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THE SPOOKS HAVE ARRIVED AT THE GUILTY PLEASURES POP-UP AT MARY JANES


This Halloween, the global phenomenon that is, Guilty Pleasures will be hosting an extra scary event on Thursday 31st October. Get set to experience an extra spooky Halloween, where guests will be transported to an environment reminiscent of Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, as the all-singing, all-dancing zombies get set to transport you to a sinners paradise.

Throughout the course of the evening, Guilty Pleasures’ unique blend of entertainment will be popping up with DJs, singers, dancers, acrobats and a whole troupe of kitsch characters guaranteed giving you a real hair raising evening.

This can be enjoyed whilst guests tuck into Mary Janes Naughty Hot Dogs; a platter of mini hot dogs with different toppings such as Chilli con Carne, American Mustard, Fried Onions and Melted Cheese, or can go to the dark side with Dirty Burgers; a selection of burger sliders with fillings including Pulled Pork, Chorizo, Chilli and Cheese.

THE SPOOKS HAVE ARRIVED – Guilty Pleasures at Mary Janes
Thursday 31st October – 7pm-1am
Mary Janes
124-127 Minories
London
EC3 1NT
Tel: 020 7481 8195


MR FOGG’S: Jack the Ripper at Mr Fogg’s
Harping back to the times of London’s first and most infamous serial killer, this Halloween will see Mr Fogg’s Victorian home become the harrowing site of one of Jack The Ripper’s terrifying tours.

From Thursday 31st October to Sunday 3rd November guests to Mr Fogg’s, temporarily not so humble abode, will be witness to a weekend full of immersive theatre and spine chilling skits and sketches. From abandoned and severed limbs discovered in trunks, to overly inquisitive surgeons at the bar and impoverished vagabonds skirting around the entrance, Phileas Fogg will indeed have his work cut out for him (literally) on this eerie adventure.

The weekend’s events will then culminate in a seated, theatrical spectacle on the Sunday evening, when 80 of Phileas’s nearest and dearest will be invited to watch the mystery of The Ripper unfold and Fogg himself will head up a Mayfair man hunt, in an attempt to apprehend Jack on his last jaunt, and save Bruton Lane from further fear of the night.

With groundbreaking discoveries and plot thickening theatrics it comes as no surprise that these terrifying tales will then of course also be reported directly from Mr Fogg’s by their daily, hand delivered paper, ‘The London News’.

The dress code naturally will be Victorian, and in this case best to stick to it as you wouldn’t want to stick out from the crowed and attract any unwanted attention…

JACK THE RIPPER at MR FOGG’S
DATES: Thursday 31st October – Sunday 3rd November 2013
PRICE: Thursday – Saturday: Free, Sunday’s Theatre Performance: £15 (Time??)

15 Bruton Lane
London
W1J 6JD
Tel: 020 7299 1200
www.mr-foggs.com
reservations@mr-foggs.com
Twitter: @MrFoggLondon


DISCO: ‘Disco will never die’ Halloween Party
Disco has come back from the dead more times than any other genre in the history of music. So, this year Disco will be celebrating the hallowed eve, by bring back a dancehall of dead disco icons and their zombie fans.

Disco will be over-run with stone-cold disco grooving zombies, bloodied, terrifying and hungry for awesome disco records, and maybe a few cheeky Belvedere cocktails too – everyone has their choice of poison!

The dress code will be strictly dead Disco divas and guest are encouraged to come as their favorite dead disco icon, from Rick James, Donna Summer, and The Beegees, to Diana Ross or Michael Jackson. Or, for those that simply can’t pick a favorite, entry will also be given to living fans that are prepared for the discopalypse!

So, no Sixth Sense needed, see dead people at Disco this Halloween

DISCO WILL NEVER DIE HALLOWEEN PARTY at DISCO
DATE: Thursday 31st October 2013
TIME: 10.00pm – 3.30am
PRICE: £20

13 Kingly Court
London
W1B 5PW
Tel: 020 7299 1222
www.disco-london.com
enquiries@disco-london.com
Disco-ver more & follow us: @discosoho

MAGGIE’S: ‘The 80s Slasher Movie’ Halloween
This Halloween will see Maggie’s in Chelsea haunted by timeless classics and terrifying flashbacks from frighteningly bad films such as ‘Prom Night’, ‘Friday The 13th’ (1,2&3), ‘Hell Night’, ‘My Bloody Valentine’, ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’, and of course, ‘Halloween’ itself at their 80s Slasher Movie party on Saturday 2nd November 2013.

Guests can expect to enter a set of rusty wire garlands, gunky sacks of eyeballs, bloodied hanging knives and will of course be subject to DVD screenings of the best scenes, showing the worst bits of all of the above murderous movies.

The night will be hosted by Maxi Krueger, but there will also be special appearances from a few of his movie mates – Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers, Chucky, Pinhead, Pumpkinhead, and even those creepy twins from the Shining. Rumor has it there will even be a midnight dance off between Freddy, Jason & Michael Myers – scary stuff indeed.

Naturally, dress code for this slasher fuelled soiree will be blood, guts gore and more.

So for a Halloween fright, head to Halloween film night at Maggie’s

80s SLASHER MOVIE HALLOWEEN PARTY at MAGGIE S
DATE: Saturday 2nd November 2013
TIME: 10:30pm
PRICE: £15

329 Fulham Road,
London,
SW10 9QL
Tel: 020 7352 8512
Website: www.maggies-club.com
Twitter : www.twitter.com/Maggies_Club/
Email: info@maggies-club.com

BUNGA BUNGA:La Notte dei Morti (The Night of the Dead)
Keen never to miss out on any type of celebration, this year, Uncle Berlusconi, (despite the fact that traditionally Italians do not celebrate Halloween) will be throwing a Feast of The Dead in the lead up to the Italian take on The Day of The Dead – “Tutti I Morti”.

On arrival guests can expect to be seated and spooked by a team of menacing and masked maître d’s, and then once the feast is over, forget Karaoke, the real contest will be the Halloween-a-oke competition to be hosted by Bunga Bunga’s resident DJ John ‘dragoween’ Sizzle.

Dress code will be Zombies, Ghouls and Ghosts – Donatella Versace Style – so the tighter, brighter and more tanned, the better. There will then also be a special Notte dei Morti dress up box for all performers.

For those that need a spot of Dutch courage…or just courage, there will also be a selection of poison filled pumpkins, and an extra big and bubbling one that will be reserved as a prize for the most screechy singer.

Last but not least, those who don’t scare so easily, and make it till midnight, will fall witness to an ‘All I Want for… Halloween, Mariah goes scar..ier show.

So, for an eerie Italian spin on the hallowed holiday, head to Bunga Bunga – when in Rome eh!

LA NOTTE DEI MORTI at BUNGA BUNGA
DATE: Thursday 31st October 2013
TIME: 6.00pm – 1.30am

Bunga Bunga
37 Battersea Bridge Road,
London,
SW11 3BA
Tel: 020 7095 0360
Website: www.bungabunga-london.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/BungaBungaLondn
Email: reservations@bungabunga-london.com

BARTS: “The Devil Hosts An Intimate Soirée at Barts’ Annual Yelloween Party!”
Be you devil, demon, ghost or ghoul, all are welcomed down to sip on Uncle Barts’ favorite poison – champagne – for the Annual Yelloween Party at Barts this year. Taking place on Thursday 31st October, in association with Veuve Clicquot.

“It is better to be on the right hand side of the Devil than in his path”. Uncle Barts will put this to the test as the evening will play host to amazing live entertainment with an electric violin battle throughout the night between Beelzebub and Uncle Barts ‘for a bottle of gold against his soul’ – as depicted in the infamous Charles Daniel Band song ‘The Devil Went To Georgia’. Forced to take sides guests will both sip, sing and step along to the terrifying tryst, for bottles of the finest liquid gold Veuve…

Fancy dress will be as essential as a crucifix in an exorcism, but if you arrive lacking, fear not, crowned with Devil horns or fastened with a Veuve soirée mask will be your decision – who’s side are you on? Aunty Barts will also be hosting a face painting corner that will be taking all and any request.

So between the cheering and the cheersing – who will win? Who the devil knows eh…

THE DEVIL HOSTS AN IMTIMATE SOIREE at BARTS ANNUAL YELLOWEEN PARTY
DATE: Thursday 31st October 2013
TIME: 6pm – Late
T: 020 7581 3355
W: www.barts-london.com
T: @BartsLondon


WINTERWELL FESTIVAL PRESENTS – ‘VOODOO AND BLACK MAGIC’
The team behind boutique festival Winterwell will host the ultimate voodoo Halloween shindig on Saturday 26th October at The Loft Studios, a rambling and atmospheric old brick warehouse in West London. Following on from last year’s sellout event, the party will feature a hocus pocus line up with headline act Norman Jay and the acclaimed Correspondents alongside house, electro, swing, ska, dirty blues and hip hop, pervasive and interactive games and theatre with with a black magic fancy dress theme any witch doctor would be proud of.
The Voodoo Who do? You do at Winterwell Halloween 2013
Winterwell Halloween Party
Saturday 26th October 2013
9pm-4.30am

The Loft Studios
77-81 Scrubs Lane
Kensal Green London NW10 6QW

Website: www.winterwell.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Winterwell
Twitter: www.twitter.com/WinterwellFest

Tickets.
Early bird £20
Normal £25

THE HONKY TONK HALLOWEEN MASSACRE
Honky Tonk, a New York-inspired restaurant and bar set in the heart of Chelsea, will be hosting a truly terrifying evening on Thursday 31st October to celebrate Halloween. The fright night will scare even the strongest willed. The night will include everything from monsters to ghosts who will be sipping on the signature Halloween cocktail, The Honky Tonk Massacre of SW London, being served alongside Ghost Dogs! The cocktail will include jelly baby infused vodka and will feature jelly baby heads on sticks as a ‘nod’ to the most chilling night of the year. So if you think you’re brave enough to encounter ghosts & ghouls come down to Honky Tonk on Halloween and try to survive the night…

THE HONKY TONK HALLOWEEN MASSACRE
Thursday 30th October
6pm till late

Honky Tonk
6 Hollywood Road,
London
SW10 9HY
Tel: 0207 351 1588
W: www.honkytonkchelsea.com/

Opening Times: Tues- Sat, 6pm-12.30am

ENJOY A HAUNTED HALLOWEEN WITH RED POCKET RESTAURANT
This Halloween Red Pocket Restaurant at Hotel Verta by Rhombus will be offering diners an evening of devilishly good dinners, followed by a thrilling after-party. Red Pocket will be offering their guests a delicious three course set menu with dishes such as the Red Pocket dim sum platter, roast crispy in a sweet sake sauce and saffron king prawn with Thai red curry sauce. Following on from this feast, there will be a live DJ and a Halloween themed party…the perfect way to dance away the most frightening night of the year!

Red Pocket Halloween menus
Pre-order – £30 per person
Walk In – £35 per person

Opening Hours
Sunday – Wednesday
Lunch: 12:00 – 15:00 | Dinner: 18:00 – 23:00
Thursday – Saturday
Lunch: 12:00 – 15:00 | Dinner: 18:00 – Late

Address: Red Pocket at Hotel Verta by Rhombus,
Bridges Wharf,
Battersea, London, SW11 3BE

Website: www.redpocketrestaurant.com
Reservations: 0207-801-3535
E-mail: reservations@redpocketrestaurant.com
Facebook: facebook.com/RedPocketRestaurant
Twitter: @RedPocket_Verta

The Roof Gardens private members club wins ‘Best Live Music Venue’

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The Roof Gardens private members club wins ‘Best Live Music Venue’ at the London Club Awards

The Roof Gardens private members club in Kensington has scooped the award for ‘Best Live Music Venue’ at this year’s London Club Awards. The awards celebrated another twelve months of exceptional creative achievements in London’s exciting entertainment scene.

The Roof Gardens is proud to be the inaugural winner of this newly created category of ‘Best Live Music Venue’. The Club was also nominated for ‘Best Club’ at the awards.

The award comes after an extremely successful year for The Roof Gardens, which also celebrates its 31st birthday this year. With fierce competition from Ronnie Scott’s and The o2 Academy Islington, The Roof Gardens was chosen as the winner by an esteemed judging panel that included Mark Armstrong and the singer Paul Young.

Jon Brown, Managing Director of Virgin Limited Edition, said: “Winning the ‘Best Live Music Venue’ at this year’s London Club Awards is a wonderful achievement for The Roof Gardens. The entire club team has worked tirelessly to ensure our live music programme is a success and winning this prestigious award is evidence of that.”

The Club at The Roof Gardens has enjoyed two successful seasons of its Live Music Programme. Held in a marquee within the picturesque Tudor Gardens every Friday and Saturday night during the winter seasons, over 200 new and established talents have performed. During the sold-out ticketed live music nights, over 10,000 live music fans came through the door. Key acts included Marie J Cooper (who went on to be one of the finalists on BBC’s The Voice) and ‘The Loveable Rogues‘(one of the finalists on ITV’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent).

Matt Roper has been Club Manager at The Roof Gardens for three years. Known for his innovation and ambition, Matt brings creativity and attention to detail that stems from interacting with customers and understanding what they expect on a night out. During his time in the position, he has brought fireworks, live music, magicians, stilt walkers and fire eaters, whilst introducing some of the best artists and DJ’s to The Roof Gardens.

Staying Safe this Christmas and New Year – Top Tips!

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Staying Safe this Christmas and New Year – Top Tips

As a key Youth Leader when it comes to gangs and breaking the cycle of criminal behaviour one of the key things I get asked by people of all ages is ‘How do I avoid becoming a victim?’

It is really tough question isn’t it? I mean, if the headlines are to be believed you are almost twice as likely to become a victim as you were this time last year. Although we are living in tough times Christmas means that people are out and about doing Christmassy things; enjoying themselves, getting merry and having a host of parties and clubs to go to. In the midst of this hustle and bustle some are ever more desperate to steal, rob or take advantage.

I for one know someone who had their card cloned only a few weeks ago and the upheaval it can cause is immense. So these words of advice I am about to offer come not a moment too soon.

  1. Taxi Cabs – this is number one on my list as I am still in awe of how many people don’t know this despite the horror stories and despite the ad campaigns.  If you are going to be drinking pre-arrange how you will be getting back home. Black cabs can be hailed off the street but under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should anyone get into an unlicensed taxi/and or minicab off the street. It is illegal for minicabs to tout for business. Minicabs must be pre-booked. Listen if you get into an unlicensed cab then essentially it is just a stranger’s car and there is no telling what will happen so please – don’t do it!
  1. Drinking – do your best to drink less alcohol and drink more water during your night out. A top tip is to have one drink of water for every two glasses of alcohol. Do your best to stick to the same drink, try and not mix your drinks and always make sure you have your drink with you. Yes girls – take it with you if you are going for a pee. If you leave your drinks unattended then DO NOT drink it. This is one of the ways drug rape can happen. A long time ago I was a First Aider in clubs – spiking as it is called (when someone puts drugs in your drink) was a big issue for us back then – my friends who are still in that field have said on good authority that it is still a big issue now.
  1. Drugs – Lets get it straight – taking drugs is illegal. However if you do then do not buy drugs from someone you have just met. Most of the time drug dealers at clubs / bars are selling to the masses and are not selling you what you think you may be buying. They can easily combine it with chemicals that will be very harmful to you and your body, and you could have a very bad reaction to it. I suppose the final point I want to make is that if you do decide to take do the stupidest thing and take drugs then you should never be left on your own until everyone has recovered. There are reactions and delayed reactions and both could potentially be fatal.
  1. Being sensible – This is one of those tips that sound easy on the ear but can be difficult to put into practice. Firstly be sensible in your approach. If you are talking to a stranger for the first time then do not give him personal details about yourself like where you live. Do not make yourself vulnerable. Secondly never leave your valuables such as your purse or phone with them while you run to the loo or leave your bag or valuables on the table or at some distance from you. Your phone should be locked with a pin that only you know and you also should be sensible with your social network – that is, it and your personal details should be set to private. A new trend is for guys to butter up women with soft words etc but there are lots of instances where once the woman has gone they are gone except they have gone with cash, plastic and I-phone tablets.
  1. Confidence is crucial – Being confident and assertive can assist you from staying out of danger. This is reflected in your body language and demeanor. Keep your head up and use eye contact. Becoming drunk and very loud can sometimes draw the wrong people towards you. Essentially most predators know that the less aware and less able a person is, the more easy they are to take advantage of and the more likely they are not to defend themselves properly.
  1. Fight or flight – If a fight breaks out / and or other trouble then remove yourself very quickly from the venue and call the police for help. This is crucially a tip mainly for the guys out there but as it seems to be a paradox akin to finding the ‘god atom’ it is there for everyone. Here’s the problem – good friends, both male and female want to protect the ‘ones they love’ from ‘bad’ people. The problem is that ‘bad’ people can be everyone especially once a fair bit of alcohol has been drunk. You’ll be surprised at the amount of arguments and fisticuffs that can flare up over mere ‘looks’ ‘knocks’ on the dance floor and people being rude. Ask either party to just walk away and you’d have more luck trying to explain the euro crisis. Yet you have your mobile phone in your pocket so rather than choosing to join in on the rugby tackle why not just use it and get help. Trust me; you’ll thank me in the morning.
  1. Cold and hard can only be cash – Try not to carry large sums of money, credit cards and other valuables with you. I am going to say it again but DO NOT leave your bag unattended. Just bring what you need for the night. A top tip is to put some money safely on you away from the money you will be spending on your night out. So if unfortunately if you are a victim of crime and your money / cards are stolen you have some money to get home with.
  1. Keep your eye on the prize – When paying for anything by credit / debit card make sure the machine is brought to you and you see what is being done. If anyone ever takes your card away / and or behind a bar they may be cloning your card. A big tip is to keep all of the receipts from the night, perhaps in your purse and then the following day check back with the money that has been deducted. If you need to you can query with the bank if any amounts seem unjustified.
  1. Mobile phones – Do not talk on your mobile phone when you get off London Transport and think this is going to save you from being attacked, it just makes you more vulnerable as you cannot see and / or hear what’s going on around you. What’s more people can see what mobile phone you have and that could make you a target too.
  1. Keep in touch – Number ten is my greatest gem. Be with at least one person you trust and make contact with them when you get home, so they know you are in safe. If you out and meet members of the opposite sex and are having a good time, why not stay together until you are in a cab (a licensed one obviously) where you can cab share until you part company.
  1. Be aware – please be aware of the people around you. Not being aware has consequences. This is especially true at cash-points but even places like at the bar or till can be crucial for someone looking to glance at your pin or hear the code word for your tab. I have seen many offenders hear ‘Table 12’ shouted across a noisy bar and then casually saunter over and order drinks for themselves and their mates moments later claiming to be from the same table. Equally a friend of mine had her phone stolen when someone came round with a collection box for a ‘charity’ and took her phone from the table whilst she took out some money from her purse. Be aware
  1. Never blame yourself – my final tip is the same as last year. Just remember even Justin Bieber has been a victim of a crime at one point – probably. Some people just do bad things – it’s as simple as that. The main thing is that they are counting on your silence so they can do it again. So talk to someone you can trust and report it. Most importantly though never blame yourself.

So ends my tips on staying safe over Christmas and New Year – I am not aiming to make anyone nervous or afraid as there are bundles of fun to be had lets just keep it safe and sensible. If you have any questions, comments or even tips of your own please post them. Here’s to an exciting and prosperous New Year!