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The Zap Club first opened at the New Oriental Hotel Brighton in April 1982. Founded by Neil Butler Patricia Butler and Amanda Scott the Zap was an experiment to mix radical art with cutting edge entertainment. The first shows were presented in a cabaret format mixing performance art, poetry, comedy, dance and theatre with the opening night featuring Ian smith, Roger Ely and the band Resident Zero. It soon moved to the Escape and then to the Northern before finally arriving at its own home in Kings Road Arches in October 1984. The Club was organised by the four directors: Neil and Pat Butler. Dave Reeves and Angie Goodchild. Ian Smith was the resident MC and in the new venue the Club started to develop a music policy that won acclaim for its live music and its place at the forefront of the late 80s House boom. Meanwhile the Zap continued to promote and commission radical art and entertainment through its regular performance programmes, commissions and festivals. See Zap: 25 years of cultural innovation (http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/category_id__1372_path__0p116p169p.aspx ) The club's commitment to New Art for New Audiences led to a range of projects across the UK including curating seasons of performance at the ICA and London South Bank and developing the Streetbiz Street Arts Festival as part of Glasgow's 1990 Year of Culture Celebrations. These external projects were managed by Zap Productions where the Zap Directors were joined by Robin Morley. In 1994 Zap Productions joined with Edinburgh's Unique Events to create Glasgow based UZ Events. UZ went on to create a range of festivals and events including the Shine On Festival Glasgows Hogmanay and Millennium celebrations, Big in Falkirk, Glasgow Art Fair and Glasgow's Merchant City Festival. Internationally UZ created programmes for the Scottish Government (Executive) in New York Canada and Sweden and a range of projects on nearly every continent. The original Zap directors sold the club in 1997 with Zap Productions continuing for some years before handing over all projects to the charity Zap Art which continues to create programmes and commission artists and companies in the field of Street Arts. Where are they now? Neil Butler is Artistic director of UZ Events (www.uzevents.com ) Dave Reeves is Chief Executive of Zap Art (www.zapart.co.uk ) Angie Livingston works with Cherie Blair Patricia Butler is a teacher Robin Morley is Director of Magnetic Events (www.magneticevents.org ) Ian Smith is Artistic Director of (www.mischieflabas.co.uk ) The Zap and clubbing The Zap was a club in Brighton that became famous in the late 1980s and early 1990s, mainly for large "acid house" dance parties that were held there, for example Tonka, with DJ Harvey, Choci and Rev (Mondays), Club Shame in Wednesdays, Protechtion (Fridays) with DJ Eric Powell, and Coco Club, with DJ Chris Coco (Saturdays).Worth mentioning is that Tuesday Evenings at the Zap were staged by Josh Dean and Martin Southern, two promoters booking a broad variety of bands and usually attracting audiences too large for the venue such as The Lemonheads, Rollins Band, Teenage Fanclub and Hole, these nights added in no small way to the credibility of the venue. Located in 5 arches on the King's Road (seafront) in Brighton, the mixed cosmopolitan audiences would party until 5am at the Zap, and then some would party on or sleep on the beach until the sun rose. The Zap is mentioned in the book ''The Black Album'' by author Hanif Kureishi. A large part of the Zap Club's appeal has undoubtedly been its location, it was for many years the only nightclub on the lower seafront and therefore attracted a less mainstream clientele. It was popular with a broad mix of people and helped define clubbing regardless of sexual orientation thanks to the open mindedness of the owners and staff and in no small part to the promoter of the Wednesday night club Shame promotion; Paul Kemp. After a balcony was added in the early 90's visitors to the club could enjoy a view, from the balcony windows of the beach, while indulging in a spot of chill out. The Zap was also one of only two nightclubs in the town to be given an extended licence in the early 90's to remain open after 2am in the town, the other being the Royal Escape. These two clubs competed for the late night dance audience even though the licences were granted with a restriction disallowing entry after 1am. "Andy Walkers Frame Fame" on early Friday evenings showcased new performers and acts on the stage introduced by Andy walker and Adrian Bunting, the shows were popular and the audiences usually invited to stay on the club promotion afterwards free of charge. The Zap club also played host to a number of (humerus adult) pantomimes over the christmas period helping establish a reputation for being an 'Arty' venue ==Kings Road Arches== The arches were originally used by the fishermen of Brighton for storing their equipment. These were long and narrow with curved ceilings. Originally it was made up of two arches (entrance and performance area) before another one was added for a bar. In 1989 it underwent a massive overhaul which open up a couple of the adjoining arches. This gave it a proper stage with a balcony and bar overlooking it. It was further enlarged in 1996 to include another arch. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Zap」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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