Video: Tangled Feet's Arts Club spectacular

Those of you who were there won't forget it in a rush. Tangled Feet's breathtaking SHOWTIME saw their incredible ensemble of actors emerging from the crowd to race up the walls, clamber up a scaff tower, dangle from the ceiling and perform an extraordinary and exhilarating flourescent drenched spectacular to Clock Opera's awesome soundrtrack.

Now here's your chance to relive it, or if you missed it in the flesh, then at least your chance to get a sense of a magical 10 minutes at The nabokov Arts Club. Thanks to Tangled Feet for the footage.

Protect The Human

Here's our outgoing Artistic Director George participating in Amnesty International's Protect The Human campaign at The nabokov Arts Club.

There's a whole set of Protect The Human photos from the night on our Flickr photostream, so if you were snapped, check yourself out.

Photos from Arts Club 4

We've uploaded loads of amazing photos of Arts Club 4 to our Flickr photostream so you can relive the thrills and spills of the undisputed heavyweight of artistic happenings, anywhere, ever.

There's a selection below, and the rest are over here.

Thanks to the ever brilliant Ludovic Des Cognets for being behind the lens.

Alice Haig in WHEN CHERYL WAS BRASSIC

Joshua Idehen

Clock Opera

Tangled Feet

Molotov Jukebox

The Correspondents

Thank you Arts Clubbers

Oh what a night! Our heads are just about clearing...

Huge thanks to everyone who came along on Saturday night. We hope you had a ball. We certainly did.

Massive thanks also to all the incredible artists who produced such unforgettable work, and the 50 or so amazing people who worked so hard before, during and after the event to make it happen.

The next nabokov Arts Club will be in March 2010. We're fairly quivering with expectation already.

Meantime, pop back to the blog in the next few days as we'll be posting photos, videos and various other reminders of the hedonistic merriment that was The nabokov Arts Club.

It's coming... The nabokov Arts Club

 

Yet more additions to the Arts Club line-up

As if the line-up wasn't already lip-licking enough, we've added a whole lot more stuff to the bill for the undisputed heavyweight of artistic happenings anywhere, ever.

We've got a very special live set from Molotov Jukebox! We've got one of the UK's most astounding close-up magicians! We've got DJ Fish spinning tunes till the early hours! We've got a confessional booth! We're joining 350.org in climate change action! We're welcoming Amnesty International's Protect The Human Campaign! We've got guest cider straight from the barrel! We've got the jacket potato man from heaven! We've got an extra hour when the clocks go back! Here's the full, phenomenal line-up:

Theatre
WHEN CHERYL WAS BRASSIC by Leo Richardson
nabokov presents our side-splittingly filthy Latitude Festival hit...Without a tenner to her name, Cheryl is facing a weekend of tedium unless she can find some cost-effective fun. Fortunately, her mate has just the tonic. Under the tutelage of lascivious lesbian Shaniqua, Cheryl attempts to seduce her disinterested boyfriend Dean with a Britney Spears dance routine, a bottle of champagne and some carefully applied Nutella.

Physical Theatre
SHOWTIME by Tangled Feet
A brand new spectacular from one of the most innovative and exciting physical theatre companies in the UK. Tangled Feet aims to create theatre that captures an audience in a total experience and that stimulates imaginations. The Stage describes them as: "Probably the most accessible and original physical theatre company working in the UK today… A must see". For the Arts Club we've commissioned a brand new piece from the company that will leave you awestruck.

Comedy
ED GAMBLE
We saw rising star Ed in Edinburgh as part of The Comedy Zone and had to be peeled off the floor at the end of what was possibly the best 20 minute set we've ever seen. Ed has been a finalist in the Revels Student Comedy Awards (2007) and The Laughing Horse Big, Big, Big New Act Competition (2007). He is co writer and host of the Chortle sponsored ‘Peacock and Gamble Podcast’. This guy is going to be a huge star, so catch him live at The nabokov Arts Club before he's live at the Apollo.

Poetry
JOSHUA IDEHEN
A mesmerising wordsmith who we saw wowing crowds at Latitude and Camp Bestival. He has performed all over the UK at events such as Onetaste, Poetry N Motion, The Cellar, Shortfuse and the John Betjeman Festival in Cornwall. Joshua is co-founder of the collective known as A Poem Inbetween People, the host and organiser of the spoken word event PoeJazzi, and a member of funk band Benin City. We're super excited to welcome him to The Arts Club stage.

Live Set
CLOCK OPERA
The Guardian dewscribes them as "Aled Jones singing with Autechre," and says "We'd sign them if we had a label". We'd sign them too, but for now we'll settle for welcoming them to The Arts Club. Producer/songwriter Guy Connelly and his band make intoxicating chop-pop symphonies - innovative sample-songs that break Philip Glass with blunt instruments found in a skip. They're going to rock the joint. Check them out on Myspace and bring your ears.

Close-up Magician
DAVID SEXTON
Ever since he realised he was not very good at football, David has been practising his unique style of close up magic and has built up a national reputation over the last eight years. Mixing magic, mis-direction and mind reading, David will make you believe the impossible is possible. Prepare to be truly wowed.

Live Set
MOLOTOV JUKEBOX
One of the nation's most exciting new bands spent the summer spreading their contagious “BANG” sound throughout the festivals of Britain and Ireland, so the chances are you're already infected with their unique gypsy power dance funk. If you know what you are in for: bring your friends. If you don’t, brace yourself. When they play, you dance.

Your host and compere
LUKE WRIGHT
Described by The Observer as "The best young performance poet around," Luke is a 4Talent Award winner, founder of Aisle16 and regular on TV and Radio. Since 2006 he’s launched his own curve-ball bid to become Poet Laureate, programmed and hosted Latitude’s poetry arena (the largest poetry event in Europe) and has become the newest poet-in-residence on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live. We're thrilled to welcome him back to the Arts Club to marshall proceedings and treat us to a few lyrics.

Live Dancing Tunes
THE CORRESPONDENTS
If you’ve never danced to The Correspondents, you’ve never danced. The star attractions of Arts Clubs 1 & 3 are back by phenomenal demand to whip you late night revellers into a delirious frenzy with their sensational live set. DJ Chuckles and Mr Bruce will have the warehouse shuddering with their 21st century revamps of the Big Band sound of the 20s and 30s. Ask anyone who's seen them before and they'll say - don't miss.

A unique one-on-one experience
ICONFESS
Step through the velvet curtains and get ready to hear the real life confessions of a stranger. You might find yourself revealing your innermost secrets in return.

DJ
MR FISH
Mr Fish will have The Arts Club leaping to the freshest cuts ranging from funk to wonky to scabba. Let the waves commence.

What more could you want from one night? Tickets are £15 if you book online in advance, with any remaining £20 on the door. They're going fast so book now!

It's a kinda magic

Hey presto, look who we've added to the Arts Club line-up.

David Sexton is one of the finest close-up magicians in the country, performing feats of wonder that will leave you awestruck.

Ever since he realised he was not very good at football, David has been practising his unique style of close up magic and has built up a national reputation. Mixing magic, mis-direction and mind reading, David wandering around the Arts Club making you believe the impossible is possible. Prepare to be truly wowed.

Protect The Human at The Arts Club

We're welcoming our friends from Amnesty International to The Arts Club on Saturday with their I Protect The Human campaign.

The campaign simply asks people at festivals, gigs and other events to have their photo taken with the Protect The Human sign as a show of support for human rights.

Amnesty International is a movement of ordinary people from across the world standing up for human rights. Our purpose is to protect individuals wherever justice, fairness, freedom and truth are denied.

By having your photo taken as part of  I Protect the Human, in support of our Equality for Women in Iran campaign, you are showing that you are standing up for human rights, and moreover, that this can be done wherever you are. It is our call to action. It shows we celebrate humanity and have the determination to protect it.

So dress to impress, and please take part! Check out more photos here.

 

350 International Day of Climate Action

The Arts Club will be part of the biggest ever day of climate change activism on Saturday, with our crowd joining tens of thousands of people in over 150 countries urging world leaders to take steps to reduce carbon emissions.

Saturday 24th sees a worldwide wave of extraordinary events across nearly every country, from the bottom of the Great Barrier Reef to the summit of Mount Everest.

At each event a photo centred around the number 350 will be taken (350 is the parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere that scientists say is the safe limit – it’s currently 387ppm). The photos from around the world will be delivered to waiting reporters and broadcast to the world’s media on giant screens in New York’s Times Square.

Within the solar-powered Village Underground, we'll have a bicycle-powered art installation showcasing climate change photography and we'll be inviting people to make a huge banner to promote the number 350.

The finished item, a piece of art produced and owned by those who participate, will then be photographed on the roof of the venue overlooking the City - with the photographs uploaded to 350.org to join the pressure on the Copenhagen treaty.For more information visit 350.org and check out our action on the 350 map.

We want to say a huge thanks to our friends at Paintworks who have sponsored our Arts Club 350 action by donating materials for our banner. Thank you!

Paintworks Ltd., 99-101 Kingsland Rd., London E2 8AG UK
tel +44 (0)20 7729 7451 fax +44 (0)20 7739 0539
Shop Open: Monday to Saturday 9:30am to 5:30pm (6.30pm Friday)

 

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