Viktoria Modesta show case at Hoxton Bar and Grill

After a hectic week celebrating fashion week, Snap was a bit delayed in getting last weeks blog out to us. Oh well, I'm sure he flirted with lots of gorgeous models!

In London’s electric and edgy East side, we sent Snap to visit the future sound of London for the Viktoria Modesta showcase. Snap grasped this intriguing opportunity by the mits to see what the future of art/fashion and music had in store for him.



An inspiring night of challenging new performance with a New York vibe, guests from the fetish scene to the fashion scene celebrated the culmination of these different genres in a line up of unique and stylish performance artists with some sexy urban edge.

Snap finds himself in the inner circle of Daniel Lismore, London’s most creatively dressed man.


Snap nearly had it when he challenged a very tall model who had a taste for tiny gingerbread men!


Can you guess who this sexy, diva aerialist is, showcasing her new disco, dayglo hoop show?
Livestock works regularly with the best aerialists on the circuit, so we are always up to date on the new shows in town.


Button fetish, very NY and Trash dancers get their thing on

The evening presented a collective of avant-garde performance, hybrid pop, and trash dolls that Snap hasn’t seen since the 80’s. He was delighted to see the influence of Grace Jones and all those angles with this young crowd of fashionisters.

Hybrid pop performer fancies a bit of snap, crackle and pop

Final act of the night Viktoria Modesta performed live, captivating the crowd with her magnetic stage presence, strong eccentric vocals and glamorous star quality.

A rising star of London’s fashion & underground club scenes VM is very much creative pioneer and trendsetter who has already established a successful career as model, muse, alternative Icon and stylist. She is the face for fetish club Torture Garden and has performed at London’s fashion week. As well as writing her own music, she has also collaborated on music projects with musician/producer Nik Hodges.

Livestock really supports the fusion of artistic expression in fashion, music and visual art. That is why it is so important to us to offer the best in cutting edge talent to our clients.

Out and about with Brandy and Snap - Livestock New Recruits!

Brandy and Snap are back!! Returning from their summer break, our old friends Brandy and Snap, International dance performers extraordinaire have delighted us by offering to become our first Livestock celebrity reporters whilst they are here in the UK. So here’s a selection of their reports in our new weekly ‘Livestock gets out there’…..

Hot act – one to watch!!

Our gifted new reporters Brandy and Snap have been getting out to the cool, intimate corners of the city’s most celebrated venues to review a selection of great London performance, keeping Livestock abreast of all the new HOT talent in our backyard - ouch!

Kookball comedian with Brandy

Kookball comedian and evil twin brother of Russell Brand shows us what a nutter he is by picking up Sailor Jerry and celebrity Livestock reporter Brandy after his raucous performance in Madam Jo Jos.

Brandy met this energetic and bizarre new off the wall act at a cabaret event in Madam Jo Jos. Brandy told us - “This guy rocks! A contortionist and escapologist are just a few of his skills. His real skill is in creating an atmosphere of complete lunacy, which infects your mind and leaves you questioning whether your sane world exists. I loved him! His freaky tricks of dislocating his shoulder and other back bending tricks are just a vehicle for him to be a showman for his screwball comedy”. Apparently he has amazed Ant and Dec and Simon Cowell called him “cool and funky” in Britain’s Got Talent. Livestock is really looking forward to working with this dude and can’t wait to get him out to a whole new audience.

Miss Lamour

This sailor themed cabaret was orchestrated by the delightful vintage burlesque performer Gwendoline Lamour and West End Songstress and compere, the Divine Miss Em. The alluring and beautiful, Miss Lamour was the star act of the night. She charmed her audience with a glamorous, traditional fan dance to give us all a taste of elegance. Livestock works regularly with the best burlesque performers in town, whether its neo burlesque or vintage. It’s great to see the new acts from our burlesque artists, so we can always offer a variety of the best quality burlesque shows to our clients.

More to come, when Snap got snapped!!

Vintage at Goodwood - The New Festival of Britain

This August I had the opportunity to get out my well pressed 1940s army uniform for the first of what plans to be an annual music and fashion festival, Vintage at Goodwood. Set on the glorious Goodwood estate, I embarked on what was described as a "festival celebrating 5 decades of british cool. Think of Vintage at Goodwood as the new annual Festival of Britain. Whether your thing is Swing, Rockabilly, Mod, Soul, Funk, Disco, Ska, Electro, Burlesque, Film, Art & Design, or you just want to dress up and get an authentic ‘flat top’ and make-over for a day, Vintage at Goodwood is a visual, responsible, aural and sensual, a big family dressing up box, a collectors dream and a joyous creative feast for all ages". Vintage of Goodwood.


This really was a festival all about the best of Britain. Alongside a number of music stages, with a line up of a host of cult figures including Sandie Shaw, the Faces and the Damned, there were 5 curated spaces packed full of entertainment, dedicated to the decades from the 1940s to 1980's. The festival also brought in the Goodwood festival of speed and Goodwood Revival crowd who show off their vintage cars each year. So we got to see some fantastically amusing vintage vehicles from 1930's campers to pod like 1960s cars. The central focus of the festival was the creation of a vintage high street, with make over rooms, tea rooms, pubs, cinema, design museums and market stalls of the best vintage clothing sellers all under one roof.

What I really liked about this festival was not only the celebration of Britain, but the solidarity of all the social tribes that have been cultivated in Britain since the 1st World War. Vintage brought in all generations. Truly authentic, it was great to see performers from burlesque, big band, 1950s rockabilies, wall of death motorcyclists to classic 1980/90's DJs, such as Graeme Park and Andy Weatherall. Livestock Productions, London based entertainment company, shares a similar ethos, boasting an eclectic mix of brilliant talent. With their experience in themed corporate events, it’s great to know that there is access to these kinds of acts should our events require an injection of ‘Cool Britannia’!. The punters really made the effort, with amazing detail of vintage outfits showing allegiance to the decade of choice. It was amusing to see 1960s flower girls in the elegantly lavish 1940s' Tanqueray Torch club, alongside smartly dressed men and ladies dancing to the charleston. I loved the great sense of humour that pervaded throughout the weekend with the wonderful members of the 'Chap magazine' playing their eccentric games of 'throwing the cucumber sandwiches on a china plate'. That can only be a British invention!

Most popular era's seemed to be 1940's and 50's. Although there were good representations of all eras. My only problem was trying to change quickly from one era to the next! Couldn't really be done more than once in an evening, unless of course I had a Jeeves!


Founded by Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway and teaming up with Lord March of the Goodwood estate, this was a festival not only educational, but an event that transformed in the evening to a highly energized party of what makes the best of British cool. It would appeal to anyone interested in design, art, film, music, fashion and vintage clothing.

Indeed one of my favorite festivals of 2010. I will be back again next year, dancing on the tables in the Festival of Britain pub with Jeeves in toe!

With heaps of press and over twice their estimated ticket sales, Vintage at Goodwood demonstrates that there is a real interest and demand to revive our creative cultural heritage. Vintage is here to stay!

http://www.vintageatgoodwood.com/home.aspx

Livestock Productions also currently offers decade specific entertainment for corporate and private functions, so check out the site at http://www.livestockproductions.co.uk