Once Upon A Midnight Dreary - A Halloween Ball inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe
- The Century Club
Description
THE SEANCE PARLOUR
Ligeia, Morella and Madeleine Usher returned to the mortal world from beyond the veil in chilling stories by Poe. Commune with the denizens of the grave and channel the spirits of discarnate entities at our SEANCE hosted by LONDON DREAMTIME and create your own message to impart to the spirit realm.
THE CONDEMNED CELL from The Pit and the Pendulum
Join the forgotten prisoners cast into the DUNGEON OF THE GRAND INQUISITOR. Here in the blackness and vacancy, in the depth of the most unmeaning despair, here where the shadows of memory lurk and your soul lapses into nothingness CAPTAIN CROP awaits to scourge your doomed flesh.
THE HOUSE OF USHER from the Fall of the House of Usher
Above a black and lurid tarn encompassed by decayed trees stands a melancholy mansion hung with sombre tapestries and armorial trophies. Here in the all-pervading gloom dwells RODERICK, the insane last scion of the ancient race of the USHERS. Below in the dungeon his beautiful twin sister MADELEINE lies entombed. One night, amid a tempest wildly singular in its terror and beauty, the coffin is rent asunder and the iron hinges of the vault broken..
THE SALON - While away the dreary hours of seclusion with BEATRICE DE LARRAGOITI and KARL LUTCHMAYER performing candlelit dirges on the theme of death and madness. To include “My Corpse is Soft as a Glove”, “The Song of the Mad Woman by the Sea” and “The Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath”.
THE TOMB OF THE USHERS - Descend to the ancestral burial chamber, select a velvet-lined coffin, choose the music for your funeral and lie serenely in state, serenaded by your playlist for the hereafter.
THE TRAVELLING MENAGERIE - Wonder at TIM MAYNARD’s legendary consortium of creeping beasts, spiders and insects: the heirs to the vanquished House of Usher.
THE LEPIDOPTERARIUM – Take an instructional class in setting and mounting a selection of the myriad butterflies that flit in the gloomy and sunless valley.
THE DRAWING ROOM
THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE: The brutal and senseless murders of Mme. L’Espanaye and her daughter has appalled and affronted Parisian society. MIA GUBBAY invites you to take up pen and paper and sketch the crime scene to help bring the sinister perpetrators to justice.
Offers
Promotions
Tickets/Times
Ticket | Event time | Cost |
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Super Early Bird Ticket
Super Early Bird Ticket
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21:00 - 02:00 | £15.00 |
Early Bird Ticket
Early Bird Ticket
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21:00 - 02:00 | £20.00 |
Advance Ticket
Once Upon A Midnight Dreary
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21:00 - 02:00 | £25.00 |
Advance Ticket - Group Discount
Once Upon A Midnight Dreary
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21:00 - 02:00 | £20.00 |
Location
Address
The Century Club, 61 - 63, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 6LQ
Nearest Station
Piccadilly Circus (Tube)
Organiser
A Curious Invitation
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