Best Before End

A drama series · Soho, London · 2008

Best Before End

The King of Soho is dead. New owners, same night shift.

Best before 15.09.08 Display until
Pavement tables full outside 34b and Balans Cafe on Old Compton Street. The Brewer Street front of the Revue Bar: the old neon sign switched off under a black sheet, Escape and Madame Jojo's at street level. Maoz, Exchange Videos and Ryness on Old Compton Street, a Soho Estates To Let board in the window above. Eros Movieland and the corner shop on Peter Street, Walker's Court opening beside them.
Old Compton Street · 34b and Balans Cafe

Summer 2008. Down to his last audition, a 29-year-old wannabe promises a showcase on a rooftop he's never set foot on. With his gobby flatmate and a desperate housewife talked into one night out, the three of them blag, sell and sleep their way into the world they've always wanted, where everyone has an expiry date.

Ab Fab by way of Showgirls by way of The Sopranos. Three series, one square mile.

The episodes The streets

The streets

The real streets, recreated as they were in summer 2008.

Old Compton Street / Dean Street: The corner café.
Old Compton Street / Dean StreetThe corner café
Walker's Court: The Soho Revue Bar door.
Walker's CourtThe Soho Revue Bar door
Rupert Street: Sparkles and Twilights.
Rupert StreetSparkles and Twilights
Old Compton Street: The Aware corner.
Old Compton StreetThe Aware corner
Berwick Street: The market and Somerfield.
Berwick StreetThe market and Somerfield
Charing Cross Road: The Astoria.
Charing Cross RoadThe Astoria
Brewer Street: The Shadow Lounge.
Brewer StreetThe Shadow Lounge
Soho Square: the garden and the hut.
Soho SquareThe garden and the hut

The streets are recreations. Charing Cross Road and Berwick Street were recreated with reference to photographs from Wikimedia Commons.