Be A Social Butterfly: Dirty Red Ball

For a start, we know that the place is often littered with celebs. Though some of them will turn up to the opening of a crisp packet, it's always fun to see if you can spot them hiding behind their feather masks. It really could be Sienna Miller you can see with cellulite show over her stocking tops. Really, it could be anyone, but here you can pretend.

There's something about fancy dress balls that make people think it's OK to prance about in their underwear and call it a costume. Which is fine by us. The dress code is 'Dirty Red' or 'Filthy Rich'. This will translate as red corsets and fishnets. If you can get past the trash, and imagine you're Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge, you might just have some fun.

You're going to find some brilliant shows in one of the five rooms. We know you're a fickle bunch so we're bringing you music, theatre, djs and performance art. What you decide to go and see is up to you, but we do like to give you a choice.

We also like that all the staff are beautiful and we've been told they'll be dressed as (social) butterflies. They'll chaperone you and just generally treat you like royalty. Which is no bad thing. But we suggest not wearing wings yourself as you could get a lot of drinks requests.

Oh, and the guy from the Pet Shop Boy seems to have fun here too. Don't say we're not good to you.

The Dirty Red Ball is on March 15th at The Old Finsbury Town Hall, Rosebery Avenue, EC1R 4RP. it's £20 if you book soon, otherwise you can pay £25 on the door. We reckon it'll sell out pretty quickly so hurry up and get your tickets here.

Flickr image from HaPe_Gera's photostream.