ALTERNATIVE & CABARET

is autumn’s best cabaret and alternative happenings in London
By Simone Baird
Posted: Fri Sep 5 2008
Top alt nights out, including the Torture Garden Halloween Ball, La Clique and the return of Mexican wrestling with Lucha Libre

Circus of Horrors
Whoopee presents Carnaval
Sept 13, The Scoop
As part of the Thames Festival, the Scoop will be transformed into a Venetian Carnival Ball.
www.thewhoopeeclub.com

This Filthy World
Sept 18, Hammersmith Apollo
John Waters’s solo spoken word show. Buy tickets.
www.hammersmithapollo.net

Vauxhallville presents The Pleasure Principle
Sept 25-Oct 23, Royal Vauxhall Tavern
A series of weekly variety shows charting the history of this famous gay boozer.
www.theroyalvauxhalltavern.co.uk
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Wam Bam Club
Sept 26, Soho Revue Bar
The cracking variety show presents our new fave rapper Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer.
www.wambamclub.com

La Clique
Oct 2 until Feb 2009, The Hippodrome
A 'best-of' variety show that received widespread five-star reviews this year at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Busting For Peace
Oct 9, Volupte
A burlesque dinner gala in this basement supperclub raising money for Children of Peace.
www.volupte-lounge.com

Bizarre Ball
Oct 10, SeOne Club
Hosted by Bizarre Magazine, a multi-roomed celebration of alternative culture featuring Lucha Britannia and the Ministry of Burlesque among many others. Looks set to be one of the events of the year.
www.seone-london.com

Torture Garden’s Halloween Ball
Nov 1, Mass
The freaks come out to play.
www.torturegarden.com

Circus of Horrors
From Nov, venue tbc
Those who witnessed their ‘Asylum’ show at the Hackney Empire will know that you simply haven’t seen anything until you’ve witnessed this goth-fuelled riot. Their new show tours from November, venues tbc.
www.circusofhorrors.co.uk

Lucha Libre London
Dec 4-6, The Roundhouse
Following their July bouts, the masked Mexican luchadores return.
www.roundhouse.org.uk