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The Old Abattoir in Clerkenwell strikes me as having a very similar vibe - it's currently hosting Guerrilla Zoo's Panic.

Just realised where you mean. The old prison - that's how I saw it (as a visitor, am not *that* old, obv. ;) )

Brilliant space. Not the same scale as the shunt vaults but great. When I went it was under-visited, so you got a proper "dark" feel to it.

Good shout.
 
Does anyone remember when that venue used to host The Warp Experience.

Now that was a good night out.

I certainly remember Warp but I think it was actually in the space occupied by the SE1 if I remember rightly? It was a car park in the daytime.

Those arches under London Bridge are vast, I have been to various events (including a big squat party, a play, a weekly Juggling club) in different parts. There are quite a few entrances, in the tunnels and on the street so you do get a bit disorientated.
 
It definitely got increasingly trendy as it went on to the point of full aching status.

I'm actually very glad they are getting back to theatre though; I love their stuff.
 
Yup I would say that the last couple of times I've been there, there has been a significant quota of trendies.
 
What does this actually mean, it was popular with people you don't like?

At first, the crowd seemed to be normal people having a laugh then it gradually morphed into a room full of haircuts posing. The way these things always do. Maybe I am just getting old (I am definitely getting old).
 
At first, the crowd seemed to be normal people having a laugh then it gradually morphed into a room full of haircuts posing. The way these things always do. Maybe I am just getting old (I am definitely getting old).

I don't agree at all. The crowd certainly got younger and less "theatre" but most of the people there on friday weren't cool AT ALL. By the time we left it was a bit like a student union :D
 
I certainly remember Warp but I think it was actually in the space occupied by the SE1 if I remember rightly? It was a car park in the daytime.

Those arches under London Bridge are vast, I have been to various events (including a big squat party, a play, a weekly Juggling club) in different parts. There are quite a few entrances, in the tunnels and on the street so you do get a bit disorientated.

The Warp's been going for years (since the late 70s IIRC) at various venues but when I went (around the millenium) it was definitely in those arches.

I remember they had one arch for the play, several for a techno area, another for kids and family, a main sort of street with various bits and bobs and then a large live performance space off to the side where they sold mushrooms and stuff. And a naked jacuzzi.

That's what got it shut down in the end...a non-compliant jacuzzi.
 
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