Curated by Matt Skully, the full building takeover will see each room provide insights into the UK fetish scene with talks, DJs, performances, shibari life drawing and workshops.

Bishopsgate Institute’s own Archives and Special Collections Manager Stef Dickers will be in residence, displaying photographs, magazines and memorabilia from our own UK Leather and Fetish Archive.

This event is strictly for over-18s. Those in attendance are encouraged to wear kink and fetish gear although this is completely optional.

Programme

Great Hall

20:00 Myles Jackman: A talk on obscenity law, the current law on BDSM and operation spanner

20:40 Eroticnoire: Talk on how kink spaces can be made more accessible to people of colour and the work Eroticnoire do within the community

21:20 Round table discussion with Dominatrix Adreena Angela, Jane Grey, Wings Chan, Cocoa Kink

22:00 Piercing performancefrom Luca Federici

22:30 Celebrating 10 years of Four Chambers with a screening of MAMAN Part 1 and premier screening of Part 2 with Vex Ashley and Valerie

23:15 DJ Faux Naif

Courtyard Room
These workshops are limited in capacity and we will operate a first come, first served sign-up system on the night. You can sign up outside the Courtyard Room from 7pm.

20:00 Smutty letters workshop with Rosy Pendlebaby / Revolting Arts Club

21:00 Shibari life drawing with self-suspension from Charlie Bouquett

21:40 Personal ad writing workshop with Pure App

Goss Room

Projection of short films from kink artists including Darren Black, Joaquin Belsia, Jonny Kay, Four Chambers, Matt Ford, Skinny Red Head, Bart Sen Weng Long, Donald C Shorter Jr., and others tbc

Installation from Torture Garden

Studio

19:00 Live tattooing from Emily Malice and James Carver

Library

19:00 - 22:00 Pop-up shops from Viscerals BDSM, Backstreet, Seth Corbin, Fetish Daddy

19:00 - 22:00 Collection display from UK Leather and Fetish Archive at Bishopsgate Institute

Upper Hall

Four Chambers art exhibit

Practical information

This event is running on a tiered ticketing system, meaning that we ask you to pay what you can based on your circumstances.

£24 pay-it-forward ticket*, which pays for someone who couldn’t otherwise attend
£12 standard
£10 concessions

Our events and courses are designed for over-18s only. Our special collections and archives, which feature heavily in our programme, include explicit content and our evening events are aimed at an adult audience, with a licensed bar in operation.

*Pay-it-forward tickets

With the rising cost of living impacting everything from energy and heating costs to the price of food we recognise our events may be out of reach for many people. We want to ensure that all members of our community are able to access our events and performances. For this reason, we are introducing a pay-it-forward ticket system. By purchasing a pay-it-forward ticket, you help us make free tickets available to members of our community who would otherwise be restricted from attending due to financial reasons.

For this event, there is a limited number of supported tickets available free of charge for people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to attend to enjoy the show. These are issued on a first come first served basis.

If you are experiencing financial challenges and would like a ticket to this event please select a Supported ticket at point of purchasing.

Please note: Supported tickets are currently only available on selected events.

Cover image by @rafandway1 / @untitled.rubber. Graphics designed by Matyas Vasicza.