'Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown' Book Launch

Acclaimed Belfast-based writer Christopher Owens returns with his most searing and psychologically incisive work to date, Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown — a novel of fractured memories, parallel lives, and the silent aftermath of trauma. Set against the backdrop of two diverted flights into Dublin Airport, the book follows two strangers, Jake and Roibeard, who never speak and never realise how closely their internal storms mirror one another. As each man confronts the shadows of his past — the wounds that shaped him, the choices that scarred him, and the future that awaits once they finally reach Belfast — Owens crafts a dual narrative that is both intimate and monumental. Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown explores how trauma lingers in the body, how cities carve themselves into their inhabitants, and how two lives can run parallel without ever intersecting, bound by the same unspoken ache.

Show Info

In-Person

Venue: 12-13 Shaftesbury Square, Belfast, BT2 7DB

Access: Stage Door on Albion Lane

Performance(s): Friday 27th November 2026

Doors: 7:30pm GMT

Starts: 8:00pm GMT (Book Bar* will not be open, BYOB welcome)

Run Time: 2 hours

Disabled Access: Theatre (ground floor) is fully accessible. Toilets & Book Bar (1st floor) are accessible via a wheelchair platform lift. Carer tickets available: Call 028 9032 5881 to book.

*The Book Bar is our charity bar, run to help support Accidental & the new building.

Ticket Info

Please book a ticket per person watching to avoid viewing issues.

Free - WATCH IN-PERSON TICKET - a standard ticket that gives you in-person access to he theatre.

£5 - DONATION TICKET - a special ticket that gives a little extra to the exceptional and hardworking artists creating the show.