Branch Blog - Ireland
It’s not that long ago that we were saying goodbye to the Twisted Pepper and moving on to a bigger and better space in Shebeen Chic. We loved our new venue and were quite content… but we were still a bit squished!
Unfortunately, we were left with very little extra elbow room and were definitely restricted if we wanted to grow.
Enter ‘The Good Bits’ – formerly Radio City, and before that it was Isaac Butts – newly refurbished, under new management and with a Main Stage
Twas the night before Halloween and all through the house, not a creature was stirring…
Oops, no, we’ve gotten ahead of ourselves there! Probably because after Saturday’s session in our new venue Shebeen Chic, we’re now VERY excited about heading back there for Christmas!! It’s cosy, atmospheric and our post-Sketchy’s feed upstairs was fabulous comfort food – chunky chips, beef stew, bangers & mash!
I’ll be honest, I hardly slept a wink on Friday night worrying about the move and set-up in the new venue, but I need not have worried. The staff in Shebeen Chic were incredibly helpful and made it all a breeze. The models arrived, Postmodern Sleeze and
Before I ever thought about applying to take over the Dr. Sketchy’s Dublin Branch, I had walked into The Mezz in The Twisted Pepper and thought it would be the perfect venue for a Dr. Sketchy’s session. I was right, it has been the perfect place to start our new branch and we have been really happy there for the past few months.
However regular attendees will have noted that lately we’ve all been getting to know each other intimately as we squeeze in to the Mezz every month, it’s starting to become a little less than cosy and last month’s move to The Main Stage Room was a success and a gave us all a bit of elbow and leg room. Fortunately for the Twisted Pepper, they have recently secured a weekly Saturday
We are very excited to announce that alongside our models Postmodern Sleeze and Sadistic Sedition, and performances from the lovely Lilly De Valle, we will be joined by the beautiful and talented Roisin of Apollonia Tribal Bellydance.
Tribal Style Bellydance can best be described as a stylistic evolution of Traditional Bellydance with an earthy dance vocabulary grounded in deep muscular control and isolation, favouring a classical and “antique” aesthetic with its costuming. Roisin will be performing and also striking a few Tribal Bellydance poses for your sketchy pleasure.
If you can’t wait until Saturday to check out Roisin and her dance partner Aoife, on Friday night at
As part of Culture Night 2010, The Bad Art Gallery on Francis Street invited Dr. Sketchy’s Dublin along to host a series of mini sessions through-out the night! Culture Night is an annual event run by The Temple Bar Cultural Trust which sees galleries and museums all across the city opening their doors and running free events from 5pm until midnight for one night only.
We were really excited to re-package the Dr. Sketchy’s experience for a drop-in event of this kind. As the footfall would be quite high, we needed to make the sessions short and snappy! We turned our usual 3 hour sessions into snack-size 30 minute sessions, but keeping our usual mix of gorgeous models, prizes and music.
While we love the Mezz in The Twisted Pepper – our original home, we were very happy to gain a bit of elbow room and make the move to The Main Stage Room for September’s Dr. Sketchy’s session. I arrived to the venue to see our two models, Dixie and Fizz head to toe kitted out like 80s Glam Rock stars (if any of you remember the cartoon Jem – they gave The Misfits a run for their money!) HUGE hair, tight pants, lots of accessories and heaps of attitude!!
I jumped on the decks and started playing some suitable tunes to keep with the theme, we had everything from Bon Jovi, ACDC, Poison and Motley Crue to some modern tracks from the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs and Spinnerette. Having lost my voice shouting
