Gay London Life | Oct '24 Edition - Magazine - Page 10
Going Out
< Scan for London’s latest events
Sunday Social
Recon London
Queen Bette
It’s Sunday evening, the flat’s disconcertingly
Still fondly reminiscing about London Fetish
Given that this is a magazine called Gay London
quiet, and the looming spectre of Monday is
Week back in July? Fortunately for you, the
Life, it’s a pretty safe bet that there are a few
nearing ever closer — go on, wring out the last
event’s organisers, Recon, are hosting another
Bette Davis fans flicking through the pages. If
little bit of the weekend with Sunday Social
horny kinkfest this month at EGG London. There’ll
you count yourselves among them, you won’t
at The Lord Clyde London down in Deptford.
be two dance floors packed full of geared-up
want to miss this one-woman show dedicated
This weekly event’s only a fiver and it can be
fellas, one with pop music DJs and the other with
to the Hollywood icon’s life coming to the King’s
whatever you want it to be. Some like to nurse a
progressive house and techno sounds. And, as
Head Theatre in November. Jeanette Cronin
pint and natter in the lounge, while others prefer
you’d jolly well hope, there’ll be a cruise maze
takes on the only part and has been praised for
something a bit more PG-rated in the downstairs
down on the ground floor and this promises to be
her uncanny impersonation of the double Oscar
cruise area. The last Sunday of the month is a
slightly different to those found at previous Recon
winner, while Peter Mountford’s script covers all
bear special, too
events. Intriguing.
of the roles and rifts of the star’s illustrious life.
Every Sunday, 6pm-midnight,
Friday 4th October, 10pm-4am,
EGG London, 5-13 Vale Royal, N7 9AP
Nearest Station: King’s Cross St. Pancras
Tuesday 5th to Saturday 23rd November,
King’s Head Theatre, 116 Upper Street,
N1 1QN. Nearest Station: Angel
The Lord Clyde London, 9 Wotton Road,
SE8 5TQ. Nearest Station: Deptford
Tiffaney Wells
Ku Bar
One of those venues that has a bit of everything.
You want drag shows? There’s Cocktails and
Freedom Bar
The Ship Inn
Cabaret upstairs in the lounge every Sunday,
You might have noticed that things have been
If you find yourself down in Kent over Halloween
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with Drag
a little quiet on the Freedom Bar front in recent
weekend, there’s all sorts happening at the
Race UK star Vicki Vivacious on hosting duties
months. Don’t worry, it hasn’t disappeared for
area’s biggest and best gay pub, The Ship Inn
every Wednesday. You’re gagging for a dance?
good — in fact, the venue’s currently being treated
in Rochester. Things kick off on Halloween
Pop downstairs to the Klub any night of the
to a facelift that’ll leave her looking fresh, glowing
itself with karaoke from 9pm, so get there bang
week for late-night floor-fillers — we especially
and ready to party once again. If you’re curious to
on time if you want to sing Zombie, Vampire or
recommend the ever-iconic Bombshell on a
see what the hold-up’s been, you can sign up for
Ghostbusters. On Friday and Saturday, there are
Wednesday. Just want a cocktail and a spot of
the guestlist for the relaunch (the date of which is
fancy dress parties on both nights, complete with
twink-watching? Take up residence in the chic
still to be confirmed, but we’re talking a couple of
specially-themed shots and DJs spinning spooky
ground-floor bar. See, truly versatile.
weeks, really) on the venue’s Instagram page. Until
setlists. Did we mention that it’s free entry, too?
30 Lisle Street, WC2H 7BA
Nearest Station: Leicester Square
then, be patient, her time will come again.
347 High Street, ME1 1DA
Nearest Station: Rochester
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@freedombarsoho