Bingo has been illegal in London since the days of Cromwell, so the story goes. Not surprisingly, a bingo underground thrives, and the game of muu-muu clad chain smokers is suddenly hip:
It's a cold Friday night at the Mission Room in Islington, North London
where visitors are informed that bicycle theft will be the subject of
tonight's Neighbourhood Watch meeting. The compere, the comedian Trevor
Lock, soon takes the stage, and asks if the doors are well and truly
locked, before revealing... that this is no Neighbourhood Watch
meeting! On comes tonight's guest presenter, Miss Gipsy Wood, in long
white gloves and a shimmery red dress slit to the hip.
Read the rest here. It's half performance art and half nightclub, and sounds like something we'll be seeing over here as soon as someone can find a room and some funny transvestites.
