As I descend Café de Paris’ sweeping, gilt staircase, my eyes and ears are immediately drawn to the stage where Ivy Paige – La Rêve’s corset clad ringleader – is entertaining the audience, with her sass and show stopping songs.

Wondering what to do on a Wednesday night? Wander to Wardour Street and be wowed by Cabaret Floridita, at the eponymous Cuban themed venue.

For the casual fan, football matches may seem like too much trouble. But from an executive box, it’s a far more beautiful game.

With the end of summer in sight, why not spend a balmy British night watching films in a stunning open air setting (as opposed to a stuffy cinema)?

Want to impress party guests with a couple of creative cocktails rather than a limp gin and tonic? Time to sign up for Quaglino’s Cocktail Club (held the third Thursday of every month), where you can learn cocktail knowledge from mixologist Branislav Ivanic.

With pubs shut at 11pm, the capital’s clubs become one of London’s biggest draws. Whether you take your music seriously or just like to fling yourself around to Britney and Beyonce on a Friday night, you can rest safe in the knowledge that London is a clubber’s paradise. Here are five of the best in town…

Tucked half way down King’s Road, next to Sir Terence Conran’s much loved Bluebird Café, the brand new Triyoga centre in Chelsea offers the same signature yoga and Pilates classes as the Soho and Primrose Hill centres (loved by Gwyneth Paltrow and pals), alongside some more unusual treatments.

Want a break from the usual London bars and clubs? Sign up A Night in Casablanca – brought to you by the Candlelight Club.

Much loved Knightsbridge bistro, The Brompton Bar and Grill, has recently launched London’s first absinthe establishment. Referred to as the ‘green fairy,’ absinthe was the drink du jour for 19th century geniuses like Oscar Wilde, Vincent Van Gogh and Ernest Hemmingway to name but a few, but was banned in much of Europe for causing madness and mayhem (ironically the very reason it is now enjoying a revival)!