Hell Époque

Hell Époque: Death-Themed Cabarets & Other morbid entertainments of 19th Century Paris, with Vadim Kosmos

A talk to illuminate the origins & fates of Fin de Siecle Paris’ craze for morbid drinking dens

Many may have seen Robert Doisneau’s famous 1952 photograph of Cabaret de L’Enfer’s (Cabaret of Hell) façade at 53 boulevard de Clichy, with its malevolent maw threatening to devour all who dared to step within its damnable interior. But how did this most macabre of cabarets originate and what went on within? Tonight’s talk will illuminate the origins & fates of Fin de Siecle Paris’ craze for morbid drinking dens including L’Enfer’s less well known, but no less sinister, sister establishments; Le Ciel, Neants & Truands.

Presented by Helgi's.

This is an 18+ event.