As well as being a technical theatre society, the SoD is also a dining society that hosts formal dinners during the Cambridge Michaelmas and Lent Terms. The dress code is black tie, although variations are welcome. Dinners tend to be hosted in one of the Cambridge Colleges, but other venues do pop up from time to time. The venue is usually encoded in a puzzle such as a crossword and distributed via email to all members of the SoD.
At the end of a dinner it is traditional for a number of toasts to be made with the final toast typically being proposed by the youngest member present, if they are so willing. The order of the toasts is as follows:
Dinner |
Date |
Venue |
|---|---|---|
May Week Garden Party |
16th June 2024 |
Fellows' Garden, King's College |
Lent Term Dinner |
8th March 2024 |
Selwyn College |
Michaelmas Term Dinner |
17th November 2023 |
Churchill College |
May Week Garden Party |
18th June 2023 |
New Court Cloisters, St. John's College |
Lent Term Dinner |
10th March 2023 |
Clare Hall |
Michaelmas Term Dinner |
18th November 2022 |
St. Catharine's College |
May Week Garden Party |
24th June 2022 |
Murray Edwards College |
Lent Term Dinner |
11th March 2022 |
Selwyn College |
Michaelmas Term Dinner |
19th November 2021 |
Fitzwilliam College |
May Week Garden Party |
28th June 2021 |
Hosted on Zoom due to the Coronavirus pandemic |
Lent Term Dinner |
13th March 2021 |
Hosted on Zoom due to the Coronavirus pandemic |
Michaelmas Term Dinner |
20th November 2020 |
Hosted on Zoom due to the Coronavirus pandemic |
May Week Garden Party |
7th July 2020 |
Hosted on Zoom due to the Coronavirus pandemic |
Lent Term Dinner |
6th March 2020 |
Hilton Hotel |
Michaelmas Term Dinner |
22nd November 2019 |
Selwyn College |
May Week Garden Party |
16th June 2019 |
Fellows' Garden, St. John's College |
50th Anniversary Dinner |
2nd March 2019 |
Selwyn College |
Michaelmas Term Dinner |
16th November 2018 |
Royal Cambridge Hotel |
May Week Garden Party |
17th June 2018 |
Fellows' Garden, St. John's College |
Lent Term Dinner |
9th March 2018 |
Selwyn College |
Michaelmas Term Dinner |
17th November 2017 |
Lucy Cavendish College |
May Week Garden Party |
18th June 2017 |
Fellows' Garden, St. John's College |
Lent Term Dinner |
10th March 2017 |
Emmanuel College |
Michaelmas Term Dinner |
18th November 2016 |
Fitzwilliam College |
May Week Garden Party |
12th June 2016 |
Merton House |
Lent Term Dinner |
4th March 2016 |
Homerton College |
Michaelmas Term Dinner |
20th November 2015 |
??? |
May Week Garden Party |
14th June 2015 |
??? |