Groucho Club
| The Groucho Club | |
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| Address | 45 Dean Street |
| Town or city | London, W1D 4QB |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
The Groucho Club is a private members club formed in 1985 located on Dean Street in London’s Soho. Its members are mostly drawn from the publishing, media, entertainment and arts industries.
The club has rooms on several floors, including three bars, two restaurants and 20 bedrooms available for members or their guests, a snooker room, and four event rooms available for hire.
Dreamt up by a group of publishers as an alternative to stuffy gentleman's clubs who wanted somewhere to meet and relax, they approached Anthony Mackintosh owner of ‘The Zanzibar' – a members bar in Covent Garden – and Restaurant 192.
Premises were found in Soho, the bohemian heart of London, and membership was drawn from those works in publishing, film, music and advertising. The club opened 5 May 1985. Its name was in reference to Groucho Marx's telegram saying he didn't want to be a member of any club that would have him.
The club was owned from 2006 to 2015 by Graphite Capital, who sold it to a group of investors led by Isfield Investments and Alcuin Capital Partners.
Anyone may apply for membership, but applications are favoured from individuals working in the creative side of media and the arts and who are proposed by two existing members.
Well-known members of the Club include Neil Gaiman, Daniel Knott, William Orbit, Noel Gallagher, Alex James, Janet Street-Porter, Melvyn Bragg, Stephen Fry, Robin Millar, Robert Elms, Richard Bacon, Victor Lewis-Smith, Sheridan Smith, Rachel Weisz, Noel Fielding, Damian Lewis, Zadie Smith, Fay Weldon, Danny Wallace, Matthew Bellamy, Lily Allen, Matt Smith, John Lloyd, Roy Hudd, Max Keiser, Richard Coles, Collette Cooper, Pixie Geldof, Nick Grimshaw and Andrew O'Hagan.
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