A Curious Invitation returns on the Summer Solstice weekend with a Masonic Masquerade to celebrate the oncoming seasonal frivolity.

On the site of the old Bedlam hospital, where crowds once gathered to mock the crazies, rose a masonic tabernacle, home to clandestine gatherings and arcane rituals. Fallen into disuse, walled up and derelict, the Grecian Masonic Temple at Liverpool Street lay bereft and forgotten for decades.

This summer A Curious Invitation and the East End Film Festival will return to the marbled splendour of the City’s only original Freemasons’ lodge for a macabre night of cabaret, circus and cinema.

The masquerade will feature six realms and a wondrous cast list of London’s most eerie and exotic performers, including Helios Collective, Blue Lodge Quartet, Bambi Blue, Maleficent Martini and Lydia Darling. Plus more to be announced… ……………………………………………………………………………………….

COMPETITION: Win 1x pair of tickets to attend A Curious Invitation presents Masonic Masquerade at the Andaz Hotel on Saturday 24th June at 7.30pm. To enter the competition, send an email to ava@run-riot.com with the correct answer in the ‘subject’ line. The winner will be randomly selected.

Q: London’s Bethlem Royal Hospital, long known as Bedlam, is one of the oldest mental institutions in the world. But which year was it founded in?

A: .1) 1547 .2) 1247.3) 1676 .4) 1815