LonDADA

LonDADA is the world’s first Dada festival, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dadaism.

Exactly 100 years ago, on June 23 1916, Hugo Ball performed his seminal Dadaist poem Karawane at the Cabaret Voltaire. Since then, Dada has influenced every conceivable art form, from surrealism to punk rock.

Come celebrate the Dada legacy in style with films, music, theatre, poetry and Brian Blessed!

Join at the beautiful and historic Cinema Museum in south London, built in the workhouse where Charlie Chaplin was sent as a child.

See 'Ghosts Before Breakfast', the famous Hans Richter short film from 1928, with a live score composed and performed by Vinzenz Stergin

Perform in Spam Slam, an audience participation poetry slam using spam email (bring your own or use theirs).

Witness theatre duo Desperate Men perform their Dada masterpiece 'Slapstick and Slaughter'.

Enjoy 'Germany DADA: An Alphabet of German Dadaism', the 1968 documentary by Helmut Herbst (Q&A with the director TBC)

Watch an exclusive filmed reading of 'Karawane' by Brian Blessed

And much more, including food and drink!

They will also be showing a programme of experimental, surreal and Dadaist shorts on a loop, featuring films by Helmut Herbst, Francis Thompson, John Smith and Bob Georgeson, throughout the afternoon and evening.