The Underground Rebel Bingo Club

When you hear the word bingo you usually associate it with old grey haired pensioners down at the local RSL but in London, like many things, Bingo has a whole new meaning. The Underground Rebel Bingo Club is a "secret" society that puts on club and bingo nights all around the UK and the states.

My housemate had heard of the Underground Rebel Bingo Club and it sounded heaps fun so we all bought tickets (a bargain at 7 quid) and waited until we found out the secret venue and went along for a night of shenanigans. A few days before the event we got the and email via facebook telling us the address and a few ground rules - no costumes, no cameras, no telling anyone where it is and no acting suspicious.

So we headed of to a secret venue and once we arrived we were given a Crayola Texta and our bingo score cards. About five seconds after we got our textas we were all covered in writing and pictures all over our faces, chests and hands. Not exactly mature but it was so much fun!! God knows what we ended up with on our arms but a few things were pretty funny. There were a few people with amazing artwork on their faces while other people around us had incomprehensible scribble.







A few drinks on the bingo started and it was definitely the most interesting bingo I had ever seen. The prizes were pretty interestig being a stuffed panda, umbrella with lights on and a cat dress up suit. The way they yelled out numbers is not to be repeated in writing. Lets say it was crude at best - although it certainly raised a chuckle or two. In between the four games there was a bit of a DJ set and we danced around to lots of good old school music and grabbed a few more drinks.

The last game's prize was a pretty good one - 100 bottles of Kroppenburg cider. Che one of our crew was lucky enough to win! He was lucky too because some girl had previously got up on stage to claim the prize but she was a bit of a dick and didn't have all the right numbers. She got booed off the stage (and ok I admit it I was caught up in the crowd and booed too) and Che was really disappointed because he only had a couple of numbers to go. After the girl finally got off stage and the numbers kept coming the next two were the one's on Che's sheet and he won. He had to race up to the front of the stage and hug the host to claim his prize. We were all cheering and screaming and pretty chuffed that we knew the winner. It made it a pretty good end to a really fun night. We stayed on after the bingo was finished for a bit of a dance before grabbing the last tube home.

It was one of the best nights I've had out in London and would be keen to do it again although hopefully the next time it would be on a weekend so the partying can continue into the night. Who would have thought such a simple idea could be turned into one of the craziest nights ever. If your a Londoner I recommend it is something you check out!