Bank holiday weekend, woo! An East End accomplice called on Sunday night and asked if I wanted to go the Box Bot B Movie Bank Holiday Nightmare at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club. I said something along the lines of ‘hell yeah!’ and off we went.
Unfortunately we arrived too late to make ourselves cardboard box ‘n’ tinfoil robot outfits but there were a few botting about when we got there. There watched some, uh, performance art, and jumped around to a punky electro band called Toy Toy. Not sure who the red-haired robot DJing just beforehand was but she played Talking Heads, The Slits and Le Tigre so I was joyful 
Other attractions included a montage of B movie clips showing on a big screen, and a ‘laboratory’ bar which hadn’t really made much of a departure from a previous incarnation as a gazebo (although it was artfully draped with tinfoil). You could choose from a range of mysterious liquids in chemical colours with names like ‘Brain Fluid’ or ‘Essence of Monster’ (in case you were wondering, if you mix them they taste of fruit salad chews) There were also free flying saucers and some dangerously twisty straws.
Around midnight there was a prize-giving for the best costume, which revealed that three girls had come as Stepford wives - really nice concept, but it was a shame that they were just in everyday Bethnal Greenwear (The Pipettes have a lot to answer for…)
It was a superfun night, given a wonderful delirious edge by the fact it was a *Sunday* night. And we were, you know, *OUT*. Truly I’m living life on the edge.
PS Admit it, you were tempted by the 300 flying saucers for £5.80 offer, weren’t you? If you have just finished entering your debit card details, well, I salute you.
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