Vintage By Hemingway
DOWN THE BACK OF THE SOFA
With Charity Shop DJ and Derby Museum
Down the Back of the Sofa - You Never Know what You’ll find...
A place for re-discovering the things which make us what we are. For finding the stuff which is often lost, sometimes forgotten – but always welcomed back.
Down the Back of the Sofa was a special place in our memories. It was created on the Blue Side of Level 4 of the Royal Festival Hall (Click here for the Venue map), using museum artefacts, charity shop treasures and a little bit of mischief. 
It featured a specially built set from our inglorious domestic pasts courtesy of Derby Museum; a line-up of surprise guest DJs; Shakespearean Insult Swingball with 1623 Theatre Company; Charity Shop DJ’s Unlucky Dip; Maison Foo’s Memory Gathering Librarians; comics under the bed, and the legendary Choose Your Cheese club nights.
Charity Shop DJ from Pixelat3d on Vimeo.
This is “Westworld with a happy ending” Mike Flowers, The Mike Flowers Pops.
Record players and radios; gramophones and ghetto blasters; nests of tables, chests of drawers, Smash Hits and broken Action Men. As you explored under the bed, on top of the wardrobe, in the far corner of a drawer, you might just have found a little bit of your own past, hidden in the recesses of your memory
Down the Back of the Sofa: “Sometimes you don’t know what you’ve lost til you find it”
“Charity Shop DJ is bringing back to life the memories locked in vinyl” John Humphreys, Radio 4 Today programme.
Choose your cheese with Charity Shop DJ
The B-side of Vintage, from 8 pm every night.
We hope you enjoyed joining us for the legendary club nights where you decide what’s played.
With resident DJs Dr Matt, Mistah Toe and Charity Shop DJ, plus some very special guests………
Music courtesy of the nation’s charity shops. Our secret histories.
Dancing on the Podium of Non-Judge-Mentalism.
A pop-tastic party hit at Vintage 2010 – and came back by popular demand!
“20-somethings in dayglo shellsuits, 40-somethings in mini-skirts and 30-somethings in tweeds with pipes all doing the Black Bottom together… this is Westworld with a happy ending” Mike Flowers of the Mike Flowers Pops
Charity Shop DJ at Vintage from Pixelat3d on Vimeo.
“one of the most fun nights I've had out in ages.Totally ego free.” Leigh Maclea. Vintage party goer 2010
Charity Shop DJ’s Unlucky dip
It’s everything you never wanted – and worse!
We asked you to take a chance in Charity Shop DJ’s Unlucky Dip.
Rummage through the backrooms of our nation’s charity shops and rediscover some of the music and stuff of life we never thought we’d grow to love.
Have a dip - you might discover something you never knew you wanted and were always meant to have.
My Favourite Things
Charity Shop DJ invited some very special guests to introduce some of their favourite tracks from the last 60 years.
Expect the unexpected, the revealing, and the not so popular.
“Is there room in our hearts for the leftovers of our musical pasts?Charity Shop J is bringing back to life the memories locked in vinyl” John Humphreys, Radio 4 Today programme.
It’s The Charity Shop DJ Accumulator !
Old stuff is valuable. And we're not just talking money
For Vintage we wanted YOU to create the ultimate reclaimed DJ set.
With your help, Here’s how we did it.
Step 1. Between now and Vintage we wanted you to visit your local charity shop and spend no more than £1 on a choice piece of vinyl. Shop carefully now!
Step 2. Bring it with you to Vintage, and DJ it yourself in “Down the Back of the Sofa “
Step 3. With the help of Hemingway Design turned this collection into the world’s first Vintage by Hemingway Charity Shop DJ Accumulator Box Set.
A unique Box – Set to be given back to charity, and compiled by YOU the good people at Vintage.
Watch the Vintage website for more news !
Art Vinyl Presents … The Charity Shop Gallery
Art Vinyl presented a special Charity Shop Gallery which changed throughout the day, while our DJs Play & Display the unsung heroes of vintage vinyl art and music.
Art Vinyl sponsored and promoted what has now become a recognised award for the music industry, that of ‘Best Art Vinyl’, an award which celebrates artists and designers of great cover art.
Shakespearean Insult Swingball
Thou roguish hedge-born maggot-pie! Thou wayward onion-eyed strumpet! Thou spongy toad-spotted horn-beast! Thou tottering hell-hated barnacle….
Did you join 1623 Theatre Company for some fun and games with knobs on?
1623 revived the well-loved family game of the 70s whilst indulging in some choice Shakespearean mud-slinging.
Performed by 1623 of Derby, an award-winning theatre company that's all about seeing Shakespeare differently. This was the British premiere of their Swingball show.
Romeo and Juliet
"Let rich music's tongue unfold our imagined happiness"
Joseph Wright's 1790 painting of Romeo and Juliet came to life through the magic of theatre and projection. We invited you to join 1623 Theatre Company for a Performance in the Parlour which looks at a classic tale through the eyes of one of the greatest British painters.
"Oh Romeo . Yeah - you know I used to have a scene with him.”
Gathering Memories with Maison Foo
Maison Foo's Mobile Librarians will be broadcasting through the Charity Shop DJ airwaves and invited you to come and fettle through their drawers, flick through their files and add a bit of yourself to their collection!
Maison Foo exist to create mischievous new theatre that challenges audiences and tickles their imagination. They devise visual theatre that collides the everyday with the surreal, drawing on influences from puppetry, clowning and physical theatre.
Podium of Non Judge-Mentalism
Strap on your air guitar, grab your hairbrush microphone and join the Dancing Dads on Charity Shop DJ’s podium of Non Judge-Mentalism.
Pixelated Studios
VJing by Pixelated Studios. Film-makers. Photographers. Madcap animators with the gift of life.
Bringing Objects Alive.
The Sofa Sessions
Get comfy on the Sofa for some easy listening.
The Five Minute Curator
Leave a little of yourself in the Lounge!
Brought to you by Derby Museum
Using your knowledge, experience and emotions write labels for our stuff. Decide what would be in the museum of your life.
Everyone can make their mark and share their thoughts with us by attaching labels to objects that mean something to them.
Let us hear your secret stories, your reminiscences and future dreams.
Find Down the Back of the Sofa on our Vintage Venue Plan
