FREE live music event at Rich Mix, Shoreditch TONIGHT

TONIGHT (Wednesday 2 February) V.inspired.com / Lake of Stars and Malawi Festival (run by volunteers) will be launching its first FREE residency down at Rich Mix in Shoreditch.  Live music will be provided by Ninja Tune's Andreya Triana who will be peforming an exclusive acoustic set with support from Nick Mulvey (Portico Quartet).  There will also be  DJ sets from First World Records and Hang the DJ crew.

Shop for some funky fashion at market stalls from Malawian fashion label MIA Fashion and Brazilian charity Bottletop.  For those feeling thristy/peckish, there will be 2for1 on selected drinks at the bar and good grub for under £5 in the cafe.

For guaranteed entry email: will@lakeofstars.org although I'm pretty sure you'll be able to just turn up at your leisure.

Date: Wednesday 2 February (that's today people!)
Time: Starts at 6pm, live music from 8pm
Venue: Rich Mix, 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA

P.S Whilst at Rich Mix, be sure to check out the venue's Cuban photography exhibition AND don't forget Rich Mix also has initimate cinema screenings and being Wednesday you can take advantage of Orange 2for1.

Enjoy! Mets Thrifty x X x

New Year Theatre Deals: BARGAINS!

Theatre lovers who have yet to see classic musical GREASE and laugh-tastic HAIRSPRAY can now get their hands on 2for1 tickets to put a musical spring into their new year step, courtesy of Showpairs.co.uk. Offers start from Monday 4th January 2010.

**2 top price tickets to GREASE only £55** no booking fee (additional tix only £27.50). Valid for Mon-Thurs 7.30pm performances and Fri 5.30pm & 8.30pm performances only. Take advantage of this recession busting offer before Friday 30th April (exludes 8-20 Feb & 29 Mar-10 Apr). Seen Grease before? Well from Monday 25th January, there will be a refreshing new cast. Joining Noel Sullivan in his West End debut playing  leader of the T-birds, Danny Zuko will be Siobhan Dillon of How do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? fame who will take on the role of Rydell High's new and innocent (!) student Sandy. Other new cast members include bad-girl Rizzo, cutie Frenchie to name but a fave few.

Click HERE to book, you'll be a fool not too - stall seats are selling at £53.50 and £44 for ONE ticket on the official website and for £55 on Lastminute.com for top priced stalls/royal circle. Even better, you know exactly what seat you have been allocated before booking so no shocking surprises like Lastminute.com! "You're the one that I want... You are the one I want... oo oo oo... the one I neeeeeed, oh YES indeed!"

**2 top price tickets to HAIRSPRAY only £62.50** no booking fee (additional tix only £31.50 each!) Valid for Tue-Fri 7.30pm & Thu 3pm performances until Thursday 1st April (excluding 14 - 19 Feb, subject to availability). Set in typical 1960's Baltimore, USA big haired gal Tracy Turnblad (played by Chloe Hart) has a real passion for dancing and after appearing on The Corny Collins Show (how American sounding lol!) turns into an overnight celebrity (cue Kayne track). Follow Tracy's post-fame life as a national trendsetter and find out whether her mission to win over stud Link Larkin (played by Liam Tamne) is successful. More imortantly, does Tracy manage to maintain her roots (!) and keep her bigass hair do?? Hilarity, dancing, big laughs and more importantly, big hair, this is not one to be missed. Click HERE to book now and save yourself some pounds for the sales :-)

xXx Mets Thrifty xXx

2 for 1 West End Shows / 50% off London Theatre

FANTASTIC website with a variety of 2 for 1 / 50% off theatre productions in London's West End.... Heard about this one through work. Offers are constantly changing, currently offering discounts on Hairspray, Stomp, Chicago & The 39 Steps on showings upto 16th October....

I'm hoping to check out Chicago and see how Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child gets on as Roxie! Good on her, Beyonce ain't the only sucessful Child out there!

X MT X

Great Foodie Vouchers - Eating Out on a Budget!

Morning peoples!!!!! Soooo if you don't know already... I LOVE FOOD. FACT! And even better, I love good food that doesn't cost too much.. yay! All of a sudden I have an influx of the best food discounts EVER fall into my inbox!

Be quick some of them are only around a few more days / weeks! YUM. This list has an Italian theme because I can't put all up the food discounts/vouchers up at this present time, that's just way too time consuming!

You should check Money Saving Expert's page because they like zillions of food offers including Las Iguanas, La Tasca, DimT, Giraffe etc.. yay! http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/cheap-restaurant-deals

3 of the best Italian food discounts around:

1. 2 for 1 main meal including garlic bread at Pizza Express >> http://vouchers.moneysavingexpert.com/vouchers/PEX090609.pdf courtesy of Money Saving Expert. Valid 14th - 21st June [excluding Saturday 20th June
2. 10p main meals at Zizzi's... yes 10 friggin P! >> http://www.zizzioffers.co.uk/ to celebrate Zizzi's 10th birthday. Valid Sunday to Thursday until 30th June
3. ASK 2 for 1 voucher >> http://www.askrestaurantoffers.co.uk/ valid Saturday to Thursday until Saturday 19th July

Enjoy people!!!! Don't forget to share what you've got. The always hungry Mets Thrifty x x x

****PS - WIRELESS FESTIVAL 2009 TICKETS LINK HAS NOW GONE BACK TO NORMAL PRICED TICKETS.. SORRY GUYS, YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN FASTER AND GRABBED THEM WHEN I ANNOUNCED.****