Kirk Field, the author of the award-winning book Rave New World: Confessions of a raving reporter, has announced a series of theatre shows, which will feature guest appearances from Judge Jules, Danny Rampling, Brandon Block, Sister Bliss, Andy Cato and others.
Rave New World: Acid House Cabaret was debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and sees Field take a ‘strobe down memory lane to a simpler time, with tales of revolution, acid-house storytelling, socio-cultural commentary laced with humour, musical mischief, big screen shenanigans’.
Each night is accompanied by a nightly ‘agent of unity’ guest – an individual who helped shape the scene – as well as an exhibition of rare flyers and memorabilia from the rave era.
Rave New World has been the UK’s best-selling dance music hardback and audiobook since its release, and recently won Silver at the 2024 ARIA Awards. An expanded edition, Rave New World: Confessions of a raving reporter – EXTENDED MIX, includes new content set in Goa, Ibiza and Germany and an updated epilogue which covers the drugs debate.
As a press release about the book puts it, ‘From dancing in an airfield in Suffolk to staring down the barrel of a gangster’s gun in Soviet-era Moscow. From selling cartons of Ribena for £1 to losing £150,000 on a rave in a Spanish bullring. From playing with The Prodigy in a Sports Hall in Cambridge, to waiting for a chauffeur to ‘Top of The Pops’. Rave New World is the story of adventure and discovery as rushed the gurn of the millennium.’
Field is donating a percentage of his income from the book to The Loop, the UK’s first dedicated drug-checking charity, with years of experience delivering drug testing, training, and harm reduction services.
Upcoming dates for Kirk Field’s Rave New World: Acid House Cabaret include 16th Oct at Frog & Bucket in Manchester, with Dumbarton Tommy (Blackburn raves organiser); 18th Oct at Old Market in Brighton, with a very special secret guest TBA; 21st Oct at Palace Theatre in Southend, with Judge Jules; 22nd Oct at Glee Club in Cardiff, with Eats Everything; 23rd Oct at City Varieties in Leeds, with Rob Tissera; 24th Oct at Memorial Hall in Sheffield, with James Atkins (EMF); 29th Oct at Playhouse in Norwich, with Danny Rampling; 30th Oct at Leicester Square Theatre in London, with Sister Bliss (Faithless); 3rd Nov at Glee Club in Glasgow, with George Bowie; 5th Nov at Glee Club in Birmingham, with Madders (Sundissential founder); 11th Nov at Komedia in Bath, with Andy Cato (Groove Armada); and 12th Nov at Northcott Theatre in Exeter, with Brandon Block.
Festival dates include 19th Oct for Fear on the Pier in ‘Weston Super Nightmare’, and 18th Nov for Shiiine On in Minehead. Ticket information can be found here.
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