Shaka Zulu-themed nightclub to launch below Gilgamesh next spring

It's not often that we get a story sold to us that leaves us lost for words.

But a new nightclub-cum-restaurant set to launch below Gilgamesh in Camden next spring has done just that.

Called Shaka Zulu, the £5.5m venue is a joint-venture between Camden Stables Market and Roger Payne, proprietor of The Cuban bar and restaurant in Camden and nightclub Sound on Leicester Square.

Spread over two floors, the 850-cover venue will be themed around Zulu culture from South Africa from the time of Shaka Zulu in the 19th century. Interiors will include £2m-worth of vast murals and wooden panels depicting Zulu culture as well as a 45ft bronze statue of Shaka himself presiding over the entrance.

The owners are even in contact with King Goodwill Zwelithini in South Africa to get things totally right.  

There will also be two South African themed restaurants: a fish restaurant offering seafood inspired by the Cape, as well as a grill restaurant serving speciality meats from South Africa.

"This is obviously a rather unique venture," concedes a spokesman.

"And we expect it to attract, apart from day to day clientele, a regular sprinkling of celebrities and movers and shakers."

I bet the Big Brother crowd will love it.