There’s something particularly distracting about an overly long title, so it’s no wondering Come forth people of the city under the cover of night caught my attention. It’s a ‘performative tour’ by Ikebana Performance and Companions of Pram, as part of the Pandamonium series of events:

For a single eve you may sit upon the driving seat of the city, be raised aloft the familiar pavements & placed alongside the powers that be, the them, the they & the nameless few who know all. Every city has a heart and tonight you will catch it beating.

Rants, chants and lullabies will weave within conversation. Ballroom dancing, snail pacing and shin-digging will deviate us from the familiar corridors, all as the midnight toast approaches.

You may find yourself taken to one side & whispered a forgotten story or perhaps carried along in a throng toward an unknown destination, either way, many nooks & crannies of the Town Halls past present & future will be prised asunder, as its public gather within their civic head-quarters for an evening of business & pleasure.

Turns out it’s happening on two ’single eves’ - this Wednesday and Thurday from 9.45pm. It’s an advanced-ticket event (�9/�6) with tickets available from the Contact Theatre or the MIF website.