Category: Social Events

What the Dickens! Part One

“It has an awful voice, that wind at Midnight…Heaven preserve us, sitting snugly round the fire!”

What the Dickens New-Writing Project

This Thursday, 18 October, at the Hoop and Grapes sees the FIRST of this season’s special Ghost Stories, written and read by KDC, and adapted from the great Charles Dickens.

Dickens was fascinated with the ghostly and the spiritual, and to celebrate that, and our FIRST EVER Halloween season, we would like to invite you to enjoy some ghoulish tales.

As the evenings draw in and Hallow’een approaches, what better way to celebrate the season and the coming of KDC’s Dracula than by pulling up a chair in a City of London hostelry and listening to spooky takes of spectral visitations newly-penned by the ink-stained fingers of our shivering scribes and read by some of KDC’s most sinister voices.

The readings will be from 7pm at The Hoop & Grapes. Come and enjoy an evening with a drink and friends and come to enjoy the first ever readings of some new work!

Thirsty Thursday 11 October

It’s another legendary KDC Thirsty Thursday social, at our old favourite, the Hoop & Grapes, Farringdon Street.

It’s pretty straightforward – 7.30pm, join us!  Map is on the Venues page and here’s the Facebook event.

Treasure Hunt and BBQ 7 July

Are you a fan of our beautiful city and want to explore it more?
Do you want a fun afternoon of crazy antics and silly games?
Do you want to find some of London’s best kept secrets?

Come to the BEST social yet….

* Team treasure hunt around London (pre-plan your teams or just come along and we’ll put you in a team)
* Prizes
* BBQ to finish the day
* Olympic themed games at the BBQ

Start and Finish at The Hoop & Grapes, Farringdon St, where Mike will be putting on a delicious BBQ.

Treasure Hunt meet at 1pm
BBQ from 4pm

Thirsty Thursday 14 June

To celebrate the current great weather and to get us together before the summer shows, we’re having a Thirsty Thursday social night at the Punch Tavern, Fleet St, from 7pm.

See our venues page for maps. See you there!

KDC Theatre Social Night/Season Kick Off!

KDC Theatre would like you all to join us for a good old booze up on Thursday 15th March to embrace the countdown to our Spring Shakespearean Season at the Lion and Unicorn!

The Ides of March Social (aka “You’re Bard”) will be in the upstairs room at the Hoop and Grapes on Farringdon Street and will start from 7(ish)

It’s a relaxed night involving very little outside of chatting and supping (possibly quaffing), and is open to all!

You don’t have to be in one of the shows. You don’t have to like Shakespeare. You don’t have to be an actor. You don’t have to bring a ruff or dress as your favourite Shakespearean quote (although you are equally welcome to!)

Just join us to share your rapier wit!

We shall see thee anon!

Round Table Readings and the Ides of March

One of our favourite seasonal events returns this Thursday, 1 March, after a long time away! KDC Theatre prides itself on being a home to new plays and new writing, and we love to read out new plays that come from within our circle of members and friends.  As such, we have three dates for you to write in your diary:

Thursday 1 March
Tuesday 6 March
Monday 12 March

All of our reading nights are open to all, with no reservation needed and no fee asked. Just turn up to read, to listen, or to offer impartial comments.

The readings will all be at our favourite haunt, The Hoop and Grapes, and will start from 7pm. We hope to see you there!

With our Shakespeare season in full force, beware the Ides of March are coming!

Mark it in your calendars if you dare – the next KDC social will be held on 15 March at the Hoop and Grapes from 7pm.

More details to follow soon …

Technical and Backstage Social – Thursday 23 Feb

Fiona and Steph request the presence of all past, present and potential future Techies at KDC’s Inaugural Tech Social.

We will be gathering at the Hoop and Grapes pub in Farringdon this Thursday 23 February, from 7pm.

We also welcome any KDC-ers who would like to catch up over a drink or two or more as well! We look forward to seeing you there.

First Thirsty Thursday of Spring 2012 Tonight!

Hello KDCers!

Now begineth the new season, Shakespearean in it’s flavours!

With the auditions out of the way and the shows about to start rehearsals, it’s time for KDC to get back into it’s sociable ways.

Our Social Team, Tracie and Carrie, are up first, to invite ALL of you to our regular haunt, the Hoop and Grapes, 80 Farringdon Street on THURSDAY 2nd FEB, for our Thirsty Thursday spectacular!

Whether you auditioned for this season, didn’t audition, if you’re cast, or not cast, whether you’re an old member or new—we’d love to have as many KDC members there for a tipple on a wintry Feb evening. The more the merrier so come out and say hello!

Newcomers Spring 2012

Spring Season 2012 Newcomers is at The Melton Mowbray on Thursday 19 January at 7pm. Come along and hear from the committee about how KDC Theatre works and from the directors about the season’s plays, which are on between 27 March and 14 April.