Sun 13th May 7pm-9pm £10 Dr. Mark Vernon takes a philosophical romp through the big ideas of Socrates and Plato. He explores happiness through the eyes of Aristotle, ventures into the Hellenistic schools of the Epicureans, Sceptics and Cynics and expands on the practical ideas of the Stoics and how they can all help us to […]
Wed 16th May 7pm-9pm £10 Having grown up repeatedly watching her father Ken Campbell’s one-man shows (cheaper than a babysitter), Daisy Campbell is now marking the 10 year anniversary of her dad’s death with a Campbellian monologue of her own. Pigspurt’s Child follows Daisy’s surreal quest to go farther than her father – when Pigspurt […]
Sun 20th May 9pm-12pm £12 2018 marks ten years since Ken Campbell left the planet. For this special night we’ll be celebrating his madcap capers and unique contribution to theatre and comedy with extracts rom rarely seen interviews and documentaries as well as his TV films The Madness Museum and Unfair Exchanges with Julie Walters. […]
Tues 22nd May 7pm-9pm £10 Singalong-a-Wickerman! is a camp Rocky Horror-style cabaret and film night; combining live music, audience participation and Wickerman-themed silliness. Dust down your best Scottish accent, dress up as your favourite character and come join in with the singing, buttock-slapping and dialogue of this horror classic. Your hosts, Dr. Bramwell and Eliza […]
Dr David Luke Wed 30th May 7-9pm £10 Dr David Luke is cofounder and director of Breaking Convention, an international conference on psychedelic consciousness. His research focuses on transpersonal experiences, anomalous phenomena and altered states of consciousness, especially via psychedelics. A brilliant speaker, Dr Luke has given over 200 invited public lectures and conference presentations, won […]
Wednesday 31st May 7-8pm Bosco Tent £10 ‘Neurologically this will light you up like a Christmas Tree.’ Alan Moore ‘A masterful storyteller’ Radio Times “Bramwell clearly has an eye for the oddball and arcane.” The Guardian Author David Bramwell (No9 Bus to Utopia, Cheeky Guide to Brighton, The Odditorium) gives a fascinating talk that weaves […]
Thursday 25 May 7pm-9pm Bosco Tent £12 The Odditorium is a best-selling book that celebrates the tricksters, deviants and pioneers whose obsessions changed the world. Co-author David Bramwell is joined by three of the book’s writers for an evening of entertaining, illuminating and transgressive talks on the themes of sex, pain, art and politics. Emma […]
Plus music from Oddfellow’s Casino and the Shoreham Sea Shanty Choir Hosted by Dr. Bramwell Wednesday 24th May 6.30pm-9pm Spiegeltent £16 Three visionary authors – Alan Moore, Iain Sinclair and John Higgs – gather under one roof to take an epic journey through Britain’s hidden history, geography, myth and culture, as they travel west along […]
Wednesday 17th May 7-9pm Bosco Tent £12 A night of esoteric talks exploring the magickal & ritualistic music scene of the 1980s/90s & Beyond. From Coil and Current93 to Psychic TV and Nurse with Wound, these bands were created in the aftermath of the post punk era and drew much of their material from the […]
Thursday 11th May 7-8pm Bosco Tent £10 Colin Wilson burst on the literary scene in 1956 with his first book The Outsider, a study of creativity, alienation, and extreme mental states. From then until his death in 2013, Wilson produced an enormous body of work, exploring existentialism, crime, sex, literature, philosophy, psychology, the occult, mysticism […]
Wednesday 10th May 7pm-9pm £14 Brighton Spiegeltent Viv Albertine is one of the founding members of The Slits and author of The Sunday Times music book of the year, ‘Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys.’ She is also a wonderfully disarming and frank speaker. Tonight she will take the audience on a fascinating […]
With Sarah Angliss and Colin Uttley. Colin will be speaking about the history of ghost trains. Sarah Angliss is looking at a group of armageddon enthusiasts from the 1980s and her ‘Bird Fanciers Delight’ which was a Radio 4 documentary in 2012. This night also sees the long-awaited launch of the Odditorium Podcast, featuring guest […]
The next Catalyst Club is on 11th December at the Latest Music bar in Brighton. The speakers remain unknown and unknownable at this stage but you can buy tickets here: http://www.catalystclub.co.uk/2014/12/11/brighton-catalyst-club-3/