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Oct
6
Thu
Holm @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 6 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

After falling asleep on the last train, the long journey home will be something he never forgets…

Temper Theatre return to Jacksons Lane with their signature mix of fluid muscular movement, soul-shaking soundscapes and fragmented imagery.

★★★★ “Vehement but cogently delivered” The Herald

Oct
7
Fri
Holm @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 7 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

After falling asleep on the last train, the long journey home will be something he never forgets…

Temper Theatre return to Jacksons Lane with their signature mix of fluid muscular movement, soul-shaking soundscapes and fragmented imagery.

★★★★ “Vehement but cogently delivered” The Herald

Oct
8
Sat
Little Red Riding Hood @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 8 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
(c) Alex Brenner

Suitable for ages 3 – 8

A wardrobe can take you to magical spaces, to all sorts of stories and wonderful places. Lyngo’s is a portal to the wild wood where something is roaming the forest, animals are mysteriously going missing and a little girl has just received a beautiful red cloak from her granny. Open the doors and it all comes alive through puppetry, songs and music from hidden hatches and secret compartments.

All the better to thrill you with!

“50 minutes of pure childhood joy!” number9reviews

Little Red Riding Hood @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 8 @ 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
(c) Alex Brenner

Suitable for ages 3 – 8

A wardrobe can take you to magical spaces, to all sorts of stories and wonderful places. Lyngo’s is a portal to the wild wood where something is roaming the forest, animals are mysteriously going missing and a little girl has just received a beautiful red cloak from her granny. Open the doors and it all comes alive through puppetry, songs and music from hidden hatches and secret compartments.

All the better to thrill you with!

“50 minutes of pure childhood joy!” number9reviews

Oct
9
Sun
Little Red Riding Hood @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 9 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
(c) Alex Brenner

Suitable for ages 3 – 8

A wardrobe can take you to magical spaces, to all sorts of stories and wonderful places. Lyngo’s is a portal to the wild wood where something is roaming the forest, animals are mysteriously going missing and a little girl has just received a beautiful red cloak from her granny. Open the doors and it all comes alive through puppetry, songs and music from hidden hatches and secret compartments.

All the better to thrill you with!

“50 minutes of pure childhood joy!” number9reviews

Little Red Riding Hood @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 9 @ 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
(c) Alex Brenner

Suitable for ages 3 – 8

A wardrobe can take you to magical spaces, to all sorts of stories and wonderful places. Lyngo’s is a portal to the wild wood where something is roaming the forest, animals are mysteriously going missing and a little girl has just received a beautiful red cloak from her granny. Open the doors and it all comes alive through puppetry, songs and music from hidden hatches and secret compartments.

All the better to thrill you with!

“50 minutes of pure childhood joy!” number9reviews

Oct
14
Fri
Witch Hunt @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 14 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Following their sell-out, award-winning show Enter The Dragons, A&E Comedy (Abigail Dooley and Emma Edwards, “a brilliant comedy coupling” Total Theatre) return with a spell-binding, surreal and darkly hilarious tale, directed by Cal McCrystal.

“I think they are amazing!!” Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Witch Hunt weaves a cautionary fairytale for our time. It celebrates the wisdom of the witch, unpacks the notion of predator and conjures a world of coven-ready weird sisters.

“Watch out, there are wild women about.  Knicker-Wettingly funny” Total Theatre

A ritualistic voodoo brouhaha designed to enchant and hex the pricks and predators; imagine Vic and Bob doing The Crucible.

Using buffoon, puppetry and magic and armed with a ‘wiccan’ sense of humour, A&E Comedy ask “can we use witchcraft to take down the Patriarchy?” Yes we can!

Oct
15
Sat
Witch Hunt @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 15 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Following their sell-out, award-winning show Enter The Dragons, A&E Comedy (Abigail Dooley and Emma Edwards, “a brilliant comedy coupling” Total Theatre) return with a spell-binding, surreal and darkly hilarious tale, directed by Cal McCrystal.

“I think they are amazing!!” Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Witch Hunt weaves a cautionary fairytale for our time. It celebrates the wisdom of the witch, unpacks the notion of predator and conjures a world of coven-ready weird sisters.

“Watch out, there are wild women about.  Knicker-Wettingly funny” Total Theatre

A ritualistic voodoo brouhaha designed to enchant and hex the pricks and predators; imagine Vic and Bob doing The Crucible.

Using buffoon, puppetry and magic and armed with a ‘wiccan’ sense of humour, A&E Comedy ask “can we use witchcraft to take down the Patriarchy?” Yes we can!

Oct
16
Sun
Baby Gospel @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 16 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Baby Gospel is an uplifting family concert of soul, Motown and gospel music, featuring the astonishing vocal talents of London’s CK Gospel Choir.

The whole family can enjoy singing and clapping along to hits by Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Adele, Jackie Wilson, Pharrell and more – as well as some traditional Gospel songs and nursery rhymes. Concerts are baby-friendly and open to all ages from newborns to school age to grandparents.

CK Gospel Choir are a versatile professional group from London who are united by their love of gospel music and have provided backing for artists such as Beverley Knight, Peter Andre and Alfie Boe.

“The most uplifting and relaxing activity we have ever done together as a family” Curious Life of a Mummy

Suitable for newborns and up

Baby Gospel @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 16 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Baby Gospel is an uplifting family concert of soul, Motown and gospel music, featuring the astonishing vocal talents of London’s CK Gospel Choir.

The whole family can enjoy singing and clapping along to hits by Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Adele, Jackie Wilson, Pharrell and more – as well as some traditional Gospel songs and nursery rhymes. Concerts are baby-friendly and open to all ages from newborns to school age to grandparents.

CK Gospel Choir are a versatile professional group from London who are united by their love of gospel music and have provided backing for artists such as Beverley Knight, Peter Andre and Alfie Boe.

“The most uplifting and relaxing activity we have ever done together as a family” Curious Life of a Mummy

Suitable for newborns and up

Oct
22
Sat
Utopian (T’s&C’s Apply) @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 22 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

UTOPIAN (t&c’s apply) is a surrealistic circus pop-culture queer positive experience. And it’s

absolute trash. Joined by their accomplice, Symoné takes you on an expedition inspired by

raves and power play, with a big pink pole, 6 inch skates, and gender nonconformity.

Join the world of psychedelic pilgrimage. You’ll be safe with us.

WARNING: This show may or may not contain autobiographical references about cults.

Suitable for ages 16+

Content warning: sexual content, nudity, drug references and language.

Oct
23
Sun
Utopian (T’s&C’s Apply) @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 23 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

UTOPIAN (t&c’s apply) is a surrealistic circus pop-culture queer positive experience. And it’s

absolute trash. Joined by their accomplice, Symoné takes you on an expedition inspired by

raves and power play, with a big pink pole, 6 inch skates, and gender nonconformity.

Join the world of psychedelic pilgrimage. You’ll be safe with us.

WARNING: This show may or may not contain autobiographical references about cults.

Suitable for ages 16+

Content warning: sexual content, nudity, drug references and language.

Oct
27
Thu
Jack Frost and the Search for Winter @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 27 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

When temperatures drop and cold snaps come, that means only one thing: Jack Frost is here!

Jack Frost is a mischievous young boy with a frozen touch. His magic transforms the landscape and brings the colours of autumn and the chill of cold winter. He freezes the orange and red leaves, and covers the trees and ground with a glistening blanket of ice and snow.

But this year when winter comes around the snow begins to melt and along with it Jack’s extraordinary magic fades. With his powers lost he becomes just an ordinary boy.

In this wintery tale, Jack and his new found friend, search for winter and attempt to restore Jack’s special gift. Circling the globe they meet characters who share their own special shimmering seasonal winter magic, but will Jack’s magic return?

Join tutti frutti for this enchanting new play by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho with important environmental themes, a touch of wintery fun and original live music.

“Anyone who enjoys a charming, funny, inventive afternoon at the theatre will be sure to come out with a grin on their face.” – British Theatre Guide

Suitable for ages 3+

Jack Frost and the Search for Winter @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 27 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

When temperatures drop and cold snaps come, that means only one thing: Jack Frost is here!

Jack Frost is a mischievous young boy with a frozen touch. His magic transforms the landscape and brings the colours of autumn and the chill of cold winter. He freezes the orange and red leaves, and covers the trees and ground with a glistening blanket of ice and snow.

But this year when winter comes around the snow begins to melt and along with it Jack’s extraordinary magic fades. With his powers lost he becomes just an ordinary boy.

In this wintery tale, Jack and his new found friend, search for winter and attempt to restore Jack’s special gift. Circling the globe they meet characters who share their own special shimmering seasonal winter magic, but will Jack’s magic return?

Join tutti frutti for this enchanting new play by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho with important environmental themes, a touch of wintery fun and original live music.

“Anyone who enjoys a charming, funny, inventive afternoon at the theatre will be sure to come out with a grin on their face.” – British Theatre Guide

Suitable for ages 3+

Oct
28
Fri
Jack Frost and the Search for Winter @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 28 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

When temperatures drop and cold snaps come, that means only one thing: Jack Frost is here!

Jack Frost is a mischievous young boy with a frozen touch. His magic transforms the landscape and brings the colours of autumn and the chill of cold winter. He freezes the orange and red leaves, and covers the trees and ground with a glistening blanket of ice and snow.

But this year when winter comes around the snow begins to melt and along with it Jack’s extraordinary magic fades. With his powers lost he becomes just an ordinary boy.

In this wintery tale, Jack and his new found friend, search for winter and attempt to restore Jack’s special gift. Circling the globe they meet characters who share their own special shimmering seasonal winter magic, but will Jack’s magic return?

Join tutti frutti for this enchanting new play by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho with important environmental themes, a touch of wintery fun and original live music.

“Anyone who enjoys a charming, funny, inventive afternoon at the theatre will be sure to come out with a grin on their face.” – British Theatre Guide

Suitable for ages 3+

Jack Frost and the Search for Winter @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 28 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

When temperatures drop and cold snaps come, that means only one thing: Jack Frost is here!

Jack Frost is a mischievous young boy with a frozen touch. His magic transforms the landscape and brings the colours of autumn and the chill of cold winter. He freezes the orange and red leaves, and covers the trees and ground with a glistening blanket of ice and snow.

But this year when winter comes around the snow begins to melt and along with it Jack’s extraordinary magic fades. With his powers lost he becomes just an ordinary boy.

In this wintery tale, Jack and his new found friend, search for winter and attempt to restore Jack’s special gift. Circling the globe they meet characters who share their own special shimmering seasonal winter magic, but will Jack’s magic return?

Join tutti frutti for this enchanting new play by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho with important environmental themes, a touch of wintery fun and original live music.

“Anyone who enjoys a charming, funny, inventive afternoon at the theatre will be sure to come out with a grin on their face.” – British Theatre Guide

Suitable for ages 3+

Oct
29
Sat
Jack Frost and the Search for Winter @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 29 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

When temperatures drop and cold snaps come, that means only one thing: Jack Frost is here!

Jack Frost is a mischievous young boy with a frozen touch. His magic transforms the landscape and brings the colours of autumn and the chill of cold winter. He freezes the orange and red leaves, and covers the trees and ground with a glistening blanket of ice and snow.

But this year when winter comes around the snow begins to melt and along with it Jack’s extraordinary magic fades. With his powers lost he becomes just an ordinary boy.

In this wintery tale, Jack and his new found friend, search for winter and attempt to restore Jack’s special gift. Circling the globe they meet characters who share their own special shimmering seasonal winter magic, but will Jack’s magic return?

Join tutti frutti for this enchanting new play by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho with important environmental themes, a touch of wintery fun and original live music.

“Anyone who enjoys a charming, funny, inventive afternoon at the theatre will be sure to come out with a grin on their face.” – British Theatre Guide

Suitable for ages 3+

Jack Frost and the Search for Winter @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 29 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

When temperatures drop and cold snaps come, that means only one thing: Jack Frost is here!

Jack Frost is a mischievous young boy with a frozen touch. His magic transforms the landscape and brings the colours of autumn and the chill of cold winter. He freezes the orange and red leaves, and covers the trees and ground with a glistening blanket of ice and snow.

But this year when winter comes around the snow begins to melt and along with it Jack’s extraordinary magic fades. With his powers lost he becomes just an ordinary boy.

In this wintery tale, Jack and his new found friend, search for winter and attempt to restore Jack’s special gift. Circling the globe they meet characters who share their own special shimmering seasonal winter magic, but will Jack’s magic return?

Join tutti frutti for this enchanting new play by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho with important environmental themes, a touch of wintery fun and original live music.

“Anyone who enjoys a charming, funny, inventive afternoon at the theatre will be sure to come out with a grin on their face.” – British Theatre Guide

Suitable for ages 3+

Oct
30
Sun
Jack Frost and the Search for Winter @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 30 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

When temperatures drop and cold snaps come, that means only one thing: Jack Frost is here!

Jack Frost is a mischievous young boy with a frozen touch. His magic transforms the landscape and brings the colours of autumn and the chill of cold winter. He freezes the orange and red leaves, and covers the trees and ground with a glistening blanket of ice and snow.

But this year when winter comes around the snow begins to melt and along with it Jack’s extraordinary magic fades. With his powers lost he becomes just an ordinary boy.

In this wintery tale, Jack and his new found friend, search for winter and attempt to restore Jack’s special gift. Circling the globe they meet characters who share their own special shimmering seasonal winter magic, but will Jack’s magic return?

Join tutti frutti for this enchanting new play by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho with important environmental themes, a touch of wintery fun and original live music.

“Anyone who enjoys a charming, funny, inventive afternoon at the theatre will be sure to come out with a grin on their face.” – British Theatre Guide

Suitable for ages 3+

Jack Frost and the Search for Winter @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 30 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

When temperatures drop and cold snaps come, that means only one thing: Jack Frost is here!

Jack Frost is a mischievous young boy with a frozen touch. His magic transforms the landscape and brings the colours of autumn and the chill of cold winter. He freezes the orange and red leaves, and covers the trees and ground with a glistening blanket of ice and snow.

But this year when winter comes around the snow begins to melt and along with it Jack’s extraordinary magic fades. With his powers lost he becomes just an ordinary boy.

In this wintery tale, Jack and his new found friend, search for winter and attempt to restore Jack’s special gift. Circling the globe they meet characters who share their own special shimmering seasonal winter magic, but will Jack’s magic return?

Join tutti frutti for this enchanting new play by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho with important environmental themes, a touch of wintery fun and original live music.

“Anyone who enjoys a charming, funny, inventive afternoon at the theatre will be sure to come out with a grin on their face.” – British Theatre Guide

Suitable for ages 3+

Nov
18
Fri
The Bloody Chamber @ Jacksons Lane
Nov 18 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

What are little girls made of?

They are made of the forest floor, the blood of the moon cycle, the fluttering of wings and the turning of keys. They are made of sweat, howling notes and desire. They are made of night scented stock – heady and sweet, the lily and the rose, the knife and the rope.

They are made of all the tales our Mothers told us.

And all the ones they didn’t dare.

Using circus as a physical vocabulary, the award-winning Proteus will translate the fever dream style of Angela Carter’s macabre fairy tales to the stage. The Bloody Chamber is a heady, erotic, and surprisingly funny re-phrasing of some of the most famous folk and fairy tales in Western culture.

At a moment when women and men across the country confront the double standards of safety, sex, and the fears of what goes bump in the night, Carter’s incendiary caustic take on fairy stories as cautionary tales could not be a more formidable challenge to the status quo.

Nov
19
Sat
The Bloody Chamber @ Jacksons Lane
Nov 19 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

What are little girls made of?

They are made of the forest floor, the blood of the moon cycle, the fluttering of wings and the turning of keys. They are made of sweat, howling notes and desire. They are made of night scented stock – heady and sweet, the lily and the rose, the knife and the rope.

They are made of all the tales our Mothers told us.

And all the ones they didn’t dare.

Using circus as a physical vocabulary, the award-winning Proteus will translate the fever dream style of Angela Carter’s macabre fairy tales to the stage. The Bloody Chamber is a heady, erotic, and surprisingly funny re-phrasing of some of the most famous folk and fairy tales in Western culture.

At a moment when women and men across the country confront the double standards of safety, sex, and the fears of what goes bump in the night, Carter’s incendiary caustic take on fairy stories as cautionary tales could not be a more formidable challenge to the status quo.

Nov
20
Sun
Family Circus Cabaret @ Jacksons Lane
Nov 20 @ 12:00 pm – 12:50 pm

Ready for a show that’s not just for kids?

This is a circus cabaret, and it’s for the whole family.

Brain Fools are bringing their fantastic circus friends on stage and showcasing their many talents. You’ll see performers juggle, spin, fly high in the sky and dazzle with amazing feats!

There will be family-friendly acts and exciting acrobatics. With a fabulous compère to keep you entertained between acts.

Brain Fools is led by Finn and Toffy, recent graduates of National Centre for Circus Arts.

Suitable for ages 3+

Family Circus Cabaret @ Jacksons Lane
Nov 20 @ 3:00 pm – 3:50 pm

Ready for a show that’s not just for kids?

This is a circus cabaret, and it’s for the whole family.

Brain Fools are bringing their fantastic circus friends on stage and showcasing their many talents. You’ll see performers juggle, spin, fly high in the sky and dazzle with amazing feats!

There will be family-friendly acts and exciting acrobatics. With a fabulous compère to keep you entertained between acts.

Brain Fools is led by Finn and Toffy, recent graduates of National Centre for Circus Arts.

Suitable for ages 3+

Nov
25
Fri
Delicate @ Jacksons Lane
Nov 25 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Four different bodies collide. A show about how things need to fall apart before they can fall into place.

Their lives are different, but one thing unites them: there’re frustrated with their bodies changing, ageing, breaking, no longer obeying. They climb, hang, balance, slide, collapse, hold and hug. They examine marks life has left on their bodies. Film and audio fragments mirror these marks in the wounds inflicted on our planet. These characters are fighting the grind of what’s expected. And you might feel inspired to do the same.

Delicate is BSL interpreted, audio described and captioned. Delicate is presented by Extraordinary Bodies and co-produced with Figurteatret i Nordland and Theatre Royal Plymouth.

Nov
26
Sat
Delicate @ Jacksons Lane
Nov 26 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Four different bodies collide. A show about how things need to fall apart before they can fall into place.

Their lives are different, but one thing unites them: there’re frustrated with their bodies changing, ageing, breaking, no longer obeying. They climb, hang, balance, slide, collapse, hold and hug. They examine marks life has left on their bodies. Film and audio fragments mirror these marks in the wounds inflicted on our planet. These characters are fighting the grind of what’s expected. And you might feel inspired to do the same.

Delicate is BSL interpreted, audio described and captioned. Delicate is presented by Extraordinary Bodies and co-produced with Figurteatret i Nordland and Theatre Royal Plymouth.

Mar
2
Thu
Barely Visible @ Jacksons Lane
Mar 2 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Barely Visible @ Jacksons Lane

With incredible strength, a pole and a lot of humour, this powerful solo performance explores identity, objectification and what it is to be a gay, ‘barely visible’ woman in a raw and physical journey of empowerment.

With elements of physical theatre, pole and contemporary dance, Rowena Gander, and acclaimed physical theatre director, Elinor Randle, bring playfulness, authenticity, and boldness to this mesmerising work.

“Gander is an incredible physical theatre performer” Number 9

Mar
3
Fri
CHOOSH! @ Jacksons Lane
Mar 3 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
CHOOSH! @ Jacksons Lane

One of the best-reviewed and most in-demand debut shows of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, from the award-winning Julia Masli.

★★★★ “Properly bonkers… very funny.” The Scotsman

Julia is an Estonian-born, London-based clown. She trained at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier, and now is a visiting teacher there. CHOOSH! is her absurd homage to migration, in which a hungry Eastern European clown voyages to America for a hot dog.

★★★★ “Julia Masli is a performer of such charm, wit and invention that Choosh! is a delight: adorable, unaffected, funny, surprising – and flush with creative, low-fi scenes that will linger in the memory.” Chortle

Mar
5
Sun
Professor Slug’s House of Bugs @ Jacksons Lane
Mar 5 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Professor Slug's House of Bugs @ Jacksons Lane

Professor Slug’s House of Bugs is a show all about bugs. Professor Slug is an eccentric expert on invertebrates who helps bugs out with their buggy problems – and you can too!

Get as strong as an ant! Teach a bee how to buzz! And help a dung beetle make a pooey perfume for its big date…

The House of Bugs is fully booked with all sorts of bugs seeking help from Professor Slug and his fellow bug experts (that’s you, the audience!) But can all these buggy problems be solved before the Queen Bee arrives, or will a swarm of honey-hungry wasps wreak havoc?

From the co-creator of the award winning One Duck Down, this interactive show is packed full of colourful puppets, catchy songs, and educational info about the wonderful world of bugs.

The puppets are designed by Georgia Hill (CBeebies) with music written by Catriona Gisby (Elle & the Pocket Belles).

Professor Slug’s House of Bugs is proud to be supported by charity partner Buglife.

Suitable for ages 3+

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Mar
8
Wed
Lighthouse @ Jacksons Lane
Mar 8 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Lighthouse @ Jacksons Lane

Poised between dance, circus and performance art, Lighthouse is a multi-disciplinary piece by solo artist Hazel Lam. Hazel uses the idea of gentleness as a tool in the face of great adversity and change. She explores feminine movement, giving it centre stage, and reacts to modernity’s harsh realities and urban construction.

Coils of PVC tubing are treated it as a companion. The duet of an organic body versus the inanimate tubes is playful yet antagonising. The tension between the two escalates throughout as she asks, is it there to hold her, entice her, keep her safe or restrain her?

Plastic has become one of the major environmental concerns in recent years. This piece is a reflection of how our generation is born into a plastic overflowing world and our role within it. The title is a reference to Virginia Woolf’s novel To the Lighthouse.

★★★★ “It is impressive how much she manages to convey using so little” Upper Circle

Mar
11
Sat
Nothing Happens (Twice) @ Jacksons Lane
Mar 11 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Nothing Happens (Twice) @ Jacksons Lane

Slapstick humour meets Beckett head on in a quest for life’s meaning and purpose.

After an exciting few years making and touring shows all over the world, Mercè and Patricia have somehow lost momentum and hit rock bottom. They always knew that making theatre would be difficult, but when they have to dress up as flamingos in a shopping centre to make ends meet, they seriously consider giving up.

Can their shared dream of staging Waiting for Godot get them back on track or will their long held ambition be strangled by red tape? A hilarious and sometimes moving exploration of companionship, co-dependency and what motivates us to keep going, even in the face of failure and bureaucratic brick walls.

Suitable for ages 14+

Content warning: Contains strong language, occasional loud noises and some stylised/staged fighting

Mar
19
Sun
Ernie’s Journey @ Jacksons Lane
Mar 19 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Ernie's Journey @ Jacksons Lane

Ernie’s Journey is a magical circus theatre adventure for family audiences. The seamless integration of circus, physical theatre, stage magic, poetry and puppetry is a truly dazzling spectacle.

An original live harp score takes the tale from the dreamy realms of distant shores to the most raucous sea shanties!

It felt like nobody really believed in Ernie and sometimes he wondered whether he even believed in himself. He discovers that being himself and following his own dreams can lead to all kinds of wild adventures, but it is the people we love who make it all worth it.

This show has been designed to connect audiences with the waterways around where they live and how they feed into national and international ocean systems. Ernie is a young boy from Haringey who finds an old pirate ship on the banks of the Thames.

Our partnership with Somerset Wildlife trust has informed the content of the show and workshops.

Suitable for ages 4-11

Two shows: 11am and 2pm

60 minutes each!

Mar
23
Thu
Lucky Pigeons @ Jacksons Lane
Mar 23 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Lucky Pigeons @ Jacksons Lane

Brain Fools pride themselves on being an environmentally conscious, family-friendly circus show that you can enjoy as much as your kids do. They are also committed to highlighting issues surrounding homelessness and migration in London through their work — they want everyone to learn, and everyone to be part of the change they want to see in their communities.

The show is called Lucky Pigeons because it’s about how hard it can be for people living on the street, but also because it’s about how much hope there can be for them too. Through physical performance and social commentary, they will take you on a journey through different aspects of life as a person on the outskirts of society—from the challenges they face just trying to fit in and be accepted, all the way through finding love and happiness despite everything else going on around them.

Lucky Pigeons came to Jacksons Lane in October 2021 as a work-in-progress.

Mar
30
Thu
What is Left @ Jacksons Lane
Mar 30 @ 7:30 pm – 7:30 pm
What is Left @ Jacksons Lane

Think about a classroom. How is everyone sat? Everyone is sat at their desks, facing the same way. What is left deals with spatial structures that shape human communication culture. We see it in theatres, while waiting to be served at counters, the hierarchy in a courtroom, in school and church, as well as from advertising screens in underground stations. All these spaces not only demand, but also structure the gaze attention of bodies in space.

International award-winning dance and circus company Overhead Project bring their new show What is Left to the UK. Mixing contemporary dance with group acrobatics, the show explores our relationship with different spaces and how they influence our communication.

Reminiscent of a catwalk or military parade, five performers occupy the space and are simultaneously consumed by it. A rhythmic, energetic, sometimes intimate, and exhilarating performance.

Contains: nudity

Mar
31
Fri
What is Left @ Jacksons Lane
Mar 31 @ 7:30 pm – 7:30 pm
What is Left @ Jacksons Lane

Think about a classroom. How is everyone sat? Everyone is sat at their desks, facing the same way. What is left deals with spatial structures that shape human communication culture. We see it in theatres, while waiting to be served at counters, the hierarchy in a courtroom, in school and church, as well as from advertising screens in underground stations. All these spaces not only demand, but also structure the gaze attention of bodies in space.

International award-winning dance and circus company Overhead Project bring their new show What is Left to the UK. Mixing contemporary dance with group acrobatics, the show explores our relationship with different spaces and how they influence our communication.

Reminiscent of a catwalk or military parade, five performers occupy the space and are simultaneously consumed by it. A rhythmic, energetic, sometimes intimate, and exhilarating performance.

Contains: nudity

Apr
5
Wed
The Chosen Haram @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 5 @ 7:30 pm – 8:35 pm
The Chosen Haram @ Jacksons Lane

Expect a heady mix of love, drugs and Islam. This unique and complex take on circus, performed on two Chinese poles, is emotionally candid with moments of humour and joy set to a banging soundtrack.

The Chosen Haram deals with themes of sexuality, faith, addiction and connection. The story of two gay men and their chance meeting through a dating app, portraying the highs and lows of their relationship and the barriers they face, social, cultural and personal in seeking happiness and personal fulfilment.

The Chosen Haram is based on a combination of lead artist Sadiq Ali’s personal experience, as well as interviews with members of the LGBTQ+ community who identify as (ex) Muslim. The show is an exploration into the personal struggles faced by many people whose upbringing contradicts their personal truths, and how this can lead to self-destructive behaviour.

Something that is “Haram” is forbidden by Islam.

The Chosen Haram returns to Jacksons Lane following it’s sell out run in February 2022 as part of the London International Mime Festival.

Apr
13
Thu
S.O.L.O @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 13 @ 6:00 pm – 6:50 pm
S.O.L.O @ Jacksons Lane

s.o.l.o, which stands for Situations of Ones Life’s Obsessions, is a multimedia, and multi-discipline, circus theatre performance which creates a moment which we all experience together.

Australia-born and Belgium-based performer Simon-James Reynolds initially trained as a gymnast, working towards the Olympics. But in the run up to London 2012, a change in his family’s financial circumstances meant he had to set those dreams aside. Based on Simon-James’ personal experiences, s.o.l.o depicts a life, its struggles, losses and hopes that we must all face: solo.

Sur Mesure is a collective of musicians, instrument makers, woodworkers and circus performers. Together they work on new creations. The collective consists of making performances, but they also have a wood workshop where all kinds of furniture are made.

Apr
22
Sat
Guerrilla Gardening
Apr 22 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Guerrilla Gardening

Events 2023

Sat 22nd April: 2:30-4pm: Meet at Jacksons Lane Community Centre, N6 5AA

to help with their garden (EARTH DAY EVENT)

Mon 8th May (bank holiday): 2:30-4pm: Meet outside 10A South Grove, N6 6BS to garden in Pond Square

(BIG HELP OUT EVENT)

July, September, October and November events: Details to be confirmed. We
are happy to assist other groups in starting up clean-up events in their local

areas of Highgate, as we did last year. Please let us know!

We will provide rubbish bags and a limited number of gardening tools.
Please bring protective gloves, secateurs and forks if you have these.

Apr
23
Sun
Wind in the Willows @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 23 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Wind in the Willows @ Jacksons Lane

From the peaceful pleasures of Ratty’s beloved river bank to the fearful frights and wicked weasels of the Wild Wood, join Mole and Ratty on their marvellous adventures, along with gruff old Badger and magnificent Mr. Toad.

“Their beautifully crafted micro-shows are like collector’s items.” The Stage

A beautiful new adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s much-loved classic by award winning theatre company Box Tale Soup, featuring wonderful puppetry, innovative theatre and a charming original score.

“They are wonderful.” The Times

Suitable for ages 4+

Two shows: 11 am and 2pm

Apr
30
Sun
The Instrumentals @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 30 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
The Instrumentals @ Jacksons Lane

When Belle is feeling down she slips into her grandfather’s basement and discovers his old dusty instruments. But far from being junk, the Instrumentals are pure funk, and they teach Belle to ‘get down’ in a whole new way. Bursting to life with brilliant puppetry and bold music, The Instrumentals is full of love and laughter, about the memories we hold and how we celebrate life.

This is a show for all children with characters, story and inspiration from the African-Caribbean diaspora. It’s full of uplifting original music with soulful sounds and seventies grooves. Combined with innovative puppetry and lots of comedy, this fun musical journey will have audiences dancing in the aisles!

Suitable for ages 4+

Two shows at 11 am and 2 pm.