Bingo in the Square Mile: Inside Dabbers Social

Ahead of this year’s Toast the City Awards, celebrating the best of the Square Mile, we go inside Dabbers Social bingo Forget darts, karaoke and axe-throwing: bingo is the latest way the experience economy has shifted in the capital. New clubs dedicated to your gran s favourite past time, now a huge hit with Gen Z, have popped up all over the West End, although now there s a Square Mile bingo hall too. In line with the latest bingo halls, Dabbers Social trades on eccentricity, with the callers dressed in loud and ridiculous outfits including brightly coloured wigs and fluorescent capes. Alongside the actual bingo there is plenty of other entertainment, including stand-up comedy, quizzes and cabaret performances, many of which take seasonal cues. For instance, this week and next, Halloween-themed evenings will bring players into direct contact with some of the darkest figures from London s underworld for their What Lies Beneath events, where smugglers and fortune tell