Please note this is NOT a ZOOM Lecture but an in person lecture. Tickets include a complimentary glass of Devil’s Botany Absinthe.
Doors open at 6:30pm and lecture starts at 7pm
‘Hurrah for inner-city dodgy geezer/brassy bird looks and pursuits. Winklepickers. Bleached blond hair. Striptease. Wrestling. Boxing. Greyhound racing. I remember someone – I think it was Jordan – saying we should all go greyhound racing. We embrace Len Deighton’s London, Wolf Mankowitz’ London, Diana Dors’ London. This London, in all its trashy messy mid-70s decline and fall, has become our playground.’
Dorothy Max Prior is a writer and artist, and a veteran of early punk and the underground scene in London in the 1970s.
Her book 69 Exhibition Road, published by Strange Attractor Press, offers an unusual female perspective on the 1970s counter-culture, reflecting on the author’s life as a punk muse, post-punk drummer, and ‘exotic dancer’. Identifying as bisexual, Max also paints a colourful picture of queer London in the 1970s – and celebrates the gay/punk crossovers that are often neglected in punk histories.
At this event, she will present short readings from the book, and talk about the picture it paints of the creative chaos of London in the mid-1970s.
69 Exhibition Road: Twelve true-life stories from the fag end of punk, porn and performance by Dorothy Max Prior. Strange Attractor Press | Publication date: 24 November 2022
Dorothy Max Prior is a writer and artist – London born and bred but currently living in Brighton. As an artist she works in performance, spoken word and sound installation. She is editor of Total Theatre Magazine, and writes for and edits other arts publications. She also has a fortnightly show on Slack City Radio called Granny (Max) Takes a Trip totallyradio.com In other lives, Max was a punk muse, post-punk drummer (with Rema Rema and Psychic TV, amongst others) and exotic dancer. Somewhere along the way, she has taught ballroom dancing, and toured the world as a cabaret dancer, street theatre performer, choreographer and director.
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Devil’s Botany is the UK’s first absinthe distillery, founded by Directors of The Last Tuesday Society’s Absinthe Parlour & Cocktail Bar. Celebrating spirit’s connection to art, music & mixology, Devil’s Botany is unleashing the future of absinthe with bold expressions for the adventurous drinkers of today.
We are unable to give refunds for in person events with less than 7 days notice in any circumstances.
