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16
Fri
Philip Diggle: Bringing It All Back Home @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 16 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The spirit of rebellion lives on in the anarchic figurative and abstract oil on canvas works of Philip Diggle. In his own words ‘art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed and does something other than sit and entertain in a museum. I am for an art that embroils itself with every day and comes out on top’.

www.philipdiggleart.com

Philip Diggle: Bringing It All Back Home

9-22 February 2024

Exhibition times:

Wed – Fri: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00

Sunday 11.00 – 17.00

 

 

Philip Diggle: Bringing it all back home

Bringing It All Back Home references Bob Dylan and the voice of poetry, protest and politics that

characterised a period of artistic blossoming in New York and elsewhere in the 1960’s, including Diggle’s

own home town of Manchester where he was involved in the punk scene of the 1970’s and 1980’s.

 

The spirit of rebellion lives on in this anarchic show of figurative and abstract work.  Diggle is, in his own

words,  “…for an art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed – and does something other than sit and entertain

…in a museum.  I am for an art that embroils itself with everyday and comes out on top”.

 

Diggle references Sartre, Baudelaire and Wittgenstein:   “…climbing Wittgenstein’s metaphorical ladder

of knowledge…I needed to jump from the it’s last rung – without a net or anything like argument – so

that the world could be correctly understood – painted and given some form of impression of penetrating

the essence of things.”

 

He cites the recent Soutine/Kossoff show at Hastings Contemporary as one which excited him.  Many of his

own oil paintings have heavily encrusted and worked-on surfaces,  “enlivened by a constant play of

oppositions, each an abstract drama of visual events, a material metaphor for the invisible dynamics of the

world it reflects” (Mel Gooding, art critic).  Jackson Pollock is also a key influence, especially the large

New York canvases.  Pollock’s phrase “I am nature” resonates in this show.

 

Philip Diggle has lived in Highgate for over 30 years and this is his 8th show at Highgate Gallery.  He is a

regular contributor to the Royal Academy annual exhibition and has also exhibited in Berlin, Paris,

Barcelona and New York.  His work is held in collections at Chase Manhattan Bank and the Rockefeller

Center in New York, at Caius College Cambridge and in many boardrooms and private collections.

 

 

There will be works on paper for sale as well as canvases.

Relativity @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In a world where people can break scientific laws just by understanding them, Zadie Sierra works with the government to lock away the rule-breakers: whether it’s thermodynamics, friction or even gravity. But her faith in the system is shaken up when she finds that the next nonconformist to be punished is none other than her scientist sister, Oriana.
Now Zadie must ally with an unlikely bunch of petty criminals: Ocean, a magician who can bend the rules of probability; and Griffin, a dentist with a cavalier attitude to biological laws. Zadie must fight against the system she once upheld, and stop her boss, Fabian Garve MP, from discovering the mysterious ‘Theory of Everything’ that Oriana has been working on. 
Songs For A New World @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm

Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD 

Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.

The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.

Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995

Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International 

★★★★★

“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”

 SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE

Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International. 

Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)

Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)

Feb
17
Sat
Coffee AM at the Highgate Society @ Highgate Society
Feb 17 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.

The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.

Philip Diggle: Bringing It All Back Home @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 17 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The spirit of rebellion lives on in the anarchic figurative and abstract oil on canvas works of Philip Diggle. In his own words ‘art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed and does something other than sit and entertain in a museum. I am for an art that embroils itself with every day and comes out on top’.

www.philipdiggleart.com

Philip Diggle: Bringing It All Back Home

9-22 February 2024

Exhibition times:

Wed – Fri: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00

Sunday 11.00 – 17.00

 

 

Philip Diggle: Bringing it all back home

Bringing It All Back Home references Bob Dylan and the voice of poetry, protest and politics that

characterised a period of artistic blossoming in New York and elsewhere in the 1960’s, including Diggle’s

own home town of Manchester where he was involved in the punk scene of the 1970’s and 1980’s.

 

The spirit of rebellion lives on in this anarchic show of figurative and abstract work.  Diggle is, in his own

words,  “…for an art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed – and does something other than sit and entertain

…in a museum.  I am for an art that embroils itself with everyday and comes out on top”.

 

Diggle references Sartre, Baudelaire and Wittgenstein:   “…climbing Wittgenstein’s metaphorical ladder

of knowledge…I needed to jump from the it’s last rung – without a net or anything like argument – so

that the world could be correctly understood – painted and given some form of impression of penetrating

the essence of things.”

 

He cites the recent Soutine/Kossoff show at Hastings Contemporary as one which excited him.  Many of his

own oil paintings have heavily encrusted and worked-on surfaces,  “enlivened by a constant play of

oppositions, each an abstract drama of visual events, a material metaphor for the invisible dynamics of the

world it reflects” (Mel Gooding, art critic).  Jackson Pollock is also a key influence, especially the large

New York canvases.  Pollock’s phrase “I am nature” resonates in this show.

 

Philip Diggle has lived in Highgate for over 30 years and this is his 8th show at Highgate Gallery.  He is a

regular contributor to the Royal Academy annual exhibition and has also exhibited in Berlin, Paris,

Barcelona and New York.  His work is held in collections at Chase Manhattan Bank and the Rockefeller

Center in New York, at Caius College Cambridge and in many boardrooms and private collections.

 

 

There will be works on paper for sale as well as canvases.

Songs For A New World @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 17 @ 2:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD 

Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.

The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.

Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995

Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International 

★★★★★

“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”

 SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE

Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International. 

Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)

Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)

Relativity @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In a world where people can break scientific laws just by understanding them, Zadie Sierra works with the government to lock away the rule-breakers: whether it’s thermodynamics, friction or even gravity. But her faith in the system is shaken up when she finds that the next nonconformist to be punished is none other than her scientist sister, Oriana.
Now Zadie must ally with an unlikely bunch of petty criminals: Ocean, a magician who can bend the rules of probability; and Griffin, a dentist with a cavalier attitude to biological laws. Zadie must fight against the system she once upheld, and stop her boss, Fabian Garve MP, from discovering the mysterious ‘Theory of Everything’ that Oriana has been working on. 
Songs For A New World @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm

Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD 

Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.

The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.

Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995

Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International 

★★★★★

“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”

 SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE

Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International. 

Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)

Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)

Feb
18
Sun
Philip Diggle: Bringing It All Back Home @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 18 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The spirit of rebellion lives on in the anarchic figurative and abstract oil on canvas works of Philip Diggle. In his own words ‘art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed and does something other than sit and entertain in a museum. I am for an art that embroils itself with every day and comes out on top’.

www.philipdiggleart.com

Philip Diggle: Bringing It All Back Home

9-22 February 2024

Exhibition times:

Wed – Fri: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00

Sunday 11.00 – 17.00

 

 

Philip Diggle: Bringing it all back home

Bringing It All Back Home references Bob Dylan and the voice of poetry, protest and politics that

characterised a period of artistic blossoming in New York and elsewhere in the 1960’s, including Diggle’s

own home town of Manchester where he was involved in the punk scene of the 1970’s and 1980’s.

 

The spirit of rebellion lives on in this anarchic show of figurative and abstract work.  Diggle is, in his own

words,  “…for an art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed – and does something other than sit and entertain

…in a museum.  I am for an art that embroils itself with everyday and comes out on top”.

 

Diggle references Sartre, Baudelaire and Wittgenstein:   “…climbing Wittgenstein’s metaphorical ladder

of knowledge…I needed to jump from the it’s last rung – without a net or anything like argument – so

that the world could be correctly understood – painted and given some form of impression of penetrating

the essence of things.”

 

He cites the recent Soutine/Kossoff show at Hastings Contemporary as one which excited him.  Many of his

own oil paintings have heavily encrusted and worked-on surfaces,  “enlivened by a constant play of

oppositions, each an abstract drama of visual events, a material metaphor for the invisible dynamics of the

world it reflects” (Mel Gooding, art critic).  Jackson Pollock is also a key influence, especially the large

New York canvases.  Pollock’s phrase “I am nature” resonates in this show.

 

Philip Diggle has lived in Highgate for over 30 years and this is his 8th show at Highgate Gallery.  He is a

regular contributor to the Royal Academy annual exhibition and has also exhibited in Berlin, Paris,

Barcelona and New York.  His work is held in collections at Chase Manhattan Bank and the Rockefeller

Center in New York, at Caius College Cambridge and in many boardrooms and private collections.

 

 

There will be works on paper for sale as well as canvases.

Songs For A New World @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 18 @ 4:00 pm – 5:45 pm

Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD 

Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.

The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.

Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995

Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International 

★★★★★

“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”

 SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE

Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International. 

Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)

Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)

No Surrender: Songs by Bruce Springsteen & Tom Waits @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 18 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm
Featuring classics like THUNDER ROAD and NO SURRENDER, Paul inhabits the rich, complex characters at the heart of these quintessentially American narratives, bringing them to life in performance.
Paul is currently Musical Director of the highly-acclaimed revival of Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
His film credits include the Oscar-Winning ChicagoNineDreamgirlsAcross the UniverseMulan and The Lion King. Among his many Broadway credits are AidaTarzanBombay DreamsSunset BoulevardLes Miserables and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Paul was music director for the television productions of CinderellaAnnie and South Pacific.
When Paul was a student at Julliard School of Music, he also acted professionally in the lead role of Claude in HairJesus in Godspell, and a featured role in Arthur Miller(!!!)’s only musical, Up from Paradise. Much later, he arranged a contemporary version of Oliver! and played the role of Fagin as a burned-out drug-dealer a la Joe Cocker. He recently appeared as Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Relativity @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In a world where people can break scientific laws just by understanding them, Zadie Sierra works with the government to lock away the rule-breakers: whether it’s thermodynamics, friction or even gravity. But her faith in the system is shaken up when she finds that the next nonconformist to be punished is none other than her scientist sister, Oriana.
Now Zadie must ally with an unlikely bunch of petty criminals: Ocean, a magician who can bend the rules of probability; and Griffin, a dentist with a cavalier attitude to biological laws. Zadie must fight against the system she once upheld, and stop her boss, Fabian Garve MP, from discovering the mysterious ‘Theory of Everything’ that Oriana has been working on. 
Feb
19
Mon
Kung Fu Classes for Children (5.45) and Adults (6.30) @ Highgate Society
Feb 19 @ 5:45 pm – 7:30 pm

               

               LEARN TRADITIONAL KUNG FU & TAI CHI

                  from  Three-Time International Gold Medallist

                                DANIEL SHAW-ABULAFIA

             at The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove, London N6 6BS
         Children:  Mondays weekly, 17.45 to 18.30 from September 26th
         Adults:      Mondays weekly, 18.30 to 19.30 from September 26th

                            COME TO A FREE TRIAL CLASS!

Feb
20
Tue
Relativity @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In a world where people can break scientific laws just by understanding them, Zadie Sierra works with the government to lock away the rule-breakers: whether it’s thermodynamics, friction or even gravity. But her faith in the system is shaken up when she finds that the next nonconformist to be punished is none other than her scientist sister, Oriana.
Now Zadie must ally with an unlikely bunch of petty criminals: Ocean, a magician who can bend the rules of probability; and Griffin, a dentist with a cavalier attitude to biological laws. Zadie must fight against the system she once upheld, and stop her boss, Fabian Garve MP, from discovering the mysterious ‘Theory of Everything’ that Oriana has been working on. 
Songs For A New World @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm

Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD 

Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.

The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.

Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995

Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International 

★★★★★

“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”

 SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE

Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International. 

Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)

Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)

Feb
21
Wed
Philip Diggle: Bringing It All Back Home @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 21 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The spirit of rebellion lives on in the anarchic figurative and abstract oil on canvas works of Philip Diggle. In his own words ‘art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed and does something other than sit and entertain in a museum. I am for an art that embroils itself with every day and comes out on top’.

www.philipdiggleart.com

Philip Diggle: Bringing It All Back Home

9-22 February 2024

Exhibition times:

Wed – Fri: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00

Sunday 11.00 – 17.00

 

 

Philip Diggle: Bringing it all back home

Bringing It All Back Home references Bob Dylan and the voice of poetry, protest and politics that

characterised a period of artistic blossoming in New York and elsewhere in the 1960’s, including Diggle’s

own home town of Manchester where he was involved in the punk scene of the 1970’s and 1980’s.

 

The spirit of rebellion lives on in this anarchic show of figurative and abstract work.  Diggle is, in his own

words,  “…for an art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed – and does something other than sit and entertain

…in a museum.  I am for an art that embroils itself with everyday and comes out on top”.

 

Diggle references Sartre, Baudelaire and Wittgenstein:   “…climbing Wittgenstein’s metaphorical ladder

of knowledge…I needed to jump from the it’s last rung – without a net or anything like argument – so

that the world could be correctly understood – painted and given some form of impression of penetrating

the essence of things.”

 

He cites the recent Soutine/Kossoff show at Hastings Contemporary as one which excited him.  Many of his

own oil paintings have heavily encrusted and worked-on surfaces,  “enlivened by a constant play of

oppositions, each an abstract drama of visual events, a material metaphor for the invisible dynamics of the

world it reflects” (Mel Gooding, art critic).  Jackson Pollock is also a key influence, especially the large

New York canvases.  Pollock’s phrase “I am nature” resonates in this show.

 

Philip Diggle has lived in Highgate for over 30 years and this is his 8th show at Highgate Gallery.  He is a

regular contributor to the Royal Academy annual exhibition and has also exhibited in Berlin, Paris,

Barcelona and New York.  His work is held in collections at Chase Manhattan Bank and the Rockefeller

Center in New York, at Caius College Cambridge and in many boardrooms and private collections.

 

 

There will be works on paper for sale as well as canvases.

Relativity @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In a world where people can break scientific laws just by understanding them, Zadie Sierra works with the government to lock away the rule-breakers: whether it’s thermodynamics, friction or even gravity. But her faith in the system is shaken up when she finds that the next nonconformist to be punished is none other than her scientist sister, Oriana.
Now Zadie must ally with an unlikely bunch of petty criminals: Ocean, a magician who can bend the rules of probability; and Griffin, a dentist with a cavalier attitude to biological laws. Zadie must fight against the system she once upheld, and stop her boss, Fabian Garve MP, from discovering the mysterious ‘Theory of Everything’ that Oriana has been working on. 
Songs For A New World @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm

Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD 

Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.

The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.

Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995

Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International 

★★★★★

“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”

 SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE

Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International. 

Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)

Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)

Travellers’ tales: Why visit Jordan? @ Highgate Society
Feb 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

With so much coverage being given to the troubles in Gaza and the West Bank many people may wonder whether a country in the Middle East is a suitable destination for this year’s holiday.  Be assured the principal travel companies continue to operate tours to Jordan as normal, considering it as a wholly safe destination and, as Richard Webber and Jane Campbell will hope to show, even a short visit will expose you to the remains of many different civilisations and a variety of stunning desert landscapes in a hassle-free environment largely undiscovered by mass tourism

https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/travellers-tales-why-visit-jordan-tickets-782698461167?aff=oddtdtcreator

Feb
22
Thu
Philip Diggle: Bringing It All Back Home @ Highgate Gallery
Feb 22 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The spirit of rebellion lives on in the anarchic figurative and abstract oil on canvas works of Philip Diggle. In his own words ‘art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed and does something other than sit and entertain in a museum. I am for an art that embroils itself with every day and comes out on top’.

www.philipdiggleart.com

Philip Diggle: Bringing It All Back Home

9-22 February 2024

Exhibition times:

Wed – Fri: 13.00 – 17.00

Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00

Sunday 11.00 – 17.00

 

 

Philip Diggle: Bringing it all back home

Bringing It All Back Home references Bob Dylan and the voice of poetry, protest and politics that

characterised a period of artistic blossoming in New York and elsewhere in the 1960’s, including Diggle’s

own home town of Manchester where he was involved in the punk scene of the 1970’s and 1980’s.

 

The spirit of rebellion lives on in this anarchic show of figurative and abstract work.  Diggle is, in his own

words,  “…for an art that is political, erotic, abstract, exposed – and does something other than sit and entertain

…in a museum.  I am for an art that embroils itself with everyday and comes out on top”.

 

Diggle references Sartre, Baudelaire and Wittgenstein:   “…climbing Wittgenstein’s metaphorical ladder

of knowledge…I needed to jump from the it’s last rung – without a net or anything like argument – so

that the world could be correctly understood – painted and given some form of impression of penetrating

the essence of things.”

 

He cites the recent Soutine/Kossoff show at Hastings Contemporary as one which excited him.  Many of his

own oil paintings have heavily encrusted and worked-on surfaces,  “enlivened by a constant play of

oppositions, each an abstract drama of visual events, a material metaphor for the invisible dynamics of the

world it reflects” (Mel Gooding, art critic).  Jackson Pollock is also a key influence, especially the large

New York canvases.  Pollock’s phrase “I am nature” resonates in this show.

 

Philip Diggle has lived in Highgate for over 30 years and this is his 8th show at Highgate Gallery.  He is a

regular contributor to the Royal Academy annual exhibition and has also exhibited in Berlin, Paris,

Barcelona and New York.  His work is held in collections at Chase Manhattan Bank and the Rockefeller

Center in New York, at Caius College Cambridge and in many boardrooms and private collections.

 

 

There will be works on paper for sale as well as canvases.

Relativity @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In a world where people can break scientific laws just by understanding them, Zadie Sierra works with the government to lock away the rule-breakers: whether it’s thermodynamics, friction or even gravity. But her faith in the system is shaken up when she finds that the next nonconformist to be punished is none other than her scientist sister, Oriana.
Now Zadie must ally with an unlikely bunch of petty criminals: Ocean, a magician who can bend the rules of probability; and Griffin, a dentist with a cavalier attitude to biological laws. Zadie must fight against the system she once upheld, and stop her boss, Fabian Garve MP, from discovering the mysterious ‘Theory of Everything’ that Oriana has been working on. 
Songs For A New World @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm

Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD 

Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.

The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.

Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995

Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International 

★★★★★

“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”

 SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE

Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International. 

Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)

Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)

Feb
23
Fri
Cocktails at the Highgate Society: save the date @ Highgate Society
Feb 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

23 Feb  Friday cocktail evening 7.30 details and booking to follow

Relativity @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In a world where people can break scientific laws just by understanding them, Zadie Sierra works with the government to lock away the rule-breakers: whether it’s thermodynamics, friction or even gravity. But her faith in the system is shaken up when she finds that the next nonconformist to be punished is none other than her scientist sister, Oriana.
Now Zadie must ally with an unlikely bunch of petty criminals: Ocean, a magician who can bend the rules of probability; and Griffin, a dentist with a cavalier attitude to biological laws. Zadie must fight against the system she once upheld, and stop her boss, Fabian Garve MP, from discovering the mysterious ‘Theory of Everything’ that Oriana has been working on. 
Songs For A New World @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm

Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD 

Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.

The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.

Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995

Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International 

★★★★★

“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”

 SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE

Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International. 

Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)

Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)

Feb
24
Sat
Coffee AM at the Highgate Society @ Highgate Society
Feb 24 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.

The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.

Songs For A New World @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 24 @ 2:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD 

Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.

The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.

Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995

Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International 

★★★★★

“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”

 SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE

Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International. 

Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)

Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)

Relativity @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 24 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In a world where people can break scientific laws just by understanding them, Zadie Sierra works with the government to lock away the rule-breakers: whether it’s thermodynamics, friction or even gravity. But her faith in the system is shaken up when she finds that the next nonconformist to be punished is none other than her scientist sister, Oriana.
Now Zadie must ally with an unlikely bunch of petty criminals: Ocean, a magician who can bend the rules of probability; and Griffin, a dentist with a cavalier attitude to biological laws. Zadie must fight against the system she once upheld, and stop her boss, Fabian Garve MP, from discovering the mysterious ‘Theory of Everything’ that Oriana has been working on. 
Songs For A New World @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 24 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm

Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD 

Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.

The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.

Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995

Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International 

★★★★★

“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”

 SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE

Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International. 

Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)

Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)

Feb
25
Sun
Songs For A New World @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 25 @ 4:00 pm – 5:45 pm

Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD 

Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.

The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.

Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995

Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International 

★★★★★

“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”

 SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE

Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International. 

Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)

Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)

Relativity @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 25 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In a world where people can break scientific laws just by understanding them, Zadie Sierra works with the government to lock away the rule-breakers: whether it’s thermodynamics, friction or even gravity. But her faith in the system is shaken up when she finds that the next nonconformist to be punished is none other than her scientist sister, Oriana.
Now Zadie must ally with an unlikely bunch of petty criminals: Ocean, a magician who can bend the rules of probability; and Griffin, a dentist with a cavalier attitude to biological laws. Zadie must fight against the system she once upheld, and stop her boss, Fabian Garve MP, from discovering the mysterious ‘Theory of Everything’ that Oriana has been working on. 
Feb
26
Mon
Kung Fu Classes for Children (5.45) and Adults (6.30) @ Highgate Society
Feb 26 @ 5:45 pm – 7:30 pm

               

               LEARN TRADITIONAL KUNG FU & TAI CHI

                  from  Three-Time International Gold Medallist

                                DANIEL SHAW-ABULAFIA

             at The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove, London N6 6BS
         Children:  Mondays weekly, 17.45 to 18.30 from September 26th
         Adults:      Mondays weekly, 18.30 to 19.30 from September 26th

                            COME TO A FREE TRIAL CLASS!

Magic at the Gatehouse @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 26 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Join us, once again, for an evening of Magic at the Gatehouse presented by an exciting line-up of top magicians. Witness miracles manifest before your eyes in an intimate cabaret configuration that puts you at the heart of the magic.
Join Tom Brace, Laura London, Rich Clark, and Wayne Fox for a sensational evening of wonders.
Feb
27
Tue
Relativity @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 27 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In a world where people can break scientific laws just by understanding them, Zadie Sierra works with the government to lock away the rule-breakers: whether it’s thermodynamics, friction or even gravity. But her faith in the system is shaken up when she finds that the next nonconformist to be punished is none other than her scientist sister, Oriana.
Now Zadie must ally with an unlikely bunch of petty criminals: Ocean, a magician who can bend the rules of probability; and Griffin, a dentist with a cavalier attitude to biological laws. Zadie must fight against the system she once upheld, and stop her boss, Fabian Garve MP, from discovering the mysterious ‘Theory of Everything’ that Oriana has been working on. 
Songs For A New World @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 27 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm

Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD 

Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.

The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.

Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995

Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International 

★★★★★

“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”

 SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE

Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International. 

Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)

Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)

Feb
28
Wed
Relativity @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In a world where people can break scientific laws just by understanding them, Zadie Sierra works with the government to lock away the rule-breakers: whether it’s thermodynamics, friction or even gravity. But her faith in the system is shaken up when she finds that the next nonconformist to be punished is none other than her scientist sister, Oriana.
Now Zadie must ally with an unlikely bunch of petty criminals: Ocean, a magician who can bend the rules of probability; and Griffin, a dentist with a cavalier attitude to biological laws. Zadie must fight against the system she once upheld, and stop her boss, Fabian Garve MP, from discovering the mysterious ‘Theory of Everything’ that Oriana has been working on. 
Songs For A New World @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm

Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD 

Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.

The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.

Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995

Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International 

★★★★★

“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”

 SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE

Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International. 

Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)

Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)

Feb
29
Thu
Relativity @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In a world where people can break scientific laws just by understanding them, Zadie Sierra works with the government to lock away the rule-breakers: whether it’s thermodynamics, friction or even gravity. But her faith in the system is shaken up when she finds that the next nonconformist to be punished is none other than her scientist sister, Oriana.
Now Zadie must ally with an unlikely bunch of petty criminals: Ocean, a magician who can bend the rules of probability; and Griffin, a dentist with a cavalier attitude to biological laws. Zadie must fight against the system she once upheld, and stop her boss, Fabian Garve MP, from discovering the mysterious ‘Theory of Everything’ that Oriana has been working on. 
Songs For A New World @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Feb 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm

Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD 

Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, cult musical SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse this February for a strictly limited run.

The debut song-cycle from Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is an anthology of short stories told through song that takes audiences on a journey, teetering on the edge of one moment that can shape the rest of your life.

Featuring Musical Theatre fan favourites including ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’, ‘Stars and the Moon’ and ‘King of the World’, this production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD creatively explores the human condition from vastly different New World perspectives, from the deck of a 15th century ship to the window ledge of a modern day high-rise in Manhattan.

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995

Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International 

★★★★★

“Outstanding. Anyone with a passion for Musical Theatre should see this production”

 SOUTHEND THEATRE SCENE

Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown | Original Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown & Brian Besterman.

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International. 

Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes (including interval)

Guidance: 11+ (references to suicide, some explicit language)

Mar
1
Fri
Relativity @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Mar 1 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In a world where people can break scientific laws just by understanding them, Zadie Sierra works with the government to lock away the rule-breakers: whether it’s thermodynamics, friction or even gravity. But her faith in the system is shaken up when she finds that the next nonconformist to be punished is none other than her scientist sister, Oriana.
Now Zadie must ally with an unlikely bunch of petty criminals: Ocean, a magician who can bend the rules of probability; and Griffin, a dentist with a cavalier attitude to biological laws. Zadie must fight against the system she once upheld, and stop her boss, Fabian Garve MP, from discovering the mysterious ‘Theory of Everything’ that Oriana has been working on.