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cairalis
06-02-2014, 11:18 PM
If you have not been to Platinum Lace yet I would definitely give it a go now that you are used to London way of working. When I auditioned they let me start the following day and they do a deal where you pay very little housefee the first 2 weeks. I didn't stay more than a few days because I couldn't deal with the way girls attack customers and I was already semi-retired BUT I think that with a different mindset than mine at the time you could do well there.

cairalis
06-03-2014, 01:18 AM
Hey UK-girls I just stumbled upon this, a new club opening in Cheltenham on the 14th of June, it might be worth checking out? http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Cheltenham-lap-dancing-club-sets-opening-date/story-21161850-detail/story.html

this is the Facebook page of the sister club https://www.facebook.com/fantasyswindon

If not now this should be good during the races...

audrey_k
06-03-2014, 02:19 PM
I ended up going with Spearmint Rhino, just because my wonderful weekly GP appointment went late and PL won't do auditions after 7pm. They hired me at SR and are letting me start tomorrow, so yay! It's seems very similar layout to Stringfellows which I didn't do terribly well at but hopefully I've learned the London hustle over the last 6 weeks at Sophisticats and will do better! The way the money works out is much better for the dancer at SR than Stringfellows tho and the girl aren't quite as sexy (the girls at Stringfellows are like all perfect 10s, made me feel like such an ugly duckling being there!)

Union Jackie
06-16-2014, 05:22 AM
Hi UK ladies, it's nice to read a thread dedicated to clubs here.

I just wonder - there are so many posts about London....hasn't anyone much news on other cities?

I worked in Liverpool....in my experience, it beats London for consistent £££. I'm looking for other places to work north of England though. Anyone have any info on Manchester clubs that are good earners?

britchick85
06-16-2014, 05:50 AM
Last week I started working at the Pussycat club in Brighton. Its a small club with around 5-7 girls and is only open at the weekend. Its different from most UK clubs in that you have to wait for the next week to get paid. This was bad for me since I was totally skint but luckily they let me have a sub. The also have a bond system where they take £350 from you slowly out of your wages and give it back to you when you leave. Provided you give 3 weeks notice.
The good news is that the dances are £30. Split 18/12 in the girls favor and increasing the more money you make. Dances last 1 1/2 songs and are one way contact. I thought they might be hard to sell but most guys went for 2 or 3 without protesting to much.
You can also make £5 if you order a non alcoholic cocktail that costs £10.
There is no house fee.
The last weekend was pretty quiet but the guys that did come in seemed quite easy to sell dances to. Im hoping next week is gonna be busier.

audrey_k
06-16-2014, 07:58 AM
^I don't understand... they take 12 from your dances and then just slowly take 350 from me?? That sounds totally bizarre I've never heard of that?

newb2
06-16-2014, 08:00 AM
I thought the pussycat club was closed. When I was researching Brighton clubs it not much showed up

britchick85
06-16-2014, 08:08 AM
Yes the take it as a kinda deposit so you dont just stop working without giving notice. Yeah I have heard of some clubs in other countries doing this. Its pretty annoying. Im stuck here now though unless I want to lose my money. I hope things are gonna get bett next week.

Union Jackie
06-17-2014, 12:48 AM
I know of Rude in Liverpool that uses the bond system much like the one Britchick85 has described. They don't take as much, but you need to give them 2 weeks notice before leaving to get your bond back as well. It's annoying, but I can see why clubs do that, especially if they want to encourage dancer loyalty to the club.

Jay12
06-17-2014, 04:43 AM
Out of pure curiosity, can a person with with a different EU citizenship dance in the UK?

britchick85
06-17-2014, 05:48 AM
Yes anyone with an EU passport can work in the UK or any other EU country. The same applies for countries like Norway and Switzerland that are in the EEA.(european economic area)

Melonie
06-17-2014, 05:48 AM
Yes the take it as a kinda deposit so you dont just stop working without giving notice. Yeah I have heard of some clubs in other countries doing this. Its pretty annoying. Im stuck here now though unless I want to lose my money.


I know of Rude in Liverpool that uses the bond system much like the one Britchick85 has described. They don't take as much, but you need to give them 2 weeks notice before leaving to get your bond back as well.


While practically non-existant in US clubs, this 'bond' system does take place in quite a few countries. In essence, it provides 'leverage' for the clubowner by providing a strong financial DIS-incentive for dancers to simply quit on the spur of the moment. From the clubowner's standpoint, in clubs where the number of dancers for any given shift is strictly limited and carefully scheduled, having dancers simply quit costs the club both lost earnings potential and scheduling problems.

A different 'permutation' of the 'bond' system is clubowners withholding final contract payments / return airline tickets etc. until dancers have satisfactorily fulfilled their 'commitment'. But this usually applied to fixed duration contracts, whereas the 'bond' system is open-ended with the only completion date being 2 weeks after official notice has been given.

Under different circumstances i.e. clubs operating without strict schedules, operating without a strictly limited number of maximum dancers per shift, and where club hiring standards are 'broad' enough to guarantee that a new dancer can be hired almost immediately, this 'bond' system would serve no purpose whatsoever.



Yes anyone with an EU passport can work in the UK or any other EU country. The same applies for countries like Norway and Switzerland that are in the EEA.(european economic area)

In point of fact, the UK has reciprocal work agreements with two sets of countries. As BritChick points out, the first is with Mastricht Treaty countries ... which now includes the following countries ...



If you are a citizen of any of these EU countries you can legally work in the UK without being required to do much of anything except show up !!!

The second group of countries is the so-called Commonwealth i.e. former British colonies of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, and others.

See .

While the ability to work in the UK is more restricted than for EU citizens, Commonwealth country citizens can apply for 2 year UK work permits under a 'working holiday' program. The application has to be made while your are still in your 'home' country, though.


Note that the USA is conspicuously absent from both of these groups of countries !!! Thus, for US dancers in general, being allowed to legally work in the UK is nearly impossible.

britchick85
06-17-2014, 06:03 AM
Yes I do understand why they do it. Still annoying though. This club is really small so every girl does count as far as attendance goes. Also keeps girls in line as if you got fired you would lose the bond and the last weeks pay.

Melonie
06-17-2014, 06:34 AM
Also keeps girls in line as if you got fired you would lose the bond and the last weeks pay.

yup a strong financial 'motivator'. I'm actually surprised that this bond system hasn't been tried in upscale US clubs that have way more dancers seeking to work there than the upscale clubs have 'room' for on their schedule.

audrey_k
06-17-2014, 07:20 AM
I know of Rude in Liverpool that uses the bond system much like the one Britchick85 has described. They don't take as much, but you need to give them 2 weeks notice before leaving to get your bond back as well. It's annoying, but I can see why clubs do that, especially if they want to encourage dancer loyalty to the club.

I just seems like a LOT to take, I mean 350 pounds is $700 American dollars! The firing thing would worry me as well, since I've only ever been fired once and to this day I do not know what I do wrong (they wouldn't tell me either!). I feel like they'll fire you for changing your hair and they'll also fire you for not changing your hair.

newb2
06-17-2014, 08:36 AM
Yeah they do the same thing in magaluf
And then fired me for the silliest thing
all the girls there walk on eggshells because they make a lot of money and would lose a lot of money if they got fired. They also don't give a fuck if you've been there for years either. It's a really weird environment to work in tbh

britchick85
06-17-2014, 08:53 AM
My impression so far is that this club seems quite easy going and reasonable so I dont think they are gonna fire me over something stupid. Lets hope im right!!

Jay12
06-17-2014, 04:03 PM
Yes anyone with an EU passport can work in the UK or any other EU country. The same applies for countries like Norway and Switzerland that are in the EEA.(european economic area)

So a Spanish passport would work...thanks for the info!!!!

audrey_k
06-17-2014, 07:05 PM
^I've worked with like 10 Spanish girls. Most of the non-English girls work in London and they're usually Eastern European or South American (I have no idea how they get into the UK to work, but I've worked with a lot of Brazilian and Columbian girls) but there are some others.... I've worked with a few Lithuanians (one of the best hustler's I've seen in my 5 years was Lithuanian, that girl could get the cheapest customer to buy a room if she set her mind to it) and one Italian and then the Spanish girls.

Jay12
06-19-2014, 03:02 AM
^They probably got a Spanish or Portuguese passport through a parent or spouse...or are, at least, permanent EU resident.

zivlet
06-19-2014, 09:42 AM
The last few weekends I have worked in the Northwest have been DIRE!And It's not just me-they've been quiet and the guys that have come in have been cheapasses.

I'm looking at Liverpool-has anybody worked at X in the City?And Harrogate, has anybody worked there?
I keep shying away from Blackpool just because my last few times there were rubbish and yes much as was said above, I just don't like the clientele. Being somewhat 'posh' (but I am no way up myself!), I just can't even talk to most of the punters..

audrey_k
06-19-2014, 11:51 AM
^They probably got a Spanish or Portuguese passport through a parent or spouse...or are, at least, permanent EU resident.

Honestly, there's so many of them-- I'm talking like, a third of the girls I've worked with-- I feel like there has to be some connection to the countries? It just doesn't seem possible there could be than many of them.

shanna dior
06-19-2014, 01:31 PM
^"Home Office figures for 2011 show that Brazil is fifth in the top 10 of illegal immigrant nationalities in the UK, with more than 2,000 forcibly removed that year. It is the only country in this list for which short-term visitors do not need a visa."
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ac4340e0-84f9-11e2-891d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz357Rmajuu

spartaca
06-30-2014, 12:55 PM
Hey ladies - it's time for me to come out of retirement again! I'm looking for a London club that isn't too pole focused where it's all about the lapdances and not over crowded. Not interested in the £1 in the jug strip pubs, I want somewhere friendly and clean where I don't need to hand over my passport etc (i'm super private about that stuff). I thought as it's summer some places might have vacancies as students go home for the summer etc. Any suggestions?

britchick85
06-30-2014, 07:23 PM
Is anyone doing well in the UK now?? I have started at a new club now and every night I have worked has sucked. Its just so stressful going to work and not knowing if im going to make any money or even my house fee ( which is only £25). Im considering just working abroad again just so I can get a salary...aarrhhh!!

britchick85
06-30-2014, 07:26 PM
Spartaca- I dont know if your gonna find a club that wont ask to see your Id(and probably make a copy). Even if its obvious that you british and over 18. The gotta cover there backs.

chanzep
06-30-2014, 07:39 PM
^ did you leave the pussycat club?
No one I know has been doing well anywhere in the UK since the start of the world cup.

britchick85
06-30-2014, 07:43 PM
Im at platinum lace now. Do you think things will perk up when the world cup ends? Its really bad timing for me since I pretty much moved back here skint.

spartaca
06-30-2014, 08:21 PM
Spartaca- I dont know if your gonna find a club that wont ask to see your Id(and probably make a copy). Even if its obvious that you british and over 18. The gotta cover there backs.
^That's always been one of my reasons to avoid big chains like Spearmint and Platinum Lace. I have far too serious a career to hand over my identity to a club. I know business is bad in the UK at the mo, so no guarantee i'm going to stick with dancing for long because i do have other work including work at weekends - but if i can bank £200 a night then i'll stick with it for a little while.

chanzep
07-01-2014, 05:45 PM
Im at platinum lace now. Do you think things will perk up when the world cup ends? Its really bad timing for me since I pretty much moved back here skint.

Im hoping things will pick up once the football is over, but in general in the UK things are really unsteady.

spartaca
07-03-2014, 08:52 AM
Well, i'm hoping i can find somewhere. Ideally i want somewhere i don't necessarily have to work weekends. I have a job at the moment where i make £150 on a Saturday and if dancing these days doesn't net you much more than that then i'd be stupid to give it up - but if i can find somewhere i can work weekday shifts and pull in £100 a shift that would be great.

I may have a new boobjob to pay for and i know that times have changed but dancing is how i paid for the first one and i have no ideas how else to earn the money!

Alyssa:)
07-04-2014, 11:49 AM
Experiences at Larry Flynt's Hustler Club in Croydon/London?

What are the customers like? management?

I don't actually have an audition. I'm doing a trial shift as a waitress next week and I was told if i remove my top i'll get paid extra. I'm super nervous, not confident about my breasts.

audrey_k
07-04-2014, 01:29 PM
Hey ladies - it's time for me to come out of retirement again! I'm looking for a London club that isn't too pole focused where it's all about the lapdances and not over crowded. Not interested in the £1 in the jug strip pubs, I want somewhere friendly and clean where I don't need to hand over my passport etc (i'm super private about that stuff). I thought as it's summer some places might have vacancies as students go home for the summer etc. Any suggestions?

No offense but this club does not exist... first of all there's no contact in London so it's all about selling rooms not selling dances cause the guys don't buy more than one here. All the clubs are overcrowded so if you want to go somewhere not overcrowded you will have to deal with being a strippub with the pound in the jar, not sure why that bothers you. Girls that work in London are 90% Eastern European and stick to themselves, 99% of the girls are complete bitches here who will do whatever it takes to steal a customer right out from underneath your nose. And NOWHERE in London will let you work without a passport. I've worked in probably half of the London clubs since I got here, small pubs, big chains, small clubs, etc, and they all ask, even Metropolis a total shithole wouldn't let me audition without seeing one. Not sure why that's an issue for you? You can't work in any country without showing your a citizen...

audrey_k
07-04-2014, 01:30 PM
Experiences at Larry Flynt's Hustler Club in Croydon/London?

What are the customers like? management?

I don't actually have an audition. I'm doing a trial shift as a waitress next week and I was told if i remove my top i'll get paid extra. I'm super nervous, not confident about my breasts.

I've heard that Hustler is bad from two girls, they are the only ones I've ever heard anything about Hustler from though, it's not really a club I hear a lot about.

britchick85
07-04-2014, 10:00 PM
I have not heard good things about hustler either

audrey_k
07-05-2014, 12:17 PM
^ I know they are really strict about documentation as well, no one has asked me for my national insurance number in London but I know you can't work there without it.

chanzep
07-05-2014, 08:08 PM
Hustler is shit, my friend used to be the manager there last year and I currently work with a girl who lives in the area but travels because its so shit.

audrey_k
07-06-2014, 11:18 AM
So my client today explained how so many Brazilians can work in London legally. He was Portugese and he says that Portugal gives out Portuguese passports to Brazilians like candy, they don't even need to prove lineage to get citizenship. So they come to Portugal, get their citizenship, then apply for a passport, then move to London. I knew there had to be some sneaky way they were getting in there's too many of them and you can't work in London without a passport!

spartaca
07-07-2014, 03:47 AM
No offense but this club does not exist... first of all there's no contact in London so it's all about selling rooms not selling dances cause the guys don't buy more than one here. All the clubs are overcrowded so if you want to go somewhere not overcrowded you will have to deal with being a strippub with the pound in the jar, not sure why that bothers you. Girls that work in London are 90% Eastern European and stick to themselves, 99% of the girls are complete bitches here who will do whatever it takes to steal a customer right out from underneath your nose. And NOWHERE in London will let you work without a passport. I've worked in probably half of the London clubs since I got here, small pubs, big chains, small clubs, etc, and they all ask, even Metropolis a total shithole wouldn't let me audition without seeing one. Not sure why that's an issue for you? You can't work in any country without showing your a citizen...

I've danced in London before without handing over documentation so i know it's possible. I don't like strip pubs because i don't like walking around begging for coins and it seems to discourage private dances. I've never handed over my identification and i never will to dance - my vanilla work is too important for me to hand over details of my real identity to anyone. I've been making enquiries outside of London again as i don't mind travelling to make money and it doesn't seem like business is good in London right now, although i know the whole industry has declined which is why i stopped dancing in the first place.

newb2
07-07-2014, 04:49 AM
I've worked with girls from Hustler and they said it was really good, it's just that the managers were assholes.

A girl offered me to live in her house in Cardiff and I'm seriously thinking about it. I would be paying a quarter of what I pay in London for rent. Has anybody worked in Cardiff before??

britchick85
07-07-2014, 08:05 AM
I have some friends that work in cardiff. I think they do ok although im not sure where they work. Or you could travel to bristol, I know lots of girls do that.

britchick85
07-07-2014, 08:08 AM
I've danced in London before without handing over documentation so i know it's possible. I don't like strip pubs because i don't like walking around begging for coins and it seems to discourage private dances. I've never handed over my identification and i never will to dance - my vanilla work is too important for me to hand over details of my real identity to anyone. I've been making enquiries outside of London again as i don't mind travelling to make money and it doesn't seem like business is good in London right now, although i know the whole industry has declined which is why i stopped dancing in the first place.
I remember years ago I did work in some clubs without showing my ID. But I think now they are much stricter.

audrey_k
07-07-2014, 08:09 AM
I've danced in London before without handing over documentation so i know it's possible. I don't like strip pubs because i don't like walking around begging for coins and it seems to discourage private dances. I've never handed over my identification and i never will to dance - my vanilla work is too important for me to hand over details of my real identity to anyone. I've been making enquiries outside of London again as i don't mind travelling to make money and it doesn't seem like business is good in London right now, although i know the whole industry has declined which is why i stopped dancing in the first place.

These are the places I have worked at in London that have refused to let me work without seeing documentation, so don't bother with them:

Stringfellows
Spearmint Rhino
Sophisticats
Browns/Horns
The Griffin (didn't end up working there but had to show my passport to get an interview)
Metropolis


Also, don't bother with For Your Eyes Only (passport and proof of address) or Platinum Lace as I spoke to the managers at both those clubs about auditioning and they wanted documentation. Angels Soho also wants a passport. Not sure where else that leaves!

Outside of London I have always been asked for a passport and a proof of address-- Edinburgh, Birmingham, Bournemouth-- they honestly were stricter than London. I really don't know where will let you work without a passport and honestly if they do they are asking for trouble and don't sound like a nice place to work anyway.

Nicolew
07-07-2014, 08:14 AM
Where have u been working in uk? I'm a uk dancer. It's the right season for Bournemouth and Brighton and coastal clubs like that but they are mainly only money makers at weekends. I am really struggling with my weekday club atm. Everywhere I try is too got and miss I like it to be consistent.

Union Jackie
07-07-2014, 10:22 AM
Spartaca, I was able to get away without providing ID in Liverpool - all I did was tell them my age and that I had experience and I was hired on the spot (they didn't even audition me!). This was less than a year ago. The club was decent little earner too. I would say if you wish to travel to dance it might be worth it.

spartaca
07-07-2014, 12:24 PM
Thanks Audrey - I've worked in Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Cardiff, Brighton and London all without handing over ID. I'm clearly over 18 and clearly UK born and raised but some of those same clubs asked my Russian friend for ID but not me so i think lots are strict for overseas dancers but not so strict for British ones. I tend to avoid big chains like Spearmint and Platinum Lace because they charge too much and aren't flexible enough with shifts, so i prefer the smaller places that you probably think aren't so nice.

Union Jackie - Thanks for the tip - i like Liverpool, haven't been there for a few years, i may take a trip.

chanzep
07-07-2014, 05:31 PM
I've worked with girls from Hustler and they said it was really good, it's just that the managers were assholes.

A girl offered me to live in her house in Cardiff and I'm seriously thinking about it. I would be paying a quarter of what I pay in London for rent. Has anybody worked in Cardiff before??

Cardiff is pretty decent, Very busy on weekends, As most places up and down so not worth to travel to with the e costs, but to live there your be way better off than you were in London.

sexsells
07-08-2014, 11:12 AM
Has any one any information on Newquay? A girl I danced with told me it used to be good, but from my searches the two clubs there seemed to have shut a few years ago? Any new ones open?

newb2
07-09-2014, 11:42 AM
So my friend's house is actually in newport
i dunno if it's worth it now :/

chanzep
07-09-2014, 03:20 PM
Newport is not far from Cardiff at all, Plus you would not be staying at your friends house longterm? the rent down there is very cheap so Im sure you would get your own place after a while?.