December 25, 2015

Pure Christmas Magic

 Christmas quizz ...

How  do you to transform one great gift into another ...
A flower vase into a goldfish bowl...?? 

A big Thanks to guilhem Julia , a great friend and yet World renowned Magician for his great christmas gift today ... Prolonging and ending this exceptional wedding/birthday party of 2015 ! 
I  NOW own performing goldfish from his famous Fish Act ! Wow what an honour ...
So
Who can answer these questions :
1) how many goldfish are there in this bowl ?
2) Who can guess their names ?
3) what is the plural of fish ?
4) why are they red in French and " gold" in English ?
Ps thanks to seb berno for the perfect bowl !



 Another great show on March 5Th  2016 book early to be sure of Tickets in Paris ;)

December 19, 2015

and the last winner is :

Nicolas Michel .. ! CONGRATULATIONS to him for winning the 5th hamper .; the other winners from ABC were Catherine g ; Mathieu Oaks ... anad the others ... Helene F , Marie T ...

 There will be another theme night on Wednesday 27th jan at NOW or at ABC depending on numbers 20 euros for a 3 course meal including  Scottish soup , haggis and neeeps , shortbread whisky sampling ,  scottish poetry recitals and A MAN IN A KILT !!
 Contact me asap to be part of this traditional only English and Scottish spoken evening 2h30 of non stop friendships old and new ..
 places limited.. of course .;



But a great evening o look forward to !
 Meanwhile have a great Christmas from Pascale Queen , (relaxing in the south of France !)

November 28, 2015

Traditional English Christmas ..




Dear Abc Students and followers , 
You are the FIRST to know that the date(s)  are  NOW fixed for the y Christmas Nights with traditional , Hot  Mulled wine , Christmas pudding , Crackers, Traditional Christmas  Carols  and  Christmas " hampers “ to win, full of English edible goodies.
Be the first to sign up for this unique Traditional  English evening . ONLY ENGLISH SPOKEN ( and sung ).
Learn about our traditions and taste our fayre ...


 TUESDAY 20TH and WEDNESDAY 21ST DECEMBER  at the ABC CELLAR 

So mail me at the usual address p.abcbooks@gmail.com as soon as poss to reserve your place.
8pm to 10. 30pm Only 15 euros  payable in advance for a full evening of Englishness , culture and friendship. "England at its best !!”
Hope you”ll be part of this one-off event . Unique in Rouen !
Have a great  sunny weekend !

 Queen P ;)


November 20, 2015

Where's Brian ?

 NEXT FRIDAY 27th November at the  MDU the troupe Still Kiddin with perform very funny sketches of the life of Monty Python's Life of  Brian . I have 6 tickets reserved . Contact me (  3 students  /  5 euros ) on the night if you want to join those of us going ...
 see link below :

http://www.stillkiddin.com/spectacles/life-of-brian




November 15, 2015

4 places left ... Quiz night this Wednesday

 last chance to sign up  to win a ticket to see  Daniel Craig or Carey Mulligan in their most recent films ..
Spectre  or The suffragettes ? which is your choice ?  It's a hard decision to make , but first you must PLAY TO WIN !!

Tell your friends  and come and join us on Wednesday 18th November at 8pm  at the ABC Cellar .
 12 euros for 2 hours of non stop English ..( glass of wine included)

November 9, 2015

More Film Tickets to win at the next Theme Night Coming soon ...

So  the "This is England" short Film Festival  is sadly over  after a very successful week of short  films , meeting  great young directors  and prize giving ...







 Have a look at the " This is England " facebook page to see the photos and winning films again . Here  is Marcus J. Richardson in the Q and A  session and  below me presenting his award  from the ABC Cellar  at the OMNIA cinema for :

 After Eric : Part of That World


watch their  brilliant film again here :
Lucy Thackeray " Ariel"
https://vimeo.com/114832359




To conclude the year's series  of " Film Nights" the next THEME NIGHT  at the ABc Cellar will be part two of  the Film Quiz night with 1 ticket to win to  see Suffragettes staring Meryl Streep  and  Carey Mulligan
( see trailers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=056FI2Pq9RY

or 1 ticket to see the James Bond film Spectre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTDaET-JweU


 



sign up as usual at p.abcbooks@gmail.com 12 euros for 2 hours of non-stop English with me and Fabrice Chillet ( as above ;)!!

 WEDNESDAY 18TH NOVEMBER at 7.45 pm

October 21, 2015

last chance to sign up ...

 for the    British Film theme night on THURSDAY 22nd  october with a  French guest speaker who will talk to you ( in English of course ) about Alfred Hitchcocks' films .You can participate in a quizz to WIN


2 tickets  for the "THIS IS ENGLAND FILM FESTIVAL .."
 This year ABC Cellar is an official sponsor ...

 contact me at p.abcbooks@gmail.com
 only 12 euros  for 2 hours non stop English ..
 Hope to see you there !

October 9, 2015

British films and film Music...

 As a prelude to the THIS IS ENGLAND FILM FESTIVAL

  the next theme night will be :
                                                " British Films and Film Music "
...
 Come  and test your knowledge, learn  more about the British Cinema, get a preview of the  festival at the OMNIA  from  2nd  - 7th November.
 Win a TICKET to a night of Your choice
 2 Tickets to be won .



 Thursday 22nd October
at the ABC Cellar

Price 12 euros 8pm / 10pm
 ONLY ENGLISH SPOKEN
 All levels and ages Welcome !



  to sign up contact :  p.abcbooks@gmail.com 
 Places limited




September 28, 2015

Last chance to sign up ..

 A few places left for Tomorrow's quiz night .. ( Tuesday 29th September )
 Contact me at the above address for the last places .
 2 hours of non stop fun and meeting new people while speaking English . 8pm 10pm 
. Only 12 euros.  Hope to see you there , all ages and levels welcome .

 Passage de la petite Horloge . Rouen