Crofton Park Pictures at The Rivoli
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| The Shining is playing on October 25th |
The season starts on June 22nd with Jaws and ends on October 27th with The Exorcist. Tickets start at £12 and are available here.
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The season starts on June 22nd with Jaws and ends on October 27th with The Exorcist. Tickets start at £12 and are available here.
Cake Tempest
Superhumans at The Rivoli
After the Avengers, this is the second superhuman team to base themselves there.
Thanks to Transpontine for spotting it.
No trash talk, no back walk
Live At the Rivoli - New Live Comedy Nights
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| Reginald D Hunter stars on the opening night |
The first one kicks off on February 26th with an impressive line-up of Reginald D Hunter, Sara Pascoe and Ed Gamble. Will writes:
One of London’s most beautiful venues throws open it’s doors to a new monthly Comedy Club – Live At The Rivoli.
Live At The Rivoli pairs award-winning comics with the splendorous surroundings of the Rivoli Ballroom for a monthly series of unmissable laughter in South East London - kickstarted with a show headlined by Reginald D Hunter.
One of the most brilliantly unpredictable and thought-provoking comedians around - Reginald D Hunter headlines Live At The Rivoli. A regular face on Qi, Have I Got News For You & more, the Atlanta born star has been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award an unprecedented three times and continues to delight audiences and critics alike the world over.
Joining Reginald is the lively mind of acclaimed Live At The Apollo star Sara Pascoe, a special guest TBA and Ed Gamble as host, recently one of the few UK comedians to be invited onto US talk show Conan.
Tickets are £18.50. Click here to visit the website and book tickets.
The Long Halloween
If you like Halloween and you haven't had enough retro nights to last a lifetime then you are spoiled for choice this year. First up, the Rivoli plays host to Rouge, who say:
On October 24th, we are throwing a Halloween Night of the Glamour Ghouls!
Music is a throwback 1970's and 80's and disco ghoul funk night with DJ Kobayashi 'a horror journey into the sound blend of music'
The act on the night is Fast Dance Lane Band playing 1980's tracks, a London band of amazing musicians who have played with the likes of Steroephonic's, Dan Ackroyd from the Blues Brothers and Eska Mtungwazi.
Band times (amazing! not to be missed!): two 45min sets - 9.30 pm & 11pm Details and tickets here.
Then, on Halloween proper, we have...
Hollywood at the Rivoli, September 25th
Dita Von Teese was here. Now it's yr turn. Hollywood night 25th Sept pic.twitter.com/O3nGQTZDYL
— Rivoli Ballroom (@RivoliBallroom) September 6, 2015
New regular music nights at the Rivoli, starting July 25th
Javone Prince at the Rivoli Ballroom
Oh Mah gosh! Javone Prince, star of PhoneShop has been given his own BBC2 series!
Join Javone as he hosts an evening of characters, sketches, live music and bare madnesses at The Rivoli Ballroom in Catford [sic]. With neo soul legend Omar performing alongside surprise musical guests, tickets are going quicker than your Mum at a 'Single, Widowed or Recently Divorced' Night. Get yours NOW. Man ain't gassin' - this is a ting.
If you would like to join us for night of comedy, then apply now!
The show will record at 6.30pm at The Rivoli Ballroom, Brockley, London on Wednesday 4th March. If you would like to join us for a night of comedy, then apply now!
Booking is open via our website at www.sroaudiences.com
The Rivoli relocates to Walford
Stock Character 1: It's hardly the Rivoli is it?
Stock Character 2: Is the Rivoli still there?
- EastEnders
Last year, the BBC promised to gentrify Albert Square, to reflect the changing face of modern London. Last night, the first fruits of this strategy began to emerge, when Brockley's Rivoli Ballroom got a namecheck - its majesty held up in contrast to the abject party taking place in Walford.
Bring back real Walford! EastEnders hasn't been the same since the arrival of the East London Line.
It's 24 mins in, if you're interested.
Rivoli Fundraiser for the Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign
The last fundraiser sold out and we were turning people away at the door. Obviously, we were all still high from the victory in the high court, but I think the last year has shown how important it is that we continue, which means we need funds.
The trust has to make 5% 'savings' every year for the next 5 years (25% over 5 years) and the local CCGs have coalesced to work on a south east London plan. It is likely that Lewisham hospital's services and land will be recommended as a sacrifice to the cuts and PFI liabilities... Again...
Avengers: Age of Brockley
Alexander Pierce: Captain, to build a better world, sometimes means tearing the old one down... And that makes enemies.
- Captain America 2
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| Age of Ultron is the story of a monomaniacal intelligence that lives through the Internet |
Gone are the days when BC had to come up with spurious excuses to include the Avengers in article headlines - Avengers: Age of Ultron is filming at The Rivoli Ballroom today and Captain America (Chris Evans) has just been spotted crossing Brockley Road. It is currently filming at Shepperton Studios and using the codename After Party.
Full disclosure: The agency BC works for has Disney for a client, which is the parent company of Marvel. Still, makes a nice change from having to disclose Sainsbury's. Thanks to Kevin for the heads-up.
The Rivoli Ballroom up for sale (again)
The Rivoli Ballroom is up for sale for £7.5 million.
Its current owners put it on the market for £10 million back in 2007. That move triggered a campaign to protect it from being turned into flats or a supermarket and it was given Grade II listed status as a result. This planning restriction gave the sellers cause to reconsider and in the years that followed, the Rivoli's fame has grown, as a location for film, television and music, as well as dance, cabaret and parties.
The new, lower price-tag presumably reflects the fact that it will be harder to bulldoze and turn into something more lucrative.
Despite the fact that it can be maddeningly hard to book and its calendar of events is erratic, the Rivoli is nonetheless Brockley's greatest man-made treasure and its owners have been loving custodians. The relatively few public events it holds have helped to preserve its features, while the eccentric booking process means that some gloriously unusual events take place there.
If and when the Rivoli is sold, we have to hope that the new owners take as much care with it. If they have to recoup £7.5m from it, that will be a tricky balancing act to get right.
Rivoli Most Wanted
Damon Albarn plays the Rivoli
The Guardian reports that
Damon Albarn will perform two shows in London this spring, confirming dates at both the Rivoli Ballroom [April 30th] and The Great Hall at Queen Mary University of London.
To mark the release of his first solo album Everyday Robots, the Blur frontman will debut tracks from the new record with a band including guitarist Seye, drummer Pauli The PSM, bassist Jeff Wootton and Mike Smith on keys, at the two intimate venues: the first being a 700 capacity ballroom and the second a 780 capacity hall.
Strictly Rivoli
In the next of the National Trust's London Lates, the Rivoli Ballroom in South London will play host to an immersive film experience inspired by Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom, presented by the London Project and Hacked Off Films.
For one night only you can live your ballroom dream. A flamenco guitarist and a dance coach will get you in the mood before ‘Scott’ dances past recalling Strictly Ballroom’s much loved Paso Doble scenes. This is a unique opportunity to waltz beneath the chandeliers, Chinese lanterns and glitter balls in the plush red velvet interiors of the Rivoli.
Hacked Off Films and the London Project will also be presenting a full screening of Strictly Ballroom. Dance yourself silly at the Strictly Ballroom disco with recognisable tracks from the film and more classic dance numbers. There are many more surprises in store on the night at this Strictly Ballroom extravaganza.
Tickets are available from www.nationaltrust.org.uk/london: £26 (£20 for students)
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