Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Marianne Fox Ockinga: Kings Cross – All Change
Recording the current upheaval in the landscape round the two great Victorian railway terminals of King’s Cross and St Pancras in relief prints, etchings, paintings, and drawings. A revolution in human and architectural affairs. This exhibition focuses on the huge changes in the area brilliantly depicted by Dickens in his novel ‘Dombey and Sons’ and frequented by the young Thomas Hardy.
Marianne has worked in the area for more than four decades. She has sketched and painted in the field, setting up her easel in notorious locations such as Goodsway and Coal Drop Yard, beside the Granary Square campus of the University of the Arts.
“These works are from the year 2000, when the area round St Pancras changed dramatically. It had become a gloomy and derelict place, as many of the old red brick Victorian buildings crumbled or were eradicated by the developers’ wrecking ball. I first saw and recorded this when, some years before, I was invited into the now demolished Culross Building to draw and paint. From the roof, I could clearly see the outline of Highgate in the distance.”
Recovering from a serious illness, in 2001 Marianne felt reinvigorated and eager to get down to work again at St Pancras. The first shock was to see cranes behind a scaffold of hoardings starting to yank out the Victorian gasholders. Marianne wanted to record what was happening quickly, knowing time was not on her side. Often, she went out at night, using the canal towpath, especially sinister in the shadows now that the familiar public lighting had been removed. By working regularly on site, local businesses got to know her work, and became supportive. Several exhibitions, presentations and shows in public and commercial venues ensued. These began with ‘Transition July 2002’ at the CTRL Visitor Centre at St Pancras. She held shows in a range of venues in the UK and Netherlands.
Marianne was born in the Netherlands but began her art education at the Bath Academy of Art in 1960. She completed her training at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, returning to settle in the UK in 1971. Marianne has always favoured working in the open air, drawing and painting from observation. Until 2000 she focused on landscapes across Europe, in the Netherlands and Italy especially. She also has taken portrait commissions. Since 1971 printmaking became the main focus of her work, especially after acquiring a large Columbian press.
In London Marianne has also worked at large sites in transformation, undertaken by invitation and commission, such as the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games and the Arsenal Emirates complex. She was also witness to the decommissioning and conversion of the elegant art deco Arsenal Highbury Stadium complex, recording in a variety of media. Her work is in collections both public and private, among them the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is a brother member of the Art Workers Guild.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wed – Friday: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 17.00
EMUL8 Theatre presents
Havisham
Who was the woman behind Dickens’ most monstrous female creation? What drove the hopeful young Miss Havisham to her cruel and fractured fate? Experience her heartbreak, as we delve into her childhood trauma and follow her on an intricate journey to a world where she finds herself ‘the leading lady in a drama she can’t comprehend.’ The gaslighting is subtle, the coercive control slick. Can Miss Havisham escape her twisted karma? Or is she destined to impose the devastation of her trauma on a new victim?
Starring Heather Alexander (ROOM, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, 2023) an award-winning actress, writer, and producer with a prodigious list of stage, television, and film credits.
Directed by Dominique Gerrard. Recent credits include award winning production Quintessence (Emily Carding), SOE & A Necessary Woman (both for Clair Obscur Theatre) and Heather’s previous work Room (Emul8).
Reviews for previous work:
★★★★★
“Alexander, as Room’s writer, delivers a linguistic treat. The language is a joy to hear. As a performer, Alexander is a delight to watch. Her assured performance is pitch perfect, and her nuanced vocal delivery brings the rich language to life” Reviews Hub
★★★★
“A beautiful portrayal by an accomplished actor at the top of her game” British Theatre Guide
Running Time: TBC
Marianne Fox Ockinga: Kings Cross – All Change
Recording the current upheaval in the landscape round the two great Victorian railway terminals of King’s Cross and St Pancras in relief prints, etchings, paintings, and drawings. A revolution in human and architectural affairs. This exhibition focuses on the huge changes in the area brilliantly depicted by Dickens in his novel ‘Dombey and Sons’ and frequented by the young Thomas Hardy.
Marianne has worked in the area for more than four decades. She has sketched and painted in the field, setting up her easel in notorious locations such as Goodsway and Coal Drop Yard, beside the Granary Square campus of the University of the Arts.
“These works are from the year 2000, when the area round St Pancras changed dramatically. It had become a gloomy and derelict place, as many of the old red brick Victorian buildings crumbled or were eradicated by the developers’ wrecking ball. I first saw and recorded this when, some years before, I was invited into the now demolished Culross Building to draw and paint. From the roof, I could clearly see the outline of Highgate in the distance.”
Recovering from a serious illness, in 2001 Marianne felt reinvigorated and eager to get down to work again at St Pancras. The first shock was to see cranes behind a scaffold of hoardings starting to yank out the Victorian gasholders. Marianne wanted to record what was happening quickly, knowing time was not on her side. Often, she went out at night, using the canal towpath, especially sinister in the shadows now that the familiar public lighting had been removed. By working regularly on site, local businesses got to know her work, and became supportive. Several exhibitions, presentations and shows in public and commercial venues ensued. These began with ‘Transition July 2002’ at the CTRL Visitor Centre at St Pancras. She held shows in a range of venues in the UK and Netherlands.
Marianne was born in the Netherlands but began her art education at the Bath Academy of Art in 1960. She completed her training at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, returning to settle in the UK in 1971. Marianne has always favoured working in the open air, drawing and painting from observation. Until 2000 she focused on landscapes across Europe, in the Netherlands and Italy especially. She also has taken portrait commissions. Since 1971 printmaking became the main focus of her work, especially after acquiring a large Columbian press.
In London Marianne has also worked at large sites in transformation, undertaken by invitation and commission, such as the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games and the Arsenal Emirates complex. She was also witness to the decommissioning and conversion of the elegant art deco Arsenal Highbury Stadium complex, recording in a variety of media. Her work is in collections both public and private, among them the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is a brother member of the Art Workers Guild.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wed – Friday: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 17.00
Grethe Mangala Jensen returns after multiple sell-out runs with more stories. Prince Baxter von Caramel Slice is very sad, very sad indeed! His biggest wish is to have a girlfriend, well not just a girlfriend but a wife… and she must be a Real Princess!
Suitable for ages 3+
Performances at 11am & 2:30pm
EMUL8 Theatre presents
Havisham
Who was the woman behind Dickens’ most monstrous female creation? What drove the hopeful young Miss Havisham to her cruel and fractured fate? Experience her heartbreak, as we delve into her childhood trauma and follow her on an intricate journey to a world where she finds herself ‘the leading lady in a drama she can’t comprehend.’ The gaslighting is subtle, the coercive control slick. Can Miss Havisham escape her twisted karma? Or is she destined to impose the devastation of her trauma on a new victim?
Starring Heather Alexander (ROOM, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, 2023) an award-winning actress, writer, and producer with a prodigious list of stage, television, and film credits.
Directed by Dominique Gerrard. Recent credits include award winning production Quintessence (Emily Carding), SOE & A Necessary Woman (both for Clair Obscur Theatre) and Heather’s previous work Room (Emul8).
Reviews for previous work:
★★★★★
“Alexander, as Room’s writer, delivers a linguistic treat. The language is a joy to hear. As a performer, Alexander is a delight to watch. Her assured performance is pitch perfect, and her nuanced vocal delivery brings the rich language to life” Reviews Hub
★★★★
“A beautiful portrayal by an accomplished actor at the top of her game” British Theatre Guide
Running Time: TBC
A celebration of the legendary Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli!
This concert will feature the talented Yuri Sabatini, accompanied on the piano by the graceful playing of Caroline Jaya-Ratnam.
The program is a mesmerising mix of Gigli’s most iconic pieces, showcasing the tenor’s incredible vocal range and emotional depth. Lauderdale House sets the stage for this special night. It’s a tribute not to be missed for all the music lovers out there!
PROGRAMME:
Buzzi-Peccia – Lolita
Bixio – La canzone dell’amore
Di Chiara – La Spagnola
Bixio – Mamma
Caccini – Amarilli
Boito – Giunto sul passo estremo
Cilea – E’ la solita storia del pastore
Puccini – Che gelida manina
Donizetti – Una furtiva lagrima
Tosti – L’ultima canzone
De Curtis – Non ti scordar di me
Bixio – Parlami d’amore Mariu’
Innocenzi – Addio, Sogni di gloria
Denza – Funiculì Funiculà
Leoncavallo – Mattinata
Verdi – La donna è mobile
Marianne Fox Ockinga: Kings Cross – All Change
Recording the current upheaval in the landscape round the two great Victorian railway terminals of King’s Cross and St Pancras in relief prints, etchings, paintings, and drawings. A revolution in human and architectural affairs. This exhibition focuses on the huge changes in the area brilliantly depicted by Dickens in his novel ‘Dombey and Sons’ and frequented by the young Thomas Hardy.
Marianne has worked in the area for more than four decades. She has sketched and painted in the field, setting up her easel in notorious locations such as Goodsway and Coal Drop Yard, beside the Granary Square campus of the University of the Arts.
“These works are from the year 2000, when the area round St Pancras changed dramatically. It had become a gloomy and derelict place, as many of the old red brick Victorian buildings crumbled or were eradicated by the developers’ wrecking ball. I first saw and recorded this when, some years before, I was invited into the now demolished Culross Building to draw and paint. From the roof, I could clearly see the outline of Highgate in the distance.”
Recovering from a serious illness, in 2001 Marianne felt reinvigorated and eager to get down to work again at St Pancras. The first shock was to see cranes behind a scaffold of hoardings starting to yank out the Victorian gasholders. Marianne wanted to record what was happening quickly, knowing time was not on her side. Often, she went out at night, using the canal towpath, especially sinister in the shadows now that the familiar public lighting had been removed. By working regularly on site, local businesses got to know her work, and became supportive. Several exhibitions, presentations and shows in public and commercial venues ensued. These began with ‘Transition July 2002’ at the CTRL Visitor Centre at St Pancras. She held shows in a range of venues in the UK and Netherlands.
Marianne was born in the Netherlands but began her art education at the Bath Academy of Art in 1960. She completed her training at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, returning to settle in the UK in 1971. Marianne has always favoured working in the open air, drawing and painting from observation. Until 2000 she focused on landscapes across Europe, in the Netherlands and Italy especially. She also has taken portrait commissions. Since 1971 printmaking became the main focus of her work, especially after acquiring a large Columbian press.
In London Marianne has also worked at large sites in transformation, undertaken by invitation and commission, such as the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games and the Arsenal Emirates complex. She was also witness to the decommissioning and conversion of the elegant art deco Arsenal Highbury Stadium complex, recording in a variety of media. Her work is in collections both public and private, among them the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is a brother member of the Art Workers Guild.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wed – Friday: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 17.00
LEARN TRADITIONAL KUNG FU & TAI CHI
from Three-Time International Gold Medallist
DANIEL SHAW-ABULAFIA
at The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove, London N6 6BS
Children: Mondays weekly, 17.45 to 18.30 from September 26th
Adults: Mondays weekly, 18.30 to 19.30 from September 26th
COME TO A FREE TRIAL CLASS!
Marianne Fox Ockinga: Kings Cross – All Change
Recording the current upheaval in the landscape round the two great Victorian railway terminals of King’s Cross and St Pancras in relief prints, etchings, paintings, and drawings. A revolution in human and architectural affairs. This exhibition focuses on the huge changes in the area brilliantly depicted by Dickens in his novel ‘Dombey and Sons’ and frequented by the young Thomas Hardy.
Marianne has worked in the area for more than four decades. She has sketched and painted in the field, setting up her easel in notorious locations such as Goodsway and Coal Drop Yard, beside the Granary Square campus of the University of the Arts.
“These works are from the year 2000, when the area round St Pancras changed dramatically. It had become a gloomy and derelict place, as many of the old red brick Victorian buildings crumbled or were eradicated by the developers’ wrecking ball. I first saw and recorded this when, some years before, I was invited into the now demolished Culross Building to draw and paint. From the roof, I could clearly see the outline of Highgate in the distance.”
Recovering from a serious illness, in 2001 Marianne felt reinvigorated and eager to get down to work again at St Pancras. The first shock was to see cranes behind a scaffold of hoardings starting to yank out the Victorian gasholders. Marianne wanted to record what was happening quickly, knowing time was not on her side. Often, she went out at night, using the canal towpath, especially sinister in the shadows now that the familiar public lighting had been removed. By working regularly on site, local businesses got to know her work, and became supportive. Several exhibitions, presentations and shows in public and commercial venues ensued. These began with ‘Transition July 2002’ at the CTRL Visitor Centre at St Pancras. She held shows in a range of venues in the UK and Netherlands.
Marianne was born in the Netherlands but began her art education at the Bath Academy of Art in 1960. She completed her training at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, returning to settle in the UK in 1971. Marianne has always favoured working in the open air, drawing and painting from observation. Until 2000 she focused on landscapes across Europe, in the Netherlands and Italy especially. She also has taken portrait commissions. Since 1971 printmaking became the main focus of her work, especially after acquiring a large Columbian press.
In London Marianne has also worked at large sites in transformation, undertaken by invitation and commission, such as the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games and the Arsenal Emirates complex. She was also witness to the decommissioning and conversion of the elegant art deco Arsenal Highbury Stadium complex, recording in a variety of media. Her work is in collections both public and private, among them the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is a brother member of the Art Workers Guild.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wed – Friday: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 17.00
The class is suitable for beginners and is friendly and inclusive. Style is Hatha yoga with various influences – gentle, but still delivering strength and flexibility. Come and try a class to enhance your sense of wellbeing, release stress and tension and to experience deep relaxation. Mats provided, free parking (for now, but check signs!) no need to book – just turn up. The class is in the beautiful church – it’s set back a bit and has big blue doors. The class is mixed level/mixed ability/mixed age. I am a registered BWY teacher and fully insured. For more info about me/my yoga, have a look at my website
Marianne Fox Ockinga: Kings Cross – All Change
Recording the current upheaval in the landscape round the two great Victorian railway terminals of King’s Cross and St Pancras in relief prints, etchings, paintings, and drawings. A revolution in human and architectural affairs. This exhibition focuses on the huge changes in the area brilliantly depicted by Dickens in his novel ‘Dombey and Sons’ and frequented by the young Thomas Hardy.
Marianne has worked in the area for more than four decades. She has sketched and painted in the field, setting up her easel in notorious locations such as Goodsway and Coal Drop Yard, beside the Granary Square campus of the University of the Arts.
“These works are from the year 2000, when the area round St Pancras changed dramatically. It had become a gloomy and derelict place, as many of the old red brick Victorian buildings crumbled or were eradicated by the developers’ wrecking ball. I first saw and recorded this when, some years before, I was invited into the now demolished Culross Building to draw and paint. From the roof, I could clearly see the outline of Highgate in the distance.”
Recovering from a serious illness, in 2001 Marianne felt reinvigorated and eager to get down to work again at St Pancras. The first shock was to see cranes behind a scaffold of hoardings starting to yank out the Victorian gasholders. Marianne wanted to record what was happening quickly, knowing time was not on her side. Often, she went out at night, using the canal towpath, especially sinister in the shadows now that the familiar public lighting had been removed. By working regularly on site, local businesses got to know her work, and became supportive. Several exhibitions, presentations and shows in public and commercial venues ensued. These began with ‘Transition July 2002’ at the CTRL Visitor Centre at St Pancras. She held shows in a range of venues in the UK and Netherlands.
Marianne was born in the Netherlands but began her art education at the Bath Academy of Art in 1960. She completed her training at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, returning to settle in the UK in 1971. Marianne has always favoured working in the open air, drawing and painting from observation. Until 2000 she focused on landscapes across Europe, in the Netherlands and Italy especially. She also has taken portrait commissions. Since 1971 printmaking became the main focus of her work, especially after acquiring a large Columbian press.
In London Marianne has also worked at large sites in transformation, undertaken by invitation and commission, such as the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games and the Arsenal Emirates complex. She was also witness to the decommissioning and conversion of the elegant art deco Arsenal Highbury Stadium complex, recording in a variety of media. Her work is in collections both public and private, among them the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is a brother member of the Art Workers Guild.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wed – Friday: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 17.00
Marianne Fox Ockinga: Kings Cross – All Change
Recording the current upheaval in the landscape round the two great Victorian railway terminals of King’s Cross and St Pancras in relief prints, etchings, paintings, and drawings. A revolution in human and architectural affairs. This exhibition focuses on the huge changes in the area brilliantly depicted by Dickens in his novel ‘Dombey and Sons’ and frequented by the young Thomas Hardy.
Marianne has worked in the area for more than four decades. She has sketched and painted in the field, setting up her easel in notorious locations such as Goodsway and Coal Drop Yard, beside the Granary Square campus of the University of the Arts.
“These works are from the year 2000, when the area round St Pancras changed dramatically. It had become a gloomy and derelict place, as many of the old red brick Victorian buildings crumbled or were eradicated by the developers’ wrecking ball. I first saw and recorded this when, some years before, I was invited into the now demolished Culross Building to draw and paint. From the roof, I could clearly see the outline of Highgate in the distance.”
Recovering from a serious illness, in 2001 Marianne felt reinvigorated and eager to get down to work again at St Pancras. The first shock was to see cranes behind a scaffold of hoardings starting to yank out the Victorian gasholders. Marianne wanted to record what was happening quickly, knowing time was not on her side. Often, she went out at night, using the canal towpath, especially sinister in the shadows now that the familiar public lighting had been removed. By working regularly on site, local businesses got to know her work, and became supportive. Several exhibitions, presentations and shows in public and commercial venues ensued. These began with ‘Transition July 2002’ at the CTRL Visitor Centre at St Pancras. She held shows in a range of venues in the UK and Netherlands.
Marianne was born in the Netherlands but began her art education at the Bath Academy of Art in 1960. She completed her training at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, returning to settle in the UK in 1971. Marianne has always favoured working in the open air, drawing and painting from observation. Until 2000 she focused on landscapes across Europe, in the Netherlands and Italy especially. She also has taken portrait commissions. Since 1971 printmaking became the main focus of her work, especially after acquiring a large Columbian press.
In London Marianne has also worked at large sites in transformation, undertaken by invitation and commission, such as the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games and the Arsenal Emirates complex. She was also witness to the decommissioning and conversion of the elegant art deco Arsenal Highbury Stadium complex, recording in a variety of media. Her work is in collections both public and private, among them the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is a brother member of the Art Workers Guild.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wed – Friday: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 17.00
The Highgate International Chamber Music Festival is back for its 11th year, bringing together world-class musicians for a thoroughly varied programme of chamber music performed in the intimate, candle-lit setting of St Anne’s Church.
Join us for chamber music favourites by Beethoven and Brahms amongst others, set alongside lesser-known gems by Enescu and Richard Strauss. Rowan Atkinson CBE returns to the festival for an evening of Mozart to raise funds for Food Bank Aid, and The Julian Bliss Quintet makes it first appearance at HICMF for an afternoon of jazz focusing on the music of George Gershwin. It promises to be an exciting, thought-provoking and festive week of music topped off with mince pies and mulled wine.
We look forward to welcoming you there!
Concert 1
Joseph Haydn Piano Trio in Bb Hob XV:20
Richard Strauss Variations on a Bavarian Folk Song for string trio TrV109
Johannes Brahms Sextet No 2 Op.36
Sophia Jaffé, Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Natalie Klouda – violin
Meghan Cassidy, Ruth Gibson – viola
Robert Cohen, Ashok Klouda – cello
Irina Botan – piano
Garden Suburb Theatre presents
Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters
Stage Adaptation by Stephen Briggs
Pratchett takes Macbeth and turns it up ’till the knob comes off. A kingdom with a wicked duke and duchess, a ghostly king, dim soldiers and indifferent players. Who can save the kingdom from destruction?
Running Time: TBC
Come and join our Musical Theatre Choir! A fun, low pressured choir focusing on songs from musicals, and older pop songs. We rehearse on Thursday evenings, 8-9.30pm at Jackson’s Lane, opposite Highgate tube station.
Throughout the year, we will cover repertoire from Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, to Les Mis, to Sondheim, to West Side Story, to Wicked, and everything in between. Older pop songs will include songs by the Carpenters, the Beatles, and many more. This term, we will also be looking at some Christmas songs.
Any standard welcome, and no need to read music as the songs will be taught line by line. The choir is run by Rachel Dussek, a singer, singing teacher, and choir leader who trained in classical singing and then in musical theatre at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Please get in touch by email or phone to book a taster session.
racheldussek@aol.com
£54 for a 6 week half term, working out as £9 per session. Half term dates are Thursday 2nd November – Thursday 7th December.
The Highgate International Chamber Music Festival is back for its 11th year, bringing together world-class musicians for a thoroughly varied programme of chamber music performed in the intimate, candle-lit setting of St Anne’s Church.
Join us for chamber music favourites by Beethoven and Brahms amongst others, set alongside lesser-known gems by Enescu and Richard Strauss. Rowan Atkinson CBE returns to the festival for an evening of Mozart to raise funds for Food Bank Aid, and The Julian Bliss Quintet makes it first appearance at HICMF for an afternoon of jazz focusing on the music of George Gershwin. It promises to be an exciting, thought-provoking and festive week of music topped off with mince pies and mulled wine.
We look forward to welcoming you there!
Concert 2
Gustav Mahler Piano Quartet in A minor
Vaughan Williams Nocturne & Scherzo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quintet No 4 in G minor K.516
Sophia Jaffé, Braimah Kanneh-Mason – violin
Meghan Cassidy, Ruth Gibson – viola
Robert Cohen – cello
Irina Botan – piano
Marianne Fox Ockinga: Kings Cross – All Change
Recording the current upheaval in the landscape round the two great Victorian railway terminals of King’s Cross and St Pancras in relief prints, etchings, paintings, and drawings. A revolution in human and architectural affairs. This exhibition focuses on the huge changes in the area brilliantly depicted by Dickens in his novel ‘Dombey and Sons’ and frequented by the young Thomas Hardy.
Marianne has worked in the area for more than four decades. She has sketched and painted in the field, setting up her easel in notorious locations such as Goodsway and Coal Drop Yard, beside the Granary Square campus of the University of the Arts.
“These works are from the year 2000, when the area round St Pancras changed dramatically. It had become a gloomy and derelict place, as many of the old red brick Victorian buildings crumbled or were eradicated by the developers’ wrecking ball. I first saw and recorded this when, some years before, I was invited into the now demolished Culross Building to draw and paint. From the roof, I could clearly see the outline of Highgate in the distance.”
Recovering from a serious illness, in 2001 Marianne felt reinvigorated and eager to get down to work again at St Pancras. The first shock was to see cranes behind a scaffold of hoardings starting to yank out the Victorian gasholders. Marianne wanted to record what was happening quickly, knowing time was not on her side. Often, she went out at night, using the canal towpath, especially sinister in the shadows now that the familiar public lighting had been removed. By working regularly on site, local businesses got to know her work, and became supportive. Several exhibitions, presentations and shows in public and commercial venues ensued. These began with ‘Transition July 2002’ at the CTRL Visitor Centre at St Pancras. She held shows in a range of venues in the UK and Netherlands.
Marianne was born in the Netherlands but began her art education at the Bath Academy of Art in 1960. She completed her training at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, returning to settle in the UK in 1971. Marianne has always favoured working in the open air, drawing and painting from observation. Until 2000 she focused on landscapes across Europe, in the Netherlands and Italy especially. She also has taken portrait commissions. Since 1971 printmaking became the main focus of her work, especially after acquiring a large Columbian press.
In London Marianne has also worked at large sites in transformation, undertaken by invitation and commission, such as the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games and the Arsenal Emirates complex. She was also witness to the decommissioning and conversion of the elegant art deco Arsenal Highbury Stadium complex, recording in a variety of media. Her work is in collections both public and private, among them the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is a brother member of the Art Workers Guild.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wed – Friday: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 17.00
The Highgate International Chamber Music Festival is back for its 11th year, bringing together world-class musicians for a thoroughly varied programme of chamber music performed in the intimate, candle-lit setting of St Anne’s Church.
Join us for chamber music favourites by Beethoven and Brahms amongst others, set alongside lesser-known gems by Enescu and Richard Strauss. Rowan Atkinson CBE returns to the festival for an evening of Mozart to raise funds for Food Bank Aid, and The Julian Bliss Quintet makes it first appearance at HICMF for an afternoon of jazz focusing on the music of George Gershwin. It promises to be an exciting, thought-provoking and festive week of music topped off with mince pies and mulled wine.
We look forward to welcoming you there!
Concert 3
Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F
Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No 6 in F minor, Op. 80
Natalie Klouda, Benjamin Nabarro – violin
Meghan Cassidy – viola
Ashok Klouda – cello
Garden Suburb Theatre presents
Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters
Stage Adaptation by Stephen Briggs
Pratchett takes Macbeth and turns it up ’till the knob comes off. A kingdom with a wicked duke and duchess, a ghostly king, dim soldiers and indifferent players. Who can save the kingdom from destruction?
Running Time: TBC
The Highgate International Chamber Music Festival is back for its 11th year, bringing together world-class musicians for a thoroughly varied programme of chamber music performed in the intimate, candle-lit setting of St Anne’s Church.
Join us for chamber music favourites by Beethoven and Brahms amongst others, set alongside lesser-known gems by Enescu and Richard Strauss. Rowan Atkinson CBE returns to the festival for an evening of Mozart to raise funds for Food Bank Aid, and The Julian Bliss Quintet makes it first appearance at HICMF for an afternoon of jazz focusing on the music of George Gershwin. It promises to be an exciting, thought-provoking and festive week of music topped off with mince pies and mulled wine.
We look forward to welcoming you there!
Concert 4
George Enescu Piano Quintet No 1
Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op.115
Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Benjamin Nabarro – violin
Meghan Cassidy – viola
Robert Cohen – cello
Julian Bliss – clarinet
Irina Botan – piano
The first Christmas Bazaar at St Joseph’s since lockdown. Stalls include Crafts, Kids’ Stuff, Bottle Tombola, Cakes, Gifts, Plants, Books, Pre-loved Toys, knitted wear, discounted items from the Church Shop, bric-a-brac. Visit from Santa Claus, Raffle drawn at 3pm with great prizes (vouchers from local restaurants & hairdressers, hampers, guitar, bottles of fizz), Green Dome Cafe serving curry, shepherd’s pie, hot dogs, turkey sandwiches, tea & coffee, mulled wine and Irish coffee, bar open. Carols with St Joseph’s Choir. Come and join in the fun.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Marianne Fox Ockinga: Kings Cross – All Change
Recording the current upheaval in the landscape round the two great Victorian railway terminals of King’s Cross and St Pancras in relief prints, etchings, paintings, and drawings. A revolution in human and architectural affairs. This exhibition focuses on the huge changes in the area brilliantly depicted by Dickens in his novel ‘Dombey and Sons’ and frequented by the young Thomas Hardy.
Marianne has worked in the area for more than four decades. She has sketched and painted in the field, setting up her easel in notorious locations such as Goodsway and Coal Drop Yard, beside the Granary Square campus of the University of the Arts.
“These works are from the year 2000, when the area round St Pancras changed dramatically. It had become a gloomy and derelict place, as many of the old red brick Victorian buildings crumbled or were eradicated by the developers’ wrecking ball. I first saw and recorded this when, some years before, I was invited into the now demolished Culross Building to draw and paint. From the roof, I could clearly see the outline of Highgate in the distance.”
Recovering from a serious illness, in 2001 Marianne felt reinvigorated and eager to get down to work again at St Pancras. The first shock was to see cranes behind a scaffold of hoardings starting to yank out the Victorian gasholders. Marianne wanted to record what was happening quickly, knowing time was not on her side. Often, she went out at night, using the canal towpath, especially sinister in the shadows now that the familiar public lighting had been removed. By working regularly on site, local businesses got to know her work, and became supportive. Several exhibitions, presentations and shows in public and commercial venues ensued. These began with ‘Transition July 2002’ at the CTRL Visitor Centre at St Pancras. She held shows in a range of venues in the UK and Netherlands.
Marianne was born in the Netherlands but began her art education at the Bath Academy of Art in 1960. She completed her training at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, returning to settle in the UK in 1971. Marianne has always favoured working in the open air, drawing and painting from observation. Until 2000 she focused on landscapes across Europe, in the Netherlands and Italy especially. She also has taken portrait commissions. Since 1971 printmaking became the main focus of her work, especially after acquiring a large Columbian press.
In London Marianne has also worked at large sites in transformation, undertaken by invitation and commission, such as the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games and the Arsenal Emirates complex. She was also witness to the decommissioning and conversion of the elegant art deco Arsenal Highbury Stadium complex, recording in a variety of media. Her work is in collections both public and private, among them the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is a brother member of the Art Workers Guild.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wed – Friday: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 17.00
The Highgate International Chamber Music Festival is back for its 11th year, bringing together world-class musicians for a thoroughly varied programme of chamber music performed in the intimate, candle-lit setting of St Anne’s Church.
Join us for chamber music favourites by Beethoven and Brahms amongst others, set alongside lesser-known gems by Enescu and Richard Strauss. Rowan Atkinson CBE returns to the festival for an evening of Mozart to raise funds for Food Bank Aid, and The Julian Bliss Quintet makes it first appearance at HICMF for an afternoon of jazz focusing on the music of George Gershwin. It promises to be an exciting, thought-provoking and festive week of music topped off with mince pies and mulled wine.
We look forward to welcoming you there!
Concert 5
HICMF will be helping to raise vital funds for the charity Food Bank Aid through this evening’s concert which explores Mozart’s music and life with readings by Rowan Atkinson CBE
Rowan Atkinson – narrator
Ailish Tynan – soprano
Sophia Jaffé, Natalie Klouda – violin
Meghan Cassidy – viola
Ashok Klouda – cello
Irina Botan – piano
Garden Suburb Theatre presents
Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters
Stage Adaptation by Stephen Briggs
Pratchett takes Macbeth and turns it up ’till the knob comes off. A kingdom with a wicked duke and duchess, a ghostly king, dim soldiers and indifferent players. Who can save the kingdom from destruction?
Running Time: TBC
Marianne Fox Ockinga: Kings Cross – All Change
Recording the current upheaval in the landscape round the two great Victorian railway terminals of King’s Cross and St Pancras in relief prints, etchings, paintings, and drawings. A revolution in human and architectural affairs. This exhibition focuses on the huge changes in the area brilliantly depicted by Dickens in his novel ‘Dombey and Sons’ and frequented by the young Thomas Hardy.
Marianne has worked in the area for more than four decades. She has sketched and painted in the field, setting up her easel in notorious locations such as Goodsway and Coal Drop Yard, beside the Granary Square campus of the University of the Arts.
“These works are from the year 2000, when the area round St Pancras changed dramatically. It had become a gloomy and derelict place, as many of the old red brick Victorian buildings crumbled or were eradicated by the developers’ wrecking ball. I first saw and recorded this when, some years before, I was invited into the now demolished Culross Building to draw and paint. From the roof, I could clearly see the outline of Highgate in the distance.”
Recovering from a serious illness, in 2001 Marianne felt reinvigorated and eager to get down to work again at St Pancras. The first shock was to see cranes behind a scaffold of hoardings starting to yank out the Victorian gasholders. Marianne wanted to record what was happening quickly, knowing time was not on her side. Often, she went out at night, using the canal towpath, especially sinister in the shadows now that the familiar public lighting had been removed. By working regularly on site, local businesses got to know her work, and became supportive. Several exhibitions, presentations and shows in public and commercial venues ensued. These began with ‘Transition July 2002’ at the CTRL Visitor Centre at St Pancras. She held shows in a range of venues in the UK and Netherlands.
Marianne was born in the Netherlands but began her art education at the Bath Academy of Art in 1960. She completed her training at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, returning to settle in the UK in 1971. Marianne has always favoured working in the open air, drawing and painting from observation. Until 2000 she focused on landscapes across Europe, in the Netherlands and Italy especially. She also has taken portrait commissions. Since 1971 printmaking became the main focus of her work, especially after acquiring a large Columbian press.
In London Marianne has also worked at large sites in transformation, undertaken by invitation and commission, such as the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games and the Arsenal Emirates complex. She was also witness to the decommissioning and conversion of the elegant art deco Arsenal Highbury Stadium complex, recording in a variety of media. Her work is in collections both public and private, among them the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is a brother member of the Art Workers Guild.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wed – Friday: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 17.00
The Highgate International Chamber Music Festival is back for its 11th year, bringing together world-class musicians for a thoroughly varied programme of chamber music performed in the intimate, candle-lit setting of St Anne’s Church.
Join us for chamber music favourites by Beethoven and Brahms amongst others, set alongside lesser-known gems by Enescu and Richard Strauss. Rowan Atkinson CBE returns to the festival for an evening of Mozart to raise funds for Food Bank Aid, and The Julian Bliss Quintet makes it first appearance at HICMF for an afternoon of jazz focusing on the music of George Gershwin. It promises to be an exciting, thought-provoking and festive week of music topped off with mince pies and mulled wine.
We look forward to welcoming you there!
Concert 6 - Jazz concert
The Genius of Gershwin
George Gershwin was a musician who bridged the worlds of jazz and classical music. Enamoured with both genres and convinced that each could bring something to the table, he mastered the art of combining jazz and classical to create his famous signature sound. In this programme The Julian Bliss Quintet presents their unique take on some of Gershwin’s most famous compositions with original arrangements and adaptations.
The Julian Bliss Quintet
Julian Bliss – clarinet
Martin Shaw – trumpet
Jason Rebello – piano
Ferg Ireland – bass
Ed Richardson – drums
Garden Suburb Theatre presents
Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters
Stage Adaptation by Stephen Briggs
Pratchett takes Macbeth and turns it up ’till the knob comes off. A kingdom with a wicked duke and duchess, a ghostly king, dim soldiers and indifferent players. Who can save the kingdom from destruction?
Running Time: TBC
The Highgate International Chamber Music Festival is back for its 11th year, bringing together world-class musicians for a thoroughly varied programme of chamber music performed in the intimate, candle-lit setting of St Anne’s Church.
Join us for chamber music favourites by Beethoven and Brahms amongst others, set alongside lesser-known gems by Enescu and Richard Strauss. Rowan Atkinson CBE returns to the festival for an evening of Mozart to raise funds for Food Bank Aid, and The Julian Bliss Quintet makes it first appearance at HICMF for an afternoon of jazz focusing on the music of George Gershwin. It promises to be an exciting, thought-provoking and festive week of music topped off with mince pies and mulled wine.
We look forward to welcoming you!
GALA CONCERT
Natalie Klouda Five Rings for String Quartet (2012)
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat Op.1 No 1
Antonín Dvořák Piano Quintet No 2 in A Op. 81
Sophia Jaffé, Natalie Klouda
Meghan Cassidy – viola
Ashok Klouda – cello
Irina Botan – piano
Marianne Fox Ockinga: Kings Cross – All Change
Recording the current upheaval in the landscape round the two great Victorian railway terminals of King’s Cross and St Pancras in relief prints, etchings, paintings, and drawings. A revolution in human and architectural affairs. This exhibition focuses on the huge changes in the area brilliantly depicted by Dickens in his novel ‘Dombey and Sons’ and frequented by the young Thomas Hardy.
Marianne has worked in the area for more than four decades. She has sketched and painted in the field, setting up her easel in notorious locations such as Goodsway and Coal Drop Yard, beside the Granary Square campus of the University of the Arts.
“These works are from the year 2000, when the area round St Pancras changed dramatically. It had become a gloomy and derelict place, as many of the old red brick Victorian buildings crumbled or were eradicated by the developers’ wrecking ball. I first saw and recorded this when, some years before, I was invited into the now demolished Culross Building to draw and paint. From the roof, I could clearly see the outline of Highgate in the distance.”
Recovering from a serious illness, in 2001 Marianne felt reinvigorated and eager to get down to work again at St Pancras. The first shock was to see cranes behind a scaffold of hoardings starting to yank out the Victorian gasholders. Marianne wanted to record what was happening quickly, knowing time was not on her side. Often, she went out at night, using the canal towpath, especially sinister in the shadows now that the familiar public lighting had been removed. By working regularly on site, local businesses got to know her work, and became supportive. Several exhibitions, presentations and shows in public and commercial venues ensued. These began with ‘Transition July 2002’ at the CTRL Visitor Centre at St Pancras. She held shows in a range of venues in the UK and Netherlands.
Marianne was born in the Netherlands but began her art education at the Bath Academy of Art in 1960. She completed her training at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, returning to settle in the UK in 1971. Marianne has always favoured working in the open air, drawing and painting from observation. Until 2000 she focused on landscapes across Europe, in the Netherlands and Italy especially. She also has taken portrait commissions. Since 1971 printmaking became the main focus of her work, especially after acquiring a large Columbian press.
In London Marianne has also worked at large sites in transformation, undertaken by invitation and commission, such as the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games and the Arsenal Emirates complex. She was also witness to the decommissioning and conversion of the elegant art deco Arsenal Highbury Stadium complex, recording in a variety of media. Her work is in collections both public and private, among them the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is a brother member of the Art Workers Guild.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wed – Friday: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 17.00
LEARN TRADITIONAL KUNG FU & TAI CHI
from Three-Time International Gold Medallist
DANIEL SHAW-ABULAFIA
at The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove, London N6 6BS
Children: Mondays weekly, 17.45 to 18.30 from September 26th
Adults: Mondays weekly, 18.30 to 19.30 from September 26th
COME TO A FREE TRIAL CLASS!
Marianne Fox Ockinga: Kings Cross – All Change
Recording the current upheaval in the landscape round the two great Victorian railway terminals of King’s Cross and St Pancras in relief prints, etchings, paintings, and drawings. A revolution in human and architectural affairs. This exhibition focuses on the huge changes in the area brilliantly depicted by Dickens in his novel ‘Dombey and Sons’ and frequented by the young Thomas Hardy.
Marianne has worked in the area for more than four decades. She has sketched and painted in the field, setting up her easel in notorious locations such as Goodsway and Coal Drop Yard, beside the Granary Square campus of the University of the Arts.
“These works are from the year 2000, when the area round St Pancras changed dramatically. It had become a gloomy and derelict place, as many of the old red brick Victorian buildings crumbled or were eradicated by the developers’ wrecking ball. I first saw and recorded this when, some years before, I was invited into the now demolished Culross Building to draw and paint. From the roof, I could clearly see the outline of Highgate in the distance.”
Recovering from a serious illness, in 2001 Marianne felt reinvigorated and eager to get down to work again at St Pancras. The first shock was to see cranes behind a scaffold of hoardings starting to yank out the Victorian gasholders. Marianne wanted to record what was happening quickly, knowing time was not on her side. Often, she went out at night, using the canal towpath, especially sinister in the shadows now that the familiar public lighting had been removed. By working regularly on site, local businesses got to know her work, and became supportive. Several exhibitions, presentations and shows in public and commercial venues ensued. These began with ‘Transition July 2002’ at the CTRL Visitor Centre at St Pancras. She held shows in a range of venues in the UK and Netherlands.
Marianne was born in the Netherlands but began her art education at the Bath Academy of Art in 1960. She completed her training at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, returning to settle in the UK in 1971. Marianne has always favoured working in the open air, drawing and painting from observation. Until 2000 she focused on landscapes across Europe, in the Netherlands and Italy especially. She also has taken portrait commissions. Since 1971 printmaking became the main focus of her work, especially after acquiring a large Columbian press.
In London Marianne has also worked at large sites in transformation, undertaken by invitation and commission, such as the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games and the Arsenal Emirates complex. She was also witness to the decommissioning and conversion of the elegant art deco Arsenal Highbury Stadium complex, recording in a variety of media. Her work is in collections both public and private, among them the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is a brother member of the Art Workers Guild.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wed – Friday: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 17.00
The class is suitable for beginners and is friendly and inclusive. Style is Hatha yoga with various influences – gentle, but still delivering strength and flexibility. Come and try a class to enhance your sense of wellbeing, release stress and tension and to experience deep relaxation. Mats provided, free parking (for now, but check signs!) no need to book – just turn up. The class is in the beautiful church – it’s set back a bit and has big blue doors. The class is mixed level/mixed ability/mixed age. I am a registered BWY teacher and fully insured. For more info about me/my yoga, have a look at my website
Churches Together in Highgate is putting on its first “Beer & Hymns” night in the Winchester Pub. We have a private room upstairs (lift available) with a pianist and a list of some of the most popular hymns, though requests can be included. Beer is of course optional – other drinks also available. We are starting at 6pm, and will carry on until around 8.30pm.
Marianne Fox Ockinga: Kings Cross – All Change
Recording the current upheaval in the landscape round the two great Victorian railway terminals of King’s Cross and St Pancras in relief prints, etchings, paintings, and drawings. A revolution in human and architectural affairs. This exhibition focuses on the huge changes in the area brilliantly depicted by Dickens in his novel ‘Dombey and Sons’ and frequented by the young Thomas Hardy.
Marianne has worked in the area for more than four decades. She has sketched and painted in the field, setting up her easel in notorious locations such as Goodsway and Coal Drop Yard, beside the Granary Square campus of the University of the Arts.
“These works are from the year 2000, when the area round St Pancras changed dramatically. It had become a gloomy and derelict place, as many of the old red brick Victorian buildings crumbled or were eradicated by the developers’ wrecking ball. I first saw and recorded this when, some years before, I was invited into the now demolished Culross Building to draw and paint. From the roof, I could clearly see the outline of Highgate in the distance.”
Recovering from a serious illness, in 2001 Marianne felt reinvigorated and eager to get down to work again at St Pancras. The first shock was to see cranes behind a scaffold of hoardings starting to yank out the Victorian gasholders. Marianne wanted to record what was happening quickly, knowing time was not on her side. Often, she went out at night, using the canal towpath, especially sinister in the shadows now that the familiar public lighting had been removed. By working regularly on site, local businesses got to know her work, and became supportive. Several exhibitions, presentations and shows in public and commercial venues ensued. These began with ‘Transition July 2002’ at the CTRL Visitor Centre at St Pancras. She held shows in a range of venues in the UK and Netherlands.
Marianne was born in the Netherlands but began her art education at the Bath Academy of Art in 1960. She completed her training at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, returning to settle in the UK in 1971. Marianne has always favoured working in the open air, drawing and painting from observation. Until 2000 she focused on landscapes across Europe, in the Netherlands and Italy especially. She also has taken portrait commissions. Since 1971 printmaking became the main focus of her work, especially after acquiring a large Columbian press.
In London Marianne has also worked at large sites in transformation, undertaken by invitation and commission, such as the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games and the Arsenal Emirates complex. She was also witness to the decommissioning and conversion of the elegant art deco Arsenal Highbury Stadium complex, recording in a variety of media. Her work is in collections both public and private, among them the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is a brother member of the Art Workers Guild.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wed – Friday: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 17.00
Weds 29 Nov waterways: details to book to follow
Marianne Fox Ockinga: Kings Cross – All Change
Recording the current upheaval in the landscape round the two great Victorian railway terminals of King’s Cross and St Pancras in relief prints, etchings, paintings, and drawings. A revolution in human and architectural affairs. This exhibition focuses on the huge changes in the area brilliantly depicted by Dickens in his novel ‘Dombey and Sons’ and frequented by the young Thomas Hardy.
Marianne has worked in the area for more than four decades. She has sketched and painted in the field, setting up her easel in notorious locations such as Goodsway and Coal Drop Yard, beside the Granary Square campus of the University of the Arts.
“These works are from the year 2000, when the area round St Pancras changed dramatically. It had become a gloomy and derelict place, as many of the old red brick Victorian buildings crumbled or were eradicated by the developers’ wrecking ball. I first saw and recorded this when, some years before, I was invited into the now demolished Culross Building to draw and paint. From the roof, I could clearly see the outline of Highgate in the distance.”
Recovering from a serious illness, in 2001 Marianne felt reinvigorated and eager to get down to work again at St Pancras. The first shock was to see cranes behind a scaffold of hoardings starting to yank out the Victorian gasholders. Marianne wanted to record what was happening quickly, knowing time was not on her side. Often, she went out at night, using the canal towpath, especially sinister in the shadows now that the familiar public lighting had been removed. By working regularly on site, local businesses got to know her work, and became supportive. Several exhibitions, presentations and shows in public and commercial venues ensued. These began with ‘Transition July 2002’ at the CTRL Visitor Centre at St Pancras. She held shows in a range of venues in the UK and Netherlands.
Marianne was born in the Netherlands but began her art education at the Bath Academy of Art in 1960. She completed her training at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, returning to settle in the UK in 1971. Marianne has always favoured working in the open air, drawing and painting from observation. Until 2000 she focused on landscapes across Europe, in the Netherlands and Italy especially. She also has taken portrait commissions. Since 1971 printmaking became the main focus of her work, especially after acquiring a large Columbian press.
In London Marianne has also worked at large sites in transformation, undertaken by invitation and commission, such as the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games and the Arsenal Emirates complex. She was also witness to the decommissioning and conversion of the elegant art deco Arsenal Highbury Stadium complex, recording in a variety of media. Her work is in collections both public and private, among them the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is a brother member of the Art Workers Guild.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wed – Friday: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday: 11.00 – 17.00