Dorothy Max Prior

Sex Is No Emergency book launch. In conversation with Rebecca Marshall and Stephen Pastel + three short films

We’re really excited to welcome back Dorothy Max Prior, a massive Monorail and Glad Cafe favourite. Dorothy Max Prior is a brilliant writer and artist. She was and formerly a musician - absolute cult 45, I Confess, on Industrial Records, and the drummer in two seminal groups - Rema Rema and Psychic TV.

As an artist she works in performance, spoken word and sound installation. She is editor of Total Theatre Magazine, and writes for and edits other arts publications. She also has a fortnightly show on Slack City Radio called Granny (Max) Takes a Trip.

In other lives, Max was a punk muse, post-punk drummer (with Rema Rema and exotic dancer. Somewhere along the way, she has taught ballroom dancing, and toured the world as a cabaret dancer, street theatre performer, choreographer and director.

Sex Is No Emergency picks up where her dazzling debut, 69 Exhibition Road left off. We’re in at the start of the 1980s, and the cast includes members of the Monochrome Set and Psychic TV with cameos from Derek Jarman, Madonna and hundreds of others. Most biographers talk up their lives - one of the sweetest things about Dorothy Max is her almost normal conversational style which she holds onto through the wildest, most insane adventures.

This is going to be a really special event, don’t miss it.