Come and meet your neighbours and enjoy a glass of bubbly and snacks. All welcome
cabaret at tea time
In homage to our glorious past – after the House was restored in 1893 it served as the Waterlow Park tearoom for 70 years- we’re introducing Cabaret at Tea Time with a ticket offer that combines a high tea plus cabaret ticket. What better way to spend a Sunday than with a drink, food, and amazing cabaret!
Cabaret Tea A – £28.50
Glass of Prosecco
Hot smoked salmon with cream cheese and chive bridge roll
Free-range egg mayonnaise and mustard cress bridge roll
Rich chocolate brownie square
Cabaret Tea B – £25.50
Luscombe Wild Bubbly Elderflower Presse
Hot smoked salmon with cream cheese and chive bridge roll
Free-egg mayonnaise and mustard cress bridge roll
Rich chocolate brownie square
Host: Tim McArthur
Headline: Shona White
Shona White is an experienced Scottish actress and singer, who gained her post graduate qualification in Musical Theatre from the Royal Academy of Music in 1998. Just some of her numerous theatre credits include Florence Vassy in ‘Chess’ (Prince of Wales Theatre, Toronto), Rita in ‘All the Fun of the Fair’ (Garrick Theatre), Betty in ‘Shout’ (UK Tour), Elphaba/ Standby in ‘Wicked’ (Apollo Victoria Theatre), and Magenta/ Usherette in ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ (Playhouse Theatre). She has also performed many solo cabarets at venues including The Pheasantry, appeared in concerts including ‘An Evening with Elton John’ at The Royal Albert Hall, and has recently released a debut album, ‘I’ll Bring You A Song’, which is available on iTunes.
Support: TBC
Times:
3.30 – doors open and tea served
4.30 – show starts
5 – interval
5.20 – second half starts
6.15 – end
Time: 15:30
Venue: Lauderdale House
If you just want to join us for Cabaret then you can purchase a full price ticket for £16.00 / £14.00 concession for students, unwaged & Equity members only.
Time: 15:30
Venue: Lauderdale House
| Price band | A | B |
| Standard | £28.50 | £25.50 |
| Concession | £16.00 | £14.00 |
| Child |
Concessions are available for students, people on benefit and over 60s. Proof must be provided when collecting tickets.
Ages All ages welcome.
to book
Box office: 02083488716
Email: enquiries@lauderdale.org.uk
the rose and the bulbul
a promenade performance
TWO PERFORMANCES AT MIDDAY AND 3PM
Coke Studio artist Arieb Azhar joins dancers and musicians to celebrate the unity amidst diversity expressed through the symbols of the rose and the bulbul (nightingale). The performance will take place on the Tea Lawn at Lauderdale House and Waterlow Park. The Rose and the Bulbul is co-produced by Kadam/Pulse and Luton Culture with the support of Grants for the Arts, Amal and Cockayne and London Communities Foundation.
The Rose and the Bulbul is a family-friendly performance with professional and community-based performers that taps into the love affair that humans have with creating gardens. It will be dedicated to the memory of MP Jo Cox: “We are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us”.
The performance of dance, music and spoken word was inspired by the ideas that shaped the gardens at Stockwood Park, Luton. The title ‘Rose and Bulbul’ is derived from the significance of the rose as the symbol of beauty and perfection both in Persian literature and equally important in the English heritage as a Tudor emblem. The bulbul is the Indian equivalent of the nightingale which represents the woods and wilderness beyond the cultivated garden.
Storytellers, dancers and musicians will create an experience to bring alive the space of the garden and the audience will meet the Rose and the Bulbul, who come truly to understand their present only through a journey into each other’s past. Statues become dancers as the audiences are led in succession through a Mughal garden, a European walled garden and finally into open grounds, celebrating the synthesis of Islamic, Christian, Pagan and Hindu traditions. The Rose and the Bulbul is above all a story of love and acceptance.
The performance brings together the talent of outstanding young actor-writer Kamal Kaan (‘While the Water Weeps Next to the Water’, BBC Radio ‘Headline Ballads’ 2016); director Sita Thomas (Shakespearean scholar, Milkshake presenter and Bollywood dancer) and the popular choreographer-dancer Kali Chandrasegaram.
theatre on the tea lawn
twelfth night by william shakespeare
After the great success of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2016, the award-winning Shooting Stars Theatre Company return to Lauderdale House with a fresh and modern interpretation of Twelfth Night.
Shooting Stars was formed in 2006 by Helen Crosse and quickly gained a reputation for producing high quality professional theatre. They produce classic Shakespeare but bring it up to date and make it relevant to a modern audience with modern dress and in updated settings and ‘worlds’. Definately theatre for the whole family!
Shooting Star’s productions are always accessible, so even those not versed in the Bard’s comic play will be rolling with laughter. This is a play of mistaken identity and love triangles and takes its rightful place as one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays. Confused identity, cross-dressing and cross-garters are sure to make this an evening to remember!
Tips for our audience:
If it rains the ‘show will go on’ – we will only cancel in very extreme circumstances
There are no refunds but if we do have to abandon the show before the interval you will be offered a ticket for another night subject to availability
Bring something warm as even on a hot day the evenings can get chilly
The Café will be open for you to purchase food and drink on the evening but you are welcome to bring a picnic along with a blanket or chair to sit on. Chairs will be seated at the back of the Tea Lawn.
theatre on the tea lawn
twelfth night by william shakespeare
After the great success of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2016, the award-winning Shooting Stars Theatre Company return to Lauderdale House with a fresh and modern interpretation of Twelfth Night.
Shooting Stars was formed in 2006 by Helen Crosse and quickly gained a reputation for producing high quality professional theatre. They produce classic Shakespeare but bring it up to date and make it relevant to a modern audience with modern dress and in updated settings and ‘worlds’. Definately theatre for the whole family!
Shooting Star’s productions are always accessible, so even those not versed in the Bard’s comic play will be rolling with laughter. This is a play of mistaken identity and love triangles and takes its rightful place as one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays. Confused identity, cross-dressing and cross-garters are sure to make this an evening to remember!
Tips for our audience:
If it rains the ‘show will go on’ – we will only cancel in very extreme circumstances
There are no refunds but if we do have to abandon the show before the interval you will be offered a ticket for another night subject to availability
Bring something warm as even on a hot day the evenings can get chilly
The Café will be open for you to purchase food and drink on the evening but you are welcome to bring a picnic along with a blanket or chair to sit on. Chairs will be seated at the back of the Tea Lawn.
theatre on the tea lawn
twelfth night by william shakespeare
After the great success of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2016, the award-winning Shooting Stars Theatre Company return to Lauderdale House with a fresh and modern interpretation of Twelfth Night.
Shooting Stars was formed in 2006 by Helen Crosse and quickly gained a reputation for producing high quality professional theatre. They produce classic Shakespeare but bring it up to date and make it relevant to a modern audience with modern dress and in updated settings and ‘worlds’. Definately theatre for the whole family!
Shooting Star’s productions are always accessible, so even those not versed in the Bard’s comic play will be rolling with laughter. This is a play of mistaken identity and love triangles and takes its rightful place as one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays. Confused identity, cross-dressing and cross-garters are sure to make this an evening to remember!
Tips for our audience:
If it rains the ‘show will go on’ – we will only cancel in very extreme circumstances
There are no refunds but if we do have to abandon the show before the interval you will be offered a ticket for another night subject to availability
Bring something warm as even on a hot day the evenings can get chilly
The Café will be open for you to purchase food and drink on the evening but you are welcome to bring a picnic along with a blanket or chair to sit on. Chairs will be seated at the back of the Tea Lawn.
theatre on the tea lawn
twelfth night by william shakespeare
After the great success of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2016, the award-winning Shooting Stars Theatre Company return to Lauderdale House with a fresh and modern interpretation of Twelfth Night.
Shooting Stars was formed in 2006 by Helen Crosse and quickly gained a reputation for producing high quality professional theatre. They produce classic Shakespeare but bring it up to date and make it relevant to a modern audience with modern dress and in updated settings and ‘worlds’. Definately theatre for the whole family!
Shooting Star’s productions are always accessible, so even those not versed in the Bard’s comic play will be rolling with laughter. This is a play of mistaken identity and love triangles and takes its rightful place as one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays. Confused identity, cross-dressing and cross-garters are sure to make this an evening to remember!
Tips for our audience:
If it rains the ‘show will go on’ – we will only cancel in very extreme circumstances
There are no refunds but if we do have to abandon the show before the interval you will be offered a ticket for another night subject to availability
Bring something warm as even on a hot day the evenings can get chilly
The Café will be open for you to purchase food and drink on the evening but you are welcome to bring a picnic along with a blanket or chair to sit on. Chairs will be seated at the back of the Tea Lawn.
theatre on the tea lawn
twelfth night by william shakespeare
After the great success of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2016, the award-winning Shooting Stars Theatre Company return to Lauderdale House with a fresh and modern interpretation of Twelfth Night.
Shooting Stars was formed in 2006 by Helen Crosse and quickly gained a reputation for producing high quality professional theatre. They produce classic Shakespeare but bring it up to date and make it relevant to a modern audience with modern dress and in updated settings and ‘worlds’. Definately theatre for the whole family!
Shooting Star’s productions are always accessible, so even those not versed in the Bard’s comic play will be rolling with laughter. This is a play of mistaken identity and love triangles and takes its rightful place as one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays. Confused identity, cross-dressing and cross-garters are sure to make this an evening to remember!
Tips for our audience:
If it rains the ‘show will go on’ – we will only cancel in very extreme circumstances
There are no refunds but if we do have to abandon the show before the interval you will be offered a ticket for another night subject to availability
Bring something warm as even on a hot day the evenings can get chilly
The Café will be open for you to purchase food and drink on the evening but you are welcome to bring a picnic along with a blanket or chair to sit on. Chairs will be seated at the back of the Tea Lawn.
theatre on the tea lawn
twelfth night by william shakespeare
After the great success of The Importance of Being Earnest in 2016, the award-winning Shooting Stars Theatre Company return to Lauderdale House with a fresh and modern interpretation of Twelfth Night.
Shooting Stars was formed in 2006 by Helen Crosse and quickly gained a reputation for producing high quality professional theatre. They produce classic Shakespeare but bring it up to date and make it relevant to a modern audience with modern dress and in updated settings and ‘worlds’. Definately theatre for the whole family!
Shooting Star’s productions are always accessible, so even those not versed in the Bard’s comic play will be rolling with laughter. This is a play of mistaken identity and love triangles and takes its rightful place as one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays. Confused identity, cross-dressing and cross-garters are sure to make this an evening to remember!
Tips for our audience:
If it rains the ‘show will go on’ – we will only cancel in very extreme circumstances
There are no refunds but if we do have to abandon the show before the interval you will be offered a ticket for another night subject to availability
Bring something warm as even on a hot day the evenings can get chilly
The Café will be open for you to purchase food and drink on the evening but you are welcome to bring a picnic along with a blanket or chair to sit on. Chairs will be seated at the back of the Tea Lawn.