The Dalloway Project

Department of Disappointing Evenings

The Bad Night Bureau.

We investigate disappointing evenings so the next ones can be better.

A workshop window, not a launch. Every answer is anonymous and goes into the project’s notes.

Cases reviewed by the public …

The case files

BNB/2026/001

The Bad Night Bureau
Form BN-1 · Report of a disappointing evening

Case 1 of 8
BNB/2026/001

Event type
Open mixer
Listing title
Basement Bar Singles Social
The listing
120 people, one drink, loud room, “come mingle.”
Setting
Dim basement, standing only.
Structure
Open mingling all night.
Promise
“Organic sparks.”

Round 1. What went wrong?

The public counter.

Two slips, both anonymous. No names, emails or accounts, and nothing that tracks you.

File a report.

Been to a bad night? Tell the Bureau what happened.

0 / 500

0 / 500

Don’t name people. Venue or organiser names will be removed before anything is shared.

Suggestion box.

Short, anonymous and read by a person.