Today, 16-18 Beak Street is a burger bar, but don't let the muddy
grey of the whitewashed oak walls deceive you. This building was
once filled with dancing showgirls in glitzy costumes, performing
to over 100 people a night. For this corner of Soho once housed
Murray's Cabaret Club; night after night it forged fantasies for
deadened aristocrats, served dishes of dreams to Arab businessmen,
and provided refuge for hounded celebrities. Founder Percival
'Pops' Murray introduced London to the 'Cabaret Floorshow', hiring
an army of dancers, musicians and seamstresses to make sure that
everything was perfect - from the dancers' painted nails and
intricate costumes, to the polished wood walls and the gleaming
glass stage. However, the spell was broken in 1963 when the Profumo
Scandal erupted - a love triangle between a Murray's showgirl,
Britain's Minister of War, and a Soviet spy, all at the height of
the Cold War. Here, Benjamin Levy tells the story of Murray's
founding and the tales of the dancers both before and after their
time at the club, the work that went into the shows and - in
dazzling photographs and designs - reveals the recently discovered
costumes that were worn in London's most glamorous floorshow.
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