We are now taking bookings for the Summer 2019 term of Still Life – Introductory Art.
This weekly class offers both beginners and developing students the chance to explore their creative potential in drawing, focusing mainly on Still Life. During the term the class will explore essential drawing techniques – observation, perspective, negative spaces, mark-making and composition.
Taught by art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this is a general art course suitable for anyone looking to expand and practice their skill set. An informal, friendly and loosely structured class, Introductory Art allows participants to explore the areas and techniques that they find most useful.
The cost for the entire term is £205 (concessions £185).
Presented by Ovation
Written by Jennifer Selway
Directed by John Plews
From the writer of “Wallis” and “Odette”, a new comedy set in a crumbling block of South
Kensington flats overrun by mice and scheming estate agents.
Throw into the mix a cross-dressing neighbour and an over zealous cleaner to set up a
perfect scenario for a modern day tale of adultery and mistaken identities.
Tuesday – Saturday: 7.30pm
Sundays: 4.00pm
Tickets
Tuesday – Thursday £18 (£16 concessions)
Friday- Sunday £20 (£18 concessions)
£10 PREVIEW on Friday 31st May
£10 Tuesday on 4th June
We are now taking bookings for the Summer Term of our Painting with Watercolours and Acrylics art course.
This class is the perfect opportunity to learn the basics of two wonderful paint mediums; how to mix, blend and layer watercolour and how to apply acrylic. Explore how to make dynamic compositions that produce interesting paintings using still Life, photographs and sketches as inspiration.
On warm days in the Spring and Summer, this class is sometimes taught outside, taking advantage of the stunning scenery of Waterlow Park.
Our art tutor, Sharon Finmark, lives in North London and studied at Central St. Martins School of Art. She has had several books published on painting and drawing.
The cost for the entire term is £225 (concessions £205).
Presented by Ovation
Written by Jennifer Selway
Directed by John Plews
From the writer of “Wallis” and “Odette”, a new comedy set in a crumbling block of South
Kensington flats overrun by mice and scheming estate agents.
Throw into the mix a cross-dressing neighbour and an over zealous cleaner to set up a
perfect scenario for a modern day tale of adultery and mistaken identities.
Tuesday – Saturday: 7.30pm
Sundays: 4.00pm
Tickets
Tuesday – Thursday £18 (£16 concessions)
Friday- Sunday £20 (£18 concessions)
£10 PREVIEW on Friday 31st May
£10 Tuesday on 4th June
This summer, the Live Literature Company return to Waterlow Park for another free open-air Shakespeare performance!
Enjoy the magic and mayhem of A Midsummer Night’s Dream performed outside on the lovely Tea Lawn outside Lauderdale House, taking place around around Midsummer Night itself. Bring a picnic, blanket or chair and settle down on the grass to watch the action unfold. Chairs will be seated at the back to make sure everyone can see!
This free public performance is directed by Valerie Doulton and will be performed by drama students from Niagara University, USA.
There will be a collection in support of Lauderdale House and Highgate Library, Chester Road Branch.
Presented by Ovation
Written by Jennifer Selway
Directed by John Plews
From the writer of “Wallis” and “Odette”, a new comedy set in a crumbling block of South
Kensington flats overrun by mice and scheming estate agents.
Throw into the mix a cross-dressing neighbour and an over zealous cleaner to set up a
perfect scenario for a modern day tale of adultery and mistaken identities.
Tuesday – Saturday: 7.30pm
Sundays: 4.00pm
Tickets
Tuesday – Thursday £18 (£16 concessions)
Friday- Sunday £20 (£18 concessions)
£10 PREVIEW on Friday 31st May
£10 Tuesday on 4th June
Presented by Ovation
Written by Jennifer Selway
Directed by John Plews
From the writer of “Wallis” and “Odette”, a new comedy set in a crumbling block of South
Kensington flats overrun by mice and scheming estate agents.
Throw into the mix a cross-dressing neighbour and an over zealous cleaner to set up a
perfect scenario for a modern day tale of adultery and mistaken identities.
Tuesday – Saturday: 7.30pm
Sundays: 4.00pm
Tickets
Tuesday – Thursday £18 (£16 concessions)
Friday- Sunday £20 (£18 concessions)
£10 PREVIEW on Friday 31st May
£10 Tuesday on 4th June
Join us outside on the Tea Lawn as Camden Music Hub’s youth jazz ensembles perform wonderful live music from 2.30pm to 4.30pm on Sunday 30 June.
A lovely, relaxing afternoon of summer sunshine, picnics and free live music as part of this year’s Sundial Sundays season.
Building on “Jazz Connect”, a project funded by the Art’s Council, Camden Music hub bring together jazz ensembles from local schools, Camden music service and Camden Music Hub partners. This collective of local young people will be given the opportunity to perform live as part of Lauderdale House’s open-air season.
Presented by Ovation
Written by Jennifer Selway
Directed by John Plews
From the writer of “Wallis” and “Odette”, a new comedy set in a crumbling block of South
Kensington flats overrun by mice and scheming estate agents.
Throw into the mix a cross-dressing neighbour and an over zealous cleaner to set up a
perfect scenario for a modern day tale of adultery and mistaken identities.
Tuesday – Saturday: 7.30pm
Sundays: 4.00pm
Tickets
Tuesday – Thursday £18 (£16 concessions)
Friday- Sunday £20 (£18 concessions)
£10 PREVIEW on Friday 31st May
£10 Tuesday on 4th June
Open mic and chat and that
Poets read 2 poems each unless they have earned a third by responding to the Highgate Challenge which this month is to write about ‘Water’.
Audience welcome
Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided
All monies raised go to the Highgate Society
Join our chatty open mic Poetry Group. Read 2 of your poems. 3 if you have responded to the group’s Highgate Challenge which this month is to write on the theme of ‘Water’.
£2 admittance includes tea, coffee and biscuits. All proceeds go to the Highgate Society.
A wonderful opportunity to spend an evening with novelist Bonnie Greer!
Acclaimed playwright, novelist, critic and broadcaster Bonnie Greer, OBE, talks about her life and work at a special event at Lauderdale House this summer.
Greer is vice-president of The Shaw Society, and all proceeds from this one-off event will go towards the upcoming tour of George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man, presented by Michael Friend Productions in association with SHAW2020 and Split/Shift Theatre.
Join director Jonas Cemm and Bonnie Greer for an insightful Q&A session at 8pm, followed by a selection of short readings from Greer’s plays. The bar and box office will be open from 7.30pm.
We are now taking bookings for the Summer 2019 term of Portraiture & Figure Drawing!
Working from a live model, this class is aimed at artists of all levels, including beginners and advanced students, who wish to expand their skills in portraiture and figure drawing. Taught by our experienced art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this course looks at anatomy and spends some time focusing on drawing a single pose.
Materials will be provided.
The cost for the entire term is £205 (concessions £185).
Join us on the first Tuesday of the month for a free lunchtime concert.
A wonderful way to break up the working day, our lunchtime concerts offer 45 minutes of gorgeous classical music performed live in the elegant and historic setting of our Long Gallery.
Each lunchtime concert runs from 1.15pm to 2pm, and is free and open to all. There is no ticket required – simply turn up and take a seat. Doors will open at 1pm.
Join our us on the first Tuesday of the month for a free lunchtime concert.
A wonderful way to break up the working day, our lunchtime concerts offer 45 minutes of gorgeous classical music performed live in the elegant and historic setting of our Long Gallery.
Each lunchtime concert runs from 1.15pm to 2pm, and is free and open to all. There is no ticket required – simply turn up and take a seat. Doors will open at 1pm.
We are now taking bookings for the Summer 2019 term of Still Life – Introductory Art.
This weekly class offers both beginners and developing students the chance to explore their creative potential in drawing, focusing mainly on Still Life. During the term the class will explore essential drawing techniques – observation, perspective, negative spaces, mark-making and composition.
Taught by art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this is a general art course suitable for anyone looking to expand and practice their skill set. An informal, friendly and loosely structured class, Introductory Art allows participants to explore the areas and techniques that they find most useful.
The cost for the entire term is £205 (concessions £185).
We are now taking bookings for the Summer Term of our Painting with Watercolours and Acrylics art course.
This class is the perfect opportunity to learn the basics of two wonderful paint mediums; how to mix, blend and layer watercolour and how to apply acrylic. Explore how to make dynamic compositions that produce interesting paintings using still Life, photographs and sketches as inspiration.
On warm days in the Spring and Summer, this class is sometimes taught outside, taking advantage of the stunning scenery of Waterlow Park.
Our art tutor, Sharon Finmark, lives in North London and studied at Central St. Martins School of Art. She has had several books published on painting and drawing.
The cost for the entire term is £225 (concessions £205).
The Highgate Society’s infrastructure committee has planned monthly clean up events for 2019. Please join us. Details below and all are welcome.
Time: meeting 930 am on the dates shown (all Saturdays). Each event will last an hour.
2019 Dates: 2nd February (Highgate Hill), 30th March (Archway Road), 27th April (Highgate Station), 8th June (Highgate Hill), 6th July (Archway Road),
3rd August (Highgate Station), 31st August (Highgate Hill), 28th September (Archway Road), 26th October (Highgate Station), 23rd November (Highgate Hill), 7th December (Archway Road)
Meeting points: For Highgate Station area meet in Shepherds Hill, outside the library, for Highgate Hill area meet outside 10a South Grove and for Archway Road area meet in Highgate Station car park meet at the end nearest Shepherds Hill.
Purpose: collect litter and reporting any other issues we find to the relevant Council team for follow up action. The June and September dates are noticeboard clean up events.
Equipment: We will supply litter picker sticks, gloves and rubbish bags. Please bring your own litter picker if you have one. Buckets are also useful as an alternative to keeping litter bags open. For the June and September dates please bring small pliers if you have some. Casual clothes. We will collect in rubbish bags at the end.
Safety: We’ll give a short briefing at the start of each session and will stick together as a group. We will have a first aid kit.
Any questions: please e mail infrastructure@highgatesociety.com
Lauderdale House’s season of open-air music, Sundial Sundays, continues on Sunday 7 July from 2.30pm to 4.30pm. Singer Rachel Sutton and her band performing The Great American Songbook to mark American Independence Day!
Relax on the grass with a drink for an afternoon of live tunes inspired by the US performed by accomplished jazz singer Rachel Sutton.
This free, open-air concert is part of our Sundial Sundays season and is open to everyone.
Young musicians from The Cello Corner school perform live here at Lauderdale House on Sunday 7 July upstairs in the Long Gallery.
The young performers are the students of Susanne Beer’s The Cello Corner, and range from five to eleven years old. A number of these performers have also earned places in the National Children’s Orchestra and have won numerous musical awards.
The programme will include solo repertoire by Bach, Breval and Popper as well as chamber music by Haydn and Mendelssohn.
This is a charity concert, supporting Melanoma Focus
Doors open at 4pm, with the concert beginning at 4.30pm. Book tickets here
Lauderdale House’s 32rd annual photographic competition is open for entries!
If you’re an amateur, student or professional photographer you can enter up to 6 prints and be in with a chance to be selected for our exhibition in August. The overall winner of the competition will be awarded with their own free solo exhibition at Lauderdale House!
Entries must be sent or delivered to Lauderdale House and there is an entry fee of £4.50 per print. Entries will be accepted from Monday 8 July to Friday 12 July from 11am to 4pm and on Sunday 14 July from 11am to 4pm.
This years themed category is ‘Together’.
A private view for the exhibition will be held on Wednesday 24 July, it is free to attend and is open to everyone.
To enter the competition please read over the rules and download and entry form here.
Lauderdale House’s 32rd annual photographic competition is open for entries!
If you’re an amateur, student or professional photographer you can enter up to 6 prints and be in with a chance to be selected for our exhibition in August. The overall winner of the competition will be awarded with their own free solo exhibition at Lauderdale House!
Entries must be sent or delivered to Lauderdale House and there is an entry fee of £4.50 per print. Entries will be accepted from Monday 8 July to Friday 12 July from 11am to 4pm and on Sunday 14 July from 11am to 4pm.
This years themed category is ‘Together’.
A private view for the exhibition will be held on Wednesday 24 July, it is free to attend and is open to everyone.
To enter the competition please read over the rules and download and entry form here.
We are now taking bookings for the Summer 2019 term of Portraiture & Figure Drawing!
Working from a live model, this class is aimed at artists of all levels, including beginners and advanced students, who wish to expand their skills in portraiture and figure drawing. Taught by our experienced art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this course looks at anatomy and spends some time focusing on drawing a single pose.
Materials will be provided.
The cost for the entire term is £205 (concessions £185).
We are now taking bookings for the Summer 2019 term of Still Life – Introductory Art.
This weekly class offers both beginners and developing students the chance to explore their creative potential in drawing, focusing mainly on Still Life. During the term the class will explore essential drawing techniques – observation, perspective, negative spaces, mark-making and composition.
Taught by art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this is a general art course suitable for anyone looking to expand and practice their skill set. An informal, friendly and loosely structured class, Introductory Art allows participants to explore the areas and techniques that they find most useful.
The cost for the entire term is £205 (concessions £185).
Lauderdale House’s 32rd annual photographic competition is open for entries!
If you’re an amateur, student or professional photographer you can enter up to 6 prints and be in with a chance to be selected for our exhibition in August. The overall winner of the competition will be awarded with their own free solo exhibition at Lauderdale House!
Entries must be sent or delivered to Lauderdale House and there is an entry fee of £4.50 per print. Entries will be accepted from Monday 8 July to Friday 12 July from 11am to 4pm and on Sunday 14 July from 11am to 4pm.
This years themed category is ‘Together’.
A private view for the exhibition will be held on Wednesday 24 July, it is free to attend and is open to everyone.
To enter the competition please read over the rules and download and entry form here.
We are now taking bookings for the Summer Term of our Painting with Watercolours and Acrylics art course.
This class is the perfect opportunity to learn the basics of two wonderful paint mediums; how to mix, blend and layer watercolour and how to apply acrylic. Explore how to make dynamic compositions that produce interesting paintings using still Life, photographs and sketches as inspiration.
On warm days in the Spring and Summer, this class is sometimes taught outside, taking advantage of the stunning scenery of Waterlow Park.
Our art tutor, Sharon Finmark, lives in North London and studied at Central St. Martins School of Art. She has had several books published on painting and drawing.
The cost for the entire term is £225 (concessions £205).
Lauderdale House’s 32rd annual photographic competition is open for entries!
If you’re an amateur, student or professional photographer you can enter up to 6 prints and be in with a chance to be selected for our exhibition in August. The overall winner of the competition will be awarded with their own free solo exhibition at Lauderdale House!
Entries must be sent or delivered to Lauderdale House and there is an entry fee of £4.50 per print. Entries will be accepted from Monday 8 July to Friday 12 July from 11am to 4pm and on Sunday 14 July from 11am to 4pm.
This years themed category is ‘Together’.
A private view for the exhibition will be held on Wednesday 24 July, it is free to attend and is open to everyone.
To enter the competition please read over the rules and download and entry form here.
Lauderdale House’s 32rd annual photographic competition is open for entries!
If you’re an amateur, student or professional photographer you can enter up to 6 prints and be in with a chance to be selected for our exhibition in August. The overall winner of the competition will be awarded with their own free solo exhibition at Lauderdale House!
Entries must be sent or delivered to Lauderdale House and there is an entry fee of £4.50 per print. Entries will be accepted from Monday 8 July to Friday 12 July from 11am to 4pm and on Sunday 14 July from 11am to 4pm.
This years themed category is ‘Together’.
A private view for the exhibition will be held on Wednesday 24 July, it is free to attend and is open to everyone.
To enter the competition please read over the rules and download and entry form here.
Lauderdale House’s 32rd annual photographic competition is open for entries!
If you’re an amateur, student or professional photographer you can enter up to 6 prints and be in with a chance to be selected for our exhibition in August. The overall winner of the competition will be awarded with their own free solo exhibition at Lauderdale House!
Entries must be sent or delivered to Lauderdale House and there is an entry fee of £4.50 per print. Entries will be accepted from Monday 8 July to Friday 12 July from 11am to 4pm and on Sunday 14 July from 11am to 4pm.
This years themed category is ‘Together’.
A private view for the exhibition will be held on Wednesday 24 July, it is free to attend and is open to everyone.
To enter the competition please read over the rules and download and entry form here.
Three members of She’Koyokh, “the UK’s best klezmer and Balkan music band” (the Evening Standard) return to Lauderdale House for an afternoon of traditional music from Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Greece and Jewish eastern Europe. Expect a wild swirl of clarinet, effortless guitar licks and tasty accordion on the pretty Tea Lawn outside Lauderdale House on Sunday 14 July from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.
She’Koyokh Trio features Susi Evans on clarinet, Matt Bacon on guitar and Živorad Nikolić on accordion and voice.
A recital of Latin romantic repertoire inspired by nature and love, including songs and piano works from Argentinian, Spanish and Italian composers and a selection of English romantic songs.
This summer’s open air theatre performance at Lauderdale House will be Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw. Bring a picnic and settle down in the sunshine to enjoy a wonderful open-air production in pretty Waterlow Park.
Arms and the Man is one of Shaw’s wittiest plays, combining light comedy with thought-provoking ideas in an anti-romantic view of love and war in the Balkans. Who will win the girl – the story book hero or the chocolate cream soldier?
Arms and the Man is part of this year’s season of open-air events at Lauderdale House, taking place on the Tea Lawn in Waterlow Park. Presented by Michael Friend Productions in association with SHAW2020 and Split/Shift Theatre,
We are now taking bookings for the Summer 2019 term of Portraiture & Figure Drawing!
Working from a live model, this class is aimed at artists of all levels, including beginners and advanced students, who wish to expand their skills in portraiture and figure drawing. Taught by our experienced art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this course looks at anatomy and spends some time focusing on drawing a single pose.
Materials will be provided.
The cost for the entire term is £205 (concessions £185).
Lauderdale House’s resident pianist Stephen Hose performs a free concert on the third Tuesday of each month.
Take a break from a busy day of work and join us in the beautiful and bright Long Gallery overlooking the gardens of Waterlow park. Stephen will perform a 45 minute repertoire of lovely classical music. A delightful, relaxing way to spend your lunchtime!
Each lunchtime concert runs from 1.15pm to 2pm, and is free and open to all. There is no ticket required – simply turn up and take a seat. Doors will open at 1pm.
You can also join us on the first Tuesday of the month when we have a free performance from our resident classical ensemble. Find out more here.
This summer’s open air theatre performance at Lauderdale House will be Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw. Bring a picnic and settle down in the sunshine to enjoy a wonderful open-air production in pretty Waterlow Park.
Arms and the Man is one of Shaw’s wittiest plays, combining light comedy with thought-provoking ideas in an anti-romantic view of love and war in the Balkans. Who will win the girl – the story book hero or the chocolate cream soldier?
Arms and the Man is part of this year’s season of open-air events at Lauderdale House, taking place on the Tea Lawn in Waterlow Park. Presented by Michael Friend Productions in association with SHAW2020 and Split/Shift Theatre,
We are now taking bookings for the Summer 2019 term of Still Life – Introductory Art.
This weekly class offers both beginners and developing students the chance to explore their creative potential in drawing, focusing mainly on Still Life. During the term the class will explore essential drawing techniques – observation, perspective, negative spaces, mark-making and composition.
Taught by art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this is a general art course suitable for anyone looking to expand and practice their skill set. An informal, friendly and loosely structured class, Introductory Art allows participants to explore the areas and techniques that they find most useful.
The cost for the entire term is £205 (concessions £185).
This summer’s open air theatre performance at Lauderdale House will be Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw. Bring a picnic and settle down in the sunshine to enjoy a wonderful open-air production in pretty Waterlow Park.
Arms and the Man is one of Shaw’s wittiest plays, combining light comedy with thought-provoking ideas in an anti-romantic view of love and war in the Balkans. Who will win the girl – the story book hero or the chocolate cream soldier?
Arms and the Man is part of this year’s season of open-air events at Lauderdale House, taking place on the Tea Lawn in Waterlow Park. Presented by Michael Friend Productions in association with SHAW2020 and Split/Shift Theatre,
We are now taking bookings for the Summer Term of our Painting with Watercolours and Acrylics art course.
This class is the perfect opportunity to learn the basics of two wonderful paint mediums; how to mix, blend and layer watercolour and how to apply acrylic. Explore how to make dynamic compositions that produce interesting paintings using still Life, photographs and sketches as inspiration.
On warm days in the Spring and Summer, this class is sometimes taught outside, taking advantage of the stunning scenery of Waterlow Park.
Our art tutor, Sharon Finmark, lives in North London and studied at Central St. Martins School of Art. She has had several books published on painting and drawing.
The cost for the entire term is £225 (concessions £205).
This summer’s open air theatre performance at Lauderdale House will be Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw. Bring a picnic and settle down in the sunshine to enjoy a wonderful open-air production in pretty Waterlow Park.
Arms and the Man is one of Shaw’s wittiest plays, combining light comedy with thought-provoking ideas in an anti-romantic view of love and war in the Balkans. Who will win the girl – the story book hero or the chocolate cream soldier?
Arms and the Man is part of this year’s season of open-air events at Lauderdale House, taking place on the Tea Lawn in Waterlow Park. Presented by Michael Friend Productions in association with SHAW2020 and Split/Shift Theatre,
Join us on the Tea Lawn outside Lauderdale House for the last in this year’s season of free open-air concerts, taking place on Sunday 21 July from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.
Relax on the grass with a drink for an afternoon of live music from Jazz singer/songwriter Amy Walton, performing some of her favourite Brazilian Bossa Nova’s, Sambas and Jazz standards.
A lovely, relaxing afternoon of summer sunshine, picnics and free live music as this year’s Sundial Sundays season draws to a close.