{"id":37366,"date":"2020-10-17T12:42:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T11:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=37366"},"modified":"2020-10-17T12:42:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T11:42:12","slug":"revamped-club-reopens-while-london-has-its-last-hooray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/revamped-club-reopens-while-london-has-its-last-hooray\/","title":{"rendered":"Revamped club reopens while London has its \u201clast hooray\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Top London strip club is reopening on the night Tier 2 Covid restrictions are introduced. <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The notorious London gentlemen&#8217;s club SophistiCats\u00a0got back to business on what was probably the busiest night in London since the beginning of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the current restrictions including the curfew and rule of six, the establishment is returning with a different approach to their usual performances.<\/p>\n<p>With Covid restrictions in place, the club that is known as the ultimate gentlemen&#8217;s club in London is forced to change its setting from a strip club to more of a burlesque show.<\/p>\n<p>The performers are working on a new choreography, which will take the customers back to Victorian times.<\/p>\n<p>Owner of SophistiCats Soho, John McKeown, is excited to welcome the customers back in.<\/p>\n<p>He said: <em>\u201cIt&#8217;s been going for too long, it&#8217;s time to live!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37369\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37369\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37369\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/10\/bar-soho-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crowded Soho pubs (image by Monika Laimaite)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As venues continue to adapt in the battle to survive during the Covid-19 pandemic, large groups of people flooded to central London for their last night out.<\/p>\n<p>Among crowds enjoying their drinks, some protest movements could be spotted on the streets of Soho at around 10pm on Friday, October 16.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37370\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37370\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37370\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/10\/thumbnail_IMG_9906-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small protests were spotted in the streets of Soho (image by Monika Laimaite)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Despite the curfew, unhappy revellers continued to gather in rising numbers; social distancing was not achieved.<\/p>\n<p>Popular political YouTuber noted:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MahyarTousi\/status\/1317201385646116867?s=20<\/p>\n<p>A small protest against the new Covid Tier 2 regulations escalated, with some of the participants fined and handcuffed.<\/p>\n<p>The new restrictions in Tier 2 lockdown going into action today are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>People are not allowed to meet with anybody outside their household, whether at home or in a public place;<\/li>\n<li>Rule of six remains;<\/li>\n<li>People must travel only when it is essential.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unhappy crowds in Soho fighting the new COVID-19 Tier 2 restrictions\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AKqL-mDVMOc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words: Monika Laimaite | Subbing: Monika Groening\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top London strip club is reopening on the night Tier 2 Covid restrictions are introduced. 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