Purple Turtle Reading

Name: Purple Turtle
Address: 9 Gun Street, Reading, RG1 2JR, GB
Telephone: 0118 959 7196
Rating: 4.5

Purple Turtle events and tickets

Skiddle is an official primary ticket outlet for Purple Turtle in Reading. Find 2 upcoming events below. Tickets can be purchased directly from Skiddle:

The Scarlet Vixens Present - Purple Peep Show

Purple Turtle Reading
Saturday 26th January
The Scarlet Vixens are back for their monthly shimmying shindig! This 5* reviewed troupe will dazzle you with their creative and diverse burlesque

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Girlfriend From Hell

Purple Turtle Reading
Friday 22nd February
Girlfriend From Hell is a hilarious comedy show by Gabby Killick. Nothing is off limits in this frank account of dating and partying in 2019.

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Reviews of Purple Turtle in Reading

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Jennie Lumsden

Review of The Scarlet Vixens Nerdlesque Present - Geek and Destroy

Overall rating: 4.5 Verified review

First time seeing the Vixens & they were fab. More please!

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Would you recommended: Yes

Posted 1st Jan 02:34am

Thom Knight

Review of The Scarlet Vixens present: Christmas Cracker!

Overall rating: 5 Verified review

Great show by the always fantastic Scarlet Vixens

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Would you recommended: Yes

Posted 16th Dec 2018

Patrick Donkor

Review of The Scarlet Vixens present: Christmas Cracker!

Overall rating: 5 Verified review

Absolutely brilliant. The compÃ¨re was excellent.

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Would you recommended: Yes

Posted 16th Dec 2018

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Purple Turtle venue information

The very first Turtle was in London Street, Reading. This hallowed building had to be vacated to make way for the new Oracle shopping centre (replacing class with sleaze). But it set the scene for a new type of bar where almost anything's acceptable (except violence, drugs and vomiting on staff clothing).

So a new Turtle was born in Gun Street, Reading, followed by equally popular Turtles in Islington, then Oxford and Camden.

At the Purple Turtle you can look as deranged or as sensible as you want - there are no boring bastards threatening to eject you for not sporting sensible shoes or home-knit cardigans! You can wear anything from silly hats to chains through your scrotum. And what makes the Turtles even more special is that everyone enjoys themselves because they can be themselves! No airs, graces and tedious people telling you you've drunk too much. It's all peace, love and harmony, with chunks of alcoholic oblivion and loud music thrown in.

So to find out what's going down in your local Turtle, click on the location buttons. We'll regularly be updating the gossip, photos and video clips so you can keep in touch with what's really happening where it matters. And have a bloody good laugh at the same time!