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August 19, 2026 9 min read Alcohol and the Stripper Show: When to Put It in the Evening Where the show belongs between the first drink and the last, how much drinking is too much before she arrives, and what to do about the friend who overdid it. Read → August 19, 2026 9 min read Stripper for a Shy Groom: What to Book When He Is Not Sure The groom is not sure he wants a show? How to check gently without spoiling the surprise, which styles work the whole room instead of putting him on the spot, and what to tell us when you book. Read → July 28, 2026 7 min read Seasons and weather: how the month changes the evening The same evening looks different in July and January — not only because of the heat, but because of what each season opens and closes. Read → July 28, 2026 6 min read The budget: where not to save, and where you can Most evenings do not fail on a small budget. They fail on a badly divided one. Here is what buys what. Read → July 28, 2026 7 min read Ten questions worth asking before you book a show Most people book for the first time and do not know what to ask. Here is the list, including the questions nobody likes asking. Read → July 28, 2026 8 min read How many people should be in the room Six, twelve or twenty is not a difference in chairs. It is a difference in how the room behaves and what is possible in it. Read → July 28, 2026 7 min read Guest etiquette: what to do and what never happens Most guests do not know how to behave, and not because they are rude. Nobody ever explained. Here is the explanation. Read → July 28, 2026 7 min read The organiser’s checklist: a week before, a day before, an hour before Whoever organises the evening carries all of it. This breaks the job into three stages and about twenty minutes of actual work. Read → July 28, 2026 7 min read How not to spoil the surprise Most surprises are not blown at the last moment. They go during the week, and always in the same three places. Read → July 28, 2026 9 min read How to set up the room in fifteen minutes Floor, light, a chair and a speaker. Four things decide how the evening looks, and all four take a quarter of an hour. Read →