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Host to some of the best new live acts in London, the intimate and hight quality sound of the Wilmington have attracted bands from all over the country and often internationally,
including the Guillemots, VV Brown, Lady Hawke Mumford and Sons, Micachu and the shapes, Noah and the whale and top comedians such as Stephen Merchant, Reg D. Hunter, Isy Suttie Tommy and the weeks and Ladygarden.
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THE WORLD CUP
5th May 2010
Every match of The World Cup will be shown here at The Wilmo! A unique experience in our classic venue… Read more
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ED EALES-WHITE'S COMEDY NIGHT
Monday 6th February 2012
Ed Eales-White try's out some character sketch stuff. With brilliant guests, Aisling Bea, Tom Golding & William Andrews, Joe Wilkinson! All for FREE.
Doors - 7.30pm, show 8pm
FREE Entry.
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ED EALES-WHITE'S COMEDY NIGHT
Monday 6th February 2012
Ed Eales-White try's out some character sketch stuff. With brilliant guests, Aisling Bea, Tom Golding & William Andrews, Joe Wilkinson! All for FREE.
Doors - 7.30pm, show 8pm
FREE Entry.
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SCIENCE SHOWOFF 5
Tuesday 7th February 2012
The amazing/ridiculous open-mic night for communicators of science is
back! This month compere Steve Cross will be looking at the science of
love, and he'll be joined by ten amazing acts playing music, telling
jokes, recreating famous experiments, trying out mad demonstrations
and laying down cold hard facts. They are:
Andy Holding
Dave Jones
Helen Arney
Katie Steckles
Helen Clarkson
Oliver Broadbent
Chris Arridge
Professor Karmadillo
Kathryn Harkup
Rhys PhillipsFree (suggested charity donation £5)!
Doors 7pm
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SHIRLEY AND SHIRLEY
Wednesday 8th February 2012
Shirley and Shirley plus special guests: Jess Ransom, Tom Cottle, other funny folk tbc.
Doors 7.30pm
Tickets £5 adv/ £6 on the door
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/151394
The long one and the short one are back with a monthly residency at The Wilmington Arms. After storming the Edinburgh Fringe with rave reviews from the critics, Shirley and Shirley filter our world through fabulously twisted minds and deliver a ‘mash-up’ of sketch, character and physical comedy.
“Characters that make you think I wish I’d thought of that” - MacKenzie Crook
"Two of the freshest and most energetic performers in Edinburgh this year" James Corden
“These girls are going all the way” - The Herald
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HOODLUMS SINGLE RELEASE PARTY
Thursday 9th February 2012
Already championed by the likes of Q Magazine and BBC 6Music due to their gloriously unpredictable live show, HOODLUMS release their second single ‘Dark Horses’ along with B-side ‘Ends of the Earth’ (physical and digital format) on January 30th via Blow The Whistle Recordings.
Doors 8pm
‘This Death Cab for Cutie-esque bout of upbeat moping from the South London outfit weaves autumnal piano around big guitars and anthemic vocals’ Q Essential 50
‘This London-based motley-crew produce a sound like no other, highly original, lyrical, theatrical, at the close of the set the audience are literally screaming for more.’ The Fly
‘Literally swinging from the rafters and dancing on the tables and chairs are support band Hoodlums. This is how all great parties end.’ NME
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YELLOWDOG PRESENTS: CAVES
Friday 10th February 2012
Caves
Dead Tracks
Due Kie
Cool Customer
£4 adv from www.wegottickets.com £5 on the door.
Doors at 7:30.
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FEED YOUR HEAD PRESENTS - 3 YEARS AT THE WILMO!
Saturday 11th February 2012
Heart Kill Giant – 10.20pm - www.facebook.com/heartkillgiant
Keebo – 9.40pm - www.facebook.com/keeboband
The Migrant – 9.00pm - www.themigrant.net
Malf – 8.20pm - www.malf.co.uk
DOORS 8pm, 5 QUID!
As it’s party time we are doing a FREE SLICE OF FEED YOUR HEAD CAKE on the door!!!
plus the usual FREE SHOT of Jagermeister to the first 25 people!!!!!!!!
Woo hoooooooo!!
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THE WILMINGTON PLAYERS
Sunday 12th February 2012
The Wilmington Players are the hottest new thing in improvised comedy, one of the only groups in the UK performing Chicago style long-form improv, every Sunday.
The Players (or 'Wilmops' if you will) take one audience suggestion and improvise an entire story around it, weaving in vignettes and a host of improvised characters that slip between scenes.
This is the beginning of an exciting new scene in the world of UK comedy. The Future is improvised...
£4 on the door
Doors 6.30pm (show starts 7pm)
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AN EVENING WITH...
Monday 13th February 2012
For one night only enjoy an evening hosted by Lady Cariad, alongside top stage and screen comedians Rachel Stubbings, Brett Goldstein, Fraser Millward, Jessica Fostekew, Sara Pascoe & The Boom Jennies.
7.30pm (doors 7pm), £8
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JONNI FEST & THOMAS NELSTROP'S INNER CHILD
Tuesday 14th February 2012
A work in prgress from Thomas Nelstropp (Two Pints, The Impressions Show) see it here first!
8pm, pay what you can!
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ROUT OF THE BLUES
Wednesday 15th February 2012
Megson + Milkwood
7.30pm to 11pm
£8 in advance from www.wegottickets.com or £10 on the door
Trad & psych folk night with live performances from infectious folk duo MEGSON with support from SE London alt rockers MILKWOOD plus The Fox and The Blacksmith spin all kinds of folk, psychedelic & prog tunes.
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JAZZ AT THE WILMINGTON
Thursday 16th February 2012
The Anthologists + Guests
The Wilmington Arms' favourite nu-jazz rockers return with their unique blend of Scofield-esque guitar, ethereal keyboards and muscular rhythms for the first time in four months. Their shows are always electrifying affairs so this is a chance to catch these rising stars of British jazz before they take off!
8.00pm
FREE ENTRY!
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WHICH WAY IS UP!
Friday 17th February 2012
The Ethical Debating Society
Bordeauxxx
Colour Me Wednesday
The Ritas
Doors 8pm
£5 advance / £6 Door
Advance tickets - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/152864
The Ethical Debating Society
http://www.myspace.com/ethicaldebating
“The Ethical Debating Society” began as the pseudonym for Tegan Christmas, who began writing anti-love songs on her hooty piano, but quickly blossomed into a full band, now with Kris-Martin on guitar, Rob Macabre playing pots and pans and Su singing her art out.
4 songwriters. 4 attitude problems. 4 adverts for national service: we are The Ethical Debating Society. Most of our heroes don't appear on no stamps.
"This rules. Shouty aggro punk, rad male/female guitar interplay, exuberant and savage sounds from the UK with an urgent attack. This is gonna be your new soundtrack" -Maximumrocknroll
Bordeauxxx
http://soundcloud.com/bordeauxxx
A welcome return for Which Way Is Up! favourites Bordeauxxx. A band that deliver bright and brash guitar pop with more hooks that a fisher mans tackle. Or something. Either way, this lot, are good. If you missed them last time around you really shouldn't make the same mistake twice.
Colour Me Wednesday
http://www.colourmewednesday.com/
Having recently discovered Colour Me Wednesday I am super excited to have them play a show for Which Way Is Up! These pop sensations have some cracking songs including the (soon to be) indiepop anthem 'Purge Your Inner Tory'.
The Ritas
The Ritas are geeky fangirls. They are the girls who stand at the front. They are the girls who try to find the stage door. With a sold out EP on Dufflecoat Records we are sure that you are going to fall head over heals for The Ritas. Buzzy girls with guitars - what's not to love?
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THE WILMINGTON PLAYERS
Sunday 19th February 2012
The Wilmington Players are the hottest new thing in improvised comedy, one of the only groups in the UK performing Chicago style long-form improv, every Sunday.
The Players (or 'Wilmops' if you will) take one audience suggestion and improvise an entire story around it, weaving in vignettes and a host of improvised characters that slip between scenes.
This is the beginning of an exciting new scene in the world of UK comedy. The Future is improvised...
£4 on the door
Doors 6.30pm (show starts 7pm)
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THE BETA MALES SPACE RACE 2(: THE WRATH OF COLIN)
Monday 20th February 2012
Colin Hoult, Horse&Louis, Dregs & The Beta Males
8pm (Doors, 7:30)
Tickets are £6 for normal people, £5 for students and £4 if you turn up on the door in SPACE COSTUME (Starfleet Uniform, Klingon Battle-Armour, Perpetual Virginity, etc.)
After a third critically acclaimed run on the Edinburgh Fringe, sketch storytellers, THE BETA MALES return to their Time Out Recommended launch-pad for new material, THE WILMINGTON ARMS for another night of stellar sketch comedy.
A slick, hilarious sketch show... Genius." - The Sunday Times
"A joy" - Steve Bennett, Chortle
"Highly inventive and gloriously funny" - Time Out
★★★★★ Spoonfed ★★★★★ FringeGuru ★★★★★ ThreeWeeks ★★★★★ Broadway Baby ★★★★ Chortle ★★★★ Fest ★★★★ The List ★★★★ Time Out
Also blasting off with us this month are...
...Character comedian and STAR of 'This is Jinsy' and 'Russell Howard's Good News', the titular COLIN HOULT!
“Lewis Caroll meets League of Gentlemen…will draw out laughter from the deepest recesses of your soul” – Time Out
...Sketch bastards from the outer reaches of the universe, DREGS!
★★★★ Broadway Baby
★★★★ National Student
★★★★ Three Weeks
"Sharp, quick...unique ...something rather special" Three Weeks
...And Songsters, Musical Comedy Award Winners and actual astronauts*, HORSE & LOUIS!
‘Wryly funny songs and quirky lines… plenty to enjoy… A smartness to the writing and a downplayed elegance to their performance. Watch them grow.’ - CHORTLE – Steve Bennett
*May be a lie...
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BRIGHT CLUB: MUSIC
Tuesday 21st February 2012
This month Bright Club, the night where performers from outside the
world of comedy try stand-up for the first time, brings you a music
industry special. Tonight we'll hear from rock stars, music writers
and even an opera soprano about their lives in music. We'll re-live
road stories and laugh at the ridiculous people who populate the world
of rock.
Tonight's MC is Elis James and the musical maestro is James Sherwood.
Who isn't a rockstar. Ironically.Doors 7.30 pm
£5 tickets from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/150516
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TRISTRAM MACKAY ALBUM LAUNCH
Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Tristan Mackay, Album Launch (Full band) on stage 9.00pm
Matt Belmont, on stage 8.00pm
Doors, 7.30pm
£5 in advance
The 22nd February sees the long awaited launch of Tristan Mackay’s debut album ‘Out Along the Wire’ released on his own label Battered Hat Records on 20 February. Already picking up plays on Radio 2! The night will feature Tristan with his full band and support from Matt Belmont!
Tristan Mackay first picked up a guitar at the age of 14 after hearing the Eric Clapton ‘Unplugged’ album. This started his lifelong love for blues guitar music and the storytelling songs of Dylan, Young and Springsteen.
In 2001 he moved to Yorkshire to study at Leeds University. During his student days he would busk to pay the bills and it was to this pursuit he returned after university to promote his music. In 2010, Tristan was discovered on myspace by Grammy award winning producer Martin Levan (John Martyn, Andrew Lloyd Webber) who invited him to his studio to lay down demos.
Later that year they embarked on a collaboration to produce Tristan’s debut album ‘Out Along the Wire’. With a team of outstanding musicians, including Pete Van Hooke (Mike and the Mechanics, Van Morrision) and friend John Garden (Scissor Sisters) as well as a cameo organ performance from Paul Carrack, the album of all original tracks is due for release in Feb 2012.
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MURMUR BOX AND ADVENTURE CLUB RECORDS PRESENT
Thursday 23rd February 2012
Bear Driver + Blinko Swink
Doors 7.45pm
Door Price £7
Adv Tickets £6 http://www.wegottickets.com/event/150602
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FEED YOUR HEAD PRESENTS
Friday 24th February 2012
Shacklewell Row – 10.20pm - www.facebook.com/shacklewellrow
Another’s Blood – 9.30pm - www.facebook.com/anothersblood
The Umbrella Parade – 8.50pm - www.facebook.com/theumbrellaparade
YoB – 8.10pm – www.yobmusic.com
DOORS 8pm, £5 ADV / £6 DOOR
The usual FREE SHOT of Jagermeister to the first 25 people!!!
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THE WILMINGTON PLAYERS
Sunday 26th February 2012
The Wilmington Players are the hottest new thing in improvised comedy, one of the only groups in the UK performing Chicago style long-form improv, every Sunday.
The Players (or 'Wilmops' if you will) take one audience suggestion and improvise an entire story around it, weaving in vignettes and a host of improvised characters that slip between scenes.
This is the beginning of an exciting new scene in the world of UK comedy. The Future is improvised...
£4 on the door
Doors 6.30pm (show starts 7pm)
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SPENCER JONES WORK IN PROGRESS
Monday 27th February 2012
The second work in progress from BAFTA nominated comic actor Spencer Jones. Come and see him as he works out what is going to be in his debut Edinburgh show. He bought everyone a pint after the last one.
8pm
FREE ENTRY!
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MCNEIL AND PAMPHILON'S SKETCH NIGHT
Tuesday 28th February 2012
McNeil and Pamphilon - 'Face-achingly Funny' ***** (Three Weeks)
Bob and Jim - 'Truly inspired' **** (British Comedy Guide)
The Beta Males - 'Absolutely first class' ***** (Fringe Guru)
Garrett David Millerick - 'A comic chameleon' **** (Three Weeks)
Thomas Nelstrop - As seen on loads of telly stuff!
Doors 7.30pm, Starts 8pm
Tickets: £5
A very special sketch night this one, as 'McNeil and Pamphilon' and 'Bob and Jim' both perform an extended work-in-progress of their 2012 Edinburgh shows. The Beta Males, Garrett David Millerick and Thomas Nelstrop also to perform.
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COMMUNION PRESENTS BURNING BEARD
Wednesday 29th February 2012
Burning Beard + special guests
Prepare for Burning Beard to melt your face away. With Pearl Jam vocals and Led Zeppelin riffs, this is truly going to be one of those most memorable nights of your life.
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