ADAM LAMBERT - Out In The City

THE LOCKER ROOM, 8 Cleaver
Street, Kennington, SE11. 020
7735 6064. Kennington tube.
Long-running, intimate gay-owned
and run sauna.
www.the-lockerroom.co.uk
STEAMWORKS, 309 New Cross
Road, New Cross, SE14. 020 8694
0606. New Cross/New Cross Gate
station. Small, long-running
establishment.
www.steamworkslondon.co.uk
EAST LONDON
THE ANGEL, 21 Church Street,
E15. Tel: 020 8555 1148. Stratford
BR and tube. Big gay pub, always
popular at weekends, with regular
cabaret, DJs and disco nights.
THE BACKSTREET, Wentworth
Mews, off Burdett Road, E3.
020-8980 8557. Over 25 years
old – small but legendary East
End dress code leather club, open
Thur-Sun. Very strict rubber and
leather dresscode, ensuring a
wide and loyal following. www.
thebackstreet.com
BISTROTHEQUE, 23-27 Wadeson
St, E2. Tel: 020 8983 7900.
Bethnal Green tube. Very mixed,
gay/straight crowd of trendy
metrosexuals. Great bar, restaurant,
plus separate cabaret room.
www.bistrotheque.com
CHARLIE’S BAR, 124 Globe
Road, E1. Tel: 020 7790 1007.
Whitechapel tube. Recently
refurbished, Moroccan style
– friendly, local gay bar.
DALSTON SUPERSTORE, 117
Kingsland High Street, E8. 020
7254 2273. Highbury & Islington
tube. New, two-floor mixed
gay-straight venue - café by day
and fashionable performance
space and club promotions at
night. Open noon-2am seven days
a week.
DANDY BOYS, Visage, 442
Cranbrook Road, Gants Hill, IG2.
020 8554 003. www.Visage80sBar.
co.uk. Gay club night running
every Wednesday night at a fab
80s-themed venue. Open 8pm-
1am. Regular entertainment. Email
DandyBoysClub@googlemail.com
EASTERN BLOC, 58 Old Street,
EC1. 020-7287 3726. Trend-setting
gay club venue, spread over two
floors. Bar upstairs with small
dancefloor, and grond floor dance
space. Regular promotions at
weekends.
GAY LICK, Club Lick, 58 Hoe
Street, E17. Walthamstow tube.
Twice-monthly gay promotion at
a cruisy club space. Every first and
third Friday from 9pm-4am. Entry
£4 before midnight and £7 after.
www.gaylicke17.co.uk
THE JOINERS ARMS, 116
Hackney Road, E2. Tel: 020 7739
9854. Debauched decadence
– old-skool boozer popular with
post-club crowd at weekends. Gets
busy later in the evenings.
KINGS HEAD, 11 Church
Street, E15. Tel: 020 8534 0197
Stratford BR and tube. Intimate
and welcoming East End gay pub
– regular cabaret. Open till late
throughout the week.
THE OLD SHIP, 17 Barnes
Street, E14. Tel: 020 7790 4082.
Limehouse DLR. Small, local,
traditional gay pub, with regular
cabaret - five minutes’ walk from
BJ’s White Swan (see below).
BJ’s WHITE SWAN,
556 Commercial Road, E1. Tel: 020
7780 9870. Limehouse DLR. A
large, legendary, long-running gay
pub and club, open throughout
the week. Wednesday’s Amateur
Strip is an institution. www.
bjswhiteswan.com
SAUNAS
CHARIOTS LIMEHOUSE,
574 Commercial Road, E14. 020
7791 2808. Limehouse rail station.
Multi-level, well-established
sauna. Themed parties such as ‘Big
and chunky’ each Monday evening,
amongst others.
www.gaysauna.co.uk
CHARIOTS SHOREDITCH,
1 Fairchild Street, Shoreditch, EC2.
020 7247 5333. Liverpool Street
station. Biggest gay sauna in UK,
with a maze of rest rooms.
www.gaysauna.co.uk
E15 CLUB, 6 Leytonstone Road,
Stratford, E15. 020 8555 5455.
Stratford tube. Deceptively large
sauna behind a discreet facade.
www.londonnoise.com/e15
WEST LONDON
THE CULVERT, 54 Cowley Mill
Road, Uxbridge. 01895 256 690.
Uxbridge tube. Mon-Wed 4pm-1am,
Thu noon-2am, Fri & Sat noon-3am,
Sun 3pm-1am. Regular discos,
cabaret, karaoke and one-off events.
Established, local gay venue.
www.theculvert.com
ESCAPE, 184 London Road,
Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey, KT2.
020 8549 9911. Revamped, longrunning
gay club open Wednesday-
Sunday. www.therclub.co.uk
THE HOPE & ANCHOR, 20
Macbeth Street, Hammersmith,
W6. (020 8748 1873). New
gay pub for Hammersmith and
Chiswick. Traditional boozer with
nightly entertainment – open
noon-11pm throughout week,
with popular karaoke at weekends.
INFINITY, 294 Old Brompton
Road, SW5. 020 7370 3494.
Earls Court tube. Big gay pub and
disco, formerly Bromptons. Open
late throughout the week, with
weekend cabaret.
www.infinityclubs.com
THE RICHMOND ARMS, 20
The Square, off Princes Street,
Richmond. 020-8940 2118. Longrunning,
traditional gay pub, with
regular cabaret and entertainment.
One of gay London’s better locals.
TED’S PLACE, 305a North End
Road, West Brompton, W14. 0207
385 9359. Earls Court or West
Brompton tube. Mon-Fri from 7pmlate,
closed Sat & Sun. Small, West
London cruise club. Dark and sleazy.
www.tedsplaceuk.co.uk
WEST 5, Popes Lane, South
Ealing, W5. 020-8579 3266. Large,
popular gay pub with Piano Room
and cabaret bar, open till late at
weekends with entertainment
and DJs. Attracts a big local crowd
- particularly at weekends.
www.west5ealing.com
WINDSOR CASTLE, 152 Bath
Road, Hounslow, TW3. 0208577
6590. Large, local gay pub with
regular cabaret and entertainment
throughout the week.
www.winz.co.uk
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VOTE VAUXHALL!
Still undecided who to vote in the coming
election, or want to listen to some lively
debate? The RVT hosts the third outing
of its quarterly Queer Question Time
on Friday 30 April. The panel will feature
Darren Johnson AM (from the Green
Party), ex-policeman Brian Paddick,
stand-up comedian Shelley Cooper and
equality campaigner Linda Bellos OBE.
Submit your questions to Kate Pelling on
the door, or email them to askqqt@gmail.
com. The debate will run from 9-10pm,
followed by a live performance from
QBoy and DJ sounds from Tony Fletcher
until late.
David Hoyle
The RVT has plenty of entertainment
lined up throughout May. If you’ve not
yet caught any of the current series of Scott Capurro’s Position, you can catch the last
outing of the current run on Thursday 6 May, when the special guests will be Jimmy Carr,
Stephen Merchant and Nina Conti. Tickets cost £9 and can be bought, apart from on the
door, through www.ticketweb.co.uk or by calling: 08444 771000.
As May has a couple of bank holidays, there are extra S.L.A.G.S/Chill-Out sessions
planned. Expect an extra-long session of the Sunday chill-out till 2am on Sunday 2 May,
followed by another helping on Monday 3 May – both with DJs Simon Le Vans, Andy
Almighty and Sean Sirrs. There will be another 2am session on Sunday 30 May, followed
by a second helping on bank holiday Monday (31 May). Take advantage of the spring
drinks offers, with £2 pints of beer and £2 vodka plus mixer between 2-4.30pm.
On Wednesday 5 May, the night before the General Election, performer Nathan Evans will
be hosting ‘An Election Entertainment’, with guests confirmed to appear including David
Hoyle, Scottee (hopefully all recovered after he recent took a tumble from a stage!),
Dusty Limits, Sarah-Louise Young and Michael Roulston. “Ballot begins 7pm, hustings
from 8pm exit polls midnight - Entry £7”.
Speaking of David Hoyle, he will also be returning to the RVT this month for another
run of shows. ‘Licking Wounds 2’ follows the success of the first run of ‘Licking Wounds’
shows, and will commence on 13 May and will run each Thursday afterwards for a
limited period. Doors will open at 7pm and tickets cost £8.50. Expect stimulating
conversation, confrontational cabaret, avant-garde performance and special guests.
Another May highlight comes on Wednesday 19 May, when the Fringe Report 2010
award-winner Rosie Wilby presents Femmes by the Thames. Described as a ‘sassy sister
cabaret’, you can expect entertainment from Sarah Louise Young, Kitty Kavanagh, ‘Ariadne
the Greek WAG’, Liz Bentley, Maureen Younger and Toni Green. All tickets cost £5 and the
performance starts at £8.30.
Other regular highlights include the Tuesday night Bar Wotever (with a return appearance
from the brilliant Dorian Wood on 18 May), Saturday nighter Duckie, and the Monday
pub bingo with Timberlina (except on bank holidays). Timberlina will also be hosting a
‘Midweek Special’ on Wednesday 26 May, supported by Lorraine Bowen and Russella.
For full details, check www.royalvauxhalltavern.co.uk