Electrowerkz rents out its whole building for 200 to 1,600 guests, for late-night parties, brand activations, product launches, corporate events and film shoots. Behind Angel station in Islington, London, the venue fills a late-19th-century warehouse that once housed a steelworks, and it has run as a club since 1987.
Seminars and company events
Corporate hire has its own brochure, and the venue lists brand activations, corporate parties and film shoots among its regular bookings. The building is licensed from 9 am to 6 am, with an extended licence available, so a company can take it for a daytime shoot or presentation and keep it into the night. Exclusive hire starts at 200 guests, which makes it a fit for a staff party, a launch with press and clients, or a fashion show rather than a small meeting. Promoters have a separate brochure for club-night hire, and a virtual tour is announced.
Rooms and capacities
The building covers more than 30,000 square feet over five levels, divided into seven event spaces. The venue names the Penthouse, a daylit top room suited to catwalk shows; the Top Floor and the Middle Floor; the Courtyard, under a glass atrium roof with its own Courtyard Bar; the Glass House; The Cage; The Bunker; and The Warehouse. Four of these work as club rooms with full sound and lighting rigs. Total capacity is 1,600.
The venue does not publish a capacity for each space, so a brief with headcount and running order is the way to find out which floors suit an event. With several floors on separate levels, one area can hold a reception or presentation while another opens later as a dance floor, and the Courtyard gives guests a covered space between rooms.
History and setting
The building dates from the late Victorian period and served as a steel factory before it became a venue. Since 1987 it has hosted club nights, and long-running events such as Torture Garden and the Slimelight nights still use it. That history shows in the interiors: raw brick, steel and stairs between levels, which give a launch or a party an industrial setting without building a set. Clerkenwell, Shoreditch, London Fields and the City of London are all close.
Getting there
The address is 7 Torrens Street, London EC1V 1NQ, reached along a cobbled path off Torrens Street directly behind Angel Underground station on the Northern line, in Zone 1. Angel has escalators but no lift; the nearest step-free station is Essex Road. Several bus stops are nearby. There is no on-site parking, and street parking may be possible after 6:30 pm, so guests should plan on public transport or taxis. The venue publishes separate pages on accessibility, welfare and personal medication, worth reading before a large event.
