Venues

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Hi team, for the record this is where and when everything's happening:

1) The main venue remains unchanged, though operational hours are different:

Seatoun Village Hall: 10am – 8pm Saturday, 10am – 6pm Sunday
22 Forres Street, Seatoun

Previously known as the Saint Christopher's Parish Hall, but still the same place. The church (yellow stickered) is on the corner of Forres and Ventnor Streets, the hall is next door. There's plenty of parking in the street outside for anyone driving. Anyone getting the bus from town should get the Seatoun 11, and get out at the Dundas Street shops.

2) Leisurely brunch on Friday, which will probably still involve hobbit types having first and second breakfast as successive waves of people drift in from the airport/elsewhere. We're trying somewhere new:

Maranui Surf Club Cafe: 11.30am Friday
7 Lyall Parade, Lyall Bay

Get the number 3 bus from town, or walk down Onepu Road from Kilbirnie.

3) Leisurely cocktails (noticing a theme?) where we will start early and again wait as other poor souls finish work (or critical Critical Role updates):

Library Bar: 4pm Friday
53 Courtenay Place, Wellington (upstairs)

Join us for after work/after flight/pre dinner cocktails. Drift in as and when you prefer. We'll head out again about 6.30.

4) We toyed, as we sometimes do, with a change here, but a chorus shouted TRADITION and I could not defy them:

Oaks Noodle House: 7pm Friday
71 Cuba Street, Wellington (upstairs)

From the sublime to the ridiculous, our "cheap and cheerful" mainstay of thirteen years' counting. The ambiance is terrible but the food is good, lightning fast, and they happily put up with the racket of fifteen to twenty fangirls who haven't seen each other in months.

4a) Depending on energy levels (mine have been known to flag of late):

Olive: 8.30pm Friday TBC!!!
170 Cuba Street, Wellington

TBC, but night owls/late arrivals have been known to go on for dessert and more drinks after dinner. Play this one by ear!

5) Back to an old faithful, and chosen by popular vote the evening of the not so popular vote:

Siam Thai Restaurant: 7pm Sunday
64 Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie

A return to Kilbirnie haunts of old.

6) And finally, a farewell brunch for those still in town and/or avoiding work and/or before venturing to D & D:

Fidel's: 11am Monday
234 Cuba Street, Wellington

We'll malinger here as always, but remember to wear a jumper, it can be windy outside!

Timetable (WIP)

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All addresses for venues/restaurants/cafes can be found on the Venues post.

This timetable is even more a work in progress than usual, so frankly, friends, if you're looking at it right now don't expect much. It'll trickle in this afternoon and evening. ;-p

As usual, these time stamps are indicative, and some leeway has been built in in places to allow for inevitable overrun.

Friday

11.30am: Brunch
-- Maranui Surf Club Cafe

4pm: Cocktails
-- Library Bar

7pm: Dinner
-- Oaks Noodle House

[8.30: Dessert
-- Olive]

Saturday

10am: Doors Open/Set-up of Hall
10.15: House Rules/Safety Briefing
10.30: Slash Pictionary (shihadchick)
-- second thirteenth verse, same as the first
11.30: Dirk Gently (blademistress)
-- xxx
12noon: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (maudlinrose)
-- Females are strong as hell
12.30: LUNCH
1.30: Pod Save America (jocondite)
-- The Obama Boy Band
2pm: Moonlight Drawn by Clouds (china_shop)
-- The slash side of an OTV
2.30: Panel I (arysteia)
-- The state of the fannish union
4pm: AFTERNOON TEA
4.15: Battle Creek (cross_stitchery)
-- xxx
4.30: Rivers of London (sixth_light)
-- Now with actual official visual content because comics!
5pm: Supergirl (erilyn)
--
5.15: Set Up for Dinner (Tables and Ordering)
5.30: Pizza and Pub Quiz (arysteia and china_shop)
-- Tonight we dine in Hell!
7.15: Vid Show I (maudlinrose)
-- The policy underpinning this screening has not yet been clearly articulated
7.45: Quick Clean Up
8pm: Doors Close

Sunday

10am: Doors Open
10.15: Quantum Break (blademistress)
-- xxx
10.30: Cozy British TV Murder Mysteries (sixth_light)
-- Why Watching White Brits Die In Unusual Ways Will Make You Feel Better
11am: The Adventure Zone (aworldinside and stickmarionette)
-- xxx
11.30: Smallville (erilyn)
-- Inevitable Renaissance is Inevitable
12noon: LUNCH
1pm: SKAM (jocondite)
-- [cries in Norwegian]
1.30: Wonder Woman (arysteia and stickmarionette)
-- In your satin tights, fighting for our rights...
2.30: Stardew Valley (labellementeuse)
-- Some people only hoard virtually
3pm: The Good Place (shihadchick)
-- Seventh time's the charm?
3.30: Dark Matter (kiwisue)
-- Seventh time's the charm?
4pm: Panel II (arysteia)
-- Identity
4.45: Heads Down Bums Up (erilyn)
-- How well do you know your tags?
5pm: Vid Show II (meelie)
-- She'd tell us but then she'd have to kill us
5.30pm: Thorough Tidy Up
6pm: Doors Close
7pm: Dinner
-- Siam Thai

Monday

11am: Brunch
-- Fidel's