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Nov
6
Fri
Don Giovanni, an Oxford ‘Don’, re-invented for a new generation @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 6 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Hampstead Garden Opera – Don Giovanni – 6 – 15 November 2015

Dear Friends and Supporters,

The city of Oxford is abuzz with the latest rumours, following the death one of the University’s most revered college heads.   The talk is that one of the Senior Fellows of his college, a Don with a large personal following – particularly among younger women – is somehow implicated in his death.

Stories of this man, popularly known as Don Giovanni, abound in both the city and the University (‘Town and Gown’).  His generosity, his wealth, his charm, his networks, his position and to some extent his creepy D.Phil. student, Leporello, protect him; and he is able to indulge his insatiable appetite for women fearless in his knowledge that his ‘victims’ will not betray him.  Many find him desperately attractive regardless of his reputation.   Some are brave – or foolhardy – enough to think they can resist him.  A few are deluded into believing they can reform him.   So far, nobody has blown the whistle and called ‘time’ on him.  But I can reveal that this is about to change.   The denouement will unfold in November, appropriately and with dramatic finality, on stage in the course of our production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.    You just have to come and see this, for all sorts of reasons.

·         The story is vibrantly up-to-date in Stage Director Genevieve Raghu’s Oxford setting, using a new translation by Benjamin Hamilton.  This Don Giovanni can easily take his place among the galaxy of fallen celebrities of our day.

·       The Music Director for this production will be Jonathon Heyward, fresh from his triumph as outright winner of the 54th International Competition for Young Conductors held in Bésançon, France.   Jonathon has been Assistant Music Director for HGO since the autumn of 2014, and conducted one of the performances of Xerxes last April.   In his safe hands you will hear all the beauties of Mozart’s score, magnificently sung by HGO’s young singers and played by Musica Poetica London.

·       We shall be celebrating HGO’s 30th and final production at Upstairs at the Gatehouse – 27 different operas and three repeats in 15 years! From next May we shall be moving to Jacksons Lane Theatre on the corner of Archway Road and Jacksons Lane, opposite Highgate Underground station.   Those of us who have lived through all those eventful years will inevitably have some regrets, but there will be exciting new opportunities and challenges in our new home, including a bigger auditorium and better facilities.

UPSTAIRS AT THE GATEHOUSE, HIGHGATE VILLAGE, LONDON N6 4BD

Evenings:   November 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 @ 7.30 pm

Matinées:  Saturday November 14 @ 2.30 pm:  Sundays November 8 & 15 @ 4.0 pm

Tickets all performances £23 (£21 concessions November 6, 7 and 8 only)

BOX OFFICE – 020 8340 3488

ON-LINE – upstairsatthegatehouse.com

See also www.hgo.org.uk

Nov
7
Sat
Don Giovanni, an Oxford ‘Don’, re-invented for a new generation @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 7 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Hampstead Garden Opera – Don Giovanni – 6 – 15 November 2015

Dear Friends and Supporters,

The city of Oxford is abuzz with the latest rumours, following the death one of the University’s most revered college heads.   The talk is that one of the Senior Fellows of his college, a Don with a large personal following – particularly among younger women – is somehow implicated in his death.

Stories of this man, popularly known as Don Giovanni, abound in both the city and the University (‘Town and Gown’).  His generosity, his wealth, his charm, his networks, his position and to some extent his creepy D.Phil. student, Leporello, protect him; and he is able to indulge his insatiable appetite for women fearless in his knowledge that his ‘victims’ will not betray him.  Many find him desperately attractive regardless of his reputation.   Some are brave – or foolhardy – enough to think they can resist him.  A few are deluded into believing they can reform him.   So far, nobody has blown the whistle and called ‘time’ on him.  But I can reveal that this is about to change.   The denouement will unfold in November, appropriately and with dramatic finality, on stage in the course of our production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.    You just have to come and see this, for all sorts of reasons.

·         The story is vibrantly up-to-date in Stage Director Genevieve Raghu’s Oxford setting, using a new translation by Benjamin Hamilton.  This Don Giovanni can easily take his place among the galaxy of fallen celebrities of our day.

·       The Music Director for this production will be Jonathon Heyward, fresh from his triumph as outright winner of the 54th International Competition for Young Conductors held in Bésançon, France.   Jonathon has been Assistant Music Director for HGO since the autumn of 2014, and conducted one of the performances of Xerxes last April.   In his safe hands you will hear all the beauties of Mozart’s score, magnificently sung by HGO’s young singers and played by Musica Poetica London.

·       We shall be celebrating HGO’s 30th and final production at Upstairs at the Gatehouse – 27 different operas and three repeats in 15 years! From next May we shall be moving to Jacksons Lane Theatre on the corner of Archway Road and Jacksons Lane, opposite Highgate Underground station.   Those of us who have lived through all those eventful years will inevitably have some regrets, but there will be exciting new opportunities and challenges in our new home, including a bigger auditorium and better facilities.

UPSTAIRS AT THE GATEHOUSE, HIGHGATE VILLAGE, LONDON N6 4BD

Evenings:   November 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 @ 7.30 pm

Matinées:  Saturday November 14 @ 2.30 pm:  Sundays November 8 & 15 @ 4.0 pm

Tickets all performances £23 (£21 concessions November 6, 7 and 8 only)

BOX OFFICE – 020 8340 3488

ON-LINE – upstairsatthegatehouse.com

See also www.hgo.org.uk

Nov
8
Sun
Don Giovanni, an Oxford ‘Don’, re-invented for a new generation @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 8 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Hampstead Garden Opera – Don Giovanni – 6 – 15 November 2015

Dear Friends and Supporters,

The city of Oxford is abuzz with the latest rumours, following the death one of the University’s most revered college heads.   The talk is that one of the Senior Fellows of his college, a Don with a large personal following – particularly among younger women – is somehow implicated in his death.

Stories of this man, popularly known as Don Giovanni, abound in both the city and the University (‘Town and Gown’).  His generosity, his wealth, his charm, his networks, his position and to some extent his creepy D.Phil. student, Leporello, protect him; and he is able to indulge his insatiable appetite for women fearless in his knowledge that his ‘victims’ will not betray him.  Many find him desperately attractive regardless of his reputation.   Some are brave – or foolhardy – enough to think they can resist him.  A few are deluded into believing they can reform him.   So far, nobody has blown the whistle and called ‘time’ on him.  But I can reveal that this is about to change.   The denouement will unfold in November, appropriately and with dramatic finality, on stage in the course of our production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.    You just have to come and see this, for all sorts of reasons.

·         The story is vibrantly up-to-date in Stage Director Genevieve Raghu’s Oxford setting, using a new translation by Benjamin Hamilton.  This Don Giovanni can easily take his place among the galaxy of fallen celebrities of our day.

·       The Music Director for this production will be Jonathon Heyward, fresh from his triumph as outright winner of the 54th International Competition for Young Conductors held in Bésançon, France.   Jonathon has been Assistant Music Director for HGO since the autumn of 2014, and conducted one of the performances of Xerxes last April.   In his safe hands you will hear all the beauties of Mozart’s score, magnificently sung by HGO’s young singers and played by Musica Poetica London.

·       We shall be celebrating HGO’s 30th and final production at Upstairs at the Gatehouse – 27 different operas and three repeats in 15 years! From next May we shall be moving to Jacksons Lane Theatre on the corner of Archway Road and Jacksons Lane, opposite Highgate Underground station.   Those of us who have lived through all those eventful years will inevitably have some regrets, but there will be exciting new opportunities and challenges in our new home, including a bigger auditorium and better facilities.

UPSTAIRS AT THE GATEHOUSE, HIGHGATE VILLAGE, LONDON N6 4BD

Evenings:   November 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 @ 7.30 pm

Matinées:  Saturday November 14 @ 2.30 pm:  Sundays November 8 & 15 @ 4.0 pm

Tickets all performances £23 (£21 concessions November 6, 7 and 8 only)

BOX OFFICE – 020 8340 3488

ON-LINE – upstairsatthegatehouse.com

See also www.hgo.org.uk

Nov
10
Tue
Don Giovanni, an Oxford ‘Don’, re-invented for a new generation @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 10 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Hampstead Garden Opera – Don Giovanni – 6 – 15 November 2015

Dear Friends and Supporters,

The city of Oxford is abuzz with the latest rumours, following the death one of the University’s most revered college heads.   The talk is that one of the Senior Fellows of his college, a Don with a large personal following – particularly among younger women – is somehow implicated in his death.

Stories of this man, popularly known as Don Giovanni, abound in both the city and the University (‘Town and Gown’).  His generosity, his wealth, his charm, his networks, his position and to some extent his creepy D.Phil. student, Leporello, protect him; and he is able to indulge his insatiable appetite for women fearless in his knowledge that his ‘victims’ will not betray him.  Many find him desperately attractive regardless of his reputation.   Some are brave – or foolhardy – enough to think they can resist him.  A few are deluded into believing they can reform him.   So far, nobody has blown the whistle and called ‘time’ on him.  But I can reveal that this is about to change.   The denouement will unfold in November, appropriately and with dramatic finality, on stage in the course of our production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.    You just have to come and see this, for all sorts of reasons.

·         The story is vibrantly up-to-date in Stage Director Genevieve Raghu’s Oxford setting, using a new translation by Benjamin Hamilton.  This Don Giovanni can easily take his place among the galaxy of fallen celebrities of our day.

·       The Music Director for this production will be Jonathon Heyward, fresh from his triumph as outright winner of the 54th International Competition for Young Conductors held in Bésançon, France.   Jonathon has been Assistant Music Director for HGO since the autumn of 2014, and conducted one of the performances of Xerxes last April.   In his safe hands you will hear all the beauties of Mozart’s score, magnificently sung by HGO’s young singers and played by Musica Poetica London.

·       We shall be celebrating HGO’s 30th and final production at Upstairs at the Gatehouse – 27 different operas and three repeats in 15 years! From next May we shall be moving to Jacksons Lane Theatre on the corner of Archway Road and Jacksons Lane, opposite Highgate Underground station.   Those of us who have lived through all those eventful years will inevitably have some regrets, but there will be exciting new opportunities and challenges in our new home, including a bigger auditorium and better facilities.

UPSTAIRS AT THE GATEHOUSE, HIGHGATE VILLAGE, LONDON N6 4BD

Evenings:   November 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 @ 7.30 pm

Matinées:  Saturday November 14 @ 2.30 pm:  Sundays November 8 & 15 @ 4.0 pm

Tickets all performances £23 (£21 concessions November 6, 7 and 8 only)

BOX OFFICE – 020 8340 3488

ON-LINE – upstairsatthegatehouse.com

See also www.hgo.org.uk

Nov
11
Wed
Don Giovanni, an Oxford ‘Don’, re-invented for a new generation @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 11 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Hampstead Garden Opera – Don Giovanni – 6 – 15 November 2015

Dear Friends and Supporters,

The city of Oxford is abuzz with the latest rumours, following the death one of the University’s most revered college heads.   The talk is that one of the Senior Fellows of his college, a Don with a large personal following – particularly among younger women – is somehow implicated in his death.

Stories of this man, popularly known as Don Giovanni, abound in both the city and the University (‘Town and Gown’).  His generosity, his wealth, his charm, his networks, his position and to some extent his creepy D.Phil. student, Leporello, protect him; and he is able to indulge his insatiable appetite for women fearless in his knowledge that his ‘victims’ will not betray him.  Many find him desperately attractive regardless of his reputation.   Some are brave – or foolhardy – enough to think they can resist him.  A few are deluded into believing they can reform him.   So far, nobody has blown the whistle and called ‘time’ on him.  But I can reveal that this is about to change.   The denouement will unfold in November, appropriately and with dramatic finality, on stage in the course of our production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.    You just have to come and see this, for all sorts of reasons.

·         The story is vibrantly up-to-date in Stage Director Genevieve Raghu’s Oxford setting, using a new translation by Benjamin Hamilton.  This Don Giovanni can easily take his place among the galaxy of fallen celebrities of our day.

·       The Music Director for this production will be Jonathon Heyward, fresh from his triumph as outright winner of the 54th International Competition for Young Conductors held in Bésançon, France.   Jonathon has been Assistant Music Director for HGO since the autumn of 2014, and conducted one of the performances of Xerxes last April.   In his safe hands you will hear all the beauties of Mozart’s score, magnificently sung by HGO’s young singers and played by Musica Poetica London.

·       We shall be celebrating HGO’s 30th and final production at Upstairs at the Gatehouse – 27 different operas and three repeats in 15 years! From next May we shall be moving to Jacksons Lane Theatre on the corner of Archway Road and Jacksons Lane, opposite Highgate Underground station.   Those of us who have lived through all those eventful years will inevitably have some regrets, but there will be exciting new opportunities and challenges in our new home, including a bigger auditorium and better facilities.

UPSTAIRS AT THE GATEHOUSE, HIGHGATE VILLAGE, LONDON N6 4BD

Evenings:   November 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 @ 7.30 pm

Matinées:  Saturday November 14 @ 2.30 pm:  Sundays November 8 & 15 @ 4.0 pm

Tickets all performances £23 (£21 concessions November 6, 7 and 8 only)

BOX OFFICE – 020 8340 3488

ON-LINE – upstairsatthegatehouse.com

See also www.hgo.org.uk

Nov
12
Thu
Don Giovanni, an Oxford ‘Don’, re-invented for a new generation @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 12 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Hampstead Garden Opera – Don Giovanni – 6 – 15 November 2015

Dear Friends and Supporters,

The city of Oxford is abuzz with the latest rumours, following the death one of the University’s most revered college heads.   The talk is that one of the Senior Fellows of his college, a Don with a large personal following – particularly among younger women – is somehow implicated in his death.

Stories of this man, popularly known as Don Giovanni, abound in both the city and the University (‘Town and Gown’).  His generosity, his wealth, his charm, his networks, his position and to some extent his creepy D.Phil. student, Leporello, protect him; and he is able to indulge his insatiable appetite for women fearless in his knowledge that his ‘victims’ will not betray him.  Many find him desperately attractive regardless of his reputation.   Some are brave – or foolhardy – enough to think they can resist him.  A few are deluded into believing they can reform him.   So far, nobody has blown the whistle and called ‘time’ on him.  But I can reveal that this is about to change.   The denouement will unfold in November, appropriately and with dramatic finality, on stage in the course of our production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.    You just have to come and see this, for all sorts of reasons.

·         The story is vibrantly up-to-date in Stage Director Genevieve Raghu’s Oxford setting, using a new translation by Benjamin Hamilton.  This Don Giovanni can easily take his place among the galaxy of fallen celebrities of our day.

·       The Music Director for this production will be Jonathon Heyward, fresh from his triumph as outright winner of the 54th International Competition for Young Conductors held in Bésançon, France.   Jonathon has been Assistant Music Director for HGO since the autumn of 2014, and conducted one of the performances of Xerxes last April.   In his safe hands you will hear all the beauties of Mozart’s score, magnificently sung by HGO’s young singers and played by Musica Poetica London.

·       We shall be celebrating HGO’s 30th and final production at Upstairs at the Gatehouse – 27 different operas and three repeats in 15 years! From next May we shall be moving to Jacksons Lane Theatre on the corner of Archway Road and Jacksons Lane, opposite Highgate Underground station.   Those of us who have lived through all those eventful years will inevitably have some regrets, but there will be exciting new opportunities and challenges in our new home, including a bigger auditorium and better facilities.

UPSTAIRS AT THE GATEHOUSE, HIGHGATE VILLAGE, LONDON N6 4BD

Evenings:   November 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 @ 7.30 pm

Matinées:  Saturday November 14 @ 2.30 pm:  Sundays November 8 & 15 @ 4.0 pm

Tickets all performances £23 (£21 concessions November 6, 7 and 8 only)

BOX OFFICE – 020 8340 3488

ON-LINE – upstairsatthegatehouse.com

See also www.hgo.org.uk

Nov
13
Fri
Don Giovanni, an Oxford ‘Don’, re-invented for a new generation @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 13 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Hampstead Garden Opera – Don Giovanni – 6 – 15 November 2015

Dear Friends and Supporters,

The city of Oxford is abuzz with the latest rumours, following the death one of the University’s most revered college heads.   The talk is that one of the Senior Fellows of his college, a Don with a large personal following – particularly among younger women – is somehow implicated in his death.

Stories of this man, popularly known as Don Giovanni, abound in both the city and the University (‘Town and Gown’).  His generosity, his wealth, his charm, his networks, his position and to some extent his creepy D.Phil. student, Leporello, protect him; and he is able to indulge his insatiable appetite for women fearless in his knowledge that his ‘victims’ will not betray him.  Many find him desperately attractive regardless of his reputation.   Some are brave – or foolhardy – enough to think they can resist him.  A few are deluded into believing they can reform him.   So far, nobody has blown the whistle and called ‘time’ on him.  But I can reveal that this is about to change.   The denouement will unfold in November, appropriately and with dramatic finality, on stage in the course of our production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.    You just have to come and see this, for all sorts of reasons.

·         The story is vibrantly up-to-date in Stage Director Genevieve Raghu’s Oxford setting, using a new translation by Benjamin Hamilton.  This Don Giovanni can easily take his place among the galaxy of fallen celebrities of our day.

·       The Music Director for this production will be Jonathon Heyward, fresh from his triumph as outright winner of the 54th International Competition for Young Conductors held in Bésançon, France.   Jonathon has been Assistant Music Director for HGO since the autumn of 2014, and conducted one of the performances of Xerxes last April.   In his safe hands you will hear all the beauties of Mozart’s score, magnificently sung by HGO’s young singers and played by Musica Poetica London.

·       We shall be celebrating HGO’s 30th and final production at Upstairs at the Gatehouse – 27 different operas and three repeats in 15 years! From next May we shall be moving to Jacksons Lane Theatre on the corner of Archway Road and Jacksons Lane, opposite Highgate Underground station.   Those of us who have lived through all those eventful years will inevitably have some regrets, but there will be exciting new opportunities and challenges in our new home, including a bigger auditorium and better facilities.

UPSTAIRS AT THE GATEHOUSE, HIGHGATE VILLAGE, LONDON N6 4BD

Evenings:   November 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 @ 7.30 pm

Matinées:  Saturday November 14 @ 2.30 pm:  Sundays November 8 & 15 @ 4.0 pm

Tickets all performances £23 (£21 concessions November 6, 7 and 8 only)

BOX OFFICE – 020 8340 3488

ON-LINE – upstairsatthegatehouse.com

See also www.hgo.org.uk

Nov
14
Sat
Don Giovanni, an Oxford ‘Don’, re-invented for a new generation @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 14 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Hampstead Garden Opera – Don Giovanni – 6 – 15 November 2015

Dear Friends and Supporters,

The city of Oxford is abuzz with the latest rumours, following the death one of the University’s most revered college heads.   The talk is that one of the Senior Fellows of his college, a Don with a large personal following – particularly among younger women – is somehow implicated in his death.

Stories of this man, popularly known as Don Giovanni, abound in both the city and the University (‘Town and Gown’).  His generosity, his wealth, his charm, his networks, his position and to some extent his creepy D.Phil. student, Leporello, protect him; and he is able to indulge his insatiable appetite for women fearless in his knowledge that his ‘victims’ will not betray him.  Many find him desperately attractive regardless of his reputation.   Some are brave – or foolhardy – enough to think they can resist him.  A few are deluded into believing they can reform him.   So far, nobody has blown the whistle and called ‘time’ on him.  But I can reveal that this is about to change.   The denouement will unfold in November, appropriately and with dramatic finality, on stage in the course of our production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.    You just have to come and see this, for all sorts of reasons.

·         The story is vibrantly up-to-date in Stage Director Genevieve Raghu’s Oxford setting, using a new translation by Benjamin Hamilton.  This Don Giovanni can easily take his place among the galaxy of fallen celebrities of our day.

·       The Music Director for this production will be Jonathon Heyward, fresh from his triumph as outright winner of the 54th International Competition for Young Conductors held in Bésançon, France.   Jonathon has been Assistant Music Director for HGO since the autumn of 2014, and conducted one of the performances of Xerxes last April.   In his safe hands you will hear all the beauties of Mozart’s score, magnificently sung by HGO’s young singers and played by Musica Poetica London.

·       We shall be celebrating HGO’s 30th and final production at Upstairs at the Gatehouse – 27 different operas and three repeats in 15 years! From next May we shall be moving to Jacksons Lane Theatre on the corner of Archway Road and Jacksons Lane, opposite Highgate Underground station.   Those of us who have lived through all those eventful years will inevitably have some regrets, but there will be exciting new opportunities and challenges in our new home, including a bigger auditorium and better facilities.

UPSTAIRS AT THE GATEHOUSE, HIGHGATE VILLAGE, LONDON N6 4BD

Evenings:   November 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 @ 7.30 pm

Matinées:  Saturday November 14 @ 2.30 pm:  Sundays November 8 & 15 @ 4.0 pm

Tickets all performances £23 (£21 concessions November 6, 7 and 8 only)

BOX OFFICE – 020 8340 3488

ON-LINE – upstairsatthegatehouse.com

See also www.hgo.org.uk

Nov
15
Sun
Don Giovanni, an Oxford ‘Don’, re-invented for a new generation @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 15 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Hampstead Garden Opera – Don Giovanni – 6 – 15 November 2015

Dear Friends and Supporters,

The city of Oxford is abuzz with the latest rumours, following the death one of the University’s most revered college heads.   The talk is that one of the Senior Fellows of his college, a Don with a large personal following – particularly among younger women – is somehow implicated in his death.

Stories of this man, popularly known as Don Giovanni, abound in both the city and the University (‘Town and Gown’).  His generosity, his wealth, his charm, his networks, his position and to some extent his creepy D.Phil. student, Leporello, protect him; and he is able to indulge his insatiable appetite for women fearless in his knowledge that his ‘victims’ will not betray him.  Many find him desperately attractive regardless of his reputation.   Some are brave – or foolhardy – enough to think they can resist him.  A few are deluded into believing they can reform him.   So far, nobody has blown the whistle and called ‘time’ on him.  But I can reveal that this is about to change.   The denouement will unfold in November, appropriately and with dramatic finality, on stage in the course of our production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.    You just have to come and see this, for all sorts of reasons.

·         The story is vibrantly up-to-date in Stage Director Genevieve Raghu’s Oxford setting, using a new translation by Benjamin Hamilton.  This Don Giovanni can easily take his place among the galaxy of fallen celebrities of our day.

·       The Music Director for this production will be Jonathon Heyward, fresh from his triumph as outright winner of the 54th International Competition for Young Conductors held in Bésançon, France.   Jonathon has been Assistant Music Director for HGO since the autumn of 2014, and conducted one of the performances of Xerxes last April.   In his safe hands you will hear all the beauties of Mozart’s score, magnificently sung by HGO’s young singers and played by Musica Poetica London.

·       We shall be celebrating HGO’s 30th and final production at Upstairs at the Gatehouse – 27 different operas and three repeats in 15 years! From next May we shall be moving to Jacksons Lane Theatre on the corner of Archway Road and Jacksons Lane, opposite Highgate Underground station.   Those of us who have lived through all those eventful years will inevitably have some regrets, but there will be exciting new opportunities and challenges in our new home, including a bigger auditorium and better facilities.

UPSTAIRS AT THE GATEHOUSE, HIGHGATE VILLAGE, LONDON N6 4BD

Evenings:   November 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 @ 7.30 pm

Matinées:  Saturday November 14 @ 2.30 pm:  Sundays November 8 & 15 @ 4.0 pm

Tickets all performances £23 (£21 concessions November 6, 7 and 8 only)

BOX OFFICE – 020 8340 3488

ON-LINE – upstairsatthegatehouse.com

See also www.hgo.org.uk

Apr
4
Mon
Eight week Mindfulness Programme at Jacksons Lane @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

What is Mindfulness?

‘Mindfulness’ is at the very heart of meditational practice and trains us to focus on the present moment. This allows us to gain insight into mental patterns that sometimes cause negative emotions. We also learn, through experience what it means to spend less time with our thoughts and spend more time in our bodies enjoying life. It can be practiced by people from all walks of life and is becoming more and more popular as a means of psychological treatment. There is now a strong evidence base demonstrating that it can be very beneficial for those experiencing depression and anxiety, as well as many other conditions. Mindfulness allows us to make friends with our thinking mind making us less vulnerable to negative mental activity. Such practice can bring about a deep sense of inner peace and a fresh acceptance of reality itself.  

The Eight Sessions 

 This new and innovative group will take place over eight weekly sessions, each of 2-hours duration and covers the fundamentals of mindfulness meditation, applied theory and practice. Some aspects of CBT will also be used within the course syllabus where required to help group members to deal with dysfunctional thought patterns and behaviours. This specific group has been successfully taught in several London universities and also within the NHS. This group will help you to:

  • improve your focus and concentration levels
  • lower bodily stress and increase relaxation
  • explore how your mind works
  • explore how your mind habitually creates unhealthy thought processes and worry
  • help you to prevent the arising of depressive moods before they spiral
  • achieve a robust and healthy mind, accepting reality and the world around you
  • work towards acceptance of unhealthy emotions
  • achieve a deep sense of calm, patience and stillness
  • grow and mature as a true human being and explore what it means to be ‘me’

This will be particularly helpful for those people experiencing stress, depression, anxiety, attention problems or any condition involving a fast-thinking anxious mind.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE 

Commitment to the full x8 weekly sessions is imperative, as is the diligent undertaking of daily life meditation tasks between sessions. Only those people who are willing to make the commitment and complete the between session tasks should attend.   Places are limited to ensure a high quality of client support. This course is open to everyone but attendance must be booked in advance and approved by the course leader before the beginning of the programme. All attendees must be 18+ with any exceptions discussed prior to the beginning of the course.

 

Venues:

* Monday Highgate Class – Jackson’s Lane, 269a Archway Road, London, N6 5AA (directly opposite Highgate tube)

* Tuesday Colchester (Essex) Class – Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, High St, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH

 

Course Start Dates:

Highgate (North London) Class – Monday evenings beginning on 4th April 2016 for 8 weeks

   Highgate Dates (8-weeks minus bank holidays)

 

 

   04 Apr 2016 – Session 1                  

 

   11 Apr 2016 – Session 2

 

   18 Apr 2016 – Session 3

 

   25 Apr 2016 – Session 4

 

 

   09 May 2016 – Session 5

 

   16 May 2016 – Session 6

 

   23 May 2016 – Session 7

 

   06 Jun 2016 – Session 8

 

 

* Colchester (Essex) Class – Tuesday evenings – Awaiting New Dates

 

Times:

* Highgate, North London – 6.30pm to 8.30pm.  

 

Price: £225 (Concessions £195 for OAPS, F/T students, unemployed, if booking as a pair/couple) – please note this can be paid in x2 instalments, with half the payment being made as a deposit prior to the course and the balance being due just before session 1.  

 

HOW TO BOOK? – To book your place please email:   info@jamieshavdia.com or call 07792 755132. Booking instructions will then be emailed to you, including how to make your payment online. 

 

 

Apr
11
Mon
Eight week Mindfulness Programme at Jacksons Lane @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 11 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

What is Mindfulness?

‘Mindfulness’ is at the very heart of meditational practice and trains us to focus on the present moment. This allows us to gain insight into mental patterns that sometimes cause negative emotions. We also learn, through experience what it means to spend less time with our thoughts and spend more time in our bodies enjoying life. It can be practiced by people from all walks of life and is becoming more and more popular as a means of psychological treatment. There is now a strong evidence base demonstrating that it can be very beneficial for those experiencing depression and anxiety, as well as many other conditions. Mindfulness allows us to make friends with our thinking mind making us less vulnerable to negative mental activity. Such practice can bring about a deep sense of inner peace and a fresh acceptance of reality itself.  

The Eight Sessions 

 This new and innovative group will take place over eight weekly sessions, each of 2-hours duration and covers the fundamentals of mindfulness meditation, applied theory and practice. Some aspects of CBT will also be used within the course syllabus where required to help group members to deal with dysfunctional thought patterns and behaviours. This specific group has been successfully taught in several London universities and also within the NHS. This group will help you to:

  • improve your focus and concentration levels
  • lower bodily stress and increase relaxation
  • explore how your mind works
  • explore how your mind habitually creates unhealthy thought processes and worry
  • help you to prevent the arising of depressive moods before they spiral
  • achieve a robust and healthy mind, accepting reality and the world around you
  • work towards acceptance of unhealthy emotions
  • achieve a deep sense of calm, patience and stillness
  • grow and mature as a true human being and explore what it means to be ‘me’

This will be particularly helpful for those people experiencing stress, depression, anxiety, attention problems or any condition involving a fast-thinking anxious mind.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE 

Commitment to the full x8 weekly sessions is imperative, as is the diligent undertaking of daily life meditation tasks between sessions. Only those people who are willing to make the commitment and complete the between session tasks should attend.   Places are limited to ensure a high quality of client support. This course is open to everyone but attendance must be booked in advance and approved by the course leader before the beginning of the programme. All attendees must be 18+ with any exceptions discussed prior to the beginning of the course.

 

Venues:

* Monday Highgate Class – Jackson’s Lane, 269a Archway Road, London, N6 5AA (directly opposite Highgate tube)

* Tuesday Colchester (Essex) Class – Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, High St, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH

 

Course Start Dates:

Highgate (North London) Class – Monday evenings beginning on 4th April 2016 for 8 weeks

   Highgate Dates (8-weeks minus bank holidays)

 

 

   04 Apr 2016 – Session 1                  

 

   11 Apr 2016 – Session 2

 

   18 Apr 2016 – Session 3

 

   25 Apr 2016 – Session 4

 

 

   09 May 2016 – Session 5

 

   16 May 2016 – Session 6

 

   23 May 2016 – Session 7

 

   06 Jun 2016 – Session 8

 

 

* Colchester (Essex) Class – Tuesday evenings – Awaiting New Dates

 

Times:

* Highgate, North London – 6.30pm to 8.30pm.  

 

Price: £225 (Concessions £195 for OAPS, F/T students, unemployed, if booking as a pair/couple) – please note this can be paid in x2 instalments, with half the payment being made as a deposit prior to the course and the balance being due just before session 1.  

 

HOW TO BOOK? – To book your place please email:   info@jamieshavdia.com or call 07792 755132. Booking instructions will then be emailed to you, including how to make your payment online. 

 

 

Apr
18
Mon
Eight week Mindfulness Programme at Jacksons Lane @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

What is Mindfulness?

‘Mindfulness’ is at the very heart of meditational practice and trains us to focus on the present moment. This allows us to gain insight into mental patterns that sometimes cause negative emotions. We also learn, through experience what it means to spend less time with our thoughts and spend more time in our bodies enjoying life. It can be practiced by people from all walks of life and is becoming more and more popular as a means of psychological treatment. There is now a strong evidence base demonstrating that it can be very beneficial for those experiencing depression and anxiety, as well as many other conditions. Mindfulness allows us to make friends with our thinking mind making us less vulnerable to negative mental activity. Such practice can bring about a deep sense of inner peace and a fresh acceptance of reality itself.  

The Eight Sessions 

 This new and innovative group will take place over eight weekly sessions, each of 2-hours duration and covers the fundamentals of mindfulness meditation, applied theory and practice. Some aspects of CBT will also be used within the course syllabus where required to help group members to deal with dysfunctional thought patterns and behaviours. This specific group has been successfully taught in several London universities and also within the NHS. This group will help you to:

  • improve your focus and concentration levels
  • lower bodily stress and increase relaxation
  • explore how your mind works
  • explore how your mind habitually creates unhealthy thought processes and worry
  • help you to prevent the arising of depressive moods before they spiral
  • achieve a robust and healthy mind, accepting reality and the world around you
  • work towards acceptance of unhealthy emotions
  • achieve a deep sense of calm, patience and stillness
  • grow and mature as a true human being and explore what it means to be ‘me’

This will be particularly helpful for those people experiencing stress, depression, anxiety, attention problems or any condition involving a fast-thinking anxious mind.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE 

Commitment to the full x8 weekly sessions is imperative, as is the diligent undertaking of daily life meditation tasks between sessions. Only those people who are willing to make the commitment and complete the between session tasks should attend.   Places are limited to ensure a high quality of client support. This course is open to everyone but attendance must be booked in advance and approved by the course leader before the beginning of the programme. All attendees must be 18+ with any exceptions discussed prior to the beginning of the course.

 

Venues:

* Monday Highgate Class – Jackson’s Lane, 269a Archway Road, London, N6 5AA (directly opposite Highgate tube)

* Tuesday Colchester (Essex) Class – Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, High St, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH

 

Course Start Dates:

Highgate (North London) Class – Monday evenings beginning on 4th April 2016 for 8 weeks

   Highgate Dates (8-weeks minus bank holidays)

 

 

   04 Apr 2016 – Session 1                  

 

   11 Apr 2016 – Session 2

 

   18 Apr 2016 – Session 3

 

   25 Apr 2016 – Session 4

 

 

   09 May 2016 – Session 5

 

   16 May 2016 – Session 6

 

   23 May 2016 – Session 7

 

   06 Jun 2016 – Session 8

 

 

* Colchester (Essex) Class – Tuesday evenings – Awaiting New Dates

 

Times:

* Highgate, North London – 6.30pm to 8.30pm.  

 

Price: £225 (Concessions £195 for OAPS, F/T students, unemployed, if booking as a pair/couple) – please note this can be paid in x2 instalments, with half the payment being made as a deposit prior to the course and the balance being due just before session 1.  

 

HOW TO BOOK? – To book your place please email:   info@jamieshavdia.com or call 07792 755132. Booking instructions will then be emailed to you, including how to make your payment online. 

 

 

Apr
25
Mon
Eight week Mindfulness Programme at Jacksons Lane @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

What is Mindfulness?

‘Mindfulness’ is at the very heart of meditational practice and trains us to focus on the present moment. This allows us to gain insight into mental patterns that sometimes cause negative emotions. We also learn, through experience what it means to spend less time with our thoughts and spend more time in our bodies enjoying life. It can be practiced by people from all walks of life and is becoming more and more popular as a means of psychological treatment. There is now a strong evidence base demonstrating that it can be very beneficial for those experiencing depression and anxiety, as well as many other conditions. Mindfulness allows us to make friends with our thinking mind making us less vulnerable to negative mental activity. Such practice can bring about a deep sense of inner peace and a fresh acceptance of reality itself.  

The Eight Sessions 

 This new and innovative group will take place over eight weekly sessions, each of 2-hours duration and covers the fundamentals of mindfulness meditation, applied theory and practice. Some aspects of CBT will also be used within the course syllabus where required to help group members to deal with dysfunctional thought patterns and behaviours. This specific group has been successfully taught in several London universities and also within the NHS. This group will help you to:

  • improve your focus and concentration levels
  • lower bodily stress and increase relaxation
  • explore how your mind works
  • explore how your mind habitually creates unhealthy thought processes and worry
  • help you to prevent the arising of depressive moods before they spiral
  • achieve a robust and healthy mind, accepting reality and the world around you
  • work towards acceptance of unhealthy emotions
  • achieve a deep sense of calm, patience and stillness
  • grow and mature as a true human being and explore what it means to be ‘me’

This will be particularly helpful for those people experiencing stress, depression, anxiety, attention problems or any condition involving a fast-thinking anxious mind.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE 

Commitment to the full x8 weekly sessions is imperative, as is the diligent undertaking of daily life meditation tasks between sessions. Only those people who are willing to make the commitment and complete the between session tasks should attend.   Places are limited to ensure a high quality of client support. This course is open to everyone but attendance must be booked in advance and approved by the course leader before the beginning of the programme. All attendees must be 18+ with any exceptions discussed prior to the beginning of the course.

 

Venues:

* Monday Highgate Class – Jackson’s Lane, 269a Archway Road, London, N6 5AA (directly opposite Highgate tube)

* Tuesday Colchester (Essex) Class – Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, High St, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH

 

Course Start Dates:

Highgate (North London) Class – Monday evenings beginning on 4th April 2016 for 8 weeks

   Highgate Dates (8-weeks minus bank holidays)

 

 

   04 Apr 2016 – Session 1                  

 

   11 Apr 2016 – Session 2

 

   18 Apr 2016 – Session 3

 

   25 Apr 2016 – Session 4

 

 

   09 May 2016 – Session 5

 

   16 May 2016 – Session 6

 

   23 May 2016 – Session 7

 

   06 Jun 2016 – Session 8

 

 

* Colchester (Essex) Class – Tuesday evenings – Awaiting New Dates

 

Times:

* Highgate, North London – 6.30pm to 8.30pm.  

 

Price: £225 (Concessions £195 for OAPS, F/T students, unemployed, if booking as a pair/couple) – please note this can be paid in x2 instalments, with half the payment being made as a deposit prior to the course and the balance being due just before session 1.  

 

HOW TO BOOK? – To book your place please email:   info@jamieshavdia.com or call 07792 755132. Booking instructions will then be emailed to you, including how to make your payment online. 

 

 

May
9
Mon
Eight week Mindfulness Programme at Jacksons Lane @ Jacksons Lane
May 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

What is Mindfulness?

‘Mindfulness’ is at the very heart of meditational practice and trains us to focus on the present moment. This allows us to gain insight into mental patterns that sometimes cause negative emotions. We also learn, through experience what it means to spend less time with our thoughts and spend more time in our bodies enjoying life. It can be practiced by people from all walks of life and is becoming more and more popular as a means of psychological treatment. There is now a strong evidence base demonstrating that it can be very beneficial for those experiencing depression and anxiety, as well as many other conditions. Mindfulness allows us to make friends with our thinking mind making us less vulnerable to negative mental activity. Such practice can bring about a deep sense of inner peace and a fresh acceptance of reality itself.  

The Eight Sessions 

 This new and innovative group will take place over eight weekly sessions, each of 2-hours duration and covers the fundamentals of mindfulness meditation, applied theory and practice. Some aspects of CBT will also be used within the course syllabus where required to help group members to deal with dysfunctional thought patterns and behaviours. This specific group has been successfully taught in several London universities and also within the NHS. This group will help you to:

  • improve your focus and concentration levels
  • lower bodily stress and increase relaxation
  • explore how your mind works
  • explore how your mind habitually creates unhealthy thought processes and worry
  • help you to prevent the arising of depressive moods before they spiral
  • achieve a robust and healthy mind, accepting reality and the world around you
  • work towards acceptance of unhealthy emotions
  • achieve a deep sense of calm, patience and stillness
  • grow and mature as a true human being and explore what it means to be ‘me’

This will be particularly helpful for those people experiencing stress, depression, anxiety, attention problems or any condition involving a fast-thinking anxious mind.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE 

Commitment to the full x8 weekly sessions is imperative, as is the diligent undertaking of daily life meditation tasks between sessions. Only those people who are willing to make the commitment and complete the between session tasks should attend.   Places are limited to ensure a high quality of client support. This course is open to everyone but attendance must be booked in advance and approved by the course leader before the beginning of the programme. All attendees must be 18+ with any exceptions discussed prior to the beginning of the course.

 

Venues:

* Monday Highgate Class – Jackson’s Lane, 269a Archway Road, London, N6 5AA (directly opposite Highgate tube)

* Tuesday Colchester (Essex) Class – Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, High St, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH

 

Course Start Dates:

Highgate (North London) Class – Monday evenings beginning on 4th April 2016 for 8 weeks

   Highgate Dates (8-weeks minus bank holidays)

 

 

   04 Apr 2016 – Session 1                  

 

   11 Apr 2016 – Session 2

 

   18 Apr 2016 – Session 3

 

   25 Apr 2016 – Session 4

 

 

   09 May 2016 – Session 5

 

   16 May 2016 – Session 6

 

   23 May 2016 – Session 7

 

   06 Jun 2016 – Session 8

 

 

* Colchester (Essex) Class – Tuesday evenings – Awaiting New Dates

 

Times:

* Highgate, North London – 6.30pm to 8.30pm.  

 

Price: £225 (Concessions £195 for OAPS, F/T students, unemployed, if booking as a pair/couple) – please note this can be paid in x2 instalments, with half the payment being made as a deposit prior to the course and the balance being due just before session 1.  

 

HOW TO BOOK? – To book your place please email:   info@jamieshavdia.com or call 07792 755132. Booking instructions will then be emailed to you, including how to make your payment online. 

 

 

May
16
Mon
Eight week Mindfulness Programme at Jacksons Lane @ Jacksons Lane
May 16 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

What is Mindfulness?

‘Mindfulness’ is at the very heart of meditational practice and trains us to focus on the present moment. This allows us to gain insight into mental patterns that sometimes cause negative emotions. We also learn, through experience what it means to spend less time with our thoughts and spend more time in our bodies enjoying life. It can be practiced by people from all walks of life and is becoming more and more popular as a means of psychological treatment. There is now a strong evidence base demonstrating that it can be very beneficial for those experiencing depression and anxiety, as well as many other conditions. Mindfulness allows us to make friends with our thinking mind making us less vulnerable to negative mental activity. Such practice can bring about a deep sense of inner peace and a fresh acceptance of reality itself.  

The Eight Sessions 

 This new and innovative group will take place over eight weekly sessions, each of 2-hours duration and covers the fundamentals of mindfulness meditation, applied theory and practice. Some aspects of CBT will also be used within the course syllabus where required to help group members to deal with dysfunctional thought patterns and behaviours. This specific group has been successfully taught in several London universities and also within the NHS. This group will help you to:

  • improve your focus and concentration levels
  • lower bodily stress and increase relaxation
  • explore how your mind works
  • explore how your mind habitually creates unhealthy thought processes and worry
  • help you to prevent the arising of depressive moods before they spiral
  • achieve a robust and healthy mind, accepting reality and the world around you
  • work towards acceptance of unhealthy emotions
  • achieve a deep sense of calm, patience and stillness
  • grow and mature as a true human being and explore what it means to be ‘me’

This will be particularly helpful for those people experiencing stress, depression, anxiety, attention problems or any condition involving a fast-thinking anxious mind.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE 

Commitment to the full x8 weekly sessions is imperative, as is the diligent undertaking of daily life meditation tasks between sessions. Only those people who are willing to make the commitment and complete the between session tasks should attend.   Places are limited to ensure a high quality of client support. This course is open to everyone but attendance must be booked in advance and approved by the course leader before the beginning of the programme. All attendees must be 18+ with any exceptions discussed prior to the beginning of the course.

 

Venues:

* Monday Highgate Class – Jackson’s Lane, 269a Archway Road, London, N6 5AA (directly opposite Highgate tube)

* Tuesday Colchester (Essex) Class – Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, High St, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH

 

Course Start Dates:

Highgate (North London) Class – Monday evenings beginning on 4th April 2016 for 8 weeks

   Highgate Dates (8-weeks minus bank holidays)

 

 

   04 Apr 2016 – Session 1                  

 

   11 Apr 2016 – Session 2

 

   18 Apr 2016 – Session 3

 

   25 Apr 2016 – Session 4

 

 

   09 May 2016 – Session 5

 

   16 May 2016 – Session 6

 

   23 May 2016 – Session 7

 

   06 Jun 2016 – Session 8

 

 

* Colchester (Essex) Class – Tuesday evenings – Awaiting New Dates

 

Times:

* Highgate, North London – 6.30pm to 8.30pm.  

 

Price: £225 (Concessions £195 for OAPS, F/T students, unemployed, if booking as a pair/couple) – please note this can be paid in x2 instalments, with half the payment being made as a deposit prior to the course and the balance being due just before session 1.  

 

HOW TO BOOK? – To book your place please email:   info@jamieshavdia.com or call 07792 755132. Booking instructions will then be emailed to you, including how to make your payment online. 

 

 

May
23
Mon
Eight week Mindfulness Programme at Jacksons Lane @ Jacksons Lane
May 23 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

What is Mindfulness?

‘Mindfulness’ is at the very heart of meditational practice and trains us to focus on the present moment. This allows us to gain insight into mental patterns that sometimes cause negative emotions. We also learn, through experience what it means to spend less time with our thoughts and spend more time in our bodies enjoying life. It can be practiced by people from all walks of life and is becoming more and more popular as a means of psychological treatment. There is now a strong evidence base demonstrating that it can be very beneficial for those experiencing depression and anxiety, as well as many other conditions. Mindfulness allows us to make friends with our thinking mind making us less vulnerable to negative mental activity. Such practice can bring about a deep sense of inner peace and a fresh acceptance of reality itself.  

The Eight Sessions 

 This new and innovative group will take place over eight weekly sessions, each of 2-hours duration and covers the fundamentals of mindfulness meditation, applied theory and practice. Some aspects of CBT will also be used within the course syllabus where required to help group members to deal with dysfunctional thought patterns and behaviours. This specific group has been successfully taught in several London universities and also within the NHS. This group will help you to:

  • improve your focus and concentration levels
  • lower bodily stress and increase relaxation
  • explore how your mind works
  • explore how your mind habitually creates unhealthy thought processes and worry
  • help you to prevent the arising of depressive moods before they spiral
  • achieve a robust and healthy mind, accepting reality and the world around you
  • work towards acceptance of unhealthy emotions
  • achieve a deep sense of calm, patience and stillness
  • grow and mature as a true human being and explore what it means to be ‘me’

This will be particularly helpful for those people experiencing stress, depression, anxiety, attention problems or any condition involving a fast-thinking anxious mind.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE 

Commitment to the full x8 weekly sessions is imperative, as is the diligent undertaking of daily life meditation tasks between sessions. Only those people who are willing to make the commitment and complete the between session tasks should attend.   Places are limited to ensure a high quality of client support. This course is open to everyone but attendance must be booked in advance and approved by the course leader before the beginning of the programme. All attendees must be 18+ with any exceptions discussed prior to the beginning of the course.

 

Venues:

* Monday Highgate Class – Jackson’s Lane, 269a Archway Road, London, N6 5AA (directly opposite Highgate tube)

* Tuesday Colchester (Essex) Class – Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, High St, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH

 

Course Start Dates:

Highgate (North London) Class – Monday evenings beginning on 4th April 2016 for 8 weeks

   Highgate Dates (8-weeks minus bank holidays)

 

 

   04 Apr 2016 – Session 1                  

 

   11 Apr 2016 – Session 2

 

   18 Apr 2016 – Session 3

 

   25 Apr 2016 – Session 4

 

 

   09 May 2016 – Session 5

 

   16 May 2016 – Session 6

 

   23 May 2016 – Session 7

 

   06 Jun 2016 – Session 8

 

 

* Colchester (Essex) Class – Tuesday evenings – Awaiting New Dates

 

Times:

* Highgate, North London – 6.30pm to 8.30pm.  

 

Price: £225 (Concessions £195 for OAPS, F/T students, unemployed, if booking as a pair/couple) – please note this can be paid in x2 instalments, with half the payment being made as a deposit prior to the course and the balance being due just before session 1.  

 

HOW TO BOOK? – To book your place please email:   info@jamieshavdia.com or call 07792 755132. Booking instructions will then be emailed to you, including how to make your payment online. 

 

 

Jun
6
Mon
Eight week Mindfulness Programme at Jacksons Lane @ Jacksons Lane
Jun 6 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

What is Mindfulness?

‘Mindfulness’ is at the very heart of meditational practice and trains us to focus on the present moment. This allows us to gain insight into mental patterns that sometimes cause negative emotions. We also learn, through experience what it means to spend less time with our thoughts and spend more time in our bodies enjoying life. It can be practiced by people from all walks of life and is becoming more and more popular as a means of psychological treatment. There is now a strong evidence base demonstrating that it can be very beneficial for those experiencing depression and anxiety, as well as many other conditions. Mindfulness allows us to make friends with our thinking mind making us less vulnerable to negative mental activity. Such practice can bring about a deep sense of inner peace and a fresh acceptance of reality itself.  

The Eight Sessions 

 This new and innovative group will take place over eight weekly sessions, each of 2-hours duration and covers the fundamentals of mindfulness meditation, applied theory and practice. Some aspects of CBT will also be used within the course syllabus where required to help group members to deal with dysfunctional thought patterns and behaviours. This specific group has been successfully taught in several London universities and also within the NHS. This group will help you to:

  • improve your focus and concentration levels
  • lower bodily stress and increase relaxation
  • explore how your mind works
  • explore how your mind habitually creates unhealthy thought processes and worry
  • help you to prevent the arising of depressive moods before they spiral
  • achieve a robust and healthy mind, accepting reality and the world around you
  • work towards acceptance of unhealthy emotions
  • achieve a deep sense of calm, patience and stillness
  • grow and mature as a true human being and explore what it means to be ‘me’

This will be particularly helpful for those people experiencing stress, depression, anxiety, attention problems or any condition involving a fast-thinking anxious mind.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE 

Commitment to the full x8 weekly sessions is imperative, as is the diligent undertaking of daily life meditation tasks between sessions. Only those people who are willing to make the commitment and complete the between session tasks should attend.   Places are limited to ensure a high quality of client support. This course is open to everyone but attendance must be booked in advance and approved by the course leader before the beginning of the programme. All attendees must be 18+ with any exceptions discussed prior to the beginning of the course.

 

Venues:

* Monday Highgate Class – Jackson’s Lane, 269a Archway Road, London, N6 5AA (directly opposite Highgate tube)

* Tuesday Colchester (Essex) Class – Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, High St, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH

 

Course Start Dates:

Highgate (North London) Class – Monday evenings beginning on 4th April 2016 for 8 weeks

   Highgate Dates (8-weeks minus bank holidays)

 

 

   04 Apr 2016 – Session 1                  

 

   11 Apr 2016 – Session 2

 

   18 Apr 2016 – Session 3

 

   25 Apr 2016 – Session 4

 

 

   09 May 2016 – Session 5

 

   16 May 2016 – Session 6

 

   23 May 2016 – Session 7

 

   06 Jun 2016 – Session 8

 

 

* Colchester (Essex) Class – Tuesday evenings – Awaiting New Dates

 

Times:

* Highgate, North London – 6.30pm to 8.30pm.  

 

Price: £225 (Concessions £195 for OAPS, F/T students, unemployed, if booking as a pair/couple) – please note this can be paid in x2 instalments, with half the payment being made as a deposit prior to the course and the balance being due just before session 1.  

 

HOW TO BOOK? – To book your place please email:   info@jamieshavdia.com or call 07792 755132. Booking instructions will then be emailed to you, including how to make your payment online. 

 

 

Mar
26
Sun
Swish and Style @ Jacksons Lane
Mar 26 @ 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Tired of your t-shirts? Wish you had some different dresses? Save money by bringing along your unwanted (but wearable) clothes to our Swish and Style event and go home with a new-to-you outfit, all for free!

It’s simple. Have a clear out and bring good quality clothes to one of our seven events. For each item you bring, you get a token that you can exchange for another garment (maximum 10 items). Everything is free, everything is clean and everything will be re-worn and re-loved.

How it works

For the first hour (12.30 – 1.30), everyone is invited to drop off their clothes, shoes and accessories that they want to donate. Whilst we busily sort them into style and hang them on hangers, you’ll be free to check out the workshops – learning how to do simple fixes to your clothes and how to upcycle them into something completely different – a jumper becomes a hot water bottle cover, a treasured Babygro becomes a patchwork memory blanket and an old t-shirt becomes a bag. If you have any clothes that need a little TLC, bring them along and our seamstress can fix them for you for free while you wait.

The from 2pm until 3pm, you get to look through all the clothes and choose what you want. If you love it, take it. It’s first come, first served – but no elbows please!

What can you bring?

Please bring along:

  • Clean and wearable clothes, shoes and accessories
  • No damage, holes and stains
  • You can bring women’s, men’s, children’s and baby clothes
  • No underwear please, unless in sealed, unworn condition

Anything that we deem unacceptable will be given back to you and you will not be given a token. We have the right to turn away any item.

Please note only adults will be allowed at events. Parents with children under the age of 12 can bring them but they must remain under the parents’ supervision at all times.

Any clothes that are left over at the end of the event will be donated to the Salvation Army.

Apr
27
Fri
Serenata – Aimez-vous Brahms? @ Lauderdale House
Apr 27 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
JOHANNES BRAHMS German musician Date: 1833 – 1897 (Mary Evans Picture Library) Keine Weitergabe an Drittverwerter.

Serenata celebrate the music of Brahms this April at Lauderdale House.

This concert will feature an eclectic programme of Lieder, Duets & Piano Music by the Classical Romanticist, which will include the original scoring of the Love-Song Waltzes and a special arrangement of Wiegenlied, as well as the Gipsy Songs and selected Hungarian Dances.

Serenata will perform Aimez-vous Brahms? on Friday 27 April 2018 at 7:30pm.

 

Tickets are £12 (£8 concessions) and will be available on the door or from: 22 Chestnut Avenue N8 8NY (020 8348 2983).

Nov
16
Fri
HGO Presents – “The Secret Marriage” @ Jacksons Lane Theatre
Nov 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

HGO presents a new production of Domenico Cimarosa’s masterpiece of opera buffa, ‘THE SECRET MARRIAGE’. ‘What a treat to bring Cimarosa’s sparkling, effervescent opera to life’, says director SINÉAD O’NEILL. ‘It was an immediate hit in 1792, and it’s easy to see why. Fast-paced, with direct, well-drawn characters, tangled love affairs, confusion and misunderstandings, it is light-hearted, touching, and charming.’

Directed by Sinéad O’Neill

Music Director Chris Hopkins

With the HGO Orchestra.

Jacksons Lane Theatre,  269A Archway Rd, London N6  AA

Concessions (£20) 16th and 17th only
Student Tickets (£11 or £13.50) first 5 performances only

General Admission £22

Premium Seats £27

16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 November at 19:30

17 and 25 November at 16:00

24 November at 14:30

Nov
17
Sat
HGO Presents – “The Secret Marriage” @ Jacksons Lane Theatre
Nov 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

HGO presents a new production of Domenico Cimarosa’s masterpiece of opera buffa, ‘THE SECRET MARRIAGE’. ‘What a treat to bring Cimarosa’s sparkling, effervescent opera to life’, says director SINÉAD O’NEILL. ‘It was an immediate hit in 1792, and it’s easy to see why. Fast-paced, with direct, well-drawn characters, tangled love affairs, confusion and misunderstandings, it is light-hearted, touching, and charming.’

Directed by Sinéad O’Neill

Music Director Chris Hopkins

With the HGO Orchestra.

Jacksons Lane Theatre,  269A Archway Rd, London N6  AA

Concessions (£20) 16th and 17th only
Student Tickets (£11 or £13.50) first 5 performances only

General Admission £22

Premium Seats £27

16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 November at 19:30

17 and 25 November at 16:00

24 November at 14:30

Nov
18
Sun
HGO Presents – “The Secret Marriage” @ Jacksons Lane Theatre
Nov 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

HGO presents a new production of Domenico Cimarosa’s masterpiece of opera buffa, ‘THE SECRET MARRIAGE’. ‘What a treat to bring Cimarosa’s sparkling, effervescent opera to life’, says director SINÉAD O’NEILL. ‘It was an immediate hit in 1792, and it’s easy to see why. Fast-paced, with direct, well-drawn characters, tangled love affairs, confusion and misunderstandings, it is light-hearted, touching, and charming.’

Directed by Sinéad O’Neill

Music Director Chris Hopkins

With the HGO Orchestra.

Jacksons Lane Theatre,  269A Archway Rd, London N6  AA

Concessions (£20) 16th and 17th only
Student Tickets (£11 or £13.50) first 5 performances only

General Admission £22

Premium Seats £27

16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 November at 19:30

17 and 25 November at 16:00

24 November at 14:30

Nov
20
Tue
HGO Presents – “The Secret Marriage” @ Jacksons Lane Theatre
Nov 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

HGO presents a new production of Domenico Cimarosa’s masterpiece of opera buffa, ‘THE SECRET MARRIAGE’. ‘What a treat to bring Cimarosa’s sparkling, effervescent opera to life’, says director SINÉAD O’NEILL. ‘It was an immediate hit in 1792, and it’s easy to see why. Fast-paced, with direct, well-drawn characters, tangled love affairs, confusion and misunderstandings, it is light-hearted, touching, and charming.’

Directed by Sinéad O’Neill

Music Director Chris Hopkins

With the HGO Orchestra.

Jacksons Lane Theatre,  269A Archway Rd, London N6  AA

Concessions (£20) 16th and 17th only
Student Tickets (£11 or £13.50) first 5 performances only

General Admission £22

Premium Seats £27

16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 November at 19:30

17 and 25 November at 16:00

24 November at 14:30

Nov
21
Wed
HGO Presents – “The Secret Marriage” @ Jacksons Lane Theatre
Nov 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

HGO presents a new production of Domenico Cimarosa’s masterpiece of opera buffa, ‘THE SECRET MARRIAGE’. ‘What a treat to bring Cimarosa’s sparkling, effervescent opera to life’, says director SINÉAD O’NEILL. ‘It was an immediate hit in 1792, and it’s easy to see why. Fast-paced, with direct, well-drawn characters, tangled love affairs, confusion and misunderstandings, it is light-hearted, touching, and charming.’

Directed by Sinéad O’Neill

Music Director Chris Hopkins

With the HGO Orchestra.

Jacksons Lane Theatre,  269A Archway Rd, London N6  AA

Concessions (£20) 16th and 17th only
Student Tickets (£11 or £13.50) first 5 performances only

General Admission £22

Premium Seats £27

16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 November at 19:30

17 and 25 November at 16:00

24 November at 14:30

Nov
22
Thu
HGO Presents – “The Secret Marriage” @ Jacksons Lane Theatre
Nov 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

HGO presents a new production of Domenico Cimarosa’s masterpiece of opera buffa, ‘THE SECRET MARRIAGE’. ‘What a treat to bring Cimarosa’s sparkling, effervescent opera to life’, says director SINÉAD O’NEILL. ‘It was an immediate hit in 1792, and it’s easy to see why. Fast-paced, with direct, well-drawn characters, tangled love affairs, confusion and misunderstandings, it is light-hearted, touching, and charming.’

Directed by Sinéad O’Neill

Music Director Chris Hopkins

With the HGO Orchestra.

Jacksons Lane Theatre,  269A Archway Rd, London N6  AA

Concessions (£20) 16th and 17th only
Student Tickets (£11 or £13.50) first 5 performances only

General Admission £22

Premium Seats £27

16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 November at 19:30

17 and 25 November at 16:00

24 November at 14:30

Nov
23
Fri
HGO Presents – “The Secret Marriage” @ Jacksons Lane Theatre
Nov 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

HGO presents a new production of Domenico Cimarosa’s masterpiece of opera buffa, ‘THE SECRET MARRIAGE’. ‘What a treat to bring Cimarosa’s sparkling, effervescent opera to life’, says director SINÉAD O’NEILL. ‘It was an immediate hit in 1792, and it’s easy to see why. Fast-paced, with direct, well-drawn characters, tangled love affairs, confusion and misunderstandings, it is light-hearted, touching, and charming.’

Directed by Sinéad O’Neill

Music Director Chris Hopkins

With the HGO Orchestra.

Jacksons Lane Theatre,  269A Archway Rd, London N6  AA

Concessions (£20) 16th and 17th only
Student Tickets (£11 or £13.50) first 5 performances only

General Admission £22

Premium Seats £27

16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 November at 19:30

17 and 25 November at 16:00

24 November at 14:30

Nov
24
Sat
HGO Presents – “The Secret Marriage” @ Jacksons Lane Theatre
Nov 24 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

HGO presents a new production of Domenico Cimarosa’s masterpiece of opera buffa, ‘THE SECRET MARRIAGE’. ‘What a treat to bring Cimarosa’s sparkling, effervescent opera to life’, says director SINÉAD O’NEILL. ‘It was an immediate hit in 1792, and it’s easy to see why. Fast-paced, with direct, well-drawn characters, tangled love affairs, confusion and misunderstandings, it is light-hearted, touching, and charming.’

Directed by Sinéad O’Neill

Music Director Chris Hopkins

With the HGO Orchestra.

Jacksons Lane Theatre,  269A Archway Rd, London N6  AA

Concessions (£20) 16th and 17th only
Student Tickets (£11 or £13.50) first 5 performances only

General Admission £22

Premium Seats £27

16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 November at 19:30

17 and 25 November at 16:00

24 November at 14:30

Nov
25
Sun
HGO Presents – “The Secret Marriage” @ Jacksons Lane Theatre
Nov 25 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

HGO presents a new production of Domenico Cimarosa’s masterpiece of opera buffa, ‘THE SECRET MARRIAGE’. ‘What a treat to bring Cimarosa’s sparkling, effervescent opera to life’, says director SINÉAD O’NEILL. ‘It was an immediate hit in 1792, and it’s easy to see why. Fast-paced, with direct, well-drawn characters, tangled love affairs, confusion and misunderstandings, it is light-hearted, touching, and charming.’

Directed by Sinéad O’Neill

Music Director Chris Hopkins

With the HGO Orchestra.

Jacksons Lane Theatre,  269A Archway Rd, London N6  AA

Concessions (£20) 16th and 17th only
Student Tickets (£11 or £13.50) first 5 performances only

General Admission £22

Premium Seats £27

16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 November at 19:30

17 and 25 November at 16:00

24 November at 14:30

Mar
30
Sat
Brahms: A German Requiem @ St. Michael's Church
Mar 30 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm

Brahms’ gorgeous, stirring Ein Deutsches Requiem is one of the great choral works, full of warm, rich harmonies. Inspired perhaps by the deaths of his mother, and his friend and fellow composer Robert Schumann, its music evokes comfort, loss, fear, peace and joy. Unlike other well known requiems, Brahms’ is not so much a mass for the dead as an offering of solace to those who mourn.

Jane Hopkins conducts Voxcetera, with soprano Ellie Sperling and baritone Jamie Sperling, using Iain Farrington’s acclaimed arrangement of the score for chamber ensemble. It promises to be both a grand and intimate experience.

There will be a bar open before and after the performance, and Voxcetera hopes you’ll stay to join us for wine and cake when the music finishes.

Voxcetera is a north London-based choir performing regularly in north and central London. Recent activity includes concerts at St Martin-in-the-fields, East Finchley Arts Festival, tours to southern Germany and recording work for Unicef’s Generations campaign. Its most recent Highgate concert was for Christmas 2018, in St Josephs RC Church.

Aug
3
Sat
HGO Summer Concert 2019: ‘Around the World with HGO’ @ St. Michael's Church
Aug 3 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

AROUND THE WORLD WITH HGO
A perfect summer evening – Sparkling opera, song and musical theatre from around the world with stars from HGO, North London’s leading opera company  – Mozart, Handel, Puccini, Delibes and much much more!

Luci Briginshaw (soprano) – Donna Anna in ‘Don Giovanni’ (HGO 2015)
Beth Moxon (mezzo-soprano) – Nancy in ‘Albert Herring’ (HGO 2014)
Nick Pritchard (tenor) – Ferrando in ‘Così fan tutte’ (HGO 2012)
Dan D’Souza (baritone) – Count Robinson in ‘The Secret Marriage’ (HGO 2018)

with Juliane Gallant at the Steinway

“There are few more lovely places to present an informal concert…excellent acoustic…delightful interval….an immensely enjoyable evening” (Ham and High review of our 2016 concert)

Tickets: £25 (front nave/gallery), £20 (rear nave/gallery), £15 (side-aisles) on-line or at the door.
Wine and soft drinks available at the interval