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Apr
9
Tue
The Arrival @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Tamasha & Circus Space present

The Arrival

Tue 9 – Sat 13 Apr

Dele plays a last game of football with his friends, says goodbye to his son and sets off on a voyage to a smog-filled metropolis across the sea. Carrying only a small suitcase he embarks on a journey into the unknown.

A moment of kindness in a sea of unfamiliarity… A long day at the factory…

A lively party… A nostalgic lullaby…

Based on the illustrated novel by Oscar winner Shaun Tan, one man’s tale echoes the many ‘arrivals’ happening around us all the time. This epic story unfolds through an extraordinary blend of theatre, circus and music.

“Tamasha means commotion, creating a stir, and the company is certainly doing that” What’s On Stage

Apr
10
Wed
The Arrival @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Tamasha & Circus Space present

The Arrival

Tue 9 – Sat 13 Apr

Dele plays a last game of football with his friends, says goodbye to his son and sets off on a voyage to a smog-filled metropolis across the sea. Carrying only a small suitcase he embarks on a journey into the unknown.

A moment of kindness in a sea of unfamiliarity… A long day at the factory…

A lively party… A nostalgic lullaby…

Based on the illustrated novel by Oscar winner Shaun Tan, one man’s tale echoes the many ‘arrivals’ happening around us all the time. This epic story unfolds through an extraordinary blend of theatre, circus and music.

“Tamasha means commotion, creating a stir, and the company is certainly doing that” What’s On Stage

Apr
11
Thu
Friends of Waterlow Park volunteer gardening. @ Waterlow Park, Lauderdale House
Apr 11 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Every Thursday the Friends of Waterlow Park (FOWP) in Highgate organise a volunteer session to restore and maintain places in the park that fall outside of the Camden maintenance contract.  Amongst them are Sensory Border, the Lauderdale Terraces, the floral sundial, and the rose border.  Everyone is welcome to take part.  You don’t need gardening experience, tools or even gloves as these are all provided.  We meet every Thursday at 10am at the Lauderdale Cafe and finish at about 1pm.  It’s a great way of keeping fit and getting some fresh air and exercise while enjoying being around other people.  We will finish for the year on the 20th December and reconvene in March.  For further details go to the  FOWP website:  www.waterlowpark.org.uk or contact Patricia Walby, patriciawalby@gmail.com, Tel:  07710 312105.

The Arrival @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Tamasha & Circus Space present

The Arrival

Tue 9 – Sat 13 Apr

Dele plays a last game of football with his friends, says goodbye to his son and sets off on a voyage to a smog-filled metropolis across the sea. Carrying only a small suitcase he embarks on a journey into the unknown.

A moment of kindness in a sea of unfamiliarity… A long day at the factory…

A lively party… A nostalgic lullaby…

Based on the illustrated novel by Oscar winner Shaun Tan, one man’s tale echoes the many ‘arrivals’ happening around us all the time. This epic story unfolds through an extraordinary blend of theatre, circus and music.

“Tamasha means commotion, creating a stir, and the company is certainly doing that” What’s On Stage

Apr
12
Fri
The Arrival @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Tamasha & Circus Space present

The Arrival

Tue 9 – Sat 13 Apr

Dele plays a last game of football with his friends, says goodbye to his son and sets off on a voyage to a smog-filled metropolis across the sea. Carrying only a small suitcase he embarks on a journey into the unknown.

A moment of kindness in a sea of unfamiliarity… A long day at the factory…

A lively party… A nostalgic lullaby…

Based on the illustrated novel by Oscar winner Shaun Tan, one man’s tale echoes the many ‘arrivals’ happening around us all the time. This epic story unfolds through an extraordinary blend of theatre, circus and music.

“Tamasha means commotion, creating a stir, and the company is certainly doing that” What’s On Stage

Apr
13
Sat
The Arrival @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Tamasha & Circus Space present

The Arrival

Tue 9 – Sat 13 Apr

Dele plays a last game of football with his friends, says goodbye to his son and sets off on a voyage to a smog-filled metropolis across the sea. Carrying only a small suitcase he embarks on a journey into the unknown.

A moment of kindness in a sea of unfamiliarity… A long day at the factory…

A lively party… A nostalgic lullaby…

Based on the illustrated novel by Oscar winner Shaun Tan, one man’s tale echoes the many ‘arrivals’ happening around us all the time. This epic story unfolds through an extraordinary blend of theatre, circus and music.

“Tamasha means commotion, creating a stir, and the company is certainly doing that” What’s On Stage

Apr
14
Sun
My Brother The Robot @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 14 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Tall Stories

Sun 14 Apr 3pm

Once upon a time in the future there will be a little girl called Bobbie. When she announces that she wants a brother, her inventor dad locks himself away in his lab and creates a special robot brother. But one day, when Bobbie gets into danger, will her robot brother be able to save her?

Humour, music and storytelling from the company that brought you The Gruffalo and The Snail and the Whale.

Ages 4+

Apr
18
Thu
Friends of Waterlow Park volunteer gardening. @ Waterlow Park, Lauderdale House
Apr 18 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Every Thursday the Friends of Waterlow Park (FOWP) in Highgate organise a volunteer session to restore and maintain places in the park that fall outside of the Camden maintenance contract.  Amongst them are Sensory Border, the Lauderdale Terraces, the floral sundial, and the rose border.  Everyone is welcome to take part.  You don’t need gardening experience, tools or even gloves as these are all provided.  We meet every Thursday at 10am at the Lauderdale Cafe and finish at about 1pm.  It’s a great way of keeping fit and getting some fresh air and exercise while enjoying being around other people.  We will finish for the year on the 20th December and reconvene in March.  For further details go to the  FOWP website:  www.waterlowpark.org.uk or contact Patricia Walby, patriciawalby@gmail.com, Tel:  07710 312105.

Contemporary Dance Class @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 18 @ 5:45 pm – 7:15 pm

New Intermediate Level Adult Contemporary Dance Class. Come along for some fun and dynamic limon/release based technique.

Apr
19
Fri
The Bear @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Join Improbable for a film noir with added beartastic facts and revenge songs.

Angela is a solicitor’s clerk. She works with the defence team during criminal trials. The job brings her face to face with people accused of GBH, rape and murder.

In the cells under the Old Bailey, Angela meets her client who is on trial for murder. “I didn’t do it.” He says. “The Bear did it.” He’s obviously lying. Or mad. This is London after all. But when she examines all the evidence, reads all the files, there it is again. The Bear. Someone else saw it. Without quite knowing why, Angela finds herself hunting the Bear. Until she discovers the Bear is hunting her.

A taut, tense and funny show about an everyday murder and a mythic bear.

Apr
20
Sat
The Bear @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Join Improbable for a film noir with added beartastic facts and revenge songs.

Angela is a solicitor’s clerk. She works with the defence team during criminal trials. The job brings her face to face with people accused of GBH, rape and murder.

In the cells under the Old Bailey, Angela meets her client who is on trial for murder. “I didn’t do it.” He says. “The Bear did it.” He’s obviously lying. Or mad. This is London after all. But when she examines all the evidence, reads all the files, there it is again. The Bear. Someone else saw it. Without quite knowing why, Angela finds herself hunting the Bear. Until she discovers the Bear is hunting her.

A taut, tense and funny show about an everyday murder and a mythic bear.

Apr
21
Sun
Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 21 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Big Wooden Horse

Sun 21 Apr 3pm

The friendly bus driver leaves us with one simple instruction: “Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus!”

However, the Pigeon is very clever and whines, bribes, pleads and even sings a song to get his own way… but will you let him drive???

This lively show is full of fun, feathers, laughter and excitement and features original music and audience participation!

Ages 3+

Apr
24
Wed
Les Liaisons @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 24 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Have you ever had the urge to peek through a key hole? Take a glimpse into a lavish world where the rich know no bounds. Indulge in the schemes and frivolous antics of France’s pre-revolutionary aristocracy through the eyes of two of its most dissolute individuals, Marquise de Merteuil and her on and off lover Vicomte de Valmont.

… Les Liaisons re-imagines Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s 18th century novel ‘The Dangerous Liaisons’ , by fusing the text with innovative physical theatre to a backdrop of Baroque music: a contemporary immersion into an 18th century world of decadence and debauchery.

Directed by Jacek Ludwig Scarso (Senior Lecturer and Artistic Director of award-winning Elastic Theatre), this is an LMU Performing Arts graduation show, performed at Jacksons Lane Theatre.

ONE MUST CONQUER OR DIE!

For more information on the show please visit www.lesliaisons.co.uk

You can follow us on Twitter for rehearsal updates @lesliaisons2013

Our trailer can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se3dxVz8kgI

Friends of Highgate Cemetery AGM @ St Michael's Church Hall
Apr 24 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

The 16th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Highgate Cemetery is open to all but only registered members of the charity may vote.

Apr
25
Thu
Friends of Waterlow Park volunteer gardening. @ Waterlow Park, Lauderdale House
Apr 25 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Every Thursday the Friends of Waterlow Park (FOWP) in Highgate organise a volunteer session to restore and maintain places in the park that fall outside of the Camden maintenance contract.  Amongst them are Sensory Border, the Lauderdale Terraces, the floral sundial, and the rose border.  Everyone is welcome to take part.  You don’t need gardening experience, tools or even gloves as these are all provided.  We meet every Thursday at 10am at the Lauderdale Cafe and finish at about 1pm.  It’s a great way of keeping fit and getting some fresh air and exercise while enjoying being around other people.  We will finish for the year on the 20th December and reconvene in March.  For further details go to the  FOWP website:  www.waterlowpark.org.uk or contact Patricia Walby, patriciawalby@gmail.com, Tel:  07710 312105.

Contemporary Dance Class @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 25 @ 5:45 pm – 7:15 pm

New Intermediate Level Adult Contemporary Dance Class. Come along for some fun and dynamic limon/release based technique.

Les Liaisons @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Have you ever had the urge to peek through a key hole? Take a glimpse into a lavish world where the rich know no bounds. Indulge in the schemes and frivolous antics of France’s pre-revolutionary aristocracy through the eyes of two of its most dissolute individuals, Marquise de Merteuil and her on and off lover Vicomte de Valmont.

… Les Liaisons re-imagines Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s 18th century novel ‘The Dangerous Liaisons’ , by fusing the text with innovative physical theatre to a backdrop of Baroque music: a contemporary immersion into an 18th century world of decadence and debauchery.

Directed by Jacek Ludwig Scarso (Senior Lecturer and Artistic Director of award-winning Elastic Theatre), this is an LMU Performing Arts graduation show, performed at Jacksons Lane Theatre.

ONE MUST CONQUER OR DIE!

For more information on the show please visit www.lesliaisons.co.uk

You can follow us on Twitter for rehearsal updates @lesliaisons2013

Our trailer can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se3dxVz8kgI

Apr
26
Fri
la bohème by g. puccini @ Lauderdale House
Apr 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

villa incanto: the italian opera group

The emotion of an entire opera in little over an hour. From Verona, Italy, Opera Villa InCanto brings their alternative to staged operas to Lauderdale House. This is a powerful but intimate show by an excellent cast of singers who have sung across Europe, including at La Scala in Milan.

Les Liaisons @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Have you ever had the urge to peek through a key hole? Take a glimpse into a lavish world where the rich know no bounds. Indulge in the schemes and frivolous antics of France’s pre-revolutionary aristocracy through the eyes of two of its most dissolute individuals, Marquise de Merteuil and her on and off lover Vicomte de Valmont.

… Les Liaisons re-imagines Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s 18th century novel ‘The Dangerous Liaisons’ , by fusing the text with innovative physical theatre to a backdrop of Baroque music: a contemporary immersion into an 18th century world of decadence and debauchery.

Directed by Jacek Ludwig Scarso (Senior Lecturer and Artistic Director of award-winning Elastic Theatre), this is an LMU Performing Arts graduation show, performed at Jacksons Lane Theatre.

ONE MUST CONQUER OR DIE!

For more information on the show please visit www.lesliaisons.co.uk

You can follow us on Twitter for rehearsal updates @lesliaisons2013

Our trailer can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se3dxVz8kgI

Apr
27
Sat
Who’s in for tea? @ Lauderdale House
Apr 27 @ 9:00 am – 9:45 am

by circle of two

Have you ever wondered what happens in Wonderland when Alice isn’t there?
Well, let the Mad Hatter tell you at his tea party with the help of ‘Horace’, the Paper Puppet. This one-man show is a nonsensical little play which will delight children of all ages, from 2 to 102!

Who’s in for tea? @ Lauderdale House
Apr 27 @ 10:30 am – 11:15 am

by circle of two

Have you ever wondered what happens in Wonderland when Alice isn’t there?
Well, let the Mad Hatter tell you at his tea party with the help of ‘Horace’, the Paper Puppet. This one-man show is a nonsensical little play which will delight children of all ages, from 2 to 102!

Apr
28
Sun
Forage London: Wild food walk @ waterlow park
Apr 28 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am

This walk lasts about two and a half hours and involves picking and eating various bits and pieces as we go along with lots of different new foods and drinks to try (made from different wild foods I have previously picked, cooked, fermented, pickled etc), identifying plenty of edible plants and discussion touching on numerous topics including, nutrition, medicine, herbalism, botany, cookery, horticulture and history.

The aim of Forage London is to explore the plants that are all around us and show what can and can’t be picked (not to gather armfuls of plants ripped from our local parks).I hope to encourage everyone to get out of the city more often and to become more aware of the current and historical uses of the amazing plants and trees that share our capital.

Booking is via my website in advance only as there are very limited space on this and all of my other walks.Price £25.00 per person

http://www.foragelondon.co.uk/walks-courses/

https://www.facebook.com/ForageLondon?ref=hl

Hue Boy @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 28 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Tutti Frutti

Sun 28 Apr 12pm, 1.30pm & 3pm

Hue Boy has a problem that everyone is talking about… he is small and doesn’t seem to be growing “at all, at all”. His family and the villagers all have their opinion on what he should do and his school friends tease him. But still he does not grow. Until one day Hue Boy understands what it is to be tall despite his height.

With a vibrant set, original soundscape and visual movement style, the show is set in a beautiful environment under a magical giant parasol that creates a special place to enjoy this unique interactive experience.

Ages 3+

21st Century Guitar Music @ Lauderdale House
Apr 28 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

After giving a series of workshops in composition for the guitar for some members of London Composers Forum early in 2012, Lauderdale Guitar Society is hosting two concerts this year (the other in September) to showcase new music. As there are a number of composers already in the society there will be representation from both groups. A veritable feast for the ears!

Tickets on the door.

Apr
29
Mon
London’s Food in the Spotlight @ Royal British Legion Hall
Apr 29 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Five ways to reduce the Capital’s ‘Foodprint’

Vicki Hird of Friends of the Earth

This talk is the second of four about how well prepared London is for the challenge of Climate Change.

The first covered ‘Water, the third will cover ‘Waste’ and the fourth ‘Transport’

Apr
30
Tue
the secret world of charles dickens @ Lauderdale House
Apr 30 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

mirth, marvels and the mysterious

Winner of The Magic Circle Comedy Award, Ian Keable performs the favourite tricks of Charles Dickens, who, in addition to being one of the world’s greatest writers, was an expert conjuror. This humorous and mystifying show also reveals Dickens’s sceptical fascination in spiritualism and recreates some of the spooky practices of the Victorian psychics.

Also: 28 May, 18 Jun & 30 Jul

What Happens in the Winter… @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 30 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Tue 30 Apr – Wed 1 May 8pm

“We meet our two heroines in the first days of autumn. Slowly the days are getting shorter, the sun is hanging lower in the sky, a chill is entering the air, and children are back at school, their shoes still yet unscuffed.”

Using the lives of circus artists as inspiration, Upswing asks what happens as you get older if your profession requires super human strength and skills? When ageing gradually takes away the tools of your trade? How does it affect your self-worth and your place in the world?

What Happens In The Winter… is an arresting mix of aerial, theatre and dance and treads a delicate path through the minds and bodies of two women who refuse to stop flying.

May
1
Wed
Marx and the Village Community @ The Chapel at Highgate Cemetery
May 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

In this lecture, Professor Gareth Stedman Jones looks at the last decade and a half of Marx’s life, a period in which he effectively gave up further work on Capital and read up instead on the village community and the early history of man. He was interested in particular in the new work on pre-history which developed from the 1860s onwards connecting this with a notion of primitive communism and an epoch in history before patriarchy and political hierarchy.

Professor Gareth Stedman Jones is Director of the Centre for History and Economics, Cambridge, and a Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge University since 1974. He was Professor of Political Science, History Faculty, Cambridge University from 1997 and in 2010 became Professor of the History of Ideas at Queen Mary, University of London. His publications include An End to Poverty? (2004), a long introduction to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (2002), and The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Political Thought, co-edited with Gregory Claeys, 2011.

He is currently working on an intellectual biography of Marx commissioned by Penguin and a more general work on political thought between the French Revolution and the Revolutions of 1848.

Doors open at 7pm and wine and nibbles will be served. The talk starts promptly at 7.30pm and will last about an hour.

Tickets are non-refundable but, as a courtesy to others, please let us know if you cannot attend.

What Happens in the Winter… @ Jacksons Lane
May 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Tue 30 Apr – Wed 1 May 8pm

“We meet our two heroines in the first days of autumn. Slowly the days are getting shorter, the sun is hanging lower in the sky, a chill is entering the air, and children are back at school, their shoes still yet unscuffed.”

Using the lives of circus artists as inspiration, Upswing asks what happens as you get older if your profession requires super human strength and skills? When ageing gradually takes away the tools of your trade? How does it affect your self-worth and your place in the world?

What Happens In The Winter… is an arresting mix of aerial, theatre and dance and treads a delicate path through the minds and bodies of two women who refuse to stop flying.

May
2
Thu
Friends of Waterlow Park volunteer gardening. @ Waterlow Park, Lauderdale House
May 2 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Every Thursday the Friends of Waterlow Park (FOWP) in Highgate organise a volunteer session to restore and maintain places in the park that fall outside of the Camden maintenance contract.  Amongst them are Sensory Border, the Lauderdale Terraces, the floral sundial, and the rose border.  Everyone is welcome to take part.  You don’t need gardening experience, tools or even gloves as these are all provided.  We meet every Thursday at 10am at the Lauderdale Cafe and finish at about 1pm.  It’s a great way of keeping fit and getting some fresh air and exercise while enjoying being around other people.  We will finish for the year on the 20th December and reconvene in March.  For further details go to the  FOWP website:  www.waterlowpark.org.uk or contact Patricia Walby, patriciawalby@gmail.com, Tel:  07710 312105.

Contemporary Dance Class @ Jacksons Lane
May 2 @ 5:45 pm – 7:15 pm

New Intermediate Level Adult Contemporary Dance Class. Come along for some fun and dynamic limon/release based technique.

the tommaso starace quartet @ Lauderdale House
May 2 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

celebrate the music of michel petrucciani

with Tommaso Starace (saxes), Frank Harrison (pno), Laurence Cottle (el.bs) & Chris Nicholls (dms)

Milan-born Tommaso Starace pays tribute to his compatriot, the Franco/Italian Michel Petrucciani, who died at the early age of 36 from a rare and painful bone disease, having filled concert halls the world over. Since moving to London to study in 1994, Tommaso has worked with leading musicians such as Billy Cobham and David Liebman, and most top UK players. His quartet has played at Brecon and many of the major European festivals and each member is an A List player on the London scene, with Cottle, particularly, having a reputation the world over. www.tommasostarace.com

May
4
Sat
wizard loon’s jack and the beanstalk @ Lauderdale House
May 4 @ 9:00 am – 9:45 am

by pocketful of nothing

At last, Wizard Loon, the truly unbelievable magician who gave Jack the five magic beans, reveals all. See how he discovered those magic beans and watch, amazed, as Jack outwits the wicked giant.

wizard loon’s jack and the beanstalk @ Lauderdale House
May 4 @ 10:30 am – 11:15 am

by pocketful of nothing

At last, Wizard Loon, the truly unbelievable magician who gave Jack the five magic beans, reveals all. See how he discovered those magic beans and watch, amazed, as Jack outwits the wicked giant.

Poniente @ The Red Hedgehog
May 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Spanish Song and Flamenco

Jesse Sebastian (Guitar) and Michael Soloman Williams (Voice)

May
5
Sun
Sensacional @ Jacksons Lane
May 5 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Imaginart

Sun 5 May 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3pm & 4pm

Among ladybirds, flowers, squiggles and curlicues, children get to explore an astounding digital world in this beautiful, interactive show.

Sensacional is a spellbinding sound and light show for our very smallest audience members – an immersive theatre experience of the senses and sensations for children from 18 months to three years of age. Watch as your child puts on a white suit and blends in with the floor’s white, soft screen.

Stunning visuals that constantly change shape and colour are projected, to a fantastical soundtrack – captivating and joyful, giving rise to inquisitive games!

Ages 18 months- 3 years

May
6
Mon
How confused are we about Mental Illness? @ Hornsey Pensioners Action Group
May 6 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

speakers:-

Gillian Payne, SANE and Jo Cahil, Alzheimer’s Society, Haringey

May
9
Thu
James Gardner – recent work @ Highgate Galley @ HLSI
May 9 – May 10 all-day

James shows his colourful and attractive studies in oils of landscapes from his travels in Italy and France as well as around London and from Cornwall, together with figure studies.

10-23 May 2013
Open Tu-Fri 1-5; Sat 11-4; Sun 11-5.
Closed Mon.

Friends of Waterlow Park volunteer gardening. @ Waterlow Park, Lauderdale House
May 9 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Every Thursday the Friends of Waterlow Park (FOWP) in Highgate organise a volunteer session to restore and maintain places in the park that fall outside of the Camden maintenance contract.  Amongst them are Sensory Border, the Lauderdale Terraces, the floral sundial, and the rose border.  Everyone is welcome to take part.  You don’t need gardening experience, tools or even gloves as these are all provided.  We meet every Thursday at 10am at the Lauderdale Cafe and finish at about 1pm.  It’s a great way of keeping fit and getting some fresh air and exercise while enjoying being around other people.  We will finish for the year on the 20th December and reconvene in March.  For further details go to the  FOWP website:  www.waterlowpark.org.uk or contact Patricia Walby, patriciawalby@gmail.com, Tel:  07710 312105.

Contemporary Dance Class @ Jacksons Lane
May 9 @ 5:45 pm – 7:15 pm

New Intermediate Level Adult Contemporary Dance Class. Come along for some fun and dynamic limon/release based technique.