Published
Fri, Sep 8, 2017, 11:00
- After reopening its garden space in June, the Greenwich venue will be back in full swing at the end of October.
Greenwich nightclub Studio 338, which was devastated by a fire in August of 2016, will reopen its terrace and studio spaces on October 27th.
Studio 338 reopened its garden back in June. Now it's confirmed its plans for a full return. In addition to a new VOID Acoustics soundsystem and a rubberised dance floor ("for enhanced acoustics and added spring"), the venue says its terrace space has been rebuilt "almost entirely from airport-grade glass and steel columns." It has also installed "a world-first LED light installation, complete with video screen tentacles" called The Octopus.
The studio floor, meanwhile, has also been equipped with a VOID soundsystem. Three parties will mark the venue's return, taking place on October 27th, 28th and 29th.
"The light at the end of the tunnel is now approaching fast, and for us here at 338 it's a time for reflection ahead of the start of a whole new chapter in our story," says Dan Perrin, Studio 338's music and events director, in a letter that's posted to the club's Facebook page.
He also reflected on former Studio 338 staff member Tomas Ceidukas, who died in last year's fire. "I'm not a religious person but I begged and pleaded with anyone or anything up there that he would be OK," Perrin writes. "Tragically he passed. Even the biggest men amongst us cried. I certainly did. He was the nicest person you could hope to meet. He had his whole life ahead of him and he was gone. Even now it's almost too much to bear, and so I won't say too much more, except that we miss him terribly and everything we do from here on in, has his smile at its centre."