Hopes! Fears! Elves! Turkeys! Skulls! Cats! Divorce!
... and all the other things that make Christmas so special. As usual, the festive season is a positive rollercoaster of emotions and our Hopes & Fears Christmas event gave one hell of a ride. We stuffed our stocking with Hollywood noir, skull-stealing students, escapologist turkeys, cats up chimneys, and quietly tragic YouTube instructional videos. And to top it off, there was a super bumper festive book quiz and FREE mince pies - all for a fiver! MVPs (Most Valuable Players) this year were Stephen Butterton (Acting) & Mark Barlex (Writing)
WINNING STORIES for HOPES & FEARS
How to Build your Dreamhouse by Rhys Timson, read by Paul Clarke
A Cranium for Christmas by E. P. Henderson, read by Lucy Mabbitt
Tinseltown by Niall Boyce, read by Keleigh Wolf
As for our literature-loving audience, it's at the Phoenix, Cavendish Square, W1 on Tuesday December 13th. Tickets are just £5 - full details below. We DO now accept card payments on the door but (especially for this Christmas event) it's well worth booking a ticket via Paypal in advance to ensure you get a table. And if you're an author or actor who has written or performed for us in 2022, there will be a free drink or two for you behind the bar ... bonus!
MVPs (Most Valuable Players) this year were Stephen Butterton (Acting) & Mark Barlex (Writing). Congratulations to both!
The Phoenix basement bar
37 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0PP
Tickets cost £5 each and are limited to 50. To book, please click the orangey-yellow DONATE button (top right, above) and donate £5 for 1, £10 for 2 tickets etc.
Doors will open at 6.30 for a 7.30pm start, we'll have an interval at around 8.30, and the show usually finishes up around 9.30pm after which the bar will be open until (at least) 11pm.
The venue is the basement bar, downstairs at:
The Phoenix pub
37 Cavendish Square,
London W1G 0PP (tube: Oxford Circus).
Access info: stairs down to the basement, no lift unfortunately.
FAQs are below - and if you still have any questions just email us at [email protected]
I'm coming with friends, can we sit together?
Yes - if you're coming with a group please book a table for 2, 3, 4 or however many in the party. Single bookers don't need to reserve a table.
Tickets are limited to 50 (assuming all tables are full) and tend to sell quite quickly, so if in doubt - book!
Yes, both - please order at the bar or from your table.
Venue says: "Mask wearing is no longer mandatory but we do encourage it."
Please use the Donate button on the top right of this website page (look up, look right, it's small and orangey-yellow ...) to donate the price of however many tickets you want. So a table for 6 would be £30, but a ticket for 1 is £5. Here's how you do it.
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