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“I want involvement from the George & Dragon customers and staff.
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“People using it will let us know what’s best,” he says. CCTV in every room.”īattye – who is also known as Richardette from ace alt drag troupe the LipSinkers – says he doesn’t foresee cabaret performance in the venue, though live music is a possibility. “It’s loads of little rooms,” Battye says. There’s all kinds of potential in the basement, which currently retains the Images interior. There are few set plans for the Adelaide, though some kind of daytime food and drink offer seems likely. “Tomorrow we’re aiming to have a room like a house party – a trestle table with decks in the corner. “We’ll be trying to get into the old sound system and put a playlist on,” Battye says. “She makes them both feel young.”Īll are welcome tonight, though don’t expect too much polish. “Kim Wilde and Cher miss her,” Battye says. The ornate wooden back-bar is coming too, though “it doesn’t fit behind either bar so far”.Īnd tragically someone nicked the cut-out of Elvira at the old venue’s closing party.
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“It’s a full cast holdover from the first series,” Battye says. The old boozer’s signature fittings – including paintings, life-sized cut-out figures and an animatronic horse’s head – will be rehoused at the Adelaide too. The back bar and horse’s head on the George and Dragon’s last night, November 29 2015ĭevotees of the George will be relieved to hear that all its staff are on board.