We decided to attend the Killing Kittens mansion ball this past weekend in the UK. We haven’t been to a KK event since we went in 2016 when we lived in Sydney and it remains in our top 3 worst events we’ve ever attended.

Coming to the OG home of KK we knew this experience would be better, the success that KK has had in the UK should speak for itself.

Spoiler; The venue was lovely, approximately 45 minutes from Heathrow Airport, the attendees were dressed well, sexy and created a sensual atmosphere. There were some lovely playrooms upstairs in the ‘’mansion’’ and overall, a decent event. Slightly pricey if you’re not based in the UK so that is something to consider.

Masks and the DJ / music / MC was a bit of a let down but otherwise, I could see myself attending the event again if we were already in the UK for work.

It's not an event that is commonly talked about on reddit so I thought I’d jump in with a quick review.

Their website https://www.killingkittens.com/

** If you have the chance to come in 1 night early and join the Friday night as well, we highly recommend it. We had a smaller group we caught up with Friday and it was fabulous **

Membership Requirements

In order to purchase tickets to any KK event, you have to have a profile and membership with approval, if you’re part of a couple, you BOTH have to have a profile when purchasing tickets as the ‘’kitten’’ (lady) purchases on behalf of both people.

You can gain access to the event tickets by having a free profile on their mobile app (WeAreX) but having a paid profile will get you 10% off the ticket price.

Cost

The cost for our couple’s entry ticket for the Saturday event was 270 pounds ($341 USD) I was under the impression that this included drinks/canapes on the night, however this was not the case. (my ASSumption)

We paid 133 pounds per night for a local hotel ($168 USD) and spent approximately 200 pounds on drinks ($252 USD)

I won’t include our flights or car hire into the evening as this would increase the price to an insane amount. If you liked in the UK, you would spend approximately 603 pounds ($762 USD) for the evening not including food, clothing, taxi’s etc.

The Venue “Mansion”

The venue is located approximately 45 ish minutes west of Heathrow Airport, in a country town. The venue location is given to ticket holders 48 hours before the event with the details of 3 local hotel options shared a few weeks beforehand.

The mansion itself is also a hotel with multiple levels, various courtyards and approximately 90 rooms on site (these are also rented to ticket holders for XXX pounds, we opted to stay offsite).

The venue is a solid 4.5 stars, well decorated and laid out.

Bar & Food Services

Inside the hotel / mansion, there are 3 bars serving drinks which are bought with card only (no cash). They have a wine only bar, and 2 cocktail bars.

A glass of wine starts at 8 pounds ($10 USD) and a bottle at 48 pounds ($60 USD), cocktails start at 15 pounds each. The drink lines for the first 2 hours were dismal, taking approximately 20-25 minutes each time (hence why we started buying bottles) each bar had 3 staff roughly with the 3 bars serving well over 500 attendees, they did work their butts off and cannot be faulted for their hustle, but there simply weren’t enough of them to move the line any quicker.

There were no food options offered during the event.

Entertainment

In the main dance area there were various entertainment options through the night, there was an aerial hoop in the middle of the dance floor, a DJ, an MC, 2 female entertainers who changed outfits throughout the course of the evening.

Aside from entertainment they had staff greet you at your car upon arrival with umbrellas to escort you inside. They had various security personnel on site plus KK staff who all wore LED armbands prominently.

Dance Floor Lounge

The downstairs floor area of the mansion is dedicated to bar, dance and mingle space. They have 4 main sections, and each area has been decorated with colourful up lights, LED candles and various KK insignia. The decoration and set up of the downstairs area was very sexy and the venue being 4.5 star added to that sensual atmosphere.

As the playrooms don’t open until later in the evening (and you can only dress down from 10pm) the downstairs for the first few hours is of course packed, however, that’s just events and not a poor reflection of the KK party. Upon arrival you’ll be checked in and given a glass of sparkling wine, however, outside of that, you do need to go exploring yourself to find the different areas of the venue.

Playrooms

The playrooms take up the entire 2nd floor of the venue, they are large with open spaces and plenty of beds. They have security at the base of the stairs to ensure that you do not take drinks up and that no men are unaccompanied at any point.

They have a main exhibitionist area as well as a number of smaller playrooms, some with swings and other equipment inside. The playrooms have attendants, sexy lighting and condoms etc available.

The playrooms at 11.30pm-12.30pm were absolutely packed, there were lines forming to get onto beds and to use the swing etc. Lots of people playing with their partners and each other.

Single Men

Single men are not permitted.

Demographic and types of people

The theme of black tie, masks and lingerie dress down permitted from 10pm creates a more sensual, classy and sexy environment which is part of the KK brand.

Of the people we met, approximately 20% were not in the lifestyle but like to dress up and be in a sexy environment, more than 30% were brand new to the lifestyle and were only wanting to play with their spouse as they explore what they are interested in.

Age wise, the bulk of people were mid 40’s and I would say generally a fitter crowd. People loved to dress up and show off with lingerie inside the app leading up to the event and this definitely flowed over to the event itself.

Due to the price of the event, a lot of the people we spoke with had a larger disposable income than your average younger family

Of the people inside the playroom, during my time in there, I’d say 60% were playing openly with their spouse, parallel play with other couples

Met some absolutely faboulous people at the event, lots of sexy people and really interesting, excellent people

Cleanliness and Hygiene

The venue cannot be faulted here, it was well set up, clearly a class of 4.5 star minimum and the spaces and toilets were all well maintained.

I was surprised to not see any sheets being replaced in the playrooms during my 1 hour in there, I did see a number of attendants walking around but we were warned by multiple other play makers that the beds were wet. It would be great to see some sheets being replaced through the night, however, perhaps I was just in there during a particularly busy time and there was no option to change sheets due to the sheer volume of bodies.

I’m not 100% sure on the KK policy on sheets being replaced, in other events, they are replaced after every couple/group finishes playing in a certain area but I didn’t personally witness any cleaning being done.

Other Information

They have a coat check area when you first walk into the venue, it’s free and included in your ticket price. They did lose my spare flat shoes that I took along, I could have spent time walking through the coat check area but decided it wasn’t worth it.

You must wear face masks until 11pm (the event starts at 8pm and finishes at 2am), should you attempt to remove your mask, the KK staff will enforce you to put it back on. I highly suggest buying a comfortable mask as my 2 masks irritated me quite a bit and the first 3 hours were a bit uncomfortable.

Location Nearby Accommodation

45 Minutes west of Heathrow airport, there are 3 local hotels within 10 minutes drive to the mansion that range from 2.5 star to 4 star. We opted for the 4 star option and as mentioned above, we paid 133 pounds for the Saturday night.

Taxi’s and Ubers are easily accessible, there are also official KK coach passes that you can purchase (I think 15 pounds but not 100% on this), these coaches take you from your hotel to the venue and return you back home.

Cons

Masks, likely my fault as I didn’t choose comfortable masks so I was a bit annoyed at having to wear 1 for 3 hours.. next time I will go with the completely see-through open face mesh mask like I spotted some ladies wearing. (which I seriously considered bribing them for ...)

DJ, the music went downhill from about 10.30pm, they started playing some old ass 80’s music and it stopped the sexy vibes. One of our friends mentioned this morning that she approached the DJ to play more sensual sexy vibe music and it was rejected.

The MC spent over 30 minutes talking on the mic in the main dance floor, during this time, they turned off the music in all downstairs areas, it really killed the vibe for a lot of folks. I would recommend that they keep music in the other areas were people are hanging out away from the main MC, DJ area when they are doing their announcements etc.

No clean sheets placed in playrooms during the 1 hour I spent in the main room.

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Have you been to a KK event? Would love to hear what you think!

Disclaimer: post is NOT SPONSORED we paid our ticket to the event and are not affiliated with KK in anyway.

Would I go again? Yes, I believe I would, particularly if I was already in the UK at the time to cut down on flight and car hire costs.