{"product_id":"the-lock-in-with-starling-houseboat-evening-9-january-2027","title":"The Lock In with Starling, a houseboat retreat evening, Saturday 9 January 2027","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou're not locked out. You're locking in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn evening of wellness and live pop on a Thames houseboat, with a touch of comedy from Dr Gemstone on the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 people, lying down, in my front room on a houseboat on the Thames. Candles lit, phones away, the river outside doing what it does. It is the kind of night out which tends to be the thing people actually need: entertainment and deep relaxation in one evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen and where\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaturday 9 January 2027. Meet 6.30pm, starts 7pm, ends 9.30pm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA houseboat on the Thames in southwest London. I will email you directions once you have booked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow the evening runs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou arrive to a cup of cacao. We open with a touch of comedy from Dr Gemstone, for 20 minutes. She is my comedic higher self, part intuitive, part grounded truth teller. She gets a room laughing before it goes quiet, which is usually what lets people properly drop in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen an hour of layered sound and a guided meditation, so that by the time Starling sings you have properly arrived rather than just turned up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Starling. Then a Q and A, which is usually where the real conversation happens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe jewellery is laid out at the end, with nobody under any pressure to buy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho Starling is\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA London musician with a sound that has been referred to as pop therapy. She has been a BBC Radio 1 New Noise artist, an Amazon Music UK Weekly One choice, and has had music on more than 18 Spotify New Music Friday playlists and on the covers of magazines including Wonderland, Fault and The Guardian. Her single \"Queen: Summer version\" was BBC Record of the Week in August 2025. Last year she played 35 house concerts across 4,000 miles because she wanted to bring the connection offline. This is one of those rooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTickets\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStandard, £95. Your place for the evening for the full event on the houseboat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVIP, £125. Your place, VIP goody bag plus the Starling signature necklace, made by hand for the night, which sells at £120 on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnything else\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWear what you would be comfortable lying down in. No experience of any of this is needed, and you do not need to know Starling's music to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAny questions, email anna@annalouoflondon.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anna Lou Wellness","offers":[{"title":"Standard","offer_id":58947552805245,"sku":"LOCKIN-STARLING-STD","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"VIP","offer_id":58947552772477,"sku":"LOCKIN-STARLING-VIP","price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1240\/1788\/files\/IMG_4686.jpg?v=1792747727","url":"https:\/\/annalouoflondon.com\/products\/the-lock-in-with-starling-houseboat-evening-9-january-2027","provider":"Anna Lou of London","version":"1.0","type":"link"}