Have your pound coins ready for 7.30pm, first questions at 7.45pm. Come and be in with the chance of winning a £50 bar tab! We’ll even give you 10% off your food bill if you book a table. Ring us on 020 8341 0510 to reserve.
Exciting young opera troupe Pop-up Opera bring their production, La Serva Padrona & Rita to The Bull, Highgate on Tuesday 18th of June at 7.30pm
La Serva Padrona & Rita
Two one-act operas take place on the same stage, their scenes and stories intertwined. One mute servant appears in both, tying the two tales together.
A scene of commotion arises when the dominating Rita and her timid husband Peppe receive an unexpected visit from Rita’s first husband Gaspar. Each believing the other to have died, Gaspar unknowingly arrives seeking Rita’s death certificate so he can remarry. Peppe sees it as an opportunity to escape, as Gaspar is still Rita’s legal husband. The two men agree to a game, the winner of which will have to stay with Rita. Each of them tries to lose, but Gaspar cunningly manipulates Rita and Peppe to fall in love again.
Meanwhile, wealthy old bachelor Uberto is kept under the thumb of his maid Serpina.
He enlists his manservant Vespone to help him get rid of Serpina by finding him a wife. Serpina convinces Vespone to trick Uberto into marrying her. Their elaborate plan works and by the time Uberto has agreed to marry Serpina he realises he has loved her all along.
“Pop-Up Opera aim to take opera out to the ‘hesitant, as well as to dedicated opera lovers’. I confess to having been hesitant, but I’m suddenly in danger of becoming dedicated.” Everything Theatre
“…a completely fresh approach to a traditionally fusty genre. It’s frenetic, light-hearted and engaging.”
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“Basically, book tickets now. If only because some of these voices may be stars in ten years’ time, and you can say you saw them first, singing out of a window onto Dean Street.” The Public Reviews
“If any group can make opera converts, this one can.” Broadway Baby
“If you want an entertaining evening, this is the opera to see.” British Theatre Guide
“Talent-packed” The Evening Standard
Watch our 3 minute taster video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xQoVPR-ZFs
Visit our website www.popupopera.co.uk
The Bull will be serving its full food menu, before, during and after the performance.Tickets are £25 each
Have your pound coins ready for 7.30pm, first questions at 7.45pm. Come and be in with the chance of winning a £50 bar tab! We’ll even give you 10% off your food bill if you book a table. Ring us on 020 8341 0510 to reserve.
A guided tour through Stoke Newington with the excellent Rachel Kolsky. All profits to The Harington Scheme.
We meet once a month, each time at a different pub, in Highgate. This month, June, it’s The Bull with its friendly atmosphere and on site microbrewery. It’s always a pleasure comparing the beers so lets see which is our favourite this time.
Everyone welcome, it’s a chance to meet old friends as well as new people over a drink.
LAUDERDALE SUZUKI MUSIC: SING WITH PATTY Sun 12 Feb, 2.30–3pm | Free A free singing session for children under 5 years old. Patty will teach songs with hand movements, chime bars and percussion instruments. These classes provide an excellent foundation for learning an instrument.
Discover some of Highgate’s twentieth century housing developments in this historic walk through Highgate. We will pass Lubetkin’s iconic High Point flats, learn about Highgate’s early history, walk through Waterlow Park and learn of it conception, pass Highgate Cemetery where Karl Marx is buried and explore Abrahmam Davis’s Holly Lodge Estate and Walter Segal’s 1950s St Anne’s Close.
Starts Opposite the Woodman Pub, Archway Road, finishes at Parliament Hill Fields at the bottom of Swain’s Lane. From here one has the choice to discover Highgate, see the views from Parliament Hill or further explore Highgate East or West Cemetery (additional fees)
You can check travel options at the Transport for London Journey Planner.
Footprints of London Walk www.footprintsoflondon.com
Learn more about the Highgate Conservation Area |
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| JOIN US FOR A STROLL AROUND THE HIGHGATE CONSERVATION AREA – The tour will be led by an official London tour guide Ulrika Johnson with contributions from knowledgeable members of the HS. The tour will start at 2.15, at 10A on Sunday 26th February and will return there for refreshments after about one and a half hours. Please send a SAE with £5 to reserve your place to Highgate Society Walk, 10A South Grove London N6 6BS. |
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See Waterlow Park like you’ve never seen it before through the expert eyes of local historian Pam Cooper, who wrote the definitive history book on the Park.
In 1889 Waterlow Park was given as a ‘garden for the gardenless’ but it was a long journey from the Tudor nobles who claimed the area for country residences until the Victorian Sir Sydney Waterlow brought it together in a grand act of philanthropy.
Meet in the central internal Courtyard at Lauderdale House.
Uncover the architectural secrets of this fascinating 16th century house with Peter Barber OBE, author of Lauderdale Revealed, who has been a vital figure in protecting our history from the devastating 1963 fire to the 2017 renovation. We will be opening up our 17th century trompe l’oeil just for today!
Meet in the central internal Courtyard at Lauderdale House.
Uncover the architectural secrets of this fascinating 16th century house with Peter Barber OBE, author of Lauderdale Revealed, who has been a vital figure in protecting our history from the devastating 1963 fire to the 2017 renovation. We will be opening up our 17th century trompe l’oeil just for today!
Meet in the central internal Courtyard at Lauderdale House.
Guided walk around Highgate and tea afterwards at 10A
2 – 3pm
History of a school in its
village -1565 to 2018 – a
Walking Tour by Henley Smith
Highgate School Museum,
Southwood Lane, N6 5EE
Free
www.highgateschool.org.uk/
about/museum-and-archive