robo wars

Halloween is not as big of a holiday in England as it is in America. You wont find hoards of little children running across streets and door to door in search of a sugar rush. You wont find adults dressing up at work. You wont find carved pumpkins glowing in windows and on doorsteps. However, you still find many young adults in costume out for another party. I'm sure there are still little ones knocking on strangers' doors, its just not insanely popular as in the states.

I went out briefly on Halloween and was disgusted by the fact you couldn't get in to any club or even bar without waiting for hours. Seriously, I have never seen such massive queues. Leah and I gave up and went home. I think half of the country ventured to the seaside for the holiday! The difference in costumes here is hilarious. Approximately 95 percent of people who dressed up did so by pairing dirty shredded clothing with faces painted white with smeared black eyeliner and red lipstick. Seriously, where is the creativity?

I am extremely happy that I celebrated the night before. I dressed as an angel. A bit of an impromptu night as a group of us went to the Halloween party at Komedia. Komedia is usually a comedy club in the lanes, but this 'all hallows eve' it turned itself into a dance party. Live trapeze artist, fire show and three rooms pumping Halloween tunes included. Music in two of the rooms was a bit old fashioned, but we did get to monster mash.

Highlight of my night.... I needed a trip to the loo but was trapped in one of the rooms by a monster telling me he couldn't open the door until they finished filming the robo fight scene on the other side. Seriously! A couple of guys costumed as robots in cardboard boxes were fighting in the stairwell and filming it. True Brightoners...The eccentric artsy type! Luckily filming didn't take long and I escaped to the loo laughing in disbelieve. Weird? Yes. Love it a little? well... Yes.

Check out this link to see Komedia as its usual comedy club:
http://www.komedia.co.uk/

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