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EventsTeam Dolphin came 1st against 13 other teams, on a blustery evening in Soho on 15th Oct '22.
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THE LOCATION
Coming this Autumn, 56 singles will descend on a pub in Soho for an evening of drinks, games and dating in this one-off event. Together, we can stop with the "When Boris met Carrie" and bring back a bit of "When Harry met Sally" into the world.
THE Date
We've finally settled on Saturday 15th October, the timings are as follows:
3:30pm - 4:30pm Meeting | Find out your teams & get to know other players
4:30pm - 6:30pm The Race | The Chicken escapes and the race begins
6:30pm onwards Awards & Mingling | Debrief at Chicken's hiding spot & winners announced!
THE LOWDOWN
Upon arrival, you'll be paired up on a blind date (shock). You'll have a brief chance to get to know them before being put in teams of four, creating double blind dates (double shock). These teams will then play a game of Chicken Rush, a brand new game from the creators of this event.
The game begins with one of Cupid's finest Chickens, provided by us, running off into the night to find a hiding spot in a nearby pub or bar. All teams then race to find the Chicken first, if a team checks a pub or bar that doesn't house the Chicken - they have to get a drink. It's like Hide & Seek for adults.
We also provide an 🐔 app 🐔 that includes photo challenges, a shrinking circle on a map like Fortnite and a live leaderboard. But we'll cross that bridge later.
GETTING INVOLVED
Please claim your ticket above to register your interest in the event and fill in the subsequent form.
How you fill in the form will help us dearly in finding you your perfect match, choose your answers wisely!
If you are able to make the chosen date and are successfully paired up, the entry fee for this event will be £10 - half goes to charity, and the other half goes towards a kitty for the winners of the game to make things a bit interesting.
Get in touch via our instagram @thechickenrush if you have any questions.
A final word from our founder
Imagine a world where you are paired up with a blind date and sent off into the depths of Soho... and had only one task. Find. That. Chicken.
Are you a beleaguered single pringle failed by a plethora of dating apps? Driven mad by the monotonous rhythm of city-life? Twisted into thinking that the meaning of "spontaneous" is a date on a
Thursday night, even if it's a day that comes round, without fail, every single week?
If you answered yes to any of the above, you are going to have the chance to change all that with a date night like no other.
You might have found yourself drifting into the red of Ready Salted, but tonight you're meeting your Texas BBQ dream fitty that'll spice up your life for at least one night.
"OK, YES! I'm in!" I hear you say, followed by "What the ** is Chicken Rush?"
It's a game, starting with a human-sized chicken running off to hide in a pub. You and your team then head off to try and find them. But - (there's always a catch isn't there) - each pub you check unsuccessfully results in you having to down a drink. This is where the game gets a bit... interesting.
Some of you may have heard of Ou Est Le Poulet - Chicken Rush is the same thing, but disgraced by a doping ban from the steroids we've pumped into it.
And the aim of the game? Simple, be the first to find the chicken!
Drinks will be drunk, partners will be swapped and feathers will be ruffled.
This is Casa Amor-levels of entertainment, but you're not sitting watching it in your PJs working your way through some Chili Heatwave crisps with an eye on the time before another day of work... Not this time. Tonight you're in the Coop Amor, shaking your little tail, tapping your weird feet and clucking along to Dua Lipa's latest chewn.
And then you're in the taxi home, doing a little smile to yourself as you drive off in different directions. It's nice to think "Could this be them? Finally?!". Your phone lights up, they texted you - already. Do you reply now? Of course you do, the date was that good. You laugh about that funny thing you saw at that trendy pub you can't remember the name of. You have in-jokes now... already. You blush, it's ok. This is normal. This is Chicken Rush. (and emotions slightly blurred by copious amounts of alcohol)
You may not have found the stranger in the adult-size chicken costume before the other teams, but maybe, just maybe, you found a solid 7/10 that's got values slightly aligned to yours and a pension plan that will do you both well in your later years.
Welcome, to Chicken Rush - First Dates Edition™
