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THE SUMMER SIZZLER LOCK & KEY PARTY 2023

The Fable, The City, London

Saturday, 17 June 2023

Sat 17
JUN

Tickets

£25
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Our age guides are not set in stone. You are still welcome to book tickets if you are slightly outside the published age range.
Age
30-45
LAST FEW TICKETS
Tickets selling fast
Equal male/female ratio
Huge summer party
200+ people
Home London THE SUMMER SIZZLER LOCK & KEY PARTY 2023

THE SUMMER SIZZLER LOCK & KEY PARTY 2023

The Fable, The City, London

Saturday, 17 June 2023

Sat 17
JUN

Tickets

£25
?
Our age guides are not set in stone. You are still welcome to book tickets if you are slightly outside the published age range.
Age
30-45
LAST FEW TICKETS
Tickets selling fast
Equal male/female ratio
Huge summer party
200+ people
LAST FEW TICKETS
Tickets selling fast
Equal male/female ratio
Huge summer party
200+ people
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About the event

*** OVER 250 PEOPLE EXPECTED - BOOK NOW! ***

Welcome to the biggest and best party for unattached Londoners.

Over 200+ people will join us for the hottest dating event of the summer. This super sociable event features our fantastic lock & key icebreaker to ensure you meet a huge number of people.

The best bit? Everyone is single, a similar age and we ensure there's an equal male/female ratio in the room.

There are prizes to be won as you seek out the person holding the key that matches your lock (or vice versa).

Each time you find a matching pair you'll be in with a chance to win one of our great prizes.

And of course, you'll meet loads of people along the way, all in the stunning, spacious surroundings of The Fable, moments from Farringdon and Chancery Lane stations.

Head to our website the following day to view a list of everyone that attended. Select the people you like and our system will tell you who you are mutually matched with. Get in touch again via our messenger and the rest is up to you.

This party is the perfect place to meet people this summer. You just need your ticket! Book now, this will sell out.

Important information

- 20:00 - Doors open [Please arrive on time]
- 20:30 - Lock and key icebreaker begins
- 22:30 - Prize draw
- 00:30 - Last orders at the bar

Please ensure you arrive at the venue at the start time. We have a limited time for registrations and arriving late may mean you cannot get in.

Tickets for this event are non-refundable. Our normal cancellation terms and conditions apply. No tickets are for sale on the door.

Price: £25

Sorry, this event has sold out

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Where

Inspired by fairy tales & the fables of Aesop, The Fable is a beautiful bar in the heart of the City. Spread across three floors with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out across Holborn Viaduct, this beautiful location is anything but ordinary. Original Dating have hired the entire venue exclusively for our event.

Address  The Fable, 52 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN

Nearest station  Farringdon (Elizabeth Line) or Chancery Lane (Central)

Tel   – Please note this is not a booking line

Venue website  https://www.drakeandmorgan.co.uk/the-fable/

PLEASE NOTE: Advance booking is essential and no tickets will be available to purchase on the door. Online booking is simple and very secure. Our payments are handled by Stripe, one of the world's largest payment processors using the highest grade security currently available.

Reviews

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DELETED Verified Attendee
Posted: 20/06/2023
Oliver Verified Attendee
  Somehow this Original dating always seem to give a better experience than other company's dating events I've tried. The concept of lock & key may seem a little outdated as an ice breaker but no one seems to have brought in an alternative. The man trying his key in a padlock on a lanyard around a woman's neck can feel a little 'off' so someone women told me, as relates their experiences on the night.  
Posted: 20/06/2023
Albert Verified Attendee
Posted: 19/06/2023
Gary Verified Attendee
  Nice venue. Maybe an outside area would also nice for a summer sizzler . Music little loud to chat. Much better venue than refinery!  
Posted: 18/06/2023
Dee Verified Attendee
  Liked the ice breaker and raffle but the music was too loud to hear each other  
Posted: 18/06/2023
Matthew Verified Attendee
  Music too loud to chat to people at times. Seemed like was not full number of male and female. Looking forward to other ones and a boat party in summer!  
Posted: 18/06/2023
Martin Verified Attendee
Posted: 18/06/2023
GIORGIO Verified Attendee
Posted: 18/06/2023
Paul Verified Attendee
  Good vibes fun night could have had better music  
Posted: 18/06/2023
Ali Verified Attendee
Posted: 18/06/2023
Andrew Verified Attendee
Posted: 17/06/2023
Francisco Verified Attendee
Posted: 17/06/2023
Sarah Verified Attendee
  Good turn out, would have been nice to see a change or different activity. Music was very loud so hard to chat Lovely venue, good hosts.  
Posted: 17/06/2023
Joseph Verified Attendee
  Noisy  
Posted: 17/06/2023
Jamaine Verified Attendee
Posted: 17/06/2023
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HOW IT WORKS

Arrive from about 7pm and grab a drink — our host will check you in and hand you a scorecard. Once everyone's settled, the host explains the format and the dating begins: four to five minutes per date, girls seated, guys rotating, with a 15-minute breather at half time to top up your glass and compare notes.

After each date you make a quick private note: yes, no, or friend. Nobody sees your choices on the night — that's the point. When the formal dates finish, the room opens up and everyone mingles; ask any of our hosts and they'll tell you this is where half the real chemistry happens, so don't dash for the Tube.

The next morning, enter your ticks on our site and our matching system compares them against everyone else's. Mutual yeses become matches, and you can message each other through the site — no phone numbers or emails shared until you choose to.


When you get there

Doors open around 30 minutes before the start time on your ticket — arriving early gives you time to grab a drink, find your feet and say hello to your host, who'll check you in and get you set up. Everything you need is provided on the night; just bring your ticket confirmation and your best conversation.

First time? You won't be the only one — most people at any London event are speed dating first-timers, and plenty arrive solo. Our hosts have run hundreds of these nights and their whole job is making sure nobody feels lost. By your second date you'll have forgotten your nerves entirely.

Meet & Mingle

Why Londoners book with Original Dating

Original Dating was founded in London in 2003 by Andrew — back when speed dating was brand new and he was, in his words, just a boy. Twenty-three years later we're the capital's longest-established speed dating company and one of the largest in the UK, running around 500 events a year nationwide.

What that experience buys you: professional hosts (many of them trained actors) who actually run the room rather than reading a script; venues we've vetted personally; gender-balanced events with sensible age bands; a matching system we built ourselves; and a rematch guarantee we've

Complete your score sheet

After the event you simply tick who you liked on the Original Dating website and the site works about your matches automatically. If the dates you have ticked as a "yes" have reciprocated you have a match. You will be able to view the first names and message them via our site online without revealing your email address until you are ready to. You'll be having proper first dates in no time.

 

London Speed Dating in Numbers

We've been collecting match data at London events longer than dating apps have existed. From the last 12 months of Original Dating London events:

  • The average speed dating night produces multiple mutual "yes" matches, plus a healthy crop of friend matches — over 7000 mutual matches across London events in the past year. 
  • Saturday is London's biggest night for speed dating; Friday nights in Soho run it close.
  • Our busiest single night of the year? Valentine's — nearly 400 singles at one party this February
  • Attendance at in-person dating events has grown year on year as app fatigue bites — our London singles parties now regularly sell 150–350 tickets.
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