Venues

greenwich
Matter
Every so often something happens that shifts the landscape, takes everything within its reach forward and skews the way we approach the realms of possibility. Shaken by an impact propelled by inspirational vision and intensified by groundbreaking developments, everybody relevant to that happening has no... Read more

venues, October 2008, COMMENTS

birmingham
Gatecrasher
The Gatecrasher lion, so symbolic of the brand’s glory days, may have hung up its glow sticks and laid down in the ashes of the Sheffield club, but Gatecrasher has reared its head once again - now a very different beast - and come back bigger and bolder than ever before... Read more

venues, October 2008, COMMENTS

mayfair

Vendôme
Mayfair’s new club Vendôme is not a venue for fickle wannabe socialites, but for the real VIPs – the people that the wannabes want to be: models, fashion designers, celebrities and probably even the odd royal. But far from encouraging self exposure, Vendôme brings us back to the heart of partying. Following... Read more

venues, October 2008, COMMENTS

leeds
Alea
There’s nothing better than a delayed opening to build anticipation of a new venue launch. Postpone for a few weeks and in the distance it’s possible to hear the gentle judder of the rumour mill creaking into action as the theories start to fly. And when those weeks stretch into months, it’s almost guaranteed... Read more

venues, October 2008, COMMENTS

soho
Inamo
Inamo, as in, ‘In a mo(ment)’, is a venue born out of the frustrations of its owners, Danny Potter and Noel Hunwick who had spent the years since meeting at Oxford University experiencing different levels of service; from the overly keen interrupter to the blasé ignorer. Said Noel: “We were frustrated with... Read more

venues, October 2008, COMMENTS

kings cross
Surya
It’s clear within seconds of meeting Andrew Charalambous, aka Doctor Earth, that NIGHT’s visit to Surya, Kings Cross will offer not only an education on the headline grabbing venue, but also an insight into the global message of the Club4Climate organisation behind it. The ‘world’s first ecological club’ recently... Read more

venues, September 2008, COMMENTS

the city

Mint Leaf Loungue
Rather than being the spirited, yet predictably less fulfilling sequel to the original Mint Leaf (Restaurant) in Haymarket, the second, arriving some five years after the original, is more like the equally talented, but firmly differentiable cousin. The adaptation of the name in the latest instance to Mint Leaf Lounge does... Read more

venues, September 2008, COMMENTS

newcastle
Tup Tup Palace
ITup Tup Palace on Newcastle’s Diamond strip sits on a pot of gold. The high end ‘restobar’ and club is one of a few venues in the UK selected to stock two limited edition 1995 Dom Perignon bottles that are encased in white gold and worth £10,000. “It’s totally over the top, but it’s a great showpiece,” says one of... Read more

venues, September 2008, COMMENTS