celebrating entertainment nighter. Hosted by Amy Lily Allen 11.30am-2am. £16. £5 off entry with two years. Lamé, record players Readers Wifes. QX advert. The only licensed gay Blocheads at East Bloc, 217 City ZigZag Samstag v2.0 at the Beyond (afterhours) at Area, Albert sauna in the West End, open ‘til super Road, Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. Resistance Gallery, 265 Poyser Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 7TP. late every weekend. 10pm-6am. £5 b4 midnight/£8 Street, E2 9RF. 9pm-late. £3 before 3am (Sunday morning)–midday. Camp As Hits at The City of Quebec, before 1am/£10 after. Another 11pm, £5 after. Herrs Campbell and Mammoth mash-up explodes across 12 Old Quebec Street, Marble Arch, body-pumping night of always- Lowe provide their usual collection of Area with big main floor upfront house W1H 7AF. 10pm-3am. Venerable rammed East End club East Bloc gets high quality contemporary tunes with and edgier sounds in the Chapel Bar. institution of the gay scene rocks out underway with Tom Stephan, Smokin’ a trippy techno edge. Unchill (afterhours) at Barcode, 69 some pop classics for an evening Jo and Paul Heron in the Main Room, Juanchito at Guy’s Bar, Boland Albert Embankment, SE1 7TP. 3am of fun. and Ollywood, Ray Noir, Ursula House, St Thomas Street, SE1 9RT. (Saturday morning) -12pm. FREE b4 The Edge at 11 Soho Square, Soho, Snakes and Andrew Moore in the 10pm-2.30am. Early bird £6, doors 8am, £5 after. Aferhours party with W1D 3QE. 12noon-3am. FREE b4 Macho Sluts room. £10. Launch night of a new LGBT two rooms and two vibes, including 10.30pm. Four floors of fun! Top Tik Tok at Barcode, 69 Albert salsa night from Team Exilio at it’s DJs Marco Geee, Stevie B, Rob Sykes, tunes from the DJs spinning top 40, Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 7TP. new home with Resident DJ G. Mattias Dabo, Adam Watts, Daniel pop, funky house and more. 10pm-6am. £6. Tik Tok returns Shade at Basement Club, Ace Hotel Stone, Julien Perret and many more. Ku Bar Frith Street, 25 Frith Street, for burning beats and an amazing WC1D 5LB. Open ‘til 3am. Ku Bar’s atmosphere featuring DJs Chris little brother stretches across two Barker, Alex Georgiou plus Borja floors for that perfect Soho warm-up Pena and DJ Severiono with Leonardo drinking session and a little dance Glovibes. with downstairs DJs. The Yard at 57 Rupert Street, Soho, W1D 7PL. Open till 12am. FREE. Renowned as one of Soho’s most unique and popular destination venues, with a huge outdoor terrace.

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CLUBS & EVENTS XXL – St George’s Day at Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, South Bank, SE1 9UF. 10pm-7am. £8 members, £15 guests. £5 after 4am. 4 huge arenas, a mega cruise space and chill space. Plus, big tunes from resident DJs Christian M, Alex Logan, Joe Egg and Mark Ames. TONIGHT: Celebrate St George… with the bears! He’d be proud. Borja Pena

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BARS & CABARET W1D 3QE. 12noon-3am. FREE b4 FREE b4 8pm, £3 after. South Comptons of Soho at 51-53 Old Rupert Street at 50 Rupert Street, 10.30pm. Open super-late with DJs London’s legendary cabaret, club Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. Soho, W1D 6DR. Open ‘til 1am. Kick spinning upfront vocal house, with hot and pub. TONIGHT: Cabaret from The 12pm-12am. The grand dame of Saturday night off with sounds from gogo dancers gyrating away as Felicia Power of 3! Soho pulling in a more blokey crowd. the hottest DJs at this lively Soho bar. Van Cartier exudes fabulousness. The Old Ship at 17 Barnes Street, Love#Hangover at Circa, 62 Frith TONIGHT: Guest DJ Moto Blanco. Kazbar at 50 Clapham High Street, Limehouse, E14 7NW. 8pm-midnight. Street, Soho, W1D 3JN. 4pm-1am. The Two Brewers at 114 Clapham SW4 7UL. 4pm-3am. Free entry. Free. Local gay bar in East London’s Jonathan Bestley brings you amazing High Street, SW4 7UJ. 5pm-4am. Funky Clapham bar with stylish swish. Limehouse. TONIGHT: Cabaret from beats on the block, and a little sparkle FREE b4 10pm, £7 after. Cabaret and Tonight: DJ Paul Morrell. Martha D’Arthur. to the heart of Soho! clubbing ‘til late at the famous venue. Ku Bar at Ku Bar Lisle Street, West 5 at Pope’s Lane, South Ealing, The Black Cap at 171 Camden Chinatown, WC2H 7BA. 6pm-3am. Martha D’Arthur W5 4NB. Open from 7pm. FREE. High Street, NW1 7JY. 10pm-3am. One of London’s hottest gay bars Disco with Aaron from 10.30pm. £15. The legendary north London and clubs, with the hottest boys Happy hour all night. TONIGHT: cabaret, club and pub. TONIGHT: The both behind the bar and in front of it, Cookie’s Karaoke. Trannyshack North winner’s show! stretching over three floors. The Edge at 11 Soho Square, Soho, Dark Fabrics Cabaret at Vogue Comptons of Soho at 51-53 Old W1D 3QE. 3pm-11.30pm. Soho’s Fabrics, 66 Stoke Newington Road, Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. multi-floored gay wonder, which every N16 7XB. Doors 7pm. £5. Patricia 12pm-2am. The grand dame of Soho gay man of London needs to visit at Primarché presents her carnival- pulling in a more blokey crowd. least once! esque romp through the best new TONIGHT: Guest DJ Rob Cole back to cabaret and theatrical acts in London, back with Julien Perret. including Izabella Finch, Ideas Worth G-A-Y Bar at 30 Old Compton Street, MONDAY 28TH APRIL a Penny, Rich Watkins, Candy Gigi Soho, W1D 4UR. Midday-Midnight. Markham, Luke Dizzle and Screaming FREE. Soho’s palace of pop with the CLUBS & EVENTS Toenail! hottest videos screened out across Ku Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street, 30 The Victoria at 186 Hoe Street, the venue, great drinks deals and Lisle Street, WC2. 10pm-3am. FREE. Walthamstow, E17. Open ‘til 3am. discount entry wrist bands for G-A-Y DJs play the weekend out on a wave Free b4 9.30pm, £5 after. Lively East @ Heaven. of hot pop. End pub that turns extra flamboyant The Old Ship at 17 Barnes Street, Popcorn at Heaven, Villiers Street, on the weekends! TONIGHT: Cabaret Limehouse, E14 7NW. 9pm-late. WC2N 6NG. 11pm-5.30am. £4 b4 from Scarlett Diamonte. Local gay bar in East London’s Rupert Street at 50 Rupert Street, 1am, £5 after, £8 after 2am. FREE Saunabar at 29 Endell Street, Covent Limehouse. Soho, W1D 6DR. Chic Soho bar with with wristbands from G-A-Y Bar Garden, WC2H 9BA. 11.30am-2am. Pick N Mix at The City of Quebec, ambient beats and brilliant drinks. b4 1am. Massive mixed mash-up £16. £5 off entry with QX advert. 12 Old Quebec Street, Marble Arch, Cabaret Sundays at The Riverside with four rooms of top sounds, Unwind after a night of clubbing at W1H 7AF. Top tunes and late night Tavern, 8 Canal Road, Strood, Kent, from upfront, progressive house to the only licensed gay sauna in the fun at the legendary gay boozer near ME2 4DR. From 9pm. FREE. One of chart hits, via R&B tuneage. Perfect West End. Marble Arch. 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TONIGHT: Benji, evening clubbing session slot Molly Moggs at 2 Old Compton 24 hours. Under 25s FREE all day, plus DJ Shaun and Aurrelia in the playing huge dance anthems and Street, Soho, W1D 4TA. From 2pm. £16 others. Finding Mondays hard to Piano Lounge. commercial house. Plus, multi-media FREE. Dame Julie Paid entertains the handle? Relieve the pressure with this Saturday Market + Bears entertainment from Charlie Hides TV guests at this intimate Soho boozer. specially discounted day for under Downstairs at Halfway 2 Heaven, 7 at 5.30pm. Ku Bar Lisle Street at 30 Lisle 25s (ID required) at Soho’s only gay Duncannon St, WC2N 4JF. Open ‘til Horse Meat Disco at Eagle London, Street, Leicester Square, WC2H 7BA. sauna. 3am. Cabaret fun times from Rose 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, 10pm-midnight. FREE. Lady Lloyd’s Desire at Union, 66 Albert Garden at 4pm. Bears go down with SE11 5QY. 8pm-4am. £8. 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Ku Bar’s morning session takes you out of the TONIGHT: Cabaret from Diane James. 9pm-3.30am. Free entry before little brother stretches across three weekend. Genre: Gay London Film Club at 11pm, £3 entry after. Bear Quarterly floors for that perfect Soho warm-up Manbar, 79 Charing Cross Road, UK Launch Party with Tom Goss goes drinking session and a cheeky dance BARS & CABARET Soho, WC2H 0NE. From live! Top DJs, happy sounds, all-star- with downstairs DJs. The Black Cap at 171 Camden High 6-11pm. £2. Forget the maddening cabaret, hot’n’hairy gogos and drinks Circa at 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D Street, NW1 7JY. 7pm-late. £5. The party scene and indulge in free weekly specials! 3JN. 4pm-1am. Soho’s intimate but long-running cabaret, club and pub screenings of the best movies, plus packed-out bar/club spot with the nestled in the heart of Camden. an opportunity to meet like-minded BARS & CABARET most amazing DJ booth in town! The Two Brewers at 114 Clapham guys. 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Arch 124 Cornwall Road, drink/coat check). Horny, FRIDAY 25TH APRIL COLLARED (7pm-midnight) 7pm-2am. £3 b4 10pm, £5 Waterloo SE1 8XE. Open naked cruise party. Heated Cruise/Dark Room Friendly BDSM night. after. Mixed/gay crowd of 24/7. £15, £12 under 25 outdoor ‘naked’ smokers at Ted’s Place, 305a Harder at Bar Berlin, Arch cruisey guys. with ID. FREE towel. Cruise terrace. North End Rd, W14. 47c, South Lambeth Road, Pleasuredrome at day and night with plenty of 7pm-midnight. £3. Dirty, SW8. 10pm-4am. Macho Arch 124 Cornwall Road, rooms to play. Licensed bar. THURSDAY 1ST MAY sexy cruise night. night of leather, rubber, skin, Waterloo SE1 8XE. Open Sportswear Cruise at SexVibe at Barcode, Vault: Cruise at 139b-143 uniform, industrial, or just 24/7. £15, £12 under 25 with Ted’s Place, 305a North End 69 Albert Embankment, Whitfield Street, W1T 5EN. boots/jocks. ID. FREE towel. Cruise day Rd, W14. 7pm-midnight. Vauxhall, SE1 7TP. 10pm-late. DAY CRUISE (1-7pm. £6). Vault: Cruise at 139b-143 and night, plenty of rooms to £3. Football shorts freaks, £5. Cruise session, dark NIGHT CRUISE (7pm-1am. Whitfield Street, W1T 5EN. play. Licensed bar. Speedo lovers, basketball room and horny house beats £7). Free drink, cloakroom DAY CRUISE (1pm-7pm. £6) Buff at MA1 Backstreet, tops (and bottoms), rugby while Vibe and PopVibe and re-entry. Horny cruise NIGHT CRUISE (7pm-1am. Wentworth Mews, Mile buggers and trackie sluts spin urban and pop tunes End, E3 4UA. 6pm-10pm. unite! downstairs. £8 members/£9 Vault: Cruise/Stripped at guests (free drink/ TUESDAY 29TH APRIL 139b-143 Whitfield Street, coat check). Horny, Underwear/Naked at W1T 5EN. DAY CRUISE naked cruise Ted’s Place, 305s North End (1-7pm. £6). STRIPPED party. Stay on for Rd, W14. 7pm-midnight. £4. (7pm-1am. £7). Free drink, after-party ‘til Strictly underwear only. cloakroom and re-entry. late - arrive before Vault: Cruise at 139b-143 Get nude and rude. Strictly 9.30pm! (Closed Whitfield Street, W1T 5EN. naked, except footwear. 1st Sunday of the 1-7pm, £6. 7pm-1am. £7. Eagle London Cruise month for Lycra Cruising session at this horny at 349 Kennington Lane, night HERO’S) hot spot. Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. The Hoist at The Underground Club at 9pm-2am. Members FREE, Arches 47b & 47c, Central Station, 37 Wharfdale guests FREE b4 10pm, £3 South Lambeth Road, Kings Cross, N1. S.O.P. after. Men-only cruise bar Road, Vauxhall, (6pm-1am) Yellow fun for for blokes, bears, and their SW8 1RH. S.B.N. waterworks fans. mates. (2-7pm) Fully Eagle London Cruise The Underground Club, naked cruise club. at 349 Kennington Lane, 37 Wharfdale Road, Kings N.B.N. vs S.E.X. Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. Cross, N1. PANTS (1-6pm) (9pm-1am) Wear 9pm-2am. Members FREE, Underwear fun. SPANKZ what you like, do guests FREE b4 10pm, £3 (6pm-10pm) CP night for who ya want. after. Men-only cruise bar rougher, tougher play. Vault: for blokes, bears, and their Followed by COME TO Underwear/ mates. 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Hi Dr Alex, I’m getting confused about what I should and should not be eating. I try to be health conscious but not faddy. I have tended to avoid butter, too many eggs, bacon (especially the fatty rind), chicken skin and cream cheese but now I heard that these things aren’t so bad for you after all! What is the right answer as I’d like to have a guilt-free bacon butty… Every once in a while anyway! Cheers, Chris

Hi Chris, You are right to be a little confused. Us doctors and the government have been saying for a long time that saturated fats (found in animal and full-fat dairy products) are major contributors to the development of heart disease. National guidelines on diet encourage that our fat intake, to be mostly monounsaturated (fats in avocado, nuts, and vegetable oils, such as canola, olive, and peanut oils that we know lower your “bad” cholesterol and keep “good” cholesterol levels high), with only small amounts of saturated fat (found in animal foods, such as milk, cheese, and meat cream and butter). But things seem to be changing. In fact research that pooled data from lots of individual research studies, 72 in fact, shows that saturated fats are probably not as responsible for heart disease as PRESS RELEASES INTERNET DESIGN once thought. So you can likely have your occasional bacon butty, [email protected] If6was9design.com dripping with butter, without worrying that your arteries were EDITOR PHOTOGRAPHER furring up with every bite. CLIFF JOANNOU CHRIS JEPSON What poses the greatest risk of heart disease (because it raises 020 7379 7887 ext 3 [email protected] CLASSIFIEDS cholesterol) are trans-fats, a fat that has been changed by a 020 7379 8040 process called hydrogenation. It’s found mostly in processed oil- ASSISTANT EDITOR classifi[email protected] PATRICK CASH based products as it increases the shelf life of fat and makes the fat 020 7379 7887 ext 9 ESCORTS PLEASE CALL harder at room temperature. Figuring out if a food contains trans- [email protected] RUSSEL OR MICHAEL: 020 7379 8040 fat can be tricky. You can check the information label, find SALES AND MARKETING the total fat content then subtract the saturated MANAGER DISTRIBUTION CHRIS COLMAN M.R.DISTRIBUTION fat, the mono and polyunsaturated fats. This leaves 020 7379 8600 the trans-fat. If the food label doesn’t give the exact PRINTERS [email protected] quantities then the list of the ingredients is in order ACORN SALES EXECUTIVE of quantity, from most to least. If hydrogenated JAMES EGAN PUBLISHED BY or partially hydrogenated oils are listed 020 7379 7887 ext 2 FIRSTSTAR LTD. [email protected] 2nd FLOOR, early on the list you know the product 23 DENMARK ST contains lots of trans-fats. If you find DESIGNERS LONDON WC2H 8NH JANNE ÖIJER this all a bit too much then simply SUREN GUNPATH COVER cut back on processed or fast foods, [email protected] FRANC-OFF GODEVI shop bought cakes and biscuits, some EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS margarines and salad dressings. ANTHONY GILÉT DARREN PALFREY Of course, this doesn’t mean that you can ‘QX Magazine’ @QXMagazine pile on the butter as eating too much fat (that’s www.qxmagazine.com more than 30g a day for a guy) it problematic as it contains so many calories. Low fat diets are no good too as studies show that people then TO SUBSCRIBE TO QX CALL tend to eat more sugar and carbs that can lead 020 7379 8040 to becoming overweight. So, in summary it’s £45 FOR 6 MONTHS // £80 FOR 12 MONTHS just about eating the right amount and right WITHIN UK ONLY types of fat.

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