Image: Monarch migration ©Tom Scase, 2016. All Rights Reserved
The Gaia Principle: 19 May – 1 June
How organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on earth to form a synergistic self-regulating complex system that helps to maintain and perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet (involving the earth’s biosphere, atmosphere, oceans and soil). (Wikipedia)
Tom Scase’s new work is made up of disparate elements that combine to form a symbiotic whole, where the image has no words, is beyond verbal description and exists in its visual form only as a specialised component, bringing to our attention how we interact and are a part of this perilous and extraordinary nature.
His canvas is a collage of ideas, sometimes deceptively simple, others as a cacophony of intricate brush strokes from which a strange and beautiful form emerges.
Tom is an elected member (2001) of the prestigious London Group. He has won prizes for painting and photography and has exhibited widely. He lives and works in Highgate, London.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 13:00-17:00
Saturday 11:00-16:00
Sunday 11:00-17:00
Closed Monday
Presented by Denise Koch for Moon Rock Productions
Written by Liam O’Rafferty
Directed by Tania Azevedo
Musical Director & Arrangements: Daniel Jarvis
2nd – 20th May 2017
Tuesday – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Saturday Matinee at 3pm: 20th May
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES
A New British Musical by Liam O’Rafferty
With a sell out show at Waterloo East Theatre and rave reviews at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe, Paper Hearts transfers to Upstairs at the Gatehouse.
Set in a high-street bookshop, aspiring writer Atticus Smith lives avidly through his novel’s characters until the arrival of the fastidious Lilly Sprocket. With a contemporary pop-folk score performed by a company of actor-musicians, Paper Hearts is about passion and finding your place in the world, among books.
Watch the trailer HERE
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“It is a complete and utter success, I cannot urge you enough to go and see it.”
WESTENDWILMA.COM
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“This production breathes fresh air into the commonality of musical theatre love stories”
EdinburghGuide com
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW
★ ★ ★ ★
“It’s touching, full of heart and soul, brimming with talent and a pleasure to watch”
broadwaybaby.com
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW
★ ★ ★ ★
“Fun, energetic, touching and very enjoyable”
threeweeksedinburgh.com
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW
★ ★ ★ ★
“Hits all the right notes and brings smiles aplenty”
The List
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW
@paperheartsmus
paperheartsmusical.com
TICKETS
Tuesdays – Fridays & Sundays £18 (£16 Concessions)
Saturdays £20 (£18 Concessions)
Credit/debit card fee – 50p per ticket
Online fee – 5% of total transaction
BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online
Presented by Denise Koch for Moon Rock Productions
Written by Liam O’Rafferty
Directed by Tania Azevedo
Musical Director & Arrangements: Daniel Jarvis
2nd – 20th May 2017
Tuesday – Saturdays 7.30pm
Sundays at 4pm
Saturday Matinee at 3pm: 20th May
NO MONDAY PERFORMANCES
A New British Musical by Liam O’Rafferty
With a sell out show at Waterloo East Theatre and rave reviews at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe, Paper Hearts transfers to Upstairs at the Gatehouse.
Set in a high-street bookshop, aspiring writer Atticus Smith lives avidly through his novel’s characters until the arrival of the fastidious Lilly Sprocket. With a contemporary pop-folk score performed by a company of actor-musicians, Paper Hearts is about passion and finding your place in the world, among books.
Watch the trailer HERE
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“It is a complete and utter success, I cannot urge you enough to go and see it.”
WESTENDWILMA.COM
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“This production breathes fresh air into the commonality of musical theatre love stories”
EdinburghGuide com
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW
★ ★ ★ ★
“It’s touching, full of heart and soul, brimming with talent and a pleasure to watch”
broadwaybaby.com
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW
★ ★ ★ ★
“Fun, energetic, touching and very enjoyable”
threeweeksedinburgh.com
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW
★ ★ ★ ★
“Hits all the right notes and brings smiles aplenty”
The List
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW
@paperheartsmus
paperheartsmusical.com
TICKETS
Tuesdays – Fridays & Sundays £18 (£16 Concessions)
Saturdays £20 (£18 Concessions)
Credit/debit card fee – 50p per ticket
Online fee – 5% of total transaction
BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online
12th to 21st May
Jacksons Lane Theatre, Archway Rd, Highgate
Director – Simon Iorio
Musical Director – Oliver John Ruthven
With period orchestra Musica Poetica
Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea, the third of his three surviving operas, rightly occupies an elevated position in the history of the genre. It is a masterpiece of text setting and musical invention, at a time when opera as we know it today was very new, and certainly not performed in anything like the same way. Monteverdi was blessed to be able to set a particularly fine libretto, written Giovanni Busenello, perhaps the first great opera librettist, and Da Ponte’s literary forefather.
For HGO, performing this wonderful work is a very important milestone, particularly given that we coincide with the 450th anniversary of Monteverdi’s birth. Indeed, we will be performing it on Monteverdi’s exact birthday, Thursday 18th May. This production also marks the first time that HGO will perform an opera in its original language (other than English), together with the first time that we will perform with surtitles. This is an indication of our pledge as a training opera company to give our singers a complete experience of performing opera, as well as giving our audiences a presentation of this work with not only the authentic music, but also the authentic text.
HGO will be joined by an array of period instruments for Poppea; two harpsichords, chamber organ, two theorbos, viola da gamba, violone and violins. This promises to be a vibrant and exciting production of one of the greatest works of art of the seventeenth century, and one not to be missed.
A new weekly Sunday farmers market for the community.
We’re delighted to be hosted by St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School.
St Joseph’s are especially delighted to celebrate the opening of the Market with the School’s 10th anniversary in September of the ‘St Joseph’s Children’s Garden’ project, enabling children in the Community to sell their garden produce and share their growing expertise.
Produce will include; Freshly pressed juice, soft fruit and top fruit in season, vegetables and salads. Organic & free range meat, raw milk, cheese, plants & flowers, handmade preserves, herbs, pies, cakes and bread, wet fish and shellfish, free range eggs.
Something for everyone.
All farms are based within 100 miles of London and everyone is visited before they sell with us. Secondary producers such as jam makers have to use a minimum of 50% local ingredients and we ask bakers to use seasonal ingredients and free range/organic eggs. We’ll do our best to include locally based producers, anyone interested should get in touch with us as soon as possible.
Image: Monarch migration ©Tom Scase, 2016. All Rights Reserved
The Gaia Principle: 19 May – 1 June
How organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on earth to form a synergistic self-regulating complex system that helps to maintain and perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet (involving the earth’s biosphere, atmosphere, oceans and soil). (Wikipedia)
Tom Scase’s new work is made up of disparate elements that combine to form a symbiotic whole, where the image has no words, is beyond verbal description and exists in its visual form only as a specialised component, bringing to our attention how we interact and are a part of this perilous and extraordinary nature.
His canvas is a collage of ideas, sometimes deceptively simple, others as a cacophony of intricate brush strokes from which a strange and beautiful form emerges.
Tom is an elected member (2001) of the prestigious London Group. He has won prizes for painting and photography and has exhibited widely. He lives and works in Highgate, London.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 13:00-17:00
Saturday 11:00-16:00
Sunday 11:00-17:00
Closed Monday
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
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.
Host: Tim McArthur
Headline: Nadim Naaman
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I Maestri’s May Concert introduce a UK premiere of Riccardo Romano’s, ‘The Passion’ which is based on Bach’s St Matthew Passion. Nino Rota is a composer of many well-known film scores including The Godfather and we shall present one of his orchestral works which is based on a song about love. To end our programme, we present Dvorak’s ‘New World’ Symphony with the beautiful Cor Anglais solo in the slow movement.
Concert programme:
Riccardo Romano – The Passion (UK premiere)
Nino Rota – Sinfonia sopra una canzone d’amore
Dvorak Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 ‘From the New World’
I Maestri is an established orchestra under the patronage of the late Sir Neville Marriner which gives a platform to aspiring conductors and soloists wishing to develop their experience and knowledge in an environment of mutual co-operation. The orchestra is made of the best orchestral players to the best amateurs as well as recently graduated students. I Maestri have helped soloists such as Nicola Bennedetti, Yuri Zhislin, Maxim Rysanov, Dóra Kokas and many others, in giving them a platform to explore their potential and develop their early musical careers in a more relaxed setting.
Tickets: Adult £15 and Concessions £12 (on the door)
Advance tickets: Adult £11 and Concessions £9
(10% booking fee applicable)
Box Office opens at 6pm
Please note that tickets will not be posted out and need to be collected from the Box Office on the day of the performance.
12th to 21st May
Jacksons Lane Theatre, Archway Rd, Highgate
Director – Simon Iorio
Musical Director – Oliver John Ruthven
With period orchestra Musica Poetica
Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea, the third of his three surviving operas, rightly occupies an elevated position in the history of the genre. It is a masterpiece of text setting and musical invention, at a time when opera as we know it today was very new, and certainly not performed in anything like the same way. Monteverdi was blessed to be able to set a particularly fine libretto, written Giovanni Busenello, perhaps the first great opera librettist, and Da Ponte’s literary forefather.
For HGO, performing this wonderful work is a very important milestone, particularly given that we coincide with the 450th anniversary of Monteverdi’s birth. Indeed, we will be performing it on Monteverdi’s exact birthday, Thursday 18th May. This production also marks the first time that HGO will perform an opera in its original language (other than English), together with the first time that we will perform with surtitles. This is an indication of our pledge as a training opera company to give our singers a complete experience of performing opera, as well as giving our audiences a presentation of this work with not only the authentic music, but also the authentic text.
HGO will be joined by an array of period instruments for Poppea; two harpsichords, chamber organ, two theorbos, viola da gamba, violone and violins. This promises to be a vibrant and exciting production of one of the greatest works of art of the seventeenth century, and one not to be missed.
Image: Monarch migration ©Tom Scase, 2016. All Rights Reserved
The Gaia Principle: 19 May – 1 June
How organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on earth to form a synergistic self-regulating complex system that helps to maintain and perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet (involving the earth’s biosphere, atmosphere, oceans and soil). (Wikipedia)
Tom Scase’s new work is made up of disparate elements that combine to form a symbiotic whole, where the image has no words, is beyond verbal description and exists in its visual form only as a specialised component, bringing to our attention how we interact and are a part of this perilous and extraordinary nature.
His canvas is a collage of ideas, sometimes deceptively simple, others as a cacophony of intricate brush strokes from which a strange and beautiful form emerges.
Tom is an elected member (2001) of the prestigious London Group. He has won prizes for painting and photography and has exhibited widely. He lives and works in Highgate, London.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 13:00-17:00
Saturday 11:00-16:00
Sunday 11:00-17:00
Closed Monday
Presented by Traffic of the Stage
23rd – 28th May 2017
Tuesday – Saturday 7.30pm
Sunday at 4pm
Three one-act plays with a Russian theme, directed by Harry Meacher.
THE PROPOSAL
by Anton Chekhov
Ivan Lomov wants to marry Natalya but will a meadow come between them?
THE BEAR
by Anton Chekhov
Death, a debt, a duel and…?
THE GHOSTS
by Harry Meacher, from an idea by Anton Chekhov
He drinks alone with his memories – when an unexpected visitor arrives.
SEE ALL THREE PLAYS IN ONE NIGHT!
TICKETS
Tuesday – Friday – £16 / £14 concessions
Saturday / Sunday – £18 / £16 concessions
Credit/debit card fee – 50p per ticket
Online fee – 5% of total transaction
BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online
Image: Monarch migration ©Tom Scase, 2016. All Rights Reserved
The Gaia Principle: 19 May – 1 June
How organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on earth to form a synergistic self-regulating complex system that helps to maintain and perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet (involving the earth’s biosphere, atmosphere, oceans and soil). (Wikipedia)
Tom Scase’s new work is made up of disparate elements that combine to form a symbiotic whole, where the image has no words, is beyond verbal description and exists in its visual form only as a specialised component, bringing to our attention how we interact and are a part of this perilous and extraordinary nature.
His canvas is a collage of ideas, sometimes deceptively simple, others as a cacophony of intricate brush strokes from which a strange and beautiful form emerges.
Tom is an elected member (2001) of the prestigious London Group. He has won prizes for painting and photography and has exhibited widely. He lives and works in Highgate, London.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 13:00-17:00
Saturday 11:00-16:00
Sunday 11:00-17:00
Closed Monday
Presented by Traffic of the Stage
23rd – 28th May 2017
Tuesday – Saturday 7.30pm
Sunday at 4pm
Three one-act plays with a Russian theme, directed by Harry Meacher.
THE PROPOSAL
by Anton Chekhov
Ivan Lomov wants to marry Natalya but will a meadow come between them?
THE BEAR
by Anton Chekhov
Death, a debt, a duel and…?
THE GHOSTS
by Harry Meacher, from an idea by Anton Chekhov
He drinks alone with his memories – when an unexpected visitor arrives.
SEE ALL THREE PLAYS IN ONE NIGHT!
TICKETS
Tuesday – Friday – £16 / £14 concessions
Saturday / Sunday – £18 / £16 concessions
Credit/debit card fee – 50p per ticket
Online fee – 5% of total transaction
BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online
Image: Monarch migration ©Tom Scase, 2016. All Rights Reserved
The Gaia Principle: 19 May – 1 June
How organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on earth to form a synergistic self-regulating complex system that helps to maintain and perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet (involving the earth’s biosphere, atmosphere, oceans and soil). (Wikipedia)
Tom Scase’s new work is made up of disparate elements that combine to form a symbiotic whole, where the image has no words, is beyond verbal description and exists in its visual form only as a specialised component, bringing to our attention how we interact and are a part of this perilous and extraordinary nature.
His canvas is a collage of ideas, sometimes deceptively simple, others as a cacophony of intricate brush strokes from which a strange and beautiful form emerges.
Tom is an elected member (2001) of the prestigious London Group. He has won prizes for painting and photography and has exhibited widely. He lives and works in Highgate, London.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 13:00-17:00
Saturday 11:00-16:00
Sunday 11:00-17:00
Closed Monday
Tony Leach, Director of Parks for London, will be talking about ‘Parks in London: ‘The Current Dilemma’ at 7 p.m. in the Park Centre. Join the Friends of Waterlow Park at 6.45 for refreshments. The talk will be followed at 8 p.m. by the AGM. This will include a report on recent developments and elections to the committee.
Presented by Traffic of the Stage
23rd – 28th May 2017
Tuesday – Saturday 7.30pm
Sunday at 4pm
Three one-act plays with a Russian theme, directed by Harry Meacher.
THE PROPOSAL
by Anton Chekhov
Ivan Lomov wants to marry Natalya but will a meadow come between them?
THE BEAR
by Anton Chekhov
Death, a debt, a duel and…?
THE GHOSTS
by Harry Meacher, from an idea by Anton Chekhov
He drinks alone with his memories – when an unexpected visitor arrives.
SEE ALL THREE PLAYS IN ONE NIGHT!
TICKETS
Tuesday – Friday – £16 / £14 concessions
Saturday / Sunday – £18 / £16 concessions
Credit/debit card fee – 50p per ticket
Online fee – 5% of total transaction
BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online
alec dankworth’s world spirit
thursday 25 may
Alec Dankworth | bass guitar, Emily Dankworth | vocals
Julian Siegel | sax, Winston Clifford | percussion
Formed out of Alec’s love of music from the Iberian peninsula, World Spirit crosses the Straits of Gibraltar into Africa and beyond. Alec has joined forces with daughter Emily Dankworth, leading tenorist Julian Siegel and drummer Winston Clifford to explore melodies from Africa, South America and other continents from a jazz perspective. With tunes by Duke Ellington, Bela Fleck, Antonio-Carlos Jobim, Abdullah Ibrahim and WC Handy originating from Ireland, Venezuela, Bulgaria, South Africa, Mali and Brazil, World Spirit offers an evening of global song and improvisation.
Alec Dankworth has worked with artists as diverse as Stephane Grappelli, Abdullah Ibrahim and Van Morrison. After studying at Berklee College of Music, Alec became a member of various groups, notably Clark Tracey, Julian Joseph and Nigel Kennedy. During a period of residency in New York he played with the Duke Ellington Orchestra and joined the Dave Brubeck Quartet. As well as running his own bands, he is a member of Ginger Baker’s Jazz Confusion.
Emily Dankworth’s voice is forged from the DNA of Jazz royalty. She has sung in choirs all her life, and in 2011 studied jazz vocals at the Guildhall School of Music. She now sings in the acapella group Vive and has performed in the UK and Europe. She also sings with Alec’s Spanish Accents and works with her own group.
Image: Monarch migration ©Tom Scase, 2016. All Rights Reserved
The Gaia Principle: 19 May – 1 June
How organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on earth to form a synergistic self-regulating complex system that helps to maintain and perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet (involving the earth’s biosphere, atmosphere, oceans and soil). (Wikipedia)
Tom Scase’s new work is made up of disparate elements that combine to form a symbiotic whole, where the image has no words, is beyond verbal description and exists in its visual form only as a specialised component, bringing to our attention how we interact and are a part of this perilous and extraordinary nature.
His canvas is a collage of ideas, sometimes deceptively simple, others as a cacophony of intricate brush strokes from which a strange and beautiful form emerges.
Tom is an elected member (2001) of the prestigious London Group. He has won prizes for painting and photography and has exhibited widely. He lives and works in Highgate, London.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 13:00-17:00
Saturday 11:00-16:00
Sunday 11:00-17:00
Closed Monday
Presented by Traffic of the Stage
23rd – 28th May 2017
Tuesday – Saturday 7.30pm
Sunday at 4pm
Three one-act plays with a Russian theme, directed by Harry Meacher.
THE PROPOSAL
by Anton Chekhov
Ivan Lomov wants to marry Natalya but will a meadow come between them?
THE BEAR
by Anton Chekhov
Death, a debt, a duel and…?
THE GHOSTS
by Harry Meacher, from an idea by Anton Chekhov
He drinks alone with his memories – when an unexpected visitor arrives.
SEE ALL THREE PLAYS IN ONE NIGHT!
TICKETS
Tuesday – Friday – £16 / £14 concessions
Saturday / Sunday – £18 / £16 concessions
Credit/debit card fee – 50p per ticket
Online fee – 5% of total transaction
BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online
A fantastic new food market selling fresh produce and hot and cold street food!!! Situated in the front playground at St Michael’s. School, North Road, N6 4BG
Image: Monarch migration ©Tom Scase, 2016. All Rights Reserved
The Gaia Principle: 19 May – 1 June
How organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on earth to form a synergistic self-regulating complex system that helps to maintain and perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet (involving the earth’s biosphere, atmosphere, oceans and soil). (Wikipedia)
Tom Scase’s new work is made up of disparate elements that combine to form a symbiotic whole, where the image has no words, is beyond verbal description and exists in its visual form only as a specialised component, bringing to our attention how we interact and are a part of this perilous and extraordinary nature.
His canvas is a collage of ideas, sometimes deceptively simple, others as a cacophony of intricate brush strokes from which a strange and beautiful form emerges.
Tom is an elected member (2001) of the prestigious London Group. He has won prizes for painting and photography and has exhibited widely. He lives and works in Highgate, London.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 13:00-17:00
Saturday 11:00-16:00
Sunday 11:00-17:00
Closed Monday
Presented by Traffic of the Stage
23rd – 28th May 2017
Tuesday – Saturday 7.30pm
Sunday at 4pm
Three one-act plays with a Russian theme, directed by Hary Meacher.
THE PROPOSAL
by Anton Chekhov
Ivan Lomov wants to marry Natalya but will a meadow come between them?
THE BEAR
by Anton Chekhov
Death, a debt, a duel and…?
THE GHOSTS
by Harry Meacher, from an idea by Anton Chekhov
He drinks alone with his memories – when an unexpected visitor arrives.
SEE ALL THREE PLAYS IN ONE NIGHT!
TICKETS
Tuesday – Friday – £16 / £14 concessions
Saturday / Sunday – £18 / £16 concessions
Credit/debit card fee – 50p per ticket
Online fee – 5% of total transaction
BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online
Presented by Traffic of the Stage
23rd – 28th May 2017
Tuesday – Saturday 7.30pm
Sunday at 4pm
Three one-act plays with a Russian theme, directed by Harry Meacher.
THE PROPOSAL
by Anton Chekhov
Ivan Lomov wants to marry Natalya but will a meadow come between them?
THE BEAR
by Anton Chekhov
Death, a debt, a duel and…?
THE GHOSTS
by Harry Meacher, from an idea by Anton Chekhov
He drinks alone with his memories – when an unexpected visitor arrives.
SEE ALL THREE PLAYS IN ONE NIGHT!
TICKETS
Tuesday – Friday – £16 / £14 concessions
Saturday / Sunday – £18 / £16 concessions
Credit/debit card fee – 50p per ticket
Online fee – 5% of total transaction
BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online
A new weekly Sunday farmers market for the community.
We’re delighted to be hosted by St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School.
St Joseph’s are especially delighted to celebrate the opening of the Market with the School’s 10th anniversary in September of the ‘St Joseph’s Children’s Garden’ project, enabling children in the Community to sell their garden produce and share their growing expertise.
Produce will include; Freshly pressed juice, soft fruit and top fruit in season, vegetables and salads. Organic & free range meat, raw milk, cheese, plants & flowers, handmade preserves, herbs, pies, cakes and bread, wet fish and shellfish, free range eggs.
Something for everyone.
All farms are based within 100 miles of London and everyone is visited before they sell with us. Secondary producers such as jam makers have to use a minimum of 50% local ingredients and we ask bakers to use seasonal ingredients and free range/organic eggs. We’ll do our best to include locally based producers, anyone interested should get in touch with us as soon as possible.
Image: Monarch migration ©Tom Scase, 2016. All Rights Reserved
The Gaia Principle: 19 May – 1 June
How organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on earth to form a synergistic self-regulating complex system that helps to maintain and perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet (involving the earth’s biosphere, atmosphere, oceans and soil). (Wikipedia)
Tom Scase’s new work is made up of disparate elements that combine to form a symbiotic whole, where the image has no words, is beyond verbal description and exists in its visual form only as a specialised component, bringing to our attention how we interact and are a part of this perilous and extraordinary nature.
His canvas is a collage of ideas, sometimes deceptively simple, others as a cacophony of intricate brush strokes from which a strange and beautiful form emerges.
Tom is an elected member (2001) of the prestigious London Group. He has won prizes for painting and photography and has exhibited widely. He lives and works in Highgate, London.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 13:00-17:00
Saturday 11:00-16:00
Sunday 11:00-17:00
Closed Monday
Keiko and Justin playing the koto and shakuhachi
Aye Tanaka Ikebana demonstration. This occasion will be complimented by delicate, delicious Japanese culinary canapes.
A concert of popular music from the beginning of the last century. Performed in style by this authentic ensemble consisting of string quartet, piano flute and oboe, praised for their lively interpretation of the genre.
The Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra is an orchestra that specialises in the type of light classical music that is usually referred to as “Palm Court Music” or “Salon Music”. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, there was an enormous appetite for light music. The Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra started, from very small beginnings: a group of friends and a folder of music. However, since the mid 1990s, they have steadily expanded their repertoire, continually hunting for new material.
Aspidistra made their Radio debut when the BBC used some tracks from the Best of Palm Court as background music for the radio play Tears of War on Remembrance Day 2002. Since then their recordings have been heard regularly on Brian Kay’s light programme and as background music for other radio plays. Their music was also used for The Producer Prince, a TV documentary based on interviews with Prince Alessandro Tasca di Cuto, the son of an illustrious Sicilian family. Sadly his father squandered the family fortunes and died penniless in 1927.