Every weekday July 30 – August 31 except Friday 10 and Monday 27 it's the Hot August Fringe, at London gay club / cabaret venue the Royal Vauxhall Tavern with three shows per day nearly every evening. Click the headline for details. Regular weekday nights are off for the duration replaced by the likes of comedians David Mills and Myra Dubois, Wotever sex education, poet Sophia Blackwell, the undutchable Menno and many many more. The exceptions are Friday August 10 with Anthem Old Skool Reunion and Monday August 27 with the great RVT GMFA Sports Day and bank holiday SLAGS chill-out. Edinburgh eat your heart out!
All shows are £7 unless otherwise stated,
Tickets available on www.ticketweb.co.uk or call 08444 771000
Doors open 30 mins prior to all performances. (Performance time shown below)
Website: www.hotaugustfringe.com
Gay club / cabaret RVT: is at 372 Kennington Lane, London, SE11 5HY
MONDAY 30 JULY
7PM Beth Vyse – No Turn Unstoned
Take a walk on the dark side with Beth Vyse in her first solo show to the Hot August Fringe. One half of Morris & Vyse and the hit show Daylords, Beth takes you on a fantastical journey following the surreal life of dying RSC actress Betsy Lynn, who meets a plethora of bizarrely outrageous characters.
8.30PM David Mills is Smart Casual
2011 Hackney Empire New Act of the Year, David Mills brings his solo stand-up show to the RVT before his residency at the Edinburgh Fringe. Known for his sharp suits and even sharper wit, Mills’ cutting signature rants take on everything from celebrity to the Olympics, Obama to The Hunger Games.
10PM Myra Dubois – Auntie Myra’s Fun Show
Myra is to kids’ entertainment what Maggie Thatcher was to free milk. Laugh along in a night of half arsed magic and sing along fun. With a trail of angry parents and weeping kiddies in its wake, this is a hilarious show for children of all ages. But don’t actually bring a child; it'll be scarred for life!
TUESDAY 31 JULY
Wotever Sex Wotever sex, education and entertainment for the already perverted ... welcome to our Wotever World.
7PM Sophia Blackwell and Jonathan Kemp
Sophia Blackwell is a performance poet who has featured at Glastonbury, Edinburgh, the Big Chill and the Secret Garden Party. Jonathan Kemp is the award-winning author of London Triptych and Twentysix. He will be reading a selection from both books.
8.30PM Rosie Lugosi
Lock up your daughters, hold on to your hats and keep your hand on your jewels… prepare yourself for the Lesbian Vampire Queen, Rosie Lugosi - bitch goddess top femme dominatrix from Hell.
10PM Andra Simons – The Gospel According to Bishop
In 1981 an altar boy was told by his slightly drunk pastor “One day you’ll grow up to be Bishop”. What he didn’t know was that the boy’s sights were holier, in fact the boy was Jesus resurrected into the body of a fat, black, queer, mango lover who already knew he’d grow into the deliverer of salvation.
WEDNESDAY 1 AUGUST
7PM Menno – The Undutchable, Tales of the Nether Regions
Songs and stories of fingers in dykes, faggots and whores, equal opportunity shaggers, and the vagaries of sexual frustration. After 'The Gaydar Diaries' and 'BUTCH - A Queen's Struggle To Become A King', Menno returns.
8.30PM Jayde Adams Master of None.
Originally from Bristol, Jayde Adams is a multi-faceted comedian - a jack of all trades, but a ‘Master of None’. Her frenetic one-woman comedy cabaret showcases her many talents as she skillfully shifts between performance styles and mediums.
Having only been formally trained in competitive disco dancing, she also sings opera, beatboxes, clowns, raps, balloon models, draws, performs stand-up, plays the piano and looks pretty fit dressed as a leopard. She has at various points also been a fish monger, a cartoonist, and a priest in an Inflatable Church (marrying over 400 people in 4 years), and is good at the moonwalk, the robot, fellatio, reads palms (although she’s sceptical because she learned it via YouTube) and knows every word to Forrest Gump (and can recite it on command). She didn’t however, learn to ride a bike until she was 14 and has tried and failed at juggling for years. All of these influences have come together to create this year’s show - an eclectic comedy cabaret experience that is sure to become a must see.
10PM Tyler Matthew Oyer – TMO Live: Gone for Gold
'Gone for Gold' is a cabaret narrative that follows a stage performer who flees the city because he has no love and no money. He leaves the glamour behind and decides to mine for gold. As you can imagine, this doesn't work out as planned.
THURSDAY 2 AUGUST
7.30PM - 11PM BURN: Moving Images by Cabaret Artists
BURN presents work from across the spectrum of today’s underground video performance, featuring the likes of A Man to Pet (appearing live), Jonny Woo, Ma Butcher, Meow Meow, Up & Over It, EastEnd Cabaret, Fabulous Russella, Clementine the Living Fashion Doll, Holestar, Wilfredo and many more.
Tonight’s BURN also incorporates a full performance of ALP HAYDAR’S EROTIC ADVENTURES IN ATLANTIS. Alp's 'one-man pantomimes' are a unique mix of sex, cinema, satire and Sharia Law. ‘Atlantis’ sees Alp and his jihadist boyfriend Mohammed – sole survivors of a plane crash – fighting for survival on a mysterious island which reveals its secrets through the ultimate battle for truth.
FRIDAY 3 AUGUST
7PM Ste McCabe’s Pussy Whipped
Ste McCabe’s ‘Pussy Whipped’ is an Edinburgh-based queer-feminist bizarre-alternative band night. In-yer-face performances tonight come from Citizen 2, Shrag, Maria and The Gay and Ste McCabe himself.
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10PM Wotever World
Wotever World, who host the weekly Bar Wotever at RVT, bring music and a party atmosphere wherever they go. This is gender bending in its rawest form, made by and with the Wotever Crew. Tonight Pussy Whipped and Wotever World combine to create a punk dream come true!
MONDAY 6 AUGUST
7PM Matt Yee
Matt Yee - entertainer/comedian from Hawaii and evidence that Asian men are huge - brings his outrageous adult sing along show to London for the first time! He just sold out two hilarious engagements at NYC’s Laurie Beachman Theater and stars on Atlantis Gay Cruises with Jonathan Hellyer.
8.30PM Rosie Wilby – Olympic Swingball Champion 2012
Reclaiming the title of her 2006 debut show, Rosie ponders why her petition to introduce Swingball as an Olympic sport by the 2012 London games stalled at 32 signatures; and recounts her favourite (mis)adventures of the past 6 years in a brand new stand up hour.
10PM Fresh Mince
Fresh Mince serves up a plateful of hot homos for a meaty night of new queer stand-up comedy – from twinkly eyed twinks musings on how to become a WAG to an International Man of Leather letting you know just how to get the stains out. Every act in our meaty selection is a sizzler!
TUESDAY 7 AUGUST
Wotever Sex Wotever sex, education and entertainment for the already perverted ... welcome to our Wotever World.
7PM Rose Collis
One performer. Two vintage banjoleles. Fifteen ‘cameo’ characters. Seven songs. Acclaimed writer and performer, Rose Collis stars in Trouser-Wearing Characters, an original, one-woman cabaret-style musical.
8.30PM Nick Field
Nick Field fuses theatre with a poetic twist to create evocative, bittersweet and richly lyrical performances. Warm and funny, but sharply incisive, he has taken his work to major events, venues and festivals and his debut solo show 'The Cosmos, The Cosmetics' has toured internationally.
10PM The Dream Bears and Rubyyy Jones
The Dream Bears - body image and dancing - tonight we present a lesson in how to do it when you are hot, camp and very very hairy... come and move with The Dream Bears! Also on the bill - Rubyyy Jones.
WEDNESDAY 8 AUGUST
7PM The Opera Diva’s Boudoir
Part stand-up and part TV-confessional; this show drops opera into the lap of the audience - literally! The Baroness (aka prize-winning, light lyrical soprano Tamara Stein) talks - pardon, sings - about life, dreams, shopping and men.
8.30PM Rosie Wilby – Olympic Swingball Champion 2012
Reclaiming the title of her 2006 debut show, Rosie ponders why her petition to introduce Swingball as an Olympic sport by the 2012 London games stalled at 32 signatures; and recounts her favourite (mis)adventures of the past 6 years in a brand new stand up hour.
10PM Fresh Mince
Fresh Mince serves up a plateful of hot homos for a meaty night of new queer stand-up comedy – from twinkly eyed twinks musings on how to become a WAG to an International Man of Leather letting you know just how to get the stains out. Every act in our meaty selection is a sizzler!
THURSDAY 9 AUGUST
7PM Lorraine Bowen meets Barbara Moore
Jimi Hendrix, Elton John, The Saint all featured Barbara Moore as vocalist and arranger! Lorraine meets Barbara, now 80, and asks her about the Swinging Sixties, composing music and being a woman in EMI Studio 1. The show features vintage film clips and performances by Barbara and Lorraine.
8.30PM Oliver Meech – When Magic and Science Collide
Magic boffin Oliver Meech returns to meddle with forces we barely understand. Amazing tricks inspired by astounding science. It’s the Natural Selection!
10PM Singalonga Freddie and Holly
Kitsch lounge lizard, Lord Freddie Valentine and his glamorous sidekick, Holly Blue, present a night of spangly entertainment. Expect a melting pot of cheesy pop songs, irreverent chat show, comedy and magic with a wide range of special guests.
FRIDAY 10 AUGUST
9PM Friday till 5AM Saturday
Anthem - Old Skool Reunion: Back to the 00s
London’s busiest gay retro party is back! With DJs:
● Wayne G (Heaven/Sydney Mardi Gras)
● Sean Sirrs (RVT/Love Muscle/Hope)
● Rich B (Heaven/The Limelight/Sound on Sunday)
Advance request your favourite 00s club tunes on the facebook wall and the most popular suggestions will be played on the night.
MONDAY 13 AUGUST
7PM Dexter Clark’s Fabulous Head
Dexter is London’s foremost celebrity hairdresser - an iconic celebrity monolith (probably his own words) who adores hacking at the heads of celebrities. His love for celebrity is matched only by his loose-lipped gossip. Dexter wants to save the world and is doing so by treating us to his lecture tour.
8.30PM The Voodoo Mick Psychic and Magick Show
A Psychic Spectacular where the audience is the star of the show, Voodoo Mick will demonstrate how people make choices and how their thoughts can be tapped into. There will be readings and messages for many in the audience. We will go back in time and explore the past as well as the present and future.
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14, 15 and 16 August
SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION
Throughout the evening on 14, 15 and 16 August, as well as watching performances, you can take part in our site specific installation, when Coffee+Sponge will warmly invite you to enter their luxury banquet chamber and eat:
like there are no Rules,
like there are no Manners,
like there are no Consequences,
like there are no Judgements,
like no one’s Watching.
TUESDAY 14 AUGUST
Wotever Sex Wotever sex, education and entertainment for the already perverted ... welcome to our Wotever World.
7PM Michael Twaits and Sandy Foster
Michael Twaits and Sandy Foster have been friends since they were 6, and are now reunited on the Wotever stage. Michael is a firm favourite on the cabaret/theatre circuit and a regular at Wotever events. Sandy is a singer and comedian whose quirky songs tell stories rarely told.
8.30PM Nathan Dean Williams
Nathan Dean Williams has been called ‘A filthy, twisted Alan Bennett for the jilted generation’ by The Fix, and was named top 3 solo comedy act 2011 by the Fringe Review. Death. Depravity. Devestation. Dancing. Laugh. Cry. Puke. Whatever.
10PM Eric Kuhlmann
Eric Kuhlmann is a queer bear punk singer/songwriter from Adelaide, Australia. He sings mostly original songs about sex, love and death, as well as the occasional classic twisted to suit his purposes. He has been described as "extremely funny - like Ian Dury meets Billy Bragg in a public toilet".
WEDNESDAY 15 AUGUST
7PM Dexter Clark’s Fabulous Head
Dexter is London’s foremost celebrity hairdresser - an iconic celebrity monolith (probably his own words) who adores hacking at the heads of celebrities. His love for celebrity is matched only by his loose-lipped gossip. Dexter wants to save the world and is doing so by treating us to his lecture tour.
8.30PM Oliver Meech – When Magic and Science Collide Magic
Boffin Oliver Meech returns to meddle with forces we barely understand. Amazing tricks inspired by astounding science. It’s the Natural Selection!
10PM TBA
THURSDAY 16 AUGUST
7PM The TinaMarinas – Being Gorgeous
An uplifting, thought-provoking and hilarious cabaret, exploring being gorgeous in an image-obsessed society. With witty wordplay and rhythmic banter, this acclaimed spoken-word-cabaret-comedy duo are sassy, loud, opinionated and won’t let middle age get the better of them.
8.30PM I Love You But We Only Have 14 Minutes to Save the Earth
Nathan Evans presents a creative collision of cabaret, live art and film with performances by David Hoyle, Fancy Chance and Timberlina; and cinematic entr’actes from Bette Bourne and Kate Pelling. Each has just fourteen minutes to save the planet… how on earth will they do it?
10PM Holestar – Take Me On
Casual gay sex is easily accessible but what about those who are seeking something that lasts longer than a fumble in the dark and maybe (whisper it) even a relationship? Part cabaret, part game show, Holestar's TAKE ME ON is a parody of the hit TV show 'Take Me Out', matching gay men looking for love.
FRIDAY 17 AUGUST
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8.30PM Kathakali Kabaret
Seven short men can drive a woman to the deadliest of sins! Enlightened by various Indian performing arts, Aletia Upstairs brings an exotic new dimension to the Snow White fairy tale.
10PM Holestar – Take Me On
Casual gay sex is easily accessible but what about those who are seeking something that lasts longer than a fumble in the dark and maybe (whisper it) even a relationship? Part cabaret, part game show, Holestar's TAKE ME ON is a parody of the hit TV show 'Take Me Out', matching gay men looking for love. Followed by POP club night.
MONDAY 20 AUGUST
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8.30PM The Voodoo Mick Psychic and Magick Show
A Psychic Spectacular where the audience is the star of the show, Voodoo Mick will demonstrate how people make choices and how their thoughts can be tapped into. There will be readings and messages for many in the audience. We will go back in time and explore the past as well as the present and future.
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TUESDAY 21 AUGUST
Wotever Sex Wotever sex, education and entertainment for the already perverted ... welcome to our Wotever World.
7PM Vikki Chalkin – A Lecture: Performing Queer Selves
Vikki is a queer fat femme performer, activist and researcher based in London. Having just submitted her PhD thesis on some of London’s queer performance clubs, Vikki will share some of her findings with the Wotever Sex audience in this very special performance.
8.30PM Mickel Smithen
Mickel Smithen is a creative art practitioner/performer with a strong background in the arts. Mickel's passion for music and singing gave birth to his alter-ego, Ebony Rose Dark - an elegant jazz singer who blossoms under the light of the stage and feeds off the audience's energy.
10PM Mzz Kimberley, Lolo Brow and Miss Cairo
In this headline triple bill, Mzz Kimberley personifies all the things we love with her high class cabaret while Lolo Brow entertains with her sexy Nigella Food Orgy. The irresistible Miss Cairo will entrance you with her drop dead gorgeous attitude, but be warned; you may get more than an eyeful.
WEDNESDAY 22 AUGUST
7PM The Opera Diva’s Boudoir
Part stand-up and part TV-confessional, this show drops opera into the lap of the audience - literally! The Baroness (aka prize-winning, light lyrical soprano Tamara Stein) talks - pardon, sings - about life, dreams, shopping and men.
8.30PM Mask Of Joy
The Mask of Joy is about pretending to be somebody else and getting away with it. Set in the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in 1752, this pop-up clip from the show, which opens at the London Pleasure Gardens in 2013, combines baroque with beats and harpsichords with electronica.
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THURSDAY 23 AUGUST
7PM Chris Fitchew
(“A gifted comedian” – BRUCE DESSAU – EVENING STANDARD, “The audience hangs off his every word” – THE SCOTSMAN “Your ribs are sure to ache * * * * - THE LIST) brings together a fast and furious comedy show with an array of fun loving and hap-hazardous characters, breakneck and side-splitting sketches and his usual sharp witted and caustic stand up…. oh and maybe a few songs….all in one show!
8.30PM Nathalie Carrington and Southern
Allow yourself to be transported to bourgeois Paris with Nathalie Carrington’s vintage style renditions of Piaf, Brel and Weill sung with passion and finesse. The cabaret act includes a premiere performance of a Philip Ridley poem set to music. The evening is shared with Southern, who are a Belfast based brother/sister band.
10PM Bastian Korff - Sing You Sinners: A Hit Parade of Bad Romances
A dazzling show packed with love songs and stories – from torch songs to indie rock and Gaga-pop to operetta. If you’ve ever wondered how Bonnie Tyler or Kylie’s songs sound in German, you’ll find out; Bastian’s gonna sing some very special German renditions of Britain’s biggest pop and disco hits.
FRIDAY 24 AUGUST
9pm – 3am, Performance @ Midnight.
PUSH THE BUTTON
A celebration of the last 20 years of POP in all its glorious forms. We’ll be playing ALL THE HITS from January 1st 1990 to June 17th 2011 taking in to account synths, guitars, keytars, drum-machines, girl bands, boy bands and impossible princesses.
In a nutshell: if you fancy getting off with hot beardy boys in scruffy Converse shaking their bits to the hits whilst your DJs play Nicola Roberts and chuck cuddly toys and Toffifees from the booth then THIS IS THE NIGHT FOR YOU!
Leave your POP PRETENTIONS at the door! Anyone caught rolling their eyes at the lack of trendy play-list or found using the phrase “guilty pleasures” will be ejected from the venue and thrown in to the Thames!
Entry £5
SUNDAY 26 AUGUST
S.L.A.G.S / CHILL-OUT AUGUST Bank Holiday SPECIAL
2pm ‘til 2am. Huge dance anthems and commercial house from the DJs Adam Turner, Andy Almighty, Sean Sirrs and Rob C. Lipsinkers on stage at 5.30pm followed by the D. E. Experience (aka Jonathan Hellyer) on stage with witty banter and live song at 6pm.
Entry £8, £5 after 7.30pm
MONDAY 27 AUGUST
Bank Holiday – GMFA / RVT Sports Day
S.L.A.G.S / CHILL-OUT AUGUST Bank Holiday SPECIAL
Club classics and RVT anthems from the DJs Simon Le Vans, Andy Almighty & Sean Sirrs.
2pm ‘til 2am. Huge dance anthems and commercial house from the DJs Simon Le Vans, Andy Almighty, Sean Sirrs and Rob C. Lipsinkers on stage at 5.30pm followed by the D. E. Experience (aka Jonathan Hellyer) on stage with witty banter and live song at 6pm.
Entry £8, £5 after 7.30pm
PLUS
THE RVT GMFA SPORTS DAY from 2 - 6pm.
The RVT and GMFA present THE RVT SPORTS DAY
From 2pm to 6pm in Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens (Behind the Royal Vauxhall Tavern)
This year's event promises to be bigger and even better than before. The fabulous Timberlina will again be our host, guiding us through events such as the drag relay, the handbag throw and the 50m mince. There'll also be an outside bar and DJs to entertain us throughout the afternoon and more surprises in store, so whether you're entering a team or just coming along to watch the day promises to be great fun, and a fabulous way to finish off your Bank Holiday weekend!
List of Events likely to include:
1. Egg & spoon race
2. Tug of War
3. Space Hopper Relay
4. 50m mince
5. Sack race
6. Drag relay
7. Handbag throw
There are trophies for the team which scores the most points at the end of the day, i.e. the winners, the team which raises the most amount of money, and the team with the best costume.
Enter a Team: To enter a team, all you need do is form a team of five members. Register your team with GMFA by emailing michael.flaherty@gmfa.org.uk.
TUESDAY 28 AUGUST
Wotever Sex Wotever sex, education and entertainment for the already perverted ... welcome to our Wotever World.
7PM Hedwig and Faarea Masud
Hedwig is a queer femme who loves rope bondage and loves to tie with others who love it as much as she does. Faarea Masud will be discussing identity conflict and illustrating the kama sutra for gay Asian people.
8.30PM Bird La Bird
Bird puts the fun back in feminism and the camp back in communism. She has been described as a queer pearly queen and a haut couture fishwife.
10PM Ajah UK
Combining music with gender, identity, sexuality, cultural and class politics, Ajah UK are a hip-hop group with a difference. Fronted by Lucidity and Jaheda Choudhury, this group have already been making a name for themselves across the North West, Manchester and Scandinavia.
WEDNESDAY 29 AUGUST
7PM Lorraine Bowen meets Barbara Moore
Jimi Hendrix, Elton John, The Saint all featured Barbara Moore as vocalist and arranger! Lorraine meets Barbara, now 80, and asks her about the Swinging Sixties, composing music and being a woman in EMI Studio 1. The show features vintage film clips and performances by Barbara and Lorraine.
8.30PM Dexter Clark’s Fabulous Head
Dexter Clark is London’s foremost celebrity hairdresser. An iconic celebrity monolith (probably his own words) that adores hacking at the heads of celebrities. His love for celebrity is matched only by his loose-lipped gossip. Dexter wants to save the world and is doing so by treating us to his lecture tour.
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THURSDAY 30 AUGUST
7PM Andi Fraggs
Andi Fraggs will be bringing a unique show to the RVT, featuring his self-written and produced tracks that deal with issues such as homophobia, addiction, love, suicide, abuse, governments and strength. He will also be performing his dance tracks ‘Beautiful Feeling’ (Gaydar Radio Club Nation Anthem) ‘Addiction’ (Play.com number 1 single) and ‘If It’s Wrong’.
8.30PM Mzz Kimberley & Son of a Tutu – Sister Acts
Sister Acts - a brand new show from Mzz Kimberley and Son of a Tutu - is a journey into the various acts of sisterhood. Conceived especially for ot August Fringe, it will highlight the bonds that bring sisters together and the cogs that ultimately tear them apart.
10PM The Frantastics
Join The Frantastics for an hour of Frockabilly - think Elvis & Cash walk through one door and exit the other wearing frocks, well that’s Frockabilly, that’s The Frantastics! Mixing and distilling a musical alchemy, they’re a head on collision of rock ‘n’ roll / country / polka dots and gingham.
FRIDAY 31 AUGUST
7PM Kathakali Kabaret
Seven short men can drive a woman to the deadliest of sins! Enlightened by various Indian performing arts, Aletia Upstairs brings an exotic new dimension to the Snow White fairy tale.
8.30PM Jayde Adams Master of None.
Originally from Bristol, Jayde Adams is a multi-faceted comedian - a jack of all trades, but a ‘Master of None’. Her frenetic one-woman comedy cabaret showcases her many talents as she skillfully shifts between performance styles and mediums.
Having only been formally trained in competitive disco dancing, she also sings opera, beatboxes, clowns, raps, balloon models, draws, performs stand-up, plays the piano and looks pretty fit dressed as a leopard. She has at various points also been a fish monger, a cartoonist, and a priest in an Inflatable Church (marrying over 400 people in 4 years), and is good at the moonwalk, the robot, fellatio, reads palms (although she’s sceptical because she learned it via YouTube) and knows every word to Forrest Gump (and can recite it on command). She didn’t however, learn to ride a bike until she was 14 and has tried and failed at juggling for years. All of these influences have come together to create this year’s show - an eclectic comedy cabaret experience that is sure to become a must see at the festival.
10PM The LipSinkers
Going for gold with the crown jewels on display: East London’s original quintet of cross-dressing superstars return to the HAF with a full pelt performance and after party which closes this year's fringe. It’s a show, it’s a disco, and you’ll be friggin bonkers to miss it!
Details:
Dates: 30th July – 31st August Monday to Friday.
All shows are £7 unless otherwise stated,
Tickets available on www.ticketweb.co.uk or call 08444 771000
Doors open 30 mins prior to all performances.
Website: www.hotaugustfringe.com
Transport: Vauxhall Tube and Train.
Gay club / cabaret RVT: is at 372 Kennington Lane, London, SE11 5HY
http://www.rvt.org.uk/
