Don’t miss the Dress Up Previews of ‘The British Guide to Showing Off’ this weekend. Out on 6 Nov at selected cinemas

We’re doing our nails and nostalgically reminiscing about the 2009 Alternative Miss World.

You can watch the film trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Znffz-5Nj4

And trying to work out: WHAT TO WEAR

Join Drive on Sunday 6 November 2011 for ‘The British Guide to Showing Off’ Dress-Up Previews

In the meantime: someone’s having a clothes crisis!

Just don’t know what to wear? Get the The British Guide to Showing Off App

‘The British Guide to Showing Off’ is a unique feature-length documentary film that follows the incredible life of British artist and living legend Andrew Logan, the creator of the anarchic and utterly outrageous Alternative Miss World Show, a spectacular costume pageant and fancy dress party for grown ups. The film charts the mounting of the legendary Alternative Miss World event, ricocheted into the limelight back in 2009 when Drive Productions brought their creative production expertise to produce the show at top London venue, the Roundhouse.

Loved the world over by celebrities and misfits alike, Logan has hosted the Alternative Miss World Show since 1972. Memorable highlights include artist David Hockney judging the first one, musician David Bowie not being able to get into the second, film director Derek Jarman winning the third and triumphing in a court case against the Official Miss World (with a little help from a young Tony Blair).

Featuring contributions from Brian Eno, Ruby Wax, fashionista Zandra Rhodes (who designed all of Andrew’s hostess costumes), Richard O’Brien, Nick Rhodes and Grayson Perry, ‘The British Guide to Showing Off’ was filmed over 5 years, charting the mounting of the 2009 Show, bringing to life its history through newly discovered archive, exuberant animation, and plenty of offbeat humour from contestants old and new.

For information and tickets to the film go to ‘The British Guide to Showing-Off’ website at http://britishguidetoshowingoff.com

Go on: be a show off

Drive invited to attend Film Premiere: ‘The British Guide to Showing Off’.

Previews – November 6 | General Release – November 11

‘The British Guide to Showing Off’ is a unique feature-length documentary film that follows the incredible life of British artist and living legend Andrew Logan, the creator of the anarchic and utterly outrageous Alternative Miss World Show, a spectacular costume pageant and fancy dress party for grown ups.

The film charts the mounting of the legendary Alternative Miss World event, ricocheted into the limelight back in 2009 when Drive Productions brought their creative production expertise to produce the show at top London venue, the Roundhouse.

Running since 1972, the Alternative Miss World is part beauty contest, part stage-show and is renowned for its celebration of what its founder, feted artist and designer Andrew Logan, calls ‘creative free-reign’. Needless to say we managed to ensure the event retained its trademark chaos and was successfully captured by on film.

‘The British Guide to Showing-Off’ is now out on general release in cinemas across the UK from 11th November 2011 with special dress-up previews on the Sunday 6th November. From the acclaimed production scheme Film London Microwave, directed by Jes Benstock and produced by Dorigen Hammond, this is one film we cannot recommend enough.

‘Not about beauty but about transformation’, it is a vivid and colourful reminder that the ordinary can indeed become extraordinary.

Joyous.

For information and tickets to the film go to ‘The British Guide to Showing-Off’ http://britishguidetoshowingoff.com

To get a taste for irreverent hilarity – and to work out what to wear to the preview – visit ‘The British Guide to Showing-Off’ on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/thebritishguidetoshowingoff

Watch the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Znffz-5Nj4

Read about the 2009 Alternative Miss World produced by Drive at The Roundhouse here