A man lifts an inverted woman beneath blue light beams while the audience watches from tables.

Proud Embankment2018

Gatsby Brunch

The Production

A Gatsby-style cabaret brunch at Proud Embankment, combining dining with burlesque, circus and cabaret performance in the venue’s Art Deco Waterloo Bridge setting.

36 photographs in the curated edit

Photography: Steve Gregson

An illuminated bar and arched interior are reflected in a glossy dark surface.

Cocktail glasses, a bottle cooler and bar tools sit on a dark bar top.

A bartender pours a red cocktail into a coupe glass on the bar.

A red-lit cabaret room is seen through dark curtains with guests seated at tables.

A group of guests sit smiling at a table in the red-lit venue.

A high-angle view shows a crowded red-lit cabaret room with a staircase and stage area.

A man with a microphone stands under a bright spotlight facing the audience.

A performer in an ornate costume and feathered headpiece poses among red feathers.

A spotlighted performer in a feathered headpiece poses with both hands raised near the face.

A performer kneels in a red pool of light while the audience sits around the darkened room.

A performer twirls red, white and black fabric under a stage spotlight.

A performer in a white fringed dress dances on a purple-lit floor.

A performer in a white fringed dress spins beneath blue and purple lighting.

A performer is seen from behind as a white fringed dress flares outward in motion.

A wide blue-lit view shows a performer low on the floor with audience silhouettes in the foreground.

A dancer holds a high leg extension beneath blue and purple stage light.

A performer wrapped in large white feather fans sings or speaks into a microphone.

A performer looks toward the camera while holding a large white feather fan close to the body.

A high-angle view shows a crowded cabaret room washed in red light and white spotlights.

Guests stand and dance on the floor beneath red lighting in the cabaret venue.

A dance floor full of guests is lit by red, purple and blue beams.

A DJ wearing a hat stands at decks above the red-lit dance floor.

A man in a waistcoat holds a microphone and looks toward the camera under purple light.

A performer in a fringed dress reaches toward a man while guests watch from the edge of the dance floor.

Two people dance together on a small stage framed by red curtains.

A high-angle view shows a packed dance floor with couples dancing under red light.

A woman in a fringed dress dances among tightly packed red-lit guests.

Four women in black dresses, headbands and pearl necklaces pose together.

Performers and guests dance together on the floor in front of seated spectators.

A man lifts a woman horizontally through a narrow blue spotlight as others watch.

Performers stand smiling together as surrounding guests applaud.

A large group on the dance floor raises their hands in unison.

A woman in a white dress and a man in a waistcoat lead a line of guests dancing.

Two performers stand on a curtained stage with the audience visible from behind.

An illuminated riverside building is reflected in dark water at night.

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