Bars & Pubs

Supper clubs
Volupté
A cabaret and burlesque club in the middle of Holborn? Stranger things have happened, and such is the success of Volupté that you’re advised to get your tickets early. Wednesdays are Cabaret Salon where burlesque, cabaret and jazz singers entertain diners. Regular artists include Good Time Mama Jo Jo (burlesque teacher Jo King), cabaret wit Dusty Limits, and London cabaret legend Paul L Martin.
Diary date Wed, 8pm-late, £12.
Cabaret Salon, Volupté, 9 Norwich St, EC4 (020 7831 1622/www.volupte-lounge.com) Chancery Lane tube.

The Pigalle Club
Step down the carpeted stairs and back in time to when going out on a Saturday night was a properly glamorous affair. A cabaret supper club, the small room has singers, piano players and comic wits to entertain you, while you enjoy your three courses or cocktail.
Diary date Mon-Sat, 7pm-4am, last food orders 11.30pm.
Pigalle, 215 Piccadilly, W1 (020 7734 8142) Piccadilly Circus tube. Feature continues

Soho Revue Bar
It was once the Raymond Revue Bar, then Too2Much and is now the Soho Revue Bar. With its heart firmly in gay Soho, the eye is on cabaret and vintage music scenes: Scarlet Fever is the Sunday night affair, while El Nino’s Lady Luck keeps the kids lindy hopping around the dancefloor once a month.
Diary date Scarlet Fever, every Sunday, doors 6pm, show 7pm, £12. Lady Luck, last Thur of every month, 10pm-3am, £13 (£9 before 11pm).
Soho Revue Bar, 11 Walkers Court, W1 (020 7734 0377) Piccadilly Circus tube.

The Class Club
Duckie rules the twisted cabaret roost with a weekly Saturday night affair down the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, but Amy Lamé and her ‘homosexualist friends’ return to the Barbican for Christmas. Interactive cabaret theatre with all the trimmings, choose between three tiers of tickets: working class, middle class and upper class. Food and drink is adjusted accordingly: silver service with bespoke puds for the upper class, roast turkey and lager for the lower class.
Diary date Dec 16-Jan 7. Lower class £14.99; middle class £25.00; upper class £40.00.
The Pit, Barbican, Silk St, EC2 (020 7638 8891/www.barbican.co.uk) Barbican tube.