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The Box Soho is a
cabaret Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, casino, hotel, restaurant, or nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or drinking, ...
nightclub located at 11-12
Walker's Court Walker's Court is a pedestrian alleyway in the Soho district of the City of Westminster, London. The passage dates from around the early 1700s and escaped modernisation in the late nineteenth century so that it retains its original narrow layou ...
in
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,
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, on the premises formerly occupied by the
Raymond Revuebar The Raymond Revuebar (1958–2004) was a theatre and strip club at 11 Walker's Court (now the location of The Box Soho nightclub), in the centre of London's Soho district. For many years, it was the only venue in London that offered full-fronta ...
.


Opening and ownership

Opened on 9 February 2011, it bills itself as a "theatre of varieties" and is a sister club to The Box Manhattan,
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. The club is owned by Simon Hammerstein, the grandson of lyricist
Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Award ...
.


Performances

Performance artist Rose Wood is the headliner for both The Box Soho and Manhattan. Rose Wood (or "
Miss Rosewood
'") is 'notorious' with Vice reporting that her "acts feature blood, manufactured excrement, toilets, and her body’s orifices; she’s emptied a condom on
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and vomited on
Susan Sarandon Susan Abigail Sarandon (; née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946) is an American actor. With a career spanning over five decades, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to ...
." The Guardian shared that an un-named club-goer described "acts involving acrobatics, threesomes, and men dressed as pigs licking food off strippers' stomachs" and reports that a "performer, known as 'Laqueefa', apparently playing well-known tunes with her genitalia."


See also

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References


External links


Official site
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