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London LGBT venue closures – don’t let the RVT be next!

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After the shock closure of the Black Cap, a new campaign – RVT Future – launches to support the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, the UK’s oldest LGBT pub and cabaret space

The Black Cap (Image: Wikipedia Commons)

The Black Cap closure: what we know so far

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Some clarification about the closure of the Black Cap – and it’s not all bad news

The Black Cap on Monday April 13 2015, the day its closure was announced

It’s official: Black Cap operators confirm closure of iconic LGBT pub

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The Black Cap’s owner Faucet Inn confirms the pub was sold last December and has been closed without notice.

Virgin Xtravangzah (Photo Paul Grace)

The spirit of Easter: ritual, rebellion and rising again

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A review of Easter queer cabaret shows in London including David Hoyle at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, Pussy Faggot at the Glory and Virgin Xtravangazah at the Black Cap

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EXCLUSIVE: Black Cap regains protective community-asset status

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conic LGBT pub and cabaret venue the Black Cap has had its status as an asset of community value restored by Camden council, giving some protection against redevelopment

Sing For Your Life at the Vault Festival until March 8 2015.

Review: Sing For Your Life, the roadkill taxidermy cabaret musical

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Roadkill taxidermy cabaret musical Sing For Your Life is uncanny, grotesque and sometimes charming – a rousing howl of injustice that still has its problems, including shortchanging the cabaret form

Plans for redevelopment of the Black Cap have been rejected by Camden Council

Black Cap saved from redevelopment… for now

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Camden Council has rejected a scheme to turn the first-floor bar and terrace of iconic LGBT pub and cabaret venue the Black Cap into flats

Plans for redevelopment of the Black Cap in Camden

Now it’s the Black Cap’s turn to face redevelopment

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Camden Council plans to approve a scheme to turn the upper floors of the iconic Black Cap into flats. But will noise levels be too high for new occupants?

From Not Television's top 10 posts 2014

Not Television’s top 10 posts of 2014

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A round-up of 10 favourite blog posts from Not Television’s first year, 2014, on subjects including Mat Fraser, Alternative Miss World, Leake St graffiti tunnel and the threat of luxury redevelopment

Meow Meow, Spymonkey's Toby Park and The Ungewinster

Christmas cabaret reviews for the Evening Standard

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Links to three Evenings Standard reviews of cabaret shows for Christmas 2014: Mrs Hudson’s Christmas Corker, The Night Before Winterval and Meow Meow: Apocalypse Meow – Crisis is Born