When: Friday 27th July
Where: ZSL London Zoo
Why: Partying with penguins – who would say no?
Every year during June and July, ZSL opens its doors on
Friday evenings to those who fancy an evening of face painting, ridiculous
costumes, boozing with baboons, lolling with llamas and grooving with gorillas
(sorry, got carried away). My companion heard one of the security guards
describing the attraction’s main audience as ‘yuppie stoner’, which I think was
a reasonably fair assessment.
Entertainments included beer stalls and a Pimm’s garden
complete with deck chairs and a Pimm’s peddler dressed only in red Speedos,
silent disco and merry-go-round, and standard zoo activities such as watching
the animals get their dinner. The feeding show left us feeling sorry for the
zoo staff who were attempting to be both banterous and informative to a gobby,
well-on-their-way-to-drunk audience, but what else can you realistically expect
when you combine lager and penguins?
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| This lad was the star of the show. |
We also took in some of the improv comedy in the aquarium,
by a group called Austentatious
(brilliant name), who didn’t fail to impress and generally kept the crowd in
order – apart from perhaps yours truly, who always gets carried away with suggestions
at improv comedy events…
My ‘early bird’ ticket was pure bargainous at £10, and I’ll
definitely be heading back next year (with a big group of people and a picnic).
Brixpig x
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