FAQs for
Shufflers

Two women wearing vintage clothing walking together on a city street in front of a large brick building with a sign that reads 'House of the Heart.' One woman holds a notebook and a leather bag, while the other holds a book. They are dressed in classic 1940s or 1950s style, with hats and scarves.

Kate and Kat as WWII Womens’ Voluntary Services Salvage Wardens. Launch day of The Soho Shuffle. Open House Soho 2026
House of St Barnabus.

photo by James Lawson

LINKS for
Shufflers

We hope you’ve enjoyed your shuffle

It has been funded and produced by Gideon Reeling Theatre

www.gideonreeling.co.uk 

GIDEON REELING’S INSTAGRAM

MUSEUM OF SOHO’S INSTAGRAM
www.themuseumofsoho.org.uk/index

Click this link for a nice potted history of MOSOHO with Curator Tony Shrimplin

THE CREDITS

Written, produced & performed by Kate Hargreaves and Kathryn McGarr

With additional content and consultation from Tony Shrimplin and Simon Davies

Web Design and Development by Alex Sabga Brady with Kate Hargreaves

Audio Recording by Stephen Dobbie 

Creative Audio design: Rama Gabeshi with McGarr and Hargreaves

Map and Logo design by James Wright and Kate Hargreaves

Creative Support from Martin O Donnell, Westminster

Image and insights from 

Diana Matheou

Darren Coffield

Linda Rowell

Ruby Flashman

Anne Pigalle

Westminster Archives

The National Archives

The London Picture Archives

If you’d like to deep dive into some further reading here are some links to some resources that we’ve found invaluable in compiling this trail.

Historic England on the Shim Sham


THE SOHO SOCIETY- Join them, learn, support

Great Potted Histories from Paul Raymond’s descendants

The Londonist  on Jazz Clubs in Soho

Madame JoJo’s sad closure - Westminster committee hearing licence proposal pack - 

Time out article on Madame Jojo’s

 Guardian Article  on Madame Jojo’s

Vice magazine - on Sweety and St Moritz

Gaz Mayal’s site

Watch this SHRED for a good old laugh- both Jagger and Bowie have danced and played in these streets

English Heritage on Mozart plaque 

Bar Italia - 

Antonio Polledri video- chatting all things Bar Italia  -

Jarvis Cocker on Bar Italia - PULP 1996 Bar Italia

Don’t Be Dull and F***ing boring - Artlyst

The Green door to the colony of Artists - Tretyakov Gallery

Clancy Gebler Davies remembers her time at The Colony Room Club. thephotographersgallery

British History on The Pitt Estate in Dean Street

Gargoyle Club Members - Jot 101

An upstairs Downstairs Tale of two key nightspots -Shapers of the 80s

Literary Britain- dark Soho 

https://elvirabarney.wordpress.com/tag/nightclubs/

Karolina Nylander- Swing Dance Home-

And here- just for laughs and because both Bowie and Jagger both danced in these streets.
DANCING IN THE STREETS SHREDS