Happy Slappin' at the Goblin Kings Masquerade Ball

On Friday the 4th May Happy Slap Boutique teamed up with Prangsta to provide a make-up booth attached to their stall at The Goblin King's Masquerade Ball in the Old Vic tunnels. Myself and fellow performer Aurora Starr provided walk about performance through out the night - Cheeky goblin fan dances around the atmospheric Old Vic Tunnels. The night was great fun and I was so amazed at the effort put in by all the staff, performers and punters - The costumes, make-up and prosthetic's were out of this world. The drippy, damp and dark tunnels of the Old Vic were a perfect setting for the night and made it incredibly easy to get immersed in this goblin world. The only negative point I have is to do with the music and the general sound of the night. It was a bit 'off'. When joining together night life, partying and theatre you have to think of the night as a whole performance, with peaks, climaxes and an awareness of the vibe that's being created. At the 'party peak' of the night the main stage (and in fact the only sound resonating throughout the tunnels) was the sound of a solo ukulele comedy act. The act itself was great - and obviously I am a fan of the ukulele comedy scene! However what the crowd was wanting at that point was to be dancing - Put the comedy act on in another area of the building, where people can choose to listen to it if that is what they want - Not make them listen and pay full attention to something so specific when they are itching to dance and let their goblin hair down. Having said that however the night as a whole however was really great and I loved being apart of another event helping to mix theatre into the exciting party scene that is blooming right now!