Journey to Nutopia - Halloween Special

JOURNEY TO NUTOPIA is an open conversation about positive future narratives that refute the inevitability of global dystopia.

This All Hallows’ Eve, Nutopia is JOURNEYING BEYOND LIMITS, with the help of The Tangle, The Keeper and a micro-dose of a counter-culture pulp classic: Sex, Drugs & Magick…

The Museum of Sex Objects is a response to renewed interest in identity and sexual freedom. The museum’s collection of storytelling objects celebrates sexual heroes, moments, and places. The pieces are like historical novels, woven from fragmented records and whispers. The Keeper of the Museum of Sex Objects considers it essential to share these compelling tales of sexual history and identity from our collective past. Tonight, The Keeper will share with us an object - and story - in fitting with this evening’s theme...

Justin Robertson is a renowned DJ, music producer, painter and broadcaster. For the past 30 years he has been a leading figure in the dance music world. He headlines clubs and festivals around the globe as a DJ and formerly with his band Lionrock. Justin has exhibited six acclaimed collections of his art around the UK and Europe. He hosts two popular shows "The Temple of Wonders" and "The Rotating Institute" on Soho Radio. Tonight, he reads from his debut novel, THE TANGLE - an eco horror tale billed as "a time travelling account of what occurs when unknowable frontiers are breached and humanity finds itself".

Robert Anton Wilson’s Sex, Drugs & Magick: A Journey Beyond Limits
“Training the rainbow searchlight of his signature wit and searing intelligence on what many of us might regard as the three main ingredients for a good night out, Wilson sets himself the task of examining and countering the misinformation and myths around the Sex, Drugs & Magick of the title, while making clear the ways in which each can be used separately but most importantly together as powerful practical pathways to transcendence and self-transformation.” Grant Morrison’s Foreword to Sex, Drugs & Magick

On tonight of all nights, we celebrate the re-issue of this myth-busting, mythos-boosting counter-culture classic with readings from and discussion with: occult comedian and author of one of the books eight forewards and afterwards, Andrew O’Neill, Cosmic Trigger Play’s author and director Daisy Campbell, The Bad Fractals’ Bang Crosby and performer, photographer and fun-maker, Francesca Way

There will also be a short opening ceremony to welcome down the ancestors, lead by Airy Fairy and Festival 23’s Anwen Fryer Burrows

Join us!