White Mischief Halloween Ball @ The Scala

Tonight was a night for dressing up and enjoying White Mischief's Halloween Ball, Ghost In The Machine, a steampunk extravaganza held at The Scala in King's Cross. Toni and I met up with the rest of Orpheum outside the venue (along with associated partners). Some of the costumes on display were absolutely fantastic.

The evening kicked off with our compere PROFESSOR ELEMENTAL who popped up between acts for a bit of steampunk hip hop, comedy and introductions

The acts started off with SISTER DARLING treating us to some amusing songs

PROFESSOR ELEMENTAL hit the stage again for some skits and more of his steampunk hip hop songs



Next up was burlesque dancer MILLICENT BANKS

...and then came the first of the bands....


THE MEN THAT WILL NOT BE BLAMED FOR NOTHING
Punk rock steampunk just can't be beat. TMTWNBBFN were totally awesome. Bouncy fun and lyrics full of steampunk comedy. Big thumbs up for playing a saw with a bow too!

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More between act entertainment followed with THE BOY WITH TAPE ON HIS FACE

Another burlesque routine followed, this time in the form of LILI LA SCALA (quite apt really)

Falling from the skies was JACKIE LE with a great aerial performance

One last set of raps from PROFESSOR ELEMENTAL ans then it was time for the last two bands



HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND
This was probably one of the most bizarre acts I've seen at a gig like this although the Halloween costumes were a nice touch. Hackney Colliery Band are a nine piece brass ensemble who cover popular songs! They were an interesting band to watch and listen to but I felt the set should have been a few songs shorter!

Under The Bridge, nuff said!


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Our last act was the Covent Garden Chainsaw Juggler who took one audience member very much by surprise!


ABNEY PARK
Finally we came to the reason why most of us were here. The mighty ABNEY PARK returned and blew us all away with an amazing set.

See all the ABNEY PARK pics here: 291011AbneyParkTheScala


After the gig it was time for more drinkies and Toni and I went and had a chat with Kristina fro Abney Park and discussed the upcoming Whitby trip. It was a fantastic night and we'll definitely be looking at attending more White Mischief events in the future!