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May
16
Tue
Merry Isla Mug Quiz HLSI v HS @ Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution
May 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Paper Hearts @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
May 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Denise Koch for Moon Rock Productions

paper-hearts-new-image

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

TicketsIcon BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online

POPPEA @ Jacksons Lane
May 16 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

12th to 21st May

Jacksons Lane Theatre, Archway Rd, Highgate

Director – Simon Iorio

Musical Director – Oliver John Ruthven

With period orchestra Musica Poetica

Click here to buy tickets

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.

May
17
Wed
Paper Hearts @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
May 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Denise Koch for Moon Rock Productions

paper-hearts-new-image

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

TicketsIcon BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online

POPPEA @ Jacksons Lane
May 17 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

12th to 21st May

Jacksons Lane Theatre, Archway Rd, Highgate

Director – Simon Iorio

Musical Director – Oliver John Ruthven

With period orchestra Musica Poetica

Click here to buy tickets

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.

May
18
Thu
Watercolour Group AM @ Highgate Society
May 18 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Paper Hearts @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
May 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Denise Koch for Moon Rock Productions

paper-hearts-new-image

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

TicketsIcon BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online

POPPEA @ Jacksons Lane
May 18 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

12th to 21st May

Jacksons Lane Theatre, Archway Rd, Highgate

Director – Simon Iorio

Musical Director – Oliver John Ruthven

With period orchestra Musica Poetica

Click here to buy tickets

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.

carol grimes band @ Lauderdale House
May 18 @ 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm

carol grimes band

thursday 18 may

With Annie Whitehead | trombone, Richard Bundy | piano

Neville Malcolm | bass, Winston Clifford | drums

 

From her earliest beginnings busking on the streets of London to her appearance at the first ever Glastonbury Festival and her two solo albumms recorded in Memphis alongside greats like the Brecker Brothers and her appearances with contemporary ‘classical’ choir The Shout, Carol Grimes is a true artist and unique presence on the British scene. Her performances of jazz, blues, the occasional standard and maybe a poem ensure that she is always one of our most popular artists; someone who inspirese real affection. With its subtle grooves laid down by Malcolm and Clifford and the declamatory shouts of the wonderful trombonist Annie Whitehead this is one of the most genuine and human attractions to be seen anywhere.

 

Time: 20:30

Venue: Lauderdale House

£7 STUDENT CONCESSION

Price band A B
Standard £12.00
Concession £10.00
Child £7.00

Concessions are available for students, people on benefit and over 60s. Proof must be provided when collecting tickets.

to book

Box office: 0208 348 8716

Email: enquiries@lauderdale.org.uk

Website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk

May
19
Fri
The Gaia Principle: New works by TOM SCASE. @ Highgate Gallery
May 19 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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

Coffee and Computers at Highgate School @ Highgate School Library - main entrance opposite The Gatehouse Pub
May 19 @ 4:05 pm – 5:30 pm

Would you like a bit of friendly help with your phone, laptop or tablet? Just head to the Highgate School Library for an afternoon of free, informal one-to-one computer familiarisation sessions over a nice cup of coffee. We do tea as well. And cake!

If you don’t yet possess any electronic gadgets, don’t worry, we do and we’d love you to come and play with them.

“This is so wonderful! It’s easy – when you know how! Thank you” says 75 year old Highgate Coffee & Computers friend, who has just worked out how to move all his pictures from his phone to his tablet.

If you want more info, give Stuart a call on 020 8347 2411 (quoting Highgate Coffee & Computers). You can also email us on highgatecoffeeandcomputers@gmail.com to tell us what you want to know more about.

Please note the volunteers at these sessions are pupils from the school, ranging in age from 11 to 18 years old.  The School has a duty of care to these young people and would be very grateful if you could be mindful of maintaining appropriate interaction with them. Please consider issues such as your language, your expectations regarding the type of matter you raise with the pupils, and the sort of information that the pupils may see on your documents or particular webpages.

If you have any queries then please don’t hesitate to raise them with the members of staff at the session.

If you plan to come, it would be helpful to know, though it is not obligatory.

Warm regards

The Highgate Coffee & Computers volunteers

Paper Hearts @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
May 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Denise Koch for Moon Rock Productions

paper-hearts-new-image

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

TicketsIcon BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online

POPPEA @ Jacksons Lane
May 19 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

12th to 21st May

Jacksons Lane Theatre, Archway Rd, Highgate

Director – Simon Iorio

Musical Director – Oliver John Ruthven

With period orchestra Musica Poetica

Click here to buy tickets

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.

May
20
Sat
Open Coffee Morning and Environment Committee Members Surgery @ Highgate Society
May 20 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Highgate village market @ St Michael's School
May 20 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

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

Prosecco & Wine Tasting at the Village Market @ St Michael's School
May 20 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Prosecco & Wine Tasting at the Village Market @ St Michael's School

Also a prize draw!

The Gaia Principle: New works by TOM SCASE @ Highgate Gallery
May 20 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

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

Paper Hearts @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
May 20 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Presented by Denise Koch for Moon Rock Productions

paper-hearts-new-image

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

TicketsIcon BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online

Paper Hearts @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
May 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Denise Koch for Moon Rock Productions

paper-hearts-new-image

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

TicketsIcon BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online

POPPEA @ Jacksons Lane
May 20 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

12th to 21st May

Jacksons Lane Theatre, Archway Rd, Highgate

Director – Simon Iorio

Musical Director – Oliver John Ruthven

With period orchestra Musica Poetica

Click here to buy tickets

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.

keiskamma friends uk charity concert @ Lauderdale House
May 20 @ 8:00 pm – 10:15 pm
May
21
Sun
Highgate Hill Farmers Market @ St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
May 21 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Highgate Hill Farmers Market @ St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | London | England | United Kingdom

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.

The Gaia Principle: New works by TOM SCASE @ Highgate Gallery
May 21 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

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

Nadim Namaan @ Lauderdale House
May 21 @ 3:30 pm – 7:00 pm

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 present: Songs of Love @ Highgate United Reformed Church
May 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

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.

POPPEA @ Jacksons Lane
May 21 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

12th to 21st May

Jacksons Lane Theatre, Archway Rd, Highgate

Director – Simon Iorio

Musical Director – Oliver John Ruthven

With period orchestra Musica Poetica

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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.

told americans @ Lauderdale House
May 21 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
May
22
Mon
Monday Bridge Club @ Highgate Society
May 22 @ 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
May
23
Tue
Life-Drawing Group @ Highgate Society
May 23 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
The Gaia Principle: New works by TOM SCASE. @ Highgate Gallery
May 23 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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

The Proposal/ The Bear/ The Ghosts @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
May 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Traffic of the Stage

Chekhov

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

TicketsIcon BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online


May
24
Wed
The Gaia Principle: New works by TOM SCASE. @ Highgate Gallery
May 24 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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

The Proposal/ The Bear/ The Ghosts @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
May 24 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Traffic of the Stage

Chekhov

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

TicketsIcon BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online


May
25
Thu
Watercolour Group AM @ Highgate Society
May 25 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Gaia Principle: New works by TOM SCASE. @ Highgate Gallery
May 25 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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

Friends of Waterlow Park AGM and annual talk @ LUX - Park Centre Waterlow Park
May 25 @ 6:45 pm – 9:00 pm

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.

The Proposal/ The Bear/ The Ghosts @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
May 25 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented by Traffic of the Stage

Chekhov

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

TicketsIcon BOX OFFICE: 020 8340 3488
Book Tickets Online


alec dankworth’s world spirit @ Lauderdale House
May 25 @ 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm

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.

 

 

May
26
Fri
Omvedgardens. A new gardenescape in North London @ Omvedgardens
May 26 @ 12:00 pm – 5:30 pm
The Gaia Principle: New works by TOM SCASE. @ Highgate Gallery
May 26 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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