{"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":"

Top London strip club is reopening on the night Tier 2 Covid restrictions are introduced. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

The notorious London gentlemen’s club SophistiCats\u00a0got back to business on what was probably the busiest night in London since the beginning of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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

With Covid restrictions in place, the club that is known as the ultimate gentlemen’s club in London is forced to change its setting from a strip club to more of a burlesque show.<\/p>\n

The performers are working on a new choreography, which will take the customers back to Victorian times.<\/p>\n

Owner of SophistiCats Soho, John McKeown, is excited to welcome the customers back in.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt’s been going for too long, it’s time to live!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Crowded Soho pubs (image by Monika Laimaite)<\/p><\/div>\n

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

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

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Small protests were spotted in the streets of Soho (image by Monika Laimaite)<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite the curfew, unhappy revellers continued to gather in rising numbers; social distancing was not achieved.<\/p>\n

Popular political YouTuber noted:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/MahyarTousi\/status\/1317201385646116867?s=20<\/p>\n

A small protest against the new Covid Tier 2 regulations escalated, with some of the participants fined and handcuffed.<\/p>\n

The new restrictions in Tier 2 lockdown going into action today are:<\/p>\n

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  1. People are not allowed to meet with anybody outside their household, whether at home or in a public place;<\/li>\n
  2. Rule of six remains;<\/li>\n
  3. People must travel only when it is essential.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n