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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Oakley Court Hotel, Sunday 29th August, 2021 | |
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"From what had gone before this was certain to be..........A Picnic."
Updated: Sunday, October 10th, 2021 2020 was planned to be the 15th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picnic Show, or as it is commonly known, The Picnic. We waited as long as we could in 2020 to see if the event could go ahead, but for obvious reasons, we had to postpone the event in early June until 2021. Even then, many of our overseas guests couldn't travel or couldn't take the risk of the UK government changing the travel rules at the last minute yet again. This did mean that the hotel were able to contact everyone on the standby list and offer them a place at the 2021 event. After those people had been offered a place the bookings closed early August with a hundred and twenty attendees signed up for the event. During the lockdowns the hotel had also begun a major refurbishment programme. Of course the outside of the building itself and much of the original woodwork remained the same, but it took a little getting used to new colour schemes and new furniture around the place. Quite a few of the familiar staff were no longer with the hotel so it took a little while to get used to the changes. We were one of the first big events after the lockdown and it was lovely to be back at Oakley Court once more.
The hotel had arranged a separate check in area for the picnic attendees to try and speed things up. Most people managed to get their room on time, but we did have a few delays for some, not a huge problem and hopefully just teething problems after the refurb and changes to staff.
It was nice to also welcome quite a few new people to the picnic, there is always that wonderful look in their eyes as they see the original filming location for the movie for the first time.
As always the food was glorious, with veggie/vegan options available as well. Dessert was in particular wonderful. We had many comments that the picnic food was at least as good as previous years, if not better.
After the group shot everyone had the chance to relax and do what they wanted until the movie screening a few hours later. Some chose to explore the hotel and grounds, and at least one of the attendees decided to have a nap!
The movie screening room worked very well with the number of attendees we had this year and the a/v was much improved on the 2019 event. One final Time Warp after the movie and a few of the attendees headed off to the bar for a few late night drinks while others retired to their rooms for a well earned sleep.
As we headed home after check out and saying goodbye to everyone we reflected on how much we had missed the event in 2020. It was so nice to have a little bit of normality after the previous eighteen months we had all gone through. Here's to 2022 and beyond. A big thank you to all the staff at Oakley for once more making the event a success and a special thank you to all the attendees for your kind words. We have hundreds of images from the day below and please do feel free to send us more images or let us know what you thought about the 2021 Picnic.
Images from the 2021 picnic
For more information about the events, please see the main Picnic Show page for frequently asked questions and links to all previous years events. |
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