The Monochrome Masquerade

A Curious Invitation presents Black and White Ball – the Monochrome Masquerade A Curious Invitation invites you to don your finest monochrome attire and to twist frug hully-gully and go-go the night away in a recreation of what has become fêted as the Party of the Century. Wherever Mr Truman Capote went in 1966 he carried with him a small black and white notebook in which he gradually inscribed the names of the 540 guests who were to be invited to his forthcoming ball. His dress code was provocative. In an age where colour TV had just come in outfits could only be black or white; and the camera-friendly faces of the celebrity guests who included Frank Sinatra Cecil Beaton and Andy Warhol would have to be hidden behind masks. A Curious Invitation invites you to don your finest monochrome attire your tuxedo ball gown or pantsuit accessorised with hairpiece and costume jewellery and to twist frug hully-gully and go-go the night away in a recreation of what has become fêted as the Party of the Century. Learn to swing dance. Join us for a free lesson at 8pm in the main ballroom. Line up includes performances by: A nine-piece twisted brass art pop marching band In the Life Drawing Room take up your charcoal and capture classic tableaux from the melodrama of Film Noir cinema. Capote’s Cabaret Stage will be hosted by “the sharpest razor tongue wit in London” and will feature pantomimus disatrofos and many others. And a DJ. Tickets: Price: £25 each or a family of five for £100 Phone number: 0203 174 2184 Email – info@acuriousinvitation.com Start and Ends: 8:00 pm to 2:00 am