Join us for an evening to mark the centenary of the Surrealist Manifesto publication. Try your hand at surrealist writing techniques while sampling cocktails and mocktails, before a lecture from Dr Madeleine Chalmers, Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Leicester.

Join us from 6pm for an evening celebration of all things Surrealist. Beginning with The Surrealist Café where you can try your hand at surrealist writing techniques and party games, all while sampling special themed cocktails and mocktails as a tribute to the collaborative café culture at the heart of surrealist meetings.

The evening will finish with a feature-length lecture at 7pm from Dr Madeleine Chalmers, Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Leicester, tracing the history of surrealism and exploring how surrealist ideas and aesthetics have been taken up globally. The lecture will include rare full screenings of Jean Vigo’s Zéro de conduite (1933, 41mins), Jan Švankmajer’s The Flat (1968, 13mins), plus excerpts from celebrated artist films.

Why not add a drink to your ticket and sample a themed cocktail or mocktail as a tribute to the collaborative café culture at the heart of surrealist meetings.

Simple choose one of the ticket options and present your ticket at bar on arrival:

£15 including cocktail (+£1.25 admin fee for non-members)

£14 including mocktail (+£1.25 admin fee for non-members)