The Dial Up Summer Festival!

 Hi Everyone,

As ever we have two events this June: The Fresh Shop Dial Up, 7.30pm on Saturday 17th is themed Birds and Beasts, while The Kitchen Croxley Dial Up, 7.30pm on Thursday 15th is a Drama Special.

Then this summer, alongside our usual open mic events, we'll be hosting two special festival events in Cassiobury Park! The first is Picnic at the Bandstand, a wonderful afternoon of music, and the second is a chance to get out your paint pots and pencils for Watercolour Challenge! Details below, hope to see you there! Much love, Alex xx

The Dial Up Open Mic Night!

Saturday 8^th July 7.30pm, Fresh Shop- Hidden Bar, 2 Market Street, WD18 0PD

Join vocalist Alex Williams and the whole Dial up family for a fantastic evening of performance and open mic! If you’re looking for a friendly and welcoming space to share your music, poetry, prose, drama, comedy, magic or dance, or just want a great night out, then The Dial Up is the place to do it! The theme will be Celebration, so prepare for a night full of fun! All Welcome. Tickets £5.

Watercolour Challenge at the Rustic Bridge

Sunday 9^th July 12noon till 3pm, FREE EVENT

Remember Hannah Gordon’s much loved TV show? Ever fancied taking up the challenge yourself? Then join us for The Dial Up’s own Watercolour Challenge, with, just for fun, Watford and Bushey Arts Society member Bob Laybourn to judge the winner. All Welcome.

The Dial Up Open Mic Night!

Thursday 20th July 7.30pm, The Kitchen Croxley, 198 Watford Road, WD3 3DB

Join vocalist Alex Williams and the whole Dial up family for a fantastic evening of performance and open mic! If you’re looking for a friendly and welcoming space to share your music, poetry, prose, drama, comedy, magic or dance, or just want a great night out, then come and join us! Tonight is a Sing-Along Special, so warm up that voice! All Welcome. Tickets £5.

The Dial Up at Cassiobury Park Band Stand!

Saturday 5^th August 2pm- 4pm, FREE EVENT

Bring nibbles and a blanket, or just your pop along to enjoy an afternoon of excellent music and entertainment from The Dial Up! Good weather probable but sunny dispositions guaranteed! All Welcome.

The Dial Up Open Mic Night!

Saturday 12^th August 7.30pm, Fresh Shop- Hidden Bar, 2 Market Street, WD18 0PD

Join vocalist Alex Williams and the whole Dial up family for a fantastic evening of performance and open mic! If you’re looking for a friendly and welcoming space to share your music, poetry, prose, drama, comedy, magic or dance, or just want a great night out, then The Dial Up is the place to do it! Tonight’s our annual Disney Special, so expect a host of much-loved songs from the House of Mouse! All Welcome. Tickets £5.

The Dial Up Open Mic Night!

Thursday 17^th August 7.30pm, The Kitchen Croxley, 198 Watford Road, WD3 3DB

Join vocalist Alex Williams and the whole Dial up family for a fantastic evening of performance and open mic! If you’re looking for a friendly and welcoming space to share your music, poetry, prose, drama, comedy, magic or dance, or just want a great night out, then come and join us! Tonight the theme is Summer Nights! All Welcome. Tickets £5.

The Dial Up this Spring!

Such great fun at our Singing the Blues Dial Up this April! The next event is our Easter Sunday Special, 3.15pm at the Kitchen Croxley, where as a festive treat (or trick, though that's Halloween...) I'll be singing an extended set of some of my favourite jazz and musical theatre tunes.

Then please do join me and the whole Dial Up family for our inimitable celebration of community and creativity and Watford's freshest open mic night in May! On Saturday 13th at the Fresh Shop Cafe/ Hidden Bar our theme will be Heroes and Villains- as ever, ignore or interpret as you choose!


Then from May onwards we're shifting our Kitchen Croxley events to the third THURSDAY of each month, so join us on Thursday May 18th at Kitchen Croxley for a night of great company and music.
 
Hope to see you there, and if you haveb't yet visited our Facebook page go to www.facebook.com/thedialup and click like! Much love, Alex x

March at The Dial Up!

Hi Everyone!


Join me and the whole Dial Up family for our two open mic events this March: Saturday 11th March, 7.30pm at Fresh Shop-Hidden Bar, Watford will have a Night At the Movies theme and Friday 17th March, 8pm at The Kitchen Croxley will celebrate the Great British Songbook! As ever, the themes are just for fun, ignore or interpret as you choose :-)



If you haven't visited our facebook page yet, please do! Follow www.facebook.com/thedialup and click like!


And final bit of news, I've been selected as one of 10 playwrights to feature in The Pensive Foundation's Theatre Festival. Running from 14th- 17th March at The Vaults Theatre, Waterloo, the evenings will feature a series of short plays by the selected writers. If you're interested in coming, I'll be in the audience on Tuesday 14th and Saturday 17th (and maybe Wednesday 18th), but the play's on every night so do come if you're free- it'd be lovely to see you! I'll post more details on Facebook and feel free to email if you'd like more details!


Much love, Alex xx

Valentine's with The Dial Up!

Hi Everyone,

We're having a special Valentine's Dial Up at 4pm on Sunday 19th February at The Kitchen Croxley. If you struggle to make our usual evening events I hope this afternoon session will give you an opportunity to come along and say hi, or maybe even sign up for our open mic! Usual details on our Future Dates page or visit www.facebook.com/thedialup


Much love, Alex xx

Happy New Year from The Dial Up!

And what a year it promises to be! I do hope you'll be able to join us at our two monthly events at Watford Fresh Shop and The Kitchen Croxley, check out FUTURE DATES for our list of events. And of course we'll keep you up to date with our other events in London, Watford and beyond! Much love, Alex and The Dial Up family xx

Merry Christmas from The Dial Up!

What fun it was to celebrate 6 years of the Dial Up in October! Thanks to the marvellous Linda Anderson and The Kitchen Croxley for the beautiful cake you can see above. And of course we're all celebrating (in our various ways...) another birthday this December as we get in the mood for a fun-filled Christmas season! So do join us for our two Dial Up Christmas Specials for mountain of mirth, and sackful of great music and entertainment, and more than a few mince pies!

7.30pm Saturday 10th December @ The Fresh Shop Cafe

8pm Friday 16th December @ The Kitchen Croxley

Tickets £5

Hope to see you there and much love, Alex x

The Dial Up at Watford Central Library and Watford Colosseum

Hello Everyone!

My thanks to everyone for your kind words and thoughts last month as The Dial Up celebrated its 6th birthday last month. No time to rest on our laurels though, plenty going on with The Dial Up this winter! See below for details, and if we haven't seen you for a while I hope you can join us for one of our Christmas events! Much love, Alex xx

NOVEMBER
Friday 4th, 8pm @ Watford Central Library
Saturday 12th, 7.30pm @ Watford's Fresh Shop, Market Street
Friday 18th, 6.30pm @ Watford Colosseum

DECEMBER
Our December shows are, of course, Christmas Specials!
Saturday 10th, 7.30pm @ Watford Fresh Shop, Market Street
Friday 16th, 8pm @ The Kitchen Croxley

For more details please visit www.facebook.com/thedialup