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by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

1st – 19th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 1st/ 3rd/ 5th/ 8th/ 9th/ 15th/ 17th/ 19th November
Matinée @ 4pm: Sunday 13th November
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 10th/ 16th
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“Youth’s a stuff will not endure”

Outrageous high comedy ensues as the pangs of unrequited love affect the unforgettable characters of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. While the lovelorn Duke Orsino plots to win the heart of the mourning Olivia, an alliance of servants and buffoons scheme against the high-handedness of Olivia’s steward, the pompous Malvolio.
When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola, who has disguised herself as a young man under the name Cesario, to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet and hilarious chain of events follows.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Tues 1st Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 3rd/ Tues 8th/ Weds 9th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Thurs 10th/ Weds 16th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Sat 5th/ Tues 15th/ Thurs 17th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 13th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sat 19th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

2nd – 18th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 2nd/4th/10th/11th/12th/16th/18th
Matinée: Sunday 6th Nov @ 4pm
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 8th/9th/15th Nov
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“O god that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains”

Othello is incredibly talented and successful. But he remains an outsider in his city, subject to racism, jealousy and suspicion. Only Desdemona treats him with respect and kindness: they fall passionately in love. His best friend, Iago, watches Othello’s life flourish with unbearable jealousy and plots to destroy him completely.
As Othello’s world disintegrates into chaos, consumed by a poisonous cocktail of jealousy and rage, he turns on the only person in the world who wants to save him.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Weds 2nd Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 10th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Tues 8th/ Weds 9th/ Tues 15th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Fri 4th/ Fri 11th/ Sat 12th/ Weds 16th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 6th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Fri 18th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

1st – 19th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 1st/ 3rd/ 5th/ 8th/ 9th/ 15th/ 17th/ 19th November
Matinée @ 4pm: Sunday 13th November
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 10th/ 16th
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“Youth’s a stuff will not endure”

Outrageous high comedy ensues as the pangs of unrequited love affect the unforgettable characters of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. While the lovelorn Duke Orsino plots to win the heart of the mourning Olivia, an alliance of servants and buffoons scheme against the high-handedness of Olivia’s steward, the pompous Malvolio.
When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola, who has disguised herself as a young man under the name Cesario, to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet and hilarious chain of events follows.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Tues 1st Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 3rd/ Tues 8th/ Weds 9th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Thurs 10th/ Weds 16th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Sat 5th/ Tues 15th/ Thurs 17th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 13th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sat 19th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

2nd – 18th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 2nd/4th/10th/11th/12th/16th/18th
Matinée: Sunday 6th Nov @ 4pm
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 8th/9th/15th Nov
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“O god that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains”

Othello is incredibly talented and successful. But he remains an outsider in his city, subject to racism, jealousy and suspicion. Only Desdemona treats him with respect and kindness: they fall passionately in love. His best friend, Iago, watches Othello’s life flourish with unbearable jealousy and plots to destroy him completely.
As Othello’s world disintegrates into chaos, consumed by a poisonous cocktail of jealousy and rage, he turns on the only person in the world who wants to save him.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Weds 2nd Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 10th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Tues 8th/ Weds 9th/ Tues 15th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Fri 4th/ Fri 11th/ Sat 12th/ Weds 16th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 6th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Fri 18th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

2nd – 18th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 2nd/4th/10th/11th/12th/16th/18th
Matinée: Sunday 6th Nov @ 4pm
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 8th/9th/15th Nov
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“O god that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains”

Othello is incredibly talented and successful. But he remains an outsider in his city, subject to racism, jealousy and suspicion. Only Desdemona treats him with respect and kindness: they fall passionately in love. His best friend, Iago, watches Othello’s life flourish with unbearable jealousy and plots to destroy him completely.
As Othello’s world disintegrates into chaos, consumed by a poisonous cocktail of jealousy and rage, he turns on the only person in the world who wants to save him.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Weds 2nd Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 10th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Tues 8th/ Weds 9th/ Tues 15th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Fri 4th/ Fri 11th/ Sat 12th/ Weds 16th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 6th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Fri 18th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

1st – 19th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 1st/ 3rd/ 5th/ 8th/ 9th/ 15th/ 17th/ 19th November
Matinée @ 4pm: Sunday 13th November
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 10th/ 16th
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“Youth’s a stuff will not endure”

Outrageous high comedy ensues as the pangs of unrequited love affect the unforgettable characters of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. While the lovelorn Duke Orsino plots to win the heart of the mourning Olivia, an alliance of servants and buffoons scheme against the high-handedness of Olivia’s steward, the pompous Malvolio.
When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola, who has disguised herself as a young man under the name Cesario, to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet and hilarious chain of events follows.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Tues 1st Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 3rd/ Tues 8th/ Weds 9th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Thurs 10th/ Weds 16th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Sat 5th/ Tues 15th/ Thurs 17th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 13th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sat 19th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

2nd – 18th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 2nd/4th/10th/11th/12th/16th/18th
Matinée: Sunday 6th Nov @ 4pm
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 8th/9th/15th Nov
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“O god that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains”

Othello is incredibly talented and successful. But he remains an outsider in his city, subject to racism, jealousy and suspicion. Only Desdemona treats him with respect and kindness: they fall passionately in love. His best friend, Iago, watches Othello’s life flourish with unbearable jealousy and plots to destroy him completely.
As Othello’s world disintegrates into chaos, consumed by a poisonous cocktail of jealousy and rage, he turns on the only person in the world who wants to save him.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Weds 2nd Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 10th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Tues 8th/ Weds 9th/ Tues 15th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Fri 4th/ Fri 11th/ Sat 12th/ Weds 16th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 6th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Fri 18th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

1st – 19th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 1st/ 3rd/ 5th/ 8th/ 9th/ 15th/ 17th/ 19th November
Matinée @ 4pm: Sunday 13th November
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 10th/ 16th
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“Youth’s a stuff will not endure”

Outrageous high comedy ensues as the pangs of unrequited love affect the unforgettable characters of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. While the lovelorn Duke Orsino plots to win the heart of the mourning Olivia, an alliance of servants and buffoons scheme against the high-handedness of Olivia’s steward, the pompous Malvolio.
When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola, who has disguised herself as a young man under the name Cesario, to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet and hilarious chain of events follows.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Tues 1st Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 3rd/ Tues 8th/ Weds 9th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Thurs 10th/ Weds 16th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Sat 5th/ Tues 15th/ Thurs 17th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 13th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sat 19th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

1st – 19th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 1st/ 3rd/ 5th/ 8th/ 9th/ 15th/ 17th/ 19th November
Matinée @ 4pm: Sunday 13th November
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 10th/ 16th
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“Youth’s a stuff will not endure”

Outrageous high comedy ensues as the pangs of unrequited love affect the unforgettable characters of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. While the lovelorn Duke Orsino plots to win the heart of the mourning Olivia, an alliance of servants and buffoons scheme against the high-handedness of Olivia’s steward, the pompous Malvolio.
When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola, who has disguised herself as a young man under the name Cesario, to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet and hilarious chain of events follows.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Tues 1st Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 3rd/ Tues 8th/ Weds 9th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Thurs 10th/ Weds 16th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Sat 5th/ Tues 15th/ Thurs 17th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 13th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sat 19th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

2nd – 18th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 2nd/4th/10th/11th/12th/16th/18th
Matinée: Sunday 6th Nov @ 4pm
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 8th/9th/15th Nov
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“O god that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains”

Othello is incredibly talented and successful. But he remains an outsider in his city, subject to racism, jealousy and suspicion. Only Desdemona treats him with respect and kindness: they fall passionately in love. His best friend, Iago, watches Othello’s life flourish with unbearable jealousy and plots to destroy him completely.
As Othello’s world disintegrates into chaos, consumed by a poisonous cocktail of jealousy and rage, he turns on the only person in the world who wants to save him.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Weds 2nd Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 10th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Tues 8th/ Weds 9th/ Tues 15th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Fri 4th/ Fri 11th/ Sat 12th/ Weds 16th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 6th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Fri 18th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

2nd – 18th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 2nd/4th/10th/11th/12th/16th/18th
Matinée: Sunday 6th Nov @ 4pm
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 8th/9th/15th Nov
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“O god that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains”

Othello is incredibly talented and successful. But he remains an outsider in his city, subject to racism, jealousy and suspicion. Only Desdemona treats him with respect and kindness: they fall passionately in love. His best friend, Iago, watches Othello’s life flourish with unbearable jealousy and plots to destroy him completely.
As Othello’s world disintegrates into chaos, consumed by a poisonous cocktail of jealousy and rage, he turns on the only person in the world who wants to save him.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Weds 2nd Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 10th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Tues 8th/ Weds 9th/ Tues 15th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Fri 4th/ Fri 11th/ Sat 12th/ Weds 16th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 6th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Fri 18th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

2nd – 18th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 2nd/4th/10th/11th/12th/16th/18th
Matinée: Sunday 6th Nov @ 4pm
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 8th/9th/15th Nov
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“O god that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains”

Othello is incredibly talented and successful. But he remains an outsider in his city, subject to racism, jealousy and suspicion. Only Desdemona treats him with respect and kindness: they fall passionately in love. His best friend, Iago, watches Othello’s life flourish with unbearable jealousy and plots to destroy him completely.
As Othello’s world disintegrates into chaos, consumed by a poisonous cocktail of jealousy and rage, he turns on the only person in the world who wants to save him.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Weds 2nd Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 10th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Tues 8th/ Weds 9th/ Tues 15th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Fri 4th/ Fri 11th/ Sat 12th/ Weds 16th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 6th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Fri 18th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

1st – 19th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 1st/ 3rd/ 5th/ 8th/ 9th/ 15th/ 17th/ 19th November
Matinée @ 4pm: Sunday 13th November
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 10th/ 16th
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“Youth’s a stuff will not endure”

Outrageous high comedy ensues as the pangs of unrequited love affect the unforgettable characters of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. While the lovelorn Duke Orsino plots to win the heart of the mourning Olivia, an alliance of servants and buffoons scheme against the high-handedness of Olivia’s steward, the pompous Malvolio.
When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola, who has disguised herself as a young man under the name Cesario, to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet and hilarious chain of events follows.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Tues 1st Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 3rd/ Tues 8th/ Weds 9th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Thurs 10th/ Weds 16th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Sat 5th/ Tues 15th/ Thurs 17th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 13th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sat 19th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

2nd – 18th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 2nd/4th/10th/11th/12th/16th/18th
Matinée: Sunday 6th Nov @ 4pm
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 8th/9th/15th Nov
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“O god that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains”

Othello is incredibly talented and successful. But he remains an outsider in his city, subject to racism, jealousy and suspicion. Only Desdemona treats him with respect and kindness: they fall passionately in love. His best friend, Iago, watches Othello’s life flourish with unbearable jealousy and plots to destroy him completely.
As Othello’s world disintegrates into chaos, consumed by a poisonous cocktail of jealousy and rage, he turns on the only person in the world who wants to save him.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Weds 2nd Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 10th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Tues 8th/ Weds 9th/ Tues 15th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Fri 4th/ Fri 11th/ Sat 12th/ Weds 16th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 6th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Fri 18th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

1st – 19th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 1st/ 3rd/ 5th/ 8th/ 9th/ 15th/ 17th/ 19th November
Matinée @ 4pm: Sunday 13th November
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 10th/ 16th
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“Youth’s a stuff will not endure”

Outrageous high comedy ensues as the pangs of unrequited love affect the unforgettable characters of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. While the lovelorn Duke Orsino plots to win the heart of the mourning Olivia, an alliance of servants and buffoons scheme against the high-handedness of Olivia’s steward, the pompous Malvolio.
When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola, who has disguised herself as a young man under the name Cesario, to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet and hilarious chain of events follows.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Tues 1st Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 3rd/ Tues 8th/ Weds 9th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Thurs 10th/ Weds 16th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Sat 5th/ Tues 15th/ Thurs 17th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 13th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sat 19th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

1st – 19th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 1st/ 3rd/ 5th/ 8th/ 9th/ 15th/ 17th/ 19th November
Matinée @ 4pm: Sunday 13th November
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 10th/ 16th
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“Youth’s a stuff will not endure”

Outrageous high comedy ensues as the pangs of unrequited love affect the unforgettable characters of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. While the lovelorn Duke Orsino plots to win the heart of the mourning Olivia, an alliance of servants and buffoons scheme against the high-handedness of Olivia’s steward, the pompous Malvolio.
When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola, who has disguised herself as a young man under the name Cesario, to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet and hilarious chain of events follows.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Tues 1st Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 3rd/ Tues 8th/ Weds 9th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Thurs 10th/ Weds 16th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Sat 5th/ Tues 15th/ Thurs 17th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 13th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sat 19th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

2nd – 18th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 2nd/4th/10th/11th/12th/16th/18th
Matinée: Sunday 6th Nov @ 4pm
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 8th/9th/15th Nov
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“O god that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains”

Othello is incredibly talented and successful. But he remains an outsider in his city, subject to racism, jealousy and suspicion. Only Desdemona treats him with respect and kindness: they fall passionately in love. His best friend, Iago, watches Othello’s life flourish with unbearable jealousy and plots to destroy him completely.
As Othello’s world disintegrates into chaos, consumed by a poisonous cocktail of jealousy and rage, he turns on the only person in the world who wants to save him.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Weds 2nd Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 10th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Tues 8th/ Weds 9th/ Tues 15th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Fri 4th/ Fri 11th/ Sat 12th/ Weds 16th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 6th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Fri 18th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

1st – 19th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 1st/ 3rd/ 5th/ 8th/ 9th/ 15th/ 17th/ 19th November
Matinée @ 4pm: Sunday 13th November
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 10th/ 16th
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“Youth’s a stuff will not endure”

Outrageous high comedy ensues as the pangs of unrequited love affect the unforgettable characters of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. While the lovelorn Duke Orsino plots to win the heart of the mourning Olivia, an alliance of servants and buffoons scheme against the high-handedness of Olivia’s steward, the pompous Malvolio.
When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola, who has disguised herself as a young man under the name Cesario, to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet and hilarious chain of events follows.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Tues 1st Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 3rd/ Tues 8th/ Weds 9th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Thurs 10th/ Weds 16th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Sat 5th/ Tues 15th/ Thurs 17th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 13th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sat 19th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

2nd – 18th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 2nd/4th/10th/11th/12th/16th/18th
Matinée: Sunday 6th Nov @ 4pm
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 8th/9th/15th Nov
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“O god that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains”

Othello is incredibly talented and successful. But he remains an outsider in his city, subject to racism, jealousy and suspicion. Only Desdemona treats him with respect and kindness: they fall passionately in love. His best friend, Iago, watches Othello’s life flourish with unbearable jealousy and plots to destroy him completely.
As Othello’s world disintegrates into chaos, consumed by a poisonous cocktail of jealousy and rage, he turns on the only person in the world who wants to save him.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Weds 2nd Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 10th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Tues 8th/ Weds 9th/ Tues 15th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Fri 4th/ Fri 11th/ Sat 12th/ Weds 16th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 6th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Fri 18th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

by William Shakespeare
Presented by Arrows & Traps Theatre Company

1st – 19th November

Evenings @ 7.30pm: 1st/ 3rd/ 5th/ 8th/ 9th/ 15th/ 17th/ 19th November
Matinée @ 4pm: Sunday 13th November
Weekday matinées @ 2pm: 10th/ 16th
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES

“Youth’s a stuff will not endure”

Outrageous high comedy ensues as the pangs of unrequited love affect the unforgettable characters of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. While the lovelorn Duke Orsino plots to win the heart of the mourning Olivia, an alliance of servants and buffoons scheme against the high-handedness of Olivia’s steward, the pompous Malvolio.
When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola, who has disguised herself as a young man under the name Cesario, to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet and hilarious chain of events follows.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Critically-acclaimed, 3-time Off West Award Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring two of Shakespeare’s most atmospheric, fast-moving and timeless classics to the Gatehouse in repertory this November, having re-imagined them for a modern world.

“A work of effortless energy and unending style… a masterpiece of subtle reinvention and reinterpretation”
– A YOUNGER THEATRE
“McGregor has produced a play with huge heart, beautiful poetry and captivating magic”
– LDN CARD
“High-definition, high energy, high intelligence… Arrows & Traps are touched with genius”
– Gyles Brandreth

Tickets:

Preview Tues 1st Nov @ 7.30pm – All tickets £10
Thurs 3rd/ Tues 8th/ Weds 9th @ 7.30pm – £14 (£12 concessions)
Thurs 10th/ Weds 16th @ 2pm – All tickets £10
Sat 5th/ Tues 15th/ Thurs 17th @ 7.30pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sun 13th @ 4pm – £16 (£14 concessions)
Sat 19th @ 7.30pm – £18 (£16 concessions)

PETER AND THE WOLF Sat 11 Feb 11.30am | £8.50/£6.50 This exciting puppet show is set to Prokofiev’s famous score, and is a brilliant way to introduce children to orchestral music. It’s the story of a mischievous boy who goes off into the meadows to play with animals, in spite of his grandfather warning him about a wolf ! Stay after the performance for a puppet-making demonstration. J

theatre on the tea lawn

twelfth night by william shakespeare

After the great success of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2016, the award-winning Shooting Stars Theatre Company return to Lauderdale House with a fresh and modern interpretation of Twelfth Night.

Shooting Stars was formed in 2006 by Helen Crosse and quickly gained a reputation for producing high quality professional theatre.  They produce classic Shakespeare but bring it up to date and make it relevant to a modern audience with modern dress and in updated settings and ‘worlds’. Definately theatre for the whole family!

Shooting Star’s productions are always accessible, so even those not versed in the Bard’s comic play will be rolling with laughter. This is a play of mistaken identity and love triangles and takes its rightful place as one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays. Confused identity, cross-dressing and cross-garters are sure to make this an evening to remember!

Tips for our audience:

If it rains the ‘show will go on’ – we will only cancel in very extreme circumstances

There are no refunds but if we do have to abandon the show before the interval you will be offered a ticket for another night subject to availability

Bring something warm as even on a hot day the evenings can get chilly

The Café will be open for you to purchase food and drink on the evening but you are welcome to bring a picnic along with a blanket or chair to sit on. Chairs will be seated at the back of the Tea Lawn.

theatre on the tea lawn

twelfth night by william shakespeare

After the great success of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2016, the award-winning Shooting Stars Theatre Company return to Lauderdale House with a fresh and modern interpretation of Twelfth Night.

Shooting Stars was formed in 2006 by Helen Crosse and quickly gained a reputation for producing high quality professional theatre.  They produce classic Shakespeare but bring it up to date and make it relevant to a modern audience with modern dress and in updated settings and ‘worlds’. Definately theatre for the whole family!

Shooting Star’s productions are always accessible, so even those not versed in the Bard’s comic play will be rolling with laughter. This is a play of mistaken identity and love triangles and takes its rightful place as one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays. Confused identity, cross-dressing and cross-garters are sure to make this an evening to remember!

Tips for our audience:

If it rains the ‘show will go on’ – we will only cancel in very extreme circumstances

There are no refunds but if we do have to abandon the show before the interval you will be offered a ticket for another night subject to availability

Bring something warm as even on a hot day the evenings can get chilly

The Café will be open for you to purchase food and drink on the evening but you are welcome to bring a picnic along with a blanket or chair to sit on. Chairs will be seated at the back of the Tea Lawn.

theatre on the tea lawn

twelfth night by william shakespeare

After the great success of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2016, the award-winning Shooting Stars Theatre Company return to Lauderdale House with a fresh and modern interpretation of Twelfth Night.

Shooting Stars was formed in 2006 by Helen Crosse and quickly gained a reputation for producing high quality professional theatre.  They produce classic Shakespeare but bring it up to date and make it relevant to a modern audience with modern dress and in updated settings and ‘worlds’. Definately theatre for the whole family!

Shooting Star’s productions are always accessible, so even those not versed in the Bard’s comic play will be rolling with laughter. This is a play of mistaken identity and love triangles and takes its rightful place as one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays. Confused identity, cross-dressing and cross-garters are sure to make this an evening to remember!

Tips for our audience:

If it rains the ‘show will go on’ – we will only cancel in very extreme circumstances

There are no refunds but if we do have to abandon the show before the interval you will be offered a ticket for another night subject to availability

Bring something warm as even on a hot day the evenings can get chilly

The Café will be open for you to purchase food and drink on the evening but you are welcome to bring a picnic along with a blanket or chair to sit on. Chairs will be seated at the back of the Tea Lawn.

theatre on the tea lawn

twelfth night by william shakespeare

After the great success of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2016, the award-winning Shooting Stars Theatre Company return to Lauderdale House with a fresh and modern interpretation of Twelfth Night.

Shooting Stars was formed in 2006 by Helen Crosse and quickly gained a reputation for producing high quality professional theatre.  They produce classic Shakespeare but bring it up to date and make it relevant to a modern audience with modern dress and in updated settings and ‘worlds’. Definately theatre for the whole family!

Shooting Star’s productions are always accessible, so even those not versed in the Bard’s comic play will be rolling with laughter. This is a play of mistaken identity and love triangles and takes its rightful place as one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays. Confused identity, cross-dressing and cross-garters are sure to make this an evening to remember!

Tips for our audience:

If it rains the ‘show will go on’ – we will only cancel in very extreme circumstances

There are no refunds but if we do have to abandon the show before the interval you will be offered a ticket for another night subject to availability

Bring something warm as even on a hot day the evenings can get chilly

The Café will be open for you to purchase food and drink on the evening but you are welcome to bring a picnic along with a blanket or chair to sit on. Chairs will be seated at the back of the Tea Lawn.

theatre on the tea lawn

twelfth night by william shakespeare

After the great success of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2016, the award-winning Shooting Stars Theatre Company return to Lauderdale House with a fresh and modern interpretation of Twelfth Night.

Shooting Stars was formed in 2006 by Helen Crosse and quickly gained a reputation for producing high quality professional theatre.  They produce classic Shakespeare but bring it up to date and make it relevant to a modern audience with modern dress and in updated settings and ‘worlds’. Definately theatre for the whole family!

Shooting Star’s productions are always accessible, so even those not versed in the Bard’s comic play will be rolling with laughter. This is a play of mistaken identity and love triangles and takes its rightful place as one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays. Confused identity, cross-dressing and cross-garters are sure to make this an evening to remember!

Tips for our audience:

If it rains the ‘show will go on’ – we will only cancel in very extreme circumstances

There are no refunds but if we do have to abandon the show before the interval you will be offered a ticket for another night subject to availability

Bring something warm as even on a hot day the evenings can get chilly

The Café will be open for you to purchase food and drink on the evening but you are welcome to bring a picnic along with a blanket or chair to sit on. Chairs will be seated at the back of the Tea Lawn.

theatre on the tea lawn

twelfth night by william shakespeare

After the great success of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2016, the award-winning Shooting Stars Theatre Company return to Lauderdale House with a fresh and modern interpretation of Twelfth Night.

Shooting Stars was formed in 2006 by Helen Crosse and quickly gained a reputation for producing high quality professional theatre.  They produce classic Shakespeare but bring it up to date and make it relevant to a modern audience with modern dress and in updated settings and ‘worlds’. Definately theatre for the whole family!

Shooting Star’s productions are always accessible, so even those not versed in the Bard’s comic play will be rolling with laughter. This is a play of mistaken identity and love triangles and takes its rightful place as one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays. Confused identity, cross-dressing and cross-garters are sure to make this an evening to remember!

Tips for our audience:

If it rains the ‘show will go on’ – we will only cancel in very extreme circumstances

There are no refunds but if we do have to abandon the show before the interval you will be offered a ticket for another night subject to availability

Bring something warm as even on a hot day the evenings can get chilly

The Café will be open for you to purchase food and drink on the evening but you are welcome to bring a picnic along with a blanket or chair to sit on. Chairs will be seated at the back of the Tea Lawn.

theatre on the tea lawn

twelfth night by william shakespeare

After the great success of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2016, the award-winning Shooting Stars Theatre Company return to Lauderdale House with a fresh and modern interpretation of Twelfth Night.

Shooting Stars was formed in 2006 by Helen Crosse and quickly gained a reputation for producing high quality professional theatre.  They produce classic Shakespeare but bring it up to date and make it relevant to a modern audience with modern dress and in updated settings and ‘worlds’. Definately theatre for the whole family!

Shooting Star’s productions are always accessible, so even those not versed in the Bard’s comic play will be rolling with laughter. This is a play of mistaken identity and love triangles and takes its rightful place as one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays. Confused identity, cross-dressing and cross-garters are sure to make this an evening to remember!

Tips for our audience:

If it rains the ‘show will go on’ – we will only cancel in very extreme circumstances

There are no refunds but if we do have to abandon the show before the interval you will be offered a ticket for another night subject to availability

Bring something warm as even on a hot day the evenings can get chilly

The Café will be open for you to purchase food and drink on the evening but you are welcome to bring a picnic along with a blanket or chair to sit on. Chairs will be seated at the back of the Tea Lawn.

Christopher Harris, Jockey Rider

Jamaican Intuitives     13-26 October

This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see a unique Jamaican branch of contemporary art which was first acknowledged post-independence and which continues to flourish. There are no pretty beach scenes; no ‘tourist’ art. The work is challenging and powerful.

Until Jamaican Independence in 1962, the larger part of Jamaica’s art establishment took only European and North American style art seriously. This was a legacy of colonialism. With Independence, the importance of the arts and of acknowledging and exhibiting Jamaican artists was recognised in helping to shape a national cultural identity.

It was the late Dr David Boxer, Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica for over 35 years, who coined the word ‘Intuitive’ – now an official art term. He defined the context in which these remarkable artists’ accomplishments should be considered:

‘These artists paint and sculpt intuitively. They are not guided by fashion. Their vision is pure and sincere, untarnished by art theories and philosophies, principles and movements. They are, for the most part self-taught…. Their visions (and many of them are true visionaries) as released through paint or wood, are expressions of their individual relationships with the world around them – and the worlds within.’

All five artists in this show were born and (have) spent their lives in Jamaica. Their work has been part of major exhibitions at the National Gallery of Jamaica, and has been shown across the Caribbean, the US and Europe.

• Christopher Harris was born in 1974. He was one of the fourteen selected exhibitors in the prestigious Young Talent V Competition at the National Gallery of Jamaica in 2010. Encouraged to draw from an early age by his father, a farmer and a portraitist, Christopher’s work connects to his Ashanti forefathers.
• Kingsley Thomas was born in 1941. He worked in Kingston as a journalist for the now closed Jamaica Daily News before moving back home to rural Portland. A number of his lyrical paintings and sculptures refer to stories he covered as a journalist.
• Leonard Daley 1930 – 2006. Partly surreal, partly realist, Daley’s images tap into Jamaica’s collective consciousness and history. In 1999, at the opening of Daley’s one-man show at the University of the West Indies, Dr David Boxer declared him to be ‘one of the truly great natural painters of the century.’ Daley was awarded the prestigious Bronze Musgrave Medal in 2002.
• Evadney Cruickshank, born c1950. Evadney started painting after observing her then partner, the artist Sylvester Woods, at work. Her narrative paintings record daily life in her rural community – Pocomania services (an African-based religion), street dances, clearing up after hurricane damage. Her dry sense of humour infuses her work.
• Birth ‘Ras Dizzy’ Livingstone c1932 – 2008. Ras Dizzy first came to public attention in the 1960s as a Rastafarian poet/philosopher selling his writings on the University of the West Indies campus. A remarkable colourist, he portrayed himself in his paintings as a prize-winning boxer, a judge, a horse race jockey. A poetic insight was written on the reverse of each work.

Opening Party on Sunday 15th October 2-5 pm featuring the Koromanti Mento Band. Mento is Jamaica’s folk music and the precursor to ska and reggae. The High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr Seth George Ramocan, will be guest of honour. Jamaican Intuitives is part of the official Jamaica55 celebrations.

Exhibition continues until 26 October.

Highgate Gallery open Tue-Fri 1-5; Sat 11-4; Sun 11-5. Closed Mon.

Christopher Harris, Jockey Rider

Jamaican Intuitives     13-26 October

This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see a unique Jamaican branch of contemporary art which was first acknowledged post-independence and which continues to flourish. There are no pretty beach scenes; no ‘tourist’ art. The work is challenging and powerful.

Until Jamaican Independence in 1962, the larger part of Jamaica’s art establishment took only European and North American style art seriously. This was a legacy of colonialism. With Independence, the importance of the arts and of acknowledging and exhibiting Jamaican artists was recognised in helping to shape a national cultural identity.

It was the late Dr David Boxer, Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica for over 35 years, who coined the word ‘Intuitive’ – now an official art term. He defined the context in which these remarkable artists’ accomplishments should be considered:

‘These artists paint and sculpt intuitively. They are not guided by fashion. Their vision is pure and sincere, untarnished by art theories and philosophies, principles and movements. They are, for the most part self-taught…. Their visions (and many of them are true visionaries) as released through paint or wood, are expressions of their individual relationships with the world around them – and the worlds within.’

All five artists in this show were born and (have) spent their lives in Jamaica. Their work has been part of major exhibitions at the National Gallery of Jamaica, and has been shown across the Caribbean, the US and Europe.

• Christopher Harris was born in 1974. He was one of the fourteen selected exhibitors in the prestigious Young Talent V Competition at the National Gallery of Jamaica in 2010. Encouraged to draw from an early age by his father, a farmer and a portraitist, Christopher’s work connects to his Ashanti forefathers.
• Kingsley Thomas was born in 1941. He worked in Kingston as a journalist for the now closed Jamaica Daily News before moving back home to rural Portland. A number of his lyrical paintings and sculptures refer to stories he covered as a journalist.
• Leonard Daley 1930 – 2006. Partly surreal, partly realist, Daley’s images tap into Jamaica’s collective consciousness and history. In 1999, at the opening of Daley’s one-man show at the University of the West Indies, Dr David Boxer declared him to be ‘one of the truly great natural painters of the century.’ Daley was awarded the prestigious Bronze Musgrave Medal in 2002.
• Evadney Cruickshank, born c1950. Evadney started painting after observing her then partner, the artist Sylvester Woods, at work. Her narrative paintings record daily life in her rural community – Pocomania services (an African-based religion), street dances, clearing up after hurricane damage. Her dry sense of humour infuses her work.
• Birth ‘Ras Dizzy’ Livingstone c1932 – 2008. Ras Dizzy first came to public attention in the 1960s as a Rastafarian poet/philosopher selling his writings on the University of the West Indies campus. A remarkable colourist, he portrayed himself in his paintings as a prize-winning boxer, a judge, a horse race jockey. A poetic insight was written on the reverse of each work.

Opening Party on Sunday 15th October 2-5 pm featuring the Koromanti Mento Band. Mento is Jamaica’s folk music and the precursor to ska and reggae. The High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr Seth George Ramocan, will be guest of honour. Jamaican Intuitives is part of the official Jamaica55 celebrations.

Exhibition continues until 26 October.

Highgate Gallery open Tue-Fri 1-5; Sat 11-4; Sun 11-5. Closed Mon.

Christopher Harris, Jockey Rider

Jamaican Intuitives     13-26 October

This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see a unique Jamaican branch of contemporary art which was first acknowledged post-independence and which continues to flourish. There are no pretty beach scenes; no ‘tourist’ art. The work is challenging and powerful.

Until Jamaican Independence in 1962, the larger part of Jamaica’s art establishment took only European and North American style art seriously. This was a legacy of colonialism. With Independence, the importance of the arts and of acknowledging and exhibiting Jamaican artists was recognised in helping to shape a national cultural identity.

It was the late Dr David Boxer, Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica for over 35 years, who coined the word ‘Intuitive’ – now an official art term. He defined the context in which these remarkable artists’ accomplishments should be considered:

‘These artists paint and sculpt intuitively. They are not guided by fashion. Their vision is pure and sincere, untarnished by art theories and philosophies, principles and movements. They are, for the most part self-taught…. Their visions (and many of them are true visionaries) as released through paint or wood, are expressions of their individual relationships with the world around them – and the worlds within.’

All five artists in this show were born and (have) spent their lives in Jamaica. Their work has been part of major exhibitions at the National Gallery of Jamaica, and has been shown across the Caribbean, the US and Europe.

• Christopher Harris was born in 1974. He was one of the fourteen selected exhibitors in the prestigious Young Talent V Competition at the National Gallery of Jamaica in 2010. Encouraged to draw from an early age by his father, a farmer and a portraitist, Christopher’s work connects to his Ashanti forefathers.
• Kingsley Thomas was born in 1941. He worked in Kingston as a journalist for the now closed Jamaica Daily News before moving back home to rural Portland. A number of his lyrical paintings and sculptures refer to stories he covered as a journalist.
• Leonard Daley 1930 – 2006. Partly surreal, partly realist, Daley’s images tap into Jamaica’s collective consciousness and history. In 1999, at the opening of Daley’s one-man show at the University of the West Indies, Dr David Boxer declared him to be ‘one of the truly great natural painters of the century.’ Daley was awarded the prestigious Bronze Musgrave Medal in 2002.
• Evadney Cruickshank, born c1950. Evadney started painting after observing her then partner, the artist Sylvester Woods, at work. Her narrative paintings record daily life in her rural community – Pocomania services (an African-based religion), street dances, clearing up after hurricane damage. Her dry sense of humour infuses her work.
• Birth ‘Ras Dizzy’ Livingstone c1932 – 2008. Ras Dizzy first came to public attention in the 1960s as a Rastafarian poet/philosopher selling his writings on the University of the West Indies campus. A remarkable colourist, he portrayed himself in his paintings as a prize-winning boxer, a judge, a horse race jockey. A poetic insight was written on the reverse of each work.

Opening Party on Sunday 15th October 2-5 pm featuring the Koromanti Mento Band. Mento is Jamaica’s folk music and the precursor to ska and reggae. The High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr Seth George Ramocan, will be guest of honour. Jamaican Intuitives is part of the official Jamaica55 celebrations.

Exhibition continues until 26 October.

Highgate Gallery open Tue-Fri 1-5; Sat 11-4; Sun 11-5. Closed Mon.

Christopher Harris, Jockey Rider

Jamaican Intuitives     13-26 October

This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see a unique Jamaican branch of contemporary art which was first acknowledged post-independence and which continues to flourish. There are no pretty beach scenes; no ‘tourist’ art. The work is challenging and powerful.

Until Jamaican Independence in 1962, the larger part of Jamaica’s art establishment took only European and North American style art seriously. This was a legacy of colonialism. With Independence, the importance of the arts and of acknowledging and exhibiting Jamaican artists was recognised in helping to shape a national cultural identity.

It was the late Dr David Boxer, Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica for over 35 years, who coined the word ‘Intuitive’ – now an official art term. He defined the context in which these remarkable artists’ accomplishments should be considered:

‘These artists paint and sculpt intuitively. They are not guided by fashion. Their vision is pure and sincere, untarnished by art theories and philosophies, principles and movements. They are, for the most part self-taught…. Their visions (and many of them are true visionaries) as released through paint or wood, are expressions of their individual relationships with the world around them – and the worlds within.’

All five artists in this show were born and (have) spent their lives in Jamaica. Their work has been part of major exhibitions at the National Gallery of Jamaica, and has been shown across the Caribbean, the US and Europe.

• Christopher Harris was born in 1974. He was one of the fourteen selected exhibitors in the prestigious Young Talent V Competition at the National Gallery of Jamaica in 2010. Encouraged to draw from an early age by his father, a farmer and a portraitist, Christopher’s work connects to his Ashanti forefathers.
• Kingsley Thomas was born in 1941. He worked in Kingston as a journalist for the now closed Jamaica Daily News before moving back home to rural Portland. A number of his lyrical paintings and sculptures refer to stories he covered as a journalist.
• Leonard Daley 1930 – 2006. Partly surreal, partly realist, Daley’s images tap into Jamaica’s collective consciousness and history. In 1999, at the opening of Daley’s one-man show at the University of the West Indies, Dr David Boxer declared him to be ‘one of the truly great natural painters of the century.’ Daley was awarded the prestigious Bronze Musgrave Medal in 2002.
• Evadney Cruickshank, born c1950. Evadney started painting after observing her then partner, the artist Sylvester Woods, at work. Her narrative paintings record daily life in her rural community – Pocomania services (an African-based religion), street dances, clearing up after hurricane damage. Her dry sense of humour infuses her work.
• Birth ‘Ras Dizzy’ Livingstone c1932 – 2008. Ras Dizzy first came to public attention in the 1960s as a Rastafarian poet/philosopher selling his writings on the University of the West Indies campus. A remarkable colourist, he portrayed himself in his paintings as a prize-winning boxer, a judge, a horse race jockey. A poetic insight was written on the reverse of each work.

Opening Party on Sunday 15th October 2-5 pm featuring the Koromanti Mento Band. Mento is Jamaica’s folk music and the precursor to ska and reggae. The High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr Seth George Ramocan, will be guest of honour. Jamaican Intuitives is part of the official Jamaica55 celebrations.

Exhibition continues until 26 October.

Highgate Gallery open Tue-Fri 1-5; Sat 11-4; Sun 11-5. Closed Mon.

Christopher Harris, Jockey Rider

Jamaican Intuitives     13-26 October

This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see a unique Jamaican branch of contemporary art which was first acknowledged post-independence and which continues to flourish. There are no pretty beach scenes; no ‘tourist’ art. The work is challenging and powerful.

Until Jamaican Independence in 1962, the larger part of Jamaica’s art establishment took only European and North American style art seriously. This was a legacy of colonialism. With Independence, the importance of the arts and of acknowledging and exhibiting Jamaican artists was recognised in helping to shape a national cultural identity.

It was the late Dr David Boxer, Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica for over 35 years, who coined the word ‘Intuitive’ – now an official art term. He defined the context in which these remarkable artists’ accomplishments should be considered:

‘These artists paint and sculpt intuitively. They are not guided by fashion. Their vision is pure and sincere, untarnished by art theories and philosophies, principles and movements. They are, for the most part self-taught…. Their visions (and many of them are true visionaries) as released through paint or wood, are expressions of their individual relationships with the world around them – and the worlds within.’

All five artists in this show were born and (have) spent their lives in Jamaica. Their work has been part of major exhibitions at the National Gallery of Jamaica, and has been shown across the Caribbean, the US and Europe.

• Christopher Harris was born in 1974. He was one of the fourteen selected exhibitors in the prestigious Young Talent V Competition at the National Gallery of Jamaica in 2010. Encouraged to draw from an early age by his father, a farmer and a portraitist, Christopher’s work connects to his Ashanti forefathers.
• Kingsley Thomas was born in 1941. He worked in Kingston as a journalist for the now closed Jamaica Daily News before moving back home to rural Portland. A number of his lyrical paintings and sculptures refer to stories he covered as a journalist.
• Leonard Daley 1930 – 2006. Partly surreal, partly realist, Daley’s images tap into Jamaica’s collective consciousness and history. In 1999, at the opening of Daley’s one-man show at the University of the West Indies, Dr David Boxer declared him to be ‘one of the truly great natural painters of the century.’ Daley was awarded the prestigious Bronze Musgrave Medal in 2002.
• Evadney Cruickshank, born c1950. Evadney started painting after observing her then partner, the artist Sylvester Woods, at work. Her narrative paintings record daily life in her rural community – Pocomania services (an African-based religion), street dances, clearing up after hurricane damage. Her dry sense of humour infuses her work.
• Birth ‘Ras Dizzy’ Livingstone c1932 – 2008. Ras Dizzy first came to public attention in the 1960s as a Rastafarian poet/philosopher selling his writings on the University of the West Indies campus. A remarkable colourist, he portrayed himself in his paintings as a prize-winning boxer, a judge, a horse race jockey. A poetic insight was written on the reverse of each work.

Opening Party on Sunday 15th October 2-5 pm featuring the Koromanti Mento Band. Mento is Jamaica’s folk music and the precursor to ska and reggae. The High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr Seth George Ramocan, will be guest of honour. Jamaican Intuitives is part of the official Jamaica55 celebrations.

Exhibition continues until 26 October.

Highgate Gallery open Tue-Fri 1-5; Sat 11-4; Sun 11-5. Closed Mon.

Christopher Harris, Jockey Rider

Jamaican Intuitives     13-26 October

This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see a unique Jamaican branch of contemporary art which was first acknowledged post-independence and which continues to flourish. There are no pretty beach scenes; no ‘tourist’ art. The work is challenging and powerful.

Until Jamaican Independence in 1962, the larger part of Jamaica’s art establishment took only European and North American style art seriously. This was a legacy of colonialism. With Independence, the importance of the arts and of acknowledging and exhibiting Jamaican artists was recognised in helping to shape a national cultural identity.

It was the late Dr David Boxer, Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica for over 35 years, who coined the word ‘Intuitive’ – now an official art term. He defined the context in which these remarkable artists’ accomplishments should be considered:

‘These artists paint and sculpt intuitively. They are not guided by fashion. Their vision is pure and sincere, untarnished by art theories and philosophies, principles and movements. They are, for the most part self-taught…. Their visions (and many of them are true visionaries) as released through paint or wood, are expressions of their individual relationships with the world around them – and the worlds within.’

All five artists in this show were born and (have) spent their lives in Jamaica. Their work has been part of major exhibitions at the National Gallery of Jamaica, and has been shown across the Caribbean, the US and Europe.

• Christopher Harris was born in 1974. He was one of the fourteen selected exhibitors in the prestigious Young Talent V Competition at the National Gallery of Jamaica in 2010. Encouraged to draw from an early age by his father, a farmer and a portraitist, Christopher’s work connects to his Ashanti forefathers.
• Kingsley Thomas was born in 1941. He worked in Kingston as a journalist for the now closed Jamaica Daily News before moving back home to rural Portland. A number of his lyrical paintings and sculptures refer to stories he covered as a journalist.
• Leonard Daley 1930 – 2006. Partly surreal, partly realist, Daley’s images tap into Jamaica’s collective consciousness and history. In 1999, at the opening of Daley’s one-man show at the University of the West Indies, Dr David Boxer declared him to be ‘one of the truly great natural painters of the century.’ Daley was awarded the prestigious Bronze Musgrave Medal in 2002.
• Evadney Cruickshank, born c1950. Evadney started painting after observing her then partner, the artist Sylvester Woods, at work. Her narrative paintings record daily life in her rural community – Pocomania services (an African-based religion), street dances, clearing up after hurricane damage. Her dry sense of humour infuses her work.
• Birth ‘Ras Dizzy’ Livingstone c1932 – 2008. Ras Dizzy first came to public attention in the 1960s as a Rastafarian poet/philosopher selling his writings on the University of the West Indies campus. A remarkable colourist, he portrayed himself in his paintings as a prize-winning boxer, a judge, a horse race jockey. A poetic insight was written on the reverse of each work.

Opening Party on Sunday 15th October 2-5 pm featuring the Koromanti Mento Band. Mento is Jamaica’s folk music and the precursor to ska and reggae. The High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr Seth George Ramocan, will be guest of honour. Jamaican Intuitives is part of the official Jamaica55 celebrations.

Exhibition continues until 26 October.

Highgate Gallery open Tue-Fri 1-5; Sat 11-4; Sun 11-5. Closed Mon.

Christopher Harris, Jockey Rider

Jamaican Intuitives     13-26 October

This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see a unique Jamaican branch of contemporary art which was first acknowledged post-independence and which continues to flourish. There are no pretty beach scenes; no ‘tourist’ art. The work is challenging and powerful.

Until Jamaican Independence in 1962, the larger part of Jamaica’s art establishment took only European and North American style art seriously. This was a legacy of colonialism. With Independence, the importance of the arts and of acknowledging and exhibiting Jamaican artists was recognised in helping to shape a national cultural identity.

It was the late Dr David Boxer, Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica for over 35 years, who coined the word ‘Intuitive’ – now an official art term. He defined the context in which these remarkable artists’ accomplishments should be considered:

‘These artists paint and sculpt intuitively. They are not guided by fashion. Their vision is pure and sincere, untarnished by art theories and philosophies, principles and movements. They are, for the most part self-taught…. Their visions (and many of them are true visionaries) as released through paint or wood, are expressions of their individual relationships with the world around them – and the worlds within.’

All five artists in this show were born and (have) spent their lives in Jamaica. Their work has been part of major exhibitions at the National Gallery of Jamaica, and has been shown across the Caribbean, the US and Europe.

• Christopher Harris was born in 1974. He was one of the fourteen selected exhibitors in the prestigious Young Talent V Competition at the National Gallery of Jamaica in 2010. Encouraged to draw from an early age by his father, a farmer and a portraitist, Christopher’s work connects to his Ashanti forefathers.
• Kingsley Thomas was born in 1941. He worked in Kingston as a journalist for the now closed Jamaica Daily News before moving back home to rural Portland. A number of his lyrical paintings and sculptures refer to stories he covered as a journalist.
• Leonard Daley 1930 – 2006. Partly surreal, partly realist, Daley’s images tap into Jamaica’s collective consciousness and history. In 1999, at the opening of Daley’s one-man show at the University of the West Indies, Dr David Boxer declared him to be ‘one of the truly great natural painters of the century.’ Daley was awarded the prestigious Bronze Musgrave Medal in 2002.
• Evadney Cruickshank, born c1950. Evadney started painting after observing her then partner, the artist Sylvester Woods, at work. Her narrative paintings record daily life in her rural community – Pocomania services (an African-based religion), street dances, clearing up after hurricane damage. Her dry sense of humour infuses her work.
• Birth ‘Ras Dizzy’ Livingstone c1932 – 2008. Ras Dizzy first came to public attention in the 1960s as a Rastafarian poet/philosopher selling his writings on the University of the West Indies campus. A remarkable colourist, he portrayed himself in his paintings as a prize-winning boxer, a judge, a horse race jockey. A poetic insight was written on the reverse of each work.

Opening Party on Sunday 15th October 2-5 pm featuring the Koromanti Mento Band. Mento is Jamaica’s folk music and the precursor to ska and reggae. The High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr Seth George Ramocan, will be guest of honour. Jamaican Intuitives is part of the official Jamaica55 celebrations.

Exhibition continues until 26 October.

Highgate Gallery open Tue-Fri 1-5; Sat 11-4; Sun 11-5. Closed Mon.

Christopher Harris, Jockey Rider

Jamaican Intuitives     13-26 October

This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see a unique Jamaican branch of contemporary art which was first acknowledged post-independence and which continues to flourish. There are no pretty beach scenes; no ‘tourist’ art. The work is challenging and powerful.

Until Jamaican Independence in 1962, the larger part of Jamaica’s art establishment took only European and North American style art seriously. This was a legacy of colonialism. With Independence, the importance of the arts and of acknowledging and exhibiting Jamaican artists was recognised in helping to shape a national cultural identity.

It was the late Dr David Boxer, Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica for over 35 years, who coined the word ‘Intuitive’ – now an official art term. He defined the context in which these remarkable artists’ accomplishments should be considered:

‘These artists paint and sculpt intuitively. They are not guided by fashion. Their vision is pure and sincere, untarnished by art theories and philosophies, principles and movements. They are, for the most part self-taught…. Their visions (and many of them are true visionaries) as released through paint or wood, are expressions of their individual relationships with the world around them – and the worlds within.’

All five artists in this show were born and (have) spent their lives in Jamaica. Their work has been part of major exhibitions at the National Gallery of Jamaica, and has been shown across the Caribbean, the US and Europe.

• Christopher Harris was born in 1974. He was one of the fourteen selected exhibitors in the prestigious Young Talent V Competition at the National Gallery of Jamaica in 2010. Encouraged to draw from an early age by his father, a farmer and a portraitist, Christopher’s work connects to his Ashanti forefathers.
• Kingsley Thomas was born in 1941. He worked in Kingston as a journalist for the now closed Jamaica Daily News before moving back home to rural Portland. A number of his lyrical paintings and sculptures refer to stories he covered as a journalist.
• Leonard Daley 1930 – 2006. Partly surreal, partly realist, Daley’s images tap into Jamaica’s collective consciousness and history. In 1999, at the opening of Daley’s one-man show at the University of the West Indies, Dr David Boxer declared him to be ‘one of the truly great natural painters of the century.’ Daley was awarded the prestigious Bronze Musgrave Medal in 2002.
• Evadney Cruickshank, born c1950. Evadney started painting after observing her then partner, the artist Sylvester Woods, at work. Her narrative paintings record daily life in her rural community – Pocomania services (an African-based religion), street dances, clearing up after hurricane damage. Her dry sense of humour infuses her work.
• Birth ‘Ras Dizzy’ Livingstone c1932 – 2008. Ras Dizzy first came to public attention in the 1960s as a Rastafarian poet/philosopher selling his writings on the University of the West Indies campus. A remarkable colourist, he portrayed himself in his paintings as a prize-winning boxer, a judge, a horse race jockey. A poetic insight was written on the reverse of each work.

Opening Party on Sunday 15th October 2-5 pm featuring the Koromanti Mento Band. Mento is Jamaica’s folk music and the precursor to ska and reggae. The High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr Seth George Ramocan, will be guest of honour. Jamaican Intuitives is part of the official Jamaica55 celebrations.

Exhibition continues until 26 October.

Highgate Gallery open Tue-Fri 1-5; Sat 11-4; Sun 11-5. Closed Mon.

Christopher Harris, Jockey Rider

Jamaican Intuitives     13-26 October

This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see a unique Jamaican branch of contemporary art which was first acknowledged post-independence and which continues to flourish. There are no pretty beach scenes; no ‘tourist’ art. The work is challenging and powerful.

Until Jamaican Independence in 1962, the larger part of Jamaica’s art establishment took only European and North American style art seriously. This was a legacy of colonialism. With Independence, the importance of the arts and of acknowledging and exhibiting Jamaican artists was recognised in helping to shape a national cultural identity.

It was the late Dr David Boxer, Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica for over 35 years, who coined the word ‘Intuitive’ – now an official art term. He defined the context in which these remarkable artists’ accomplishments should be considered:

‘These artists paint and sculpt intuitively. They are not guided by fashion. Their vision is pure and sincere, untarnished by art theories and philosophies, principles and movements. They are, for the most part self-taught…. Their visions (and many of them are true visionaries) as released through paint or wood, are expressions of their individual relationships with the world around them – and the worlds within.’

All five artists in this show were born and (have) spent their lives in Jamaica. Their work has been part of major exhibitions at the National Gallery of Jamaica, and has been shown across the Caribbean, the US and Europe.

• Christopher Harris was born in 1974. He was one of the fourteen selected exhibitors in the prestigious Young Talent V Competition at the National Gallery of Jamaica in 2010. Encouraged to draw from an early age by his father, a farmer and a portraitist, Christopher’s work connects to his Ashanti forefathers.
• Kingsley Thomas was born in 1941. He worked in Kingston as a journalist for the now closed Jamaica Daily News before moving back home to rural Portland. A number of his lyrical paintings and sculptures refer to stories he covered as a journalist.
• Leonard Daley 1930 – 2006. Partly surreal, partly realist, Daley’s images tap into Jamaica’s collective consciousness and history. In 1999, at the opening of Daley’s one-man show at the University of the West Indies, Dr David Boxer declared him to be ‘one of the truly great natural painters of the century.’ Daley was awarded the prestigious Bronze Musgrave Medal in 2002.
• Evadney Cruickshank, born c1950. Evadney started painting after observing her then partner, the artist Sylvester Woods, at work. Her narrative paintings record daily life in her rural community – Pocomania services (an African-based religion), street dances, clearing up after hurricane damage. Her dry sense of humour infuses her work.
• Birth ‘Ras Dizzy’ Livingstone c1932 – 2008. Ras Dizzy first came to public attention in the 1960s as a Rastafarian poet/philosopher selling his writings on the University of the West Indies campus. A remarkable colourist, he portrayed himself in his paintings as a prize-winning boxer, a judge, a horse race jockey. A poetic insight was written on the reverse of each work.

Opening Party on Sunday 15th October 2-5 pm featuring the Koromanti Mento Band. Mento is Jamaica’s folk music and the precursor to ska and reggae. The High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr Seth George Ramocan, will be guest of honour. Jamaican Intuitives is part of the official Jamaica55 celebrations.

Exhibition continues until 26 October.

Highgate Gallery open Tue-Fri 1-5; Sat 11-4; Sun 11-5. Closed Mon.

Christopher Harris, Jockey Rider

Jamaican Intuitives     13-26 October

This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see a unique Jamaican branch of contemporary art which was first acknowledged post-independence and which continues to flourish. There are no pretty beach scenes; no ‘tourist’ art. The work is challenging and powerful.

Until Jamaican Independence in 1962, the larger part of Jamaica’s art establishment took only European and North American style art seriously. This was a legacy of colonialism. With Independence, the importance of the arts and of acknowledging and exhibiting Jamaican artists was recognised in helping to shape a national cultural identity.

It was the late Dr David Boxer, Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica for over 35 years, who coined the word ‘Intuitive’ – now an official art term. He defined the context in which these remarkable artists’ accomplishments should be considered:

‘These artists paint and sculpt intuitively. They are not guided by fashion. Their vision is pure and sincere, untarnished by art theories and philosophies, principles and movements. They are, for the most part self-taught…. Their visions (and many of them are true visionaries) as released through paint or wood, are expressions of their individual relationships with the world around them – and the worlds within.’

All five artists in this show were born and (have) spent their lives in Jamaica. Their work has been part of major exhibitions at the National Gallery of Jamaica, and has been shown across the Caribbean, the US and Europe.

• Christopher Harris was born in 1974. He was one of the fourteen selected exhibitors in the prestigious Young Talent V Competition at the National Gallery of Jamaica in 2010. Encouraged to draw from an early age by his father, a farmer and a portraitist, Christopher’s work connects to his Ashanti forefathers.
• Kingsley Thomas was born in 1941. He worked in Kingston as a journalist for the now closed Jamaica Daily News before moving back home to rural Portland. A number of his lyrical paintings and sculptures refer to stories he covered as a journalist.
• Leonard Daley 1930 – 2006. Partly surreal, partly realist, Daley’s images tap into Jamaica’s collective consciousness and history. In 1999, at the opening of Daley’s one-man show at the University of the West Indies, Dr David Boxer declared him to be ‘one of the truly great natural painters of the century.’ Daley was awarded the prestigious Bronze Musgrave Medal in 2002.
• Evadney Cruickshank, born c1950. Evadney started painting after observing her then partner, the artist Sylvester Woods, at work. Her narrative paintings record daily life in her rural community – Pocomania services (an African-based religion), street dances, clearing up after hurricane damage. Her dry sense of humour infuses her work.
• Birth ‘Ras Dizzy’ Livingstone c1932 – 2008. Ras Dizzy first came to public attention in the 1960s as a Rastafarian poet/philosopher selling his writings on the University of the West Indies campus. A remarkable colourist, he portrayed himself in his paintings as a prize-winning boxer, a judge, a horse race jockey. A poetic insight was written on the reverse of each work.

Opening Party on Sunday 15th October 2-5 pm featuring the Koromanti Mento Band. Mento is Jamaica’s folk music and the precursor to ska and reggae. The High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr Seth George Ramocan, will be guest of honour. Jamaican Intuitives is part of the official Jamaica55 celebrations.

Exhibition continues until 26 October.

Highgate Gallery open Tue-Fri 1-5; Sat 11-4; Sun 11-5. Closed Mon.

Christopher Harris, Jockey Rider

Jamaican Intuitives     13-26 October

This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see a unique Jamaican branch of contemporary art which was first acknowledged post-independence and which continues to flourish. There are no pretty beach scenes; no ‘tourist’ art. The work is challenging and powerful.

Until Jamaican Independence in 1962, the larger part of Jamaica’s art establishment took only European and North American style art seriously. This was a legacy of colonialism. With Independence, the importance of the arts and of acknowledging and exhibiting Jamaican artists was recognised in helping to shape a national cultural identity.

It was the late Dr David Boxer, Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica for over 35 years, who coined the word ‘Intuitive’ – now an official art term. He defined the context in which these remarkable artists’ accomplishments should be considered:

‘These artists paint and sculpt intuitively. They are not guided by fashion. Their vision is pure and sincere, untarnished by art theories and philosophies, principles and movements. They are, for the most part self-taught…. Their visions (and many of them are true visionaries) as released through paint or wood, are expressions of their individual relationships with the world around them – and the worlds within.’

All five artists in this show were born and (have) spent their lives in Jamaica. Their work has been part of major exhibitions at the National Gallery of Jamaica, and has been shown across the Caribbean, the US and Europe.

• Christopher Harris was born in 1974. He was one of the fourteen selected exhibitors in the prestigious Young Talent V Competition at the National Gallery of Jamaica in 2010. Encouraged to draw from an early age by his father, a farmer and a portraitist, Christopher’s work connects to his Ashanti forefathers.
• Kingsley Thomas was born in 1941. He worked in Kingston as a journalist for the now closed Jamaica Daily News before moving back home to rural Portland. A number of his lyrical paintings and sculptures refer to stories he covered as a journalist.
• Leonard Daley 1930 – 2006. Partly surreal, partly realist, Daley’s images tap into Jamaica’s collective consciousness and history. In 1999, at the opening of Daley’s one-man show at the University of the West Indies, Dr David Boxer declared him to be ‘one of the truly great natural painters of the century.’ Daley was awarded the prestigious Bronze Musgrave Medal in 2002.
• Evadney Cruickshank, born c1950. Evadney started painting after observing her then partner, the artist Sylvester Woods, at work. Her narrative paintings record daily life in her rural community – Pocomania services (an African-based religion), street dances, clearing up after hurricane damage. Her dry sense of humour infuses her work.
• Birth ‘Ras Dizzy’ Livingstone c1932 – 2008. Ras Dizzy first came to public attention in the 1960s as a Rastafarian poet/philosopher selling his writings on the University of the West Indies campus. A remarkable colourist, he portrayed himself in his paintings as a prize-winning boxer, a judge, a horse race jockey. A poetic insight was written on the reverse of each work.

Opening Party on Sunday 15th October 2-5 pm featuring the Koromanti Mento Band. Mento is Jamaica’s folk music and the precursor to ska and reggae. The High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr Seth George Ramocan, will be guest of honour. Jamaican Intuitives is part of the official Jamaica55 celebrations.

Exhibition continues until 26 October.

Highgate Gallery open Tue-Fri 1-5; Sat 11-4; Sun 11-5. Closed Mon.

Live Literature Company present an open-air theatre experience on the Tea Lawn in Waterlow Park.

Shakespeare in (About) An Hour features drama students from Niagara University performing Shakespeare, including live love scenes from As You Like It! This free performance is the perfect opportunity to enjoy a relaxed summer evening outside in the sunshine, overlooking Waterlow Park and soaking up some culture…

Shakespeare in (About) An Hour takes place on Thursday 28 June at 7pm and is free to attend!