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Jul
15
Fri
A Night with Alula @ Jacksons Lane
Jul 15 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Newly announced as Associate Artists at Jacksons Lane, Alula are a phenomenon. Three strong, skilled young women with a rapport like no other; their main discipline – the Cyr Wheel – has astounded audiences the world over. Now they return to their home for this very special one-off event, combining stylish group work, astonishing solos, acrobatics and live music, with a special guest or two thrown in to the mix. Come join Alula’s world!

 

We have introduced a Pay What You Decide policy for Postcards Festival 2016shows.

You can attend the shows without paying for a ticket beforehand, but tickets can be reserved in advance (max 4 per booking). When the show finishes, you will have the opportunity to make a donation – either by cash on the door or card at the Box Office.

Oct
3
Mon
Open Meeting re. Telephone Boxes @ Highgate Society
Oct 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Open Meeting on the future oftelephone boxes Monday 3rd October 7–8 pm at The Highgate Society, 10a South Grove N6.

A group within the Highgate Society has worked alongside BT to ensure our local phone boxes are looked after. There is increasing pressure for these boxes to be transferred to “local communities”. The meeting is to discuss how the Highgate Society and other local groups and businesses may wish to respond to this

All are welcome!

May
6
Sat
Scorched @ Jacksons Lane
May 6 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

1941. Egypt. WWII. An escaped German officer. A two day chase across the brutal Sahara. A triumphant capture. A hero’s return.
1991. England. Jack reigns from the armchair of his rest home, a local legend. Decorated veteran of Tobruk. Former river warden, boxer, horse whisperer, boat builder, charmer, prolific father and husband to a very unhappy wife. Dementia is eroding his mind. As the Gulf War rages, the past drags him back to the scorched sands. Inspired by the writer’s grandfather.
Following its critically acclaimed debut at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, Open Sky present Scorched, using new writing, visual physical theatre, period music and an innovative set to create the workings of a mind sinking into the sands of time. “Striking theatrical invention” The Stage

Oct
13
Tue
Virtual Tour – The Heights of Dickens @ Virtual tour
Oct 13 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

From the comfort of your home, follow in a virtual tour in Charles Dickens’ footsteps in a walk from Highgate to the hamlet of North End on the border with Hampstead and Hampstead Garden Suburb. We will follow some of Bill Sikes escape route after murdering Nancy in Oliver Twist, see houses that Dickens stayed in; learn about his friendship with philanthropist Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts; view the house that inspired Steerforth’s mother’s house in David Copperfield and peep into Highgate Cemtrey where several members of the Dickens family were buried and follow the Gordon rioters in Barnaby Rudge towards Lord Mansfield’s country estate at Kenwood (Caen Wood). We will pay a visit o the Spaniard’s Inn featured in the Pickwick Papers and continue with Bill Sikes’ journey in Oliver Twist from Highgate Hill across the grounds of Kenwood towards Northend and Hendon. We finish in North End where we view the 17th farmhouse that Dickens lodged in after the death of his sister in law Mary Hogarth.