Branch Blog - Ireland
This months bloggery is committed by July Model Fizz Sedition:
Sketchy’s of Saturday 31st of July was our first look at the newly refurbished Mezz in the Twisted Pepper. After a little planning and some ‘Changing Rooms’-style fast-motion furniture shifting, our “big strong men” DJ Brian and photographer Peter of Griffpics.com had fine-tuned our new set up. With a small stage for us to model on and what seemed like a lot more seating than usual, the new layout was definitely a success.
The room filled fast and was soon jam-packed with both new and old faces. The theme this month was Candy and a super big thank you to Siobhan S. for baking and bringing AMAZING cookies with her for us all to feast on during the day. Modelling
Our fabulous comrades over at Dr. Sketchy London did wonders for the Sketchy's cause when they were featured in a two page article in The Sunday Times' Culture magazine! We were very proud of them and delighted, but it didn't stop there. Along with piquing a lot of interest in our own branch in Dublin, the article also resulted in myself and Postmodern Sleeze heading off to RTE Studios in Donnybrook for a live link-up with BBC Radio Northern Ireland's Arts Extra. We gave a quick interview which can be heard here. The whole show is half an hour long and worth listening to, but if you just want to hear our little contribution, skip to 12:55.
Oh YES! We had a sneak peek yesterday at the newly refurbished room The Mezz, in The Twisted Pepper and are now SOOOPER excited about this weekend's Dr. Sketchy's Dublin session! The big old bar-turned-DJ-booth is hisory, as is the fixed seating that we used as our stage area. The orientation of the room has been turned around and there is a gorgeous built-in stage in place. There are spots on the stage for 'atmospheric lighting' and a full lighting rig will be going in soon too!
The Twisted Pepper is absolutely one of our favourite venues in Dublin. With so many different-sized rooms, they are equipped for everything from an informal meeting, rehearsals, birthday party's, Anti-Art Classes to full on live bands with a
Apologies for the huge delay in posting June Sketchy’s Blog post! I hope you’ll agree that the photos are worth waiting for!!
June Sketchy’s clashed with two notable events, Dublin Pride Week – which culminated in the Pride March the day of Sketchy’s and The Dublin Zombie Walk. As you know, at Dr. Sketchy’s Dublin, we are BIG fans of zombies, but as our last event had a distinctly undead theme, we didn’t want to be repeating ourselves!! We are also massive fans of diversity, equality and social acceptance. Unfortunately, we were too late to officially tie in with Dublin Pride, but that didn’t stop us showing support in our own special way. We blew up rainbow balloons, and our stunning models Postmodern Sleeze and
