The Captain Calamity Mega Show
The Captain Calamity Mega Show is a crazy mix of magic and hilarity like no other. Expect jaw dropping science stunts, enormous balloons, beautiful bubbles, calamitous custard pies, crazy puppet characters, action dances and games in this marvellous melting pot of momentous mayhem. If you want to see what all the fuss is about then check out The Captain’s very own YouTube channel at www.calamity.tv and book your ticket for a splendiferous adventure into the crazy world of Captain Calamity. Ages Suitable for children of 2 – 8 years.
Ticket Prices:
Adults/Children ( Standard) – £8.50
Adults/Children ( Concession) – £6.50
Family Ticket ( 2 Adults/ 2 Children) – £28.50
Family Ticket (Concession) 2 Adults/2 Children – £20.00
Under 18 months free.
To Book tickets:
Box office: 02083488716
Email: enquiries@lauderdale.org.uk
Website: http://www.lauderdalehouse.co.uk
Come and sing Carols with Highgate School Band in Pond Square and refreshments afterwards at 10A South Grove -Highgate Society.
Free entry – complimentary tea and cake – non members welcome
This is the third in what is now becoming an annual Highgate Society event – a January afternoon
travel talk and tea. Our first, in 2016, featured visits to North America by Catherine Budgett Meakin
and to the Andes by Richard Webber. Last year it was the turn of Michael Hammerson who dusted
off his slides and diary account from 1966 to treat us to a wonderful account of his experiences as a
young man visiting the battlefields of the American Civil War.
This year our focus shifts to Asia where we will hear travellers’ accounts of visits to three countries in
the Caucasus and Central Asia that receive very few foreign visitors.
The presenters will whet your appetite for a visit with images of magnificent mountain scenery as
well as heritage site of world-wide significance. This will be presented within a broader discussion of
sustainable tourism, the impact of the collapse of the Soviet Union, geo-political uncertainty and
social acceptance and resistance to the spread of Western values.
Do you need a guide to visit these countries? Or should you join a group? How safe will you be? And
how easy is it to engage in meaningful discussion with the views of local people? Come and hear.
Programme
3.15 1: Kyrgistan: Guyonne James
3.40 2: Armenia: Richard Webber
4.05 Questions, answers and discussion in response to talks 1 and 2
4.20 Tea
4.35 3: Iran: Betty Pires + team (the precise members of which are to be confirmed)
5.00 Questions, answers and discussion on practicalities of a central Asia visit
Every one is welcome to come and meet members and non-members of the Highgate Society.
‘Highgate as a Conservation area’ exhibition
Come and learn about the Highgate Society and the CA.
Richard Webber illustrates the Lifestyles of the super-rich in Edwardian Highgate – “Then and Now; Great Houses from past Highgate”.
The Mansions of Highgate Ridge
A talk by Richard Webber: Sun, July 8, 2018 7:00 PM. Book on eventbrite. Limited space so booking essential!
This is the story the Great Mansions of the Highgate Ridge, and the visionaries who lived in them. Using seldom seen material from the HLSI archives, the lecture focuses on the lifestyles of the early owners of these houses and the pioneering reforms for which many of them fought. Now that London has because a location of choice for the global rich, the lecture considers what we can learn from the similarities and differences between the lifestyles of the new occupiers of these mansions and those who lived in them a hundred years ago.
Professor Richard Webber was one of the lead researchers on the recent ESRC project, on this topic. Professor Webber is Visiting Professor at University of Newcastle. He is the originator of the Acorn and Mosaic systems which classify people by the neighbourhood in which they live and is a long term resident of Highgate.
Highgate is the location of arguably the finest collection of 20th and 21st Century Modern Homes, many of which are hidden from public view. Professor David Porter will give an illustrated talk on these and the progressive thoughts behind many of the schemes.
Places are limited so booking is essential through eventbrite, although the talk is FREE
A magical multi-media tale of a life saved by music for children 7+ and their guardians, based on a true story.
Join superhero duo Tommy Foggo and his talking cello Destino as they recruit a gang of young helpers to travel with them through time and space to find the Queen of Lost Atlantis…
Performed by acclaimed cellist, baritone & actor Matthew Sharp. Composed by Stephen Deazley and written by Martin Riley.
Come share your poems at a welcoming open mic session
And take up the monthly poetry challenge set by members
£2 entry includes, tea, coffee, cake (sometimes) and biscuits
Tessa and Ian Henghes and Karen and Mark Rogers will talk about their travels in Uganda with slides and tea with cake!
John Allan will give a talk – Local Heroes – Modern Movement Architects in North London. He will present works by Wells Coates, Erno Goldfinger and Bertold Lubetkin, including conservation projects he has carried out on their key buildings such as Isokon Apartments, Willow Road and Highpoint. As a director of Avanti Architects, John is a foremost expert on the restoration of modern buildings, is founding chairman of DoCoMo-UK and chairman of the Isokon Gallery Trust
Please book:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/local-heroes-modern-movement-architects-in-north-london-tickets-53861601500
The Tootsie Rollers, London’s original retro girlband, fuse old-school classics with contemporary hits.
The Tootsies have taken their unique sound all over the world and played everywhere from royal palaces to music festivals. They count Colin Firth, Richard Branson and HRH Prince Charles amongst their celebrity followers.
Their charity single ‘Walk the Walk’, in aid of breast cancer awareness, shot to number one in the jazz charts, marking their proudest moment to date.
The Tootsie Rollers can’t wait to bring vintage bang up to date at Lauderdale House. Grab yourself a picnic, a glass of prosecco and come roll with The Tootsies!
Join us, once again, for an evening of Magic at the Gatehouse presented by an exciting line-up of top magicians. Witness miracles manifest before your eyes in an intimate cabaret configuration that puts you at the heart of the magic.
Guests already confirmed include John Archer, Harry De Cruz, and Tom Brace.
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“John Archer’s reputation in the magic world is among the very best. I’d recommend him unreservedly.”
– DERREN BROWN on JOHN ARCHER
“Head and shoulders above the rest.”
– DYNAMO on HARRY DE CRUZ
“Charmed, amazed, and delighted in equal measure.”
– JAMES O’BRIEN on TOM BRACE