Baroque living, Unruffling your feathers, Petting parties, Crushing hard, Absinth and velvet wallpaper, Savoy kicks, Skinny dipping, Chocolate-dipped, Ellen Von Untworth, Corset collecting, Cloche hats, Blushing in the semi-darkness, Trying a little tenderness, Louise Brooks, Intellectual stimulation, 45s and rare L.Ps, Pompadours, Subtle entendres, the Sound of Mandolins, the Bunny Hug, Speakeasy stories, Film Noire, Vampire fashion, Nostalgia for Russian Romantic Poets, the Smell of o.p.m., More is not enough, Laughing all night, The way your eyelashes flutter when you get excited…
Music
Nina Simone, the Kinks, Joao Gilberto, Sergio Mendes, David Bowie, T-Rex, Duke Ellington, The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed all by himself on a sidewalk in the East Village, Pulp, the Rolling Stones, the Animals (Baby, Let me Take You Home), Jacques Brel, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Scott Joplin, Mary Jane Girls, Chromeo, the Presets, DFA 1979, the Rapture, the Shirelles, the Silhouettes, Jelly Roll Morton, Aretha Franklin, the Chiffons, Blondie…well you’ll just have to swing by and have a listen, or we’ll be here all night.
Movies
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, the Blue Angel, Black Orpheus, And God Created Woman, Le Mepris, La Reine Margot, Metropolis, La Dolce Vita, The Postman Always Rings Twice (the original), Un Chien Andalou, Cry Baby, the Dreamers, Blow Up…
Television
Prop your ankles on the upper left corner for the best angle…
Books
While dusting my bookcase you will come across a little Nabokov, Baudelaire, Rimbaud (he’s so cheeky), F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anita Loos, Tom Robbins, Erica Jong, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and of course Oscar Wilde!
Heroes
Mae West, Bridgitte Bardot, Marlene Dietrich, Vivienne Westwood, Clara Bow, Lydia Thomson, Peaches, the best dancer in the room…
The seriously sultry and decadant world of burlesque and cabaret float your boat?
Come to Volupte at 7-9 Norwich Street, London EC4A IEJ, (tube; Chancery Lane on the Central Line) either for lunch, dinner, cocktails, or performances. To sauce up your night, call for reservations; 0207 831 1622 or email reservations@volupte-lounge.com.
And when can you have a cup of tea or a naughty whisky?
We're open Tuesday-Thursday 11.30 am- 1 am, Friday 11.30-3 am, and as for Saturday, well it varies, but you can certain we will be shaking a (peacock) tailfeather (or two) until 3 o'clock in the morning. The bar is always free, except during "The Black Cotton Club" and "Lucky 7" Night. What a delightful opportunity to mingle with our international darlings of Burlesque!
And if you're looking for a sweetheart, may I reccomend coming to Volupte's Love Club on Tuesday, the 27th of November...
Now to see a bit more, book for dinner and a show in the Cabaret Salon. Curious about what's going down tonight? Cast an eye on our blog. As for Volupte, keep reading, doll...
Tucked away in the backstreets of Chancery Lane and harking back to the days of Vaudeville extravaganzas, Volupte is a world of pleasure and exquisite delight, where anything goes. Upstairs in the dimly lit masculine-edged cocktail bar, you can smoke cigars and watch old movie clips. Or vamp it up downstairs in the cabaret salon/restaurant where a series of cutaway, hand-painted booths sets the scene for a Supper Club style dining where you can adjust your own music and dim your own lights. Indulge in fine teas, delicious cakes and teatime treats, mouth-watering cocktails and be entertained by jazz bands, rock bands, musicians and cabaret singers, 1920s flapper dancers, comedy, Burlesque and Vaudeville extravaganzas - everything from cheesecake to Victorian gothica. It's sexy, it's indulgent and it's yours for the taking.
Roll up, Roll up, one and all, for Lord Linus Twizzle's wonderful...
!!!AVANT GARDEN PARTY!!!
As part of the 2009 Brighton Fringe Festival Linus Twizzle will be presenting one of his legendary burlesque cabaret revue's @ the Latest MusicBar on SAT 23rd MAY.
This is just a late reminder, but, tickets are still available from the fringe box office and website. Get em while they're hot, cause they're going fast!
UNHOLY THUR AP 9th - ALL PRICES REDUCED!
NEXT UNHOLY - PRE GOOD FRIDAY GATHERING - Entry £5/£4 flyer
Thursday 9th April - 11pm to 6am - ft
ALL DRINKS PRICES REDUCED - Red Stripe, Cans of Guinness, Strongbow, Carling, shot of Jaegermeister, House Spirit & Mix, Snakebite ALL £2. 90
THE SISTERS OF MERCY AFTERSHOW (GLASS ROOM - Goth/Electro 80s)
MAN OF KIN + SOCIAL HEAD REMOVAL + THE CULPRIT (Live/ Rock - Metal)
from CHEESY ROCK to EBM in the Reception (Shuff, Riyad, Frankie D, Ben Christo, Brahim add infinitum)
ALL DRINKS PRICES REDUCED - Red Stripe, Cans of Guinness, Strongbow, Carling, shot of Jaegermeister, House Spirit & Mix, Snakebite ALL £2. 90
11pm to 6am (bar til 5am, doors close 4. 30)
FRIDAY 20TH MARCH - "Something Wicked This Way Comes..."
From the makers of Synthetic Culture - UNHOLY returns at THE SCALA, Kings Cross - FOUR FLOORS of rock/metal/EBM/Industrial/Goth/Electro mayhem with 20+ of London's top circuit DJs, a team of the very hottest poledancers, a smoking area, drinks offers and promos (plus giveaways from Jagermeister), live music and much more....10-6AM !
Click the image to go to the UNHOLY myspace page...
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