SOHO 73'
1 May - Soho 73' Exhibition opening night a special screening of ANARCHY! McLaren Westwood Gang. A Phil Strongman film.
About our opening night event:
ANARCHY! McLaren Westwood Gang - Film and Q&A Panel.
‘The Apocalypse Now of art documentaries!’ Michael Wearing (producer Edge of Darkness)
Plus launch of Slack City Radio London with DJs in the bar
The Museum of Soho and Noise of Art at All Is Joy, 75 Dean Street, London W1D 3PU. 7pm. £10
The Museum of Soho and Noise of Art host a triple Launch event for the opening of Robert Stallard's Soho 73 Exhibition, including the release screening of the 'Anarchy! McLaren Westwood Gang' film box set and the on-air launch day of Slack City radio on DAB in London.
The night features a screening of the film in Soho Museum/ All Is Joy's boutique in-house cinema, with a panel discussion with director Phil Strongman, photographer Ray Stevenson and Slack City Radio's Ben Osborne.
Celebrating the opening of the Soho 73 exhibition and the 50th anniversary of Punk, the acclaimed but rarely seen, 'ANARCHY! McLaren Westwood Gang' film is being shown at the Museum in a special West End screening, in the run up to its release as a DVD box set.
The film's director, Phil Strongman, was a teen at the heart of the Punk movement in 1976 and ’77, working at Acme Attractions and then BOY. He went on to chronicle this time in the successful book, 'Pretty Vacant - A History of Punk'.
The film is described by Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, as 'interesting' and 'shrewd' and has been hailed a 'masterpiece' by Kieran Cashell of LIT. It includes in-depth interviews with McLaren and unseen footage about his childhood, student activism, Vivienne Westwood and the King's Road shop. It focuses on his key role in Punk 'anti-fashion' and the Sex Pistols, plus less documented episodes It features contributions from Pistols Glen Matlock and Paul Cook, plus members of The Clash, 101ers and Bow Wow Wow, Jordan, Adam Ant, Boy George, Don Letts, Tony Wilson, Tracey Emin, Stuart Christie, Nick Egan, Ray Stevenson, Sophie Richmond, John ‘Boogie’ Tiberi, Leigh Gorman, Fred Vermorel, Ben Westwood, Vivienne Westwood and more.
DJs in the bar will be celebrating the London Launch of Slack City Radio - the new non-mainstream music station on DAB in Brighton, Manchester, Norwich, Portsmouth and now London (switch on day Friday 1 May).'Epic documentary… fascinating footage’ (Vive Le Rock). 'Brilliant, this really is unmissable' Fiona Cartledge (SOTT). 'Fascinating' Wendy Ide (The Observer). ’Punk Rock’s Molotov cocktail’ (Dangerous Minds).
A unique exhibition of street photography, Soho 73 is a collection of images captured by the architect, Robert Stallard while he was a student living in Soho in 1973.
In 1972 Soho had been described by the chairman of Westminster Council's Planning Committee as "a down-at-heel-neon-lit-slum". Robert Stallard countered this description by creating an empathetic, unfiltered record of the diverse community that lived amongst Soho's Streets and gave the area life. His photographs intended to document Soho for his final dissertation, and illustrate his thoughts on how development could take place without losing the area's unique character and characters.
For the 2026 exhibition, some of the locations of the original photographs have been matched with contemporary images. Taken by artist Alice Stallard, the 2026 images follow the footsteps of her father to explore Soho's continuity, destruction, development and resilience.
In 1973 Robert Stallard wrote:
"Below our flat activity starts around noon with ‘boozing’ in the London Cry Club and the Emerald Beach, a ‘clip Joint’, is open for business in the basement. Bike Magazine, the violin maker and tailor carry on trading. Blue City ‘Non-Stop Show 50p’ opens. The afternoon winds itself up with a constant trail of cinema goers, drinkers, voyeurs and sex seekers; as business people go home and the shops close. Early evening there is chaos outside the Palace Theatre, where Jesus Christ Superstar is playing. Taxis coming and going, people going in, people coming out, people trying to pass, buskers, ticket touts, people in the road, horns blowing, police sirens and fire engine... people everywhere. Vibrant pink and purple lights. Coke and Wishbone Ash at the Marquee. 18 lovely girls 50p, no extra charge. French lessons in great demand, gambling at Charlie Chester, jazz at Ronnie Scott; and so it continues until people have to go... Some don’t. Soho’s reputation is of ‘Sex and Sin’. But ‘Sex & Sin’ is only one of the many trades which together create a balance in a community of extremes."
1 May - Soho 73' Exhibition opening night a special screening of ANARCHY! McLaren Westwood Gang. A Phil Strongman film.
About our opening night event:
ANARCHY! McLaren Westwood Gang - Film and Q&A Panel.
‘The Apocalypse Now of art documentaries!’ Michael Wearing (producer Edge of Darkness)
Plus launch of Slack City Radio London with DJs in the bar
The Museum of Soho and Noise of Art at All Is Joy, 75 Dean Street, London W1D 3PU. 7pm. £10
The Museum of Soho and Noise of Art host a triple Launch event for the opening of Robert Stallard's Soho 73 Exhibition, including the release screening of the 'Anarchy! McLaren Westwood Gang' film box set and the on-air launch day of Slack City radio on DAB in London.
The night features a screening of the film in Soho Museum/ All Is Joy's boutique in-house cinema, with a panel discussion with director Phil Strongman, photographer Ray Stevenson and Slack City Radio's Ben Osborne.
Celebrating the opening of the Soho 73 exhibition and the 50th anniversary of Punk, the acclaimed but rarely seen, 'ANARCHY! McLaren Westwood Gang' film is being shown at the Museum in a special West End screening, in the run up to its release as a DVD box set.
The film's director, Phil Strongman, was a teen at the heart of the Punk movement in 1976 and ’77, working at Acme Attractions and then BOY. He went on to chronicle this time in the successful book, 'Pretty Vacant - A History of Punk'.
The film is described by Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, as 'interesting' and 'shrewd' and has been hailed a 'masterpiece' by Kieran Cashell of LIT. It includes in-depth interviews with McLaren and unseen footage about his childhood, student activism, Vivienne Westwood and the King's Road shop. It focuses on his key role in Punk 'anti-fashion' and the Sex Pistols, plus less documented episodes It features contributions from Pistols Glen Matlock and Paul Cook, plus members of The Clash, 101ers and Bow Wow Wow, Jordan, Adam Ant, Boy George, Don Letts, Tony Wilson, Tracey Emin, Stuart Christie, Nick Egan, Ray Stevenson, Sophie Richmond, John ‘Boogie’ Tiberi, Leigh Gorman, Fred Vermorel, Ben Westwood, Vivienne Westwood and more.
DJs in the bar will be celebrating the London Launch of Slack City Radio - the new non-mainstream music station on DAB in Brighton, Manchester, Norwich, Portsmouth and now London (switch on day Friday 1 May).'Epic documentary… fascinating footage’ (Vive Le Rock). 'Brilliant, this really is unmissable' Fiona Cartledge (SOTT). 'Fascinating' Wendy Ide (The Observer). ’Punk Rock’s Molotov cocktail’ (Dangerous Minds).
A unique exhibition of street photography, Soho 73 is a collection of images captured by the architect, Robert Stallard while he was a student living in Soho in 1973.
In 1972 Soho had been described by the chairman of Westminster Council's Planning Committee as "a down-at-heel-neon-lit-slum". Robert Stallard countered this description by creating an empathetic, unfiltered record of the diverse community that lived amongst Soho's Streets and gave the area life. His photographs intended to document Soho for his final dissertation, and illustrate his thoughts on how development could take place without losing the area's unique character and characters.
For the 2026 exhibition, some of the locations of the original photographs have been matched with contemporary images. Taken by artist Alice Stallard, the 2026 images follow the footsteps of her father to explore Soho's continuity, destruction, development and resilience.
In 1973 Robert Stallard wrote:
"Below our flat activity starts around noon with ‘boozing’ in the London Cry Club and the Emerald Beach, a ‘clip Joint’, is open for business in the basement. Bike Magazine, the violin maker and tailor carry on trading. Blue City ‘Non-Stop Show 50p’ opens. The afternoon winds itself up with a constant trail of cinema goers, drinkers, voyeurs and sex seekers; as business people go home and the shops close. Early evening there is chaos outside the Palace Theatre, where Jesus Christ Superstar is playing. Taxis coming and going, people going in, people coming out, people trying to pass, buskers, ticket touts, people in the road, horns blowing, police sirens and fire engine... people everywhere. Vibrant pink and purple lights. Coke and Wishbone Ash at the Marquee. 18 lovely girls 50p, no extra charge. French lessons in great demand, gambling at Charlie Chester, jazz at Ronnie Scott; and so it continues until people have to go... Some don’t. Soho’s reputation is of ‘Sex and Sin’. But ‘Sex & Sin’ is only one of the many trades which together create a balance in a community of extremes."
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- 4 hours 30 minutes
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All is Joy Studios
75 Dean Street
London W1D 3PU
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