Love and monsters! If there’s one thing that millennia of storytelling has taught us, it is that there is no story so completely unrelated to romance that we can’t make it a love story after all. Come and hear about the dating lives of the misshapen creatures from the edges of civilization – Beauty and the Beast stories, satyrs and sirens, what exactly enormous fire-breathing reptiles want with princesses, and many more besides!

Opening entertainment by Leslie Vincent!

Local comedy legends-in-the-making Lounge Lizzy and Reverend Matt team up for the first time! She’s a combination of Ron Burgundy and Jessica Rabbit; he’s a combination of David Attenborough and Elvira: Mistress of the Dark! Join them for an evening of hilarious improvised songs about monsters and comedy lecturing about sirens and succubi!

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The history and meaning of the creatures of the Harry Potter franchise. Where do hippogriffs come from? Mythology doesn’t really have Norwegian Ridgeback Dragons – but what did Norwegian dragons look like? Do basilisk legends get weirder than in the books? (Spoiler: They sure do!) And werewolves, and house elves, and more besides!

Much of human civilization has always depended on the sea – and the sea has always taken its share of humans. Learn about the monsters created by the horror of the briny deep; from alluring sirens and mermaids to terrifying krakens and serpents, and countless more besides. Plus jokes! And even PowerPoint!

Tuesday, October 30th, 10pm!
Friday, November 2nd, 7pm!
Saturday, November 3rd, 10pm!