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Jun
4
Tue
Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to You @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to You @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

In 1960, at the height of his fame, singer, songwriter, and satirist Tom Lehrer gave it all up. He spent the rest of his career as an obscure maths lecturer. This show investigates the strange disappearance of Tom Lehrer – and includes some of his greatest songs, like Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, and The Elements.

From the writer of sell-out shows including VODKA WITH STALIN and A MODEST LITTLE MAN, this new musical featuring the music of Tom Lehrer sheds light on the most enigmatic figure in musical comedy.
Jun
5
Wed
A Birthday For Bear @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 5 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
A Birthday For Bear @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

Bear doesn’t like birthdays
He doesn’t like birthday parties or balloons
He doesn’t like birthday cards or songs or candles
In fact, Bear is quite sure he doesn’t like anything to do with birthdays at all

Mouse on the other hand is determined to show him all the joys a Birthday can offer. Will she succeed? 

An uplifting story of friendship, persistence, the importance of trying new things and letting go! Packed with memorable tunes and audience interaction it promises to be a joyful theatrical experience for young children and their families.

Suitable for ages 3+

Tuesday 21st May        1.30pm
Wednesday 22nd May 10.30am, 1.30pm
Thursday 23rd May       10.30am, 1.30pm
Friday 24th May            11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Saturday 25th May        1.30pm
Sunday 26th May          11am, 1.30pm

Tuesday 28th May11am, 1.30pm
Wednesday 29th May11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Thursday 30th May 11am, 1.30pm
Friday 31st May11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Saturday 1st June  11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Sunday 2nd June11am, 1.30pm 

Tuesday 4th June10.30am, 1.30pm
Wednesday 5th June 10.30am, 1.30pm
Thursday 6th June 10.30am, 1.30pm
Friday 7th June10.30am, 1.30pm
Saturday 8th June11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Sunday 9th June11am

Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to You @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 5 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to You @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

In 1960, at the height of his fame, singer, songwriter, and satirist Tom Lehrer gave it all up. He spent the rest of his career as an obscure maths lecturer. This show investigates the strange disappearance of Tom Lehrer – and includes some of his greatest songs, like Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, and The Elements.

From the writer of sell-out shows including VODKA WITH STALIN and A MODEST LITTLE MAN, this new musical featuring the music of Tom Lehrer sheds light on the most enigmatic figure in musical comedy.
Jun
6
Thu
A Birthday For Bear @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 6 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
A Birthday For Bear @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

Bear doesn’t like birthdays
He doesn’t like birthday parties or balloons
He doesn’t like birthday cards or songs or candles
In fact, Bear is quite sure he doesn’t like anything to do with birthdays at all

Mouse on the other hand is determined to show him all the joys a Birthday can offer. Will she succeed? 

An uplifting story of friendship, persistence, the importance of trying new things and letting go! Packed with memorable tunes and audience interaction it promises to be a joyful theatrical experience for young children and their families.

Suitable for ages 3+

Tuesday 21st May        1.30pm
Wednesday 22nd May 10.30am, 1.30pm
Thursday 23rd May       10.30am, 1.30pm
Friday 24th May            11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Saturday 25th May        1.30pm
Sunday 26th May          11am, 1.30pm

Tuesday 28th May11am, 1.30pm
Wednesday 29th May11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Thursday 30th May 11am, 1.30pm
Friday 31st May11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Saturday 1st June  11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Sunday 2nd June11am, 1.30pm 

Tuesday 4th June10.30am, 1.30pm
Wednesday 5th June 10.30am, 1.30pm
Thursday 6th June 10.30am, 1.30pm
Friday 7th June10.30am, 1.30pm
Saturday 8th June11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Sunday 9th June11am

Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to You @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to You @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

In 1960, at the height of his fame, singer, songwriter, and satirist Tom Lehrer gave it all up. He spent the rest of his career as an obscure maths lecturer. This show investigates the strange disappearance of Tom Lehrer – and includes some of his greatest songs, like Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, and The Elements.

From the writer of sell-out shows including VODKA WITH STALIN and A MODEST LITTLE MAN, this new musical featuring the music of Tom Lehrer sheds light on the most enigmatic figure in musical comedy.
Jun
7
Fri
A Birthday For Bear @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 7 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
A Birthday For Bear @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

Bear doesn’t like birthdays
He doesn’t like birthday parties or balloons
He doesn’t like birthday cards or songs or candles
In fact, Bear is quite sure he doesn’t like anything to do with birthdays at all

Mouse on the other hand is determined to show him all the joys a Birthday can offer. Will she succeed? 

An uplifting story of friendship, persistence, the importance of trying new things and letting go! Packed with memorable tunes and audience interaction it promises to be a joyful theatrical experience for young children and their families.

Suitable for ages 3+

Tuesday 21st May        1.30pm
Wednesday 22nd May 10.30am, 1.30pm
Thursday 23rd May       10.30am, 1.30pm
Friday 24th May            11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Saturday 25th May        1.30pm
Sunday 26th May          11am, 1.30pm

Tuesday 28th May11am, 1.30pm
Wednesday 29th May11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Thursday 30th May 11am, 1.30pm
Friday 31st May11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Saturday 1st June  11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Sunday 2nd June11am, 1.30pm 

Tuesday 4th June10.30am, 1.30pm
Wednesday 5th June 10.30am, 1.30pm
Thursday 6th June 10.30am, 1.30pm
Friday 7th June10.30am, 1.30pm
Saturday 8th June11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Sunday 9th June11am

Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to You @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to You @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

In 1960, at the height of his fame, singer, songwriter, and satirist Tom Lehrer gave it all up. He spent the rest of his career as an obscure maths lecturer. This show investigates the strange disappearance of Tom Lehrer – and includes some of his greatest songs, like Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, and The Elements.

From the writer of sell-out shows including VODKA WITH STALIN and A MODEST LITTLE MAN, this new musical featuring the music of Tom Lehrer sheds light on the most enigmatic figure in musical comedy.
Jun
8
Sat
Duncan Montgomery & George Townsend: Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds @ Highgate Gallery
Jun 8 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Wood engraver’s debut solo exhibition contemplates historic Oxford and Highgate bathing places.

The North Wall Arts Centre and Highgate Gallery announce the forthcoming exhibition Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds  – the debut solo show of printmaker Duncan Montgomery. Travelling between Oxford and Highgate, the exhibition presents a new series of wood engravings alongside a background of historical materials curated  by cultural historian George Townsend.

Montgomery’s figures and riverscapes draw on classical statuary, found photography, and in situ life modelling, to create atmospheres of quiet and disquiet, lost and in-between time. Textures of muscle, skin and hair emerge amid corrugated metal, polished marble and crumbling brick, wind-moved leaves and the wavering image-within-an-image of open water.

Recovering a visual history of freshwater bathing in the UK, the exhibition incorporates historical text and images to reflect especially on: Parson’s Pleasure, an Oxford river bathing place demolished in 1992 and the focus of Townsend’s 2022 PHD; and the ponds used for bathing on Hampstead Heath over the past several centuries and still in use today.

The North Wall Arts Centre is an award-winning theatre and gallery in Summertown, Oxford, built on the site of a Victorian swimming pool. The Highgate Gallery is a part of the Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, which has been promoting discussion, debate and life-long learning since 1839.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays 11:00-16:00, Sundays 11:00-17:00,
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed

A Birthday For Bear @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 8 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
A Birthday For Bear @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

Bear doesn’t like birthdays
He doesn’t like birthday parties or balloons
He doesn’t like birthday cards or songs or candles
In fact, Bear is quite sure he doesn’t like anything to do with birthdays at all

Mouse on the other hand is determined to show him all the joys a Birthday can offer. Will she succeed? 

An uplifting story of friendship, persistence, the importance of trying new things and letting go! Packed with memorable tunes and audience interaction it promises to be a joyful theatrical experience for young children and their families.

Suitable for ages 3+

Tuesday 21st May        1.30pm
Wednesday 22nd May 10.30am, 1.30pm
Thursday 23rd May       10.30am, 1.30pm
Friday 24th May            11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Saturday 25th May        1.30pm
Sunday 26th May          11am, 1.30pm

Tuesday 28th May11am, 1.30pm
Wednesday 29th May11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Thursday 30th May 11am, 1.30pm
Friday 31st May11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Saturday 1st June  11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Sunday 2nd June11am, 1.30pm 

Tuesday 4th June10.30am, 1.30pm
Wednesday 5th June 10.30am, 1.30pm
Thursday 6th June 10.30am, 1.30pm
Friday 7th June10.30am, 1.30pm
Saturday 8th June11am, 1.30pm, 4pm
Sunday 9th June11am

Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to You @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 8 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to You @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

In 1960, at the height of his fame, singer, songwriter, and satirist Tom Lehrer gave it all up. He spent the rest of his career as an obscure maths lecturer. This show investigates the strange disappearance of Tom Lehrer – and includes some of his greatest songs, like Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, and The Elements.

From the writer of sell-out shows including VODKA WITH STALIN and A MODEST LITTLE MAN, this new musical featuring the music of Tom Lehrer sheds light on the most enigmatic figure in musical comedy.
Jun
9
Sun
Duncan Montgomery & George Townsend: Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds @ Highgate Gallery
Jun 9 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Wood engraver’s debut solo exhibition contemplates historic Oxford and Highgate bathing places.

The North Wall Arts Centre and Highgate Gallery announce the forthcoming exhibition Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds  – the debut solo show of printmaker Duncan Montgomery. Travelling between Oxford and Highgate, the exhibition presents a new series of wood engravings alongside a background of historical materials curated  by cultural historian George Townsend.

Montgomery’s figures and riverscapes draw on classical statuary, found photography, and in situ life modelling, to create atmospheres of quiet and disquiet, lost and in-between time. Textures of muscle, skin and hair emerge amid corrugated metal, polished marble and crumbling brick, wind-moved leaves and the wavering image-within-an-image of open water.

Recovering a visual history of freshwater bathing in the UK, the exhibition incorporates historical text and images to reflect especially on: Parson’s Pleasure, an Oxford river bathing place demolished in 1992 and the focus of Townsend’s 2022 PHD; and the ponds used for bathing on Hampstead Heath over the past several centuries and still in use today.

The North Wall Arts Centre is an award-winning theatre and gallery in Summertown, Oxford, built on the site of a Victorian swimming pool. The Highgate Gallery is a part of the Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, which has been promoting discussion, debate and life-long learning since 1839.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays 11:00-16:00, Sundays 11:00-17:00,
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed

Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to You @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 9 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

In 1960, at the height of his fame, singer, songwriter, and satirist Tom Lehrer gave it all up. He spent the rest of his career as an obscure maths lecturer. This show investigates the strange disappearance of Tom Lehrer – and includes some of his greatest songs, like Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, and The Elements.

From the writer of sell-out shows including VODKA WITH STALIN and A MODEST LITTLE MAN, this new musical featuring the music of Tom Lehrer sheds light on the most enigmatic figure in musical comedy.
Jun
12
Wed
Duncan Montgomery & George Townsend: Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds @ Highgate Gallery
Jun 12 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Wood engraver’s debut solo exhibition contemplates historic Oxford and Highgate bathing places.

The North Wall Arts Centre and Highgate Gallery announce the forthcoming exhibition Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds  – the debut solo show of printmaker Duncan Montgomery. Travelling between Oxford and Highgate, the exhibition presents a new series of wood engravings alongside a background of historical materials curated  by cultural historian George Townsend.

Montgomery’s figures and riverscapes draw on classical statuary, found photography, and in situ life modelling, to create atmospheres of quiet and disquiet, lost and in-between time. Textures of muscle, skin and hair emerge amid corrugated metal, polished marble and crumbling brick, wind-moved leaves and the wavering image-within-an-image of open water.

Recovering a visual history of freshwater bathing in the UK, the exhibition incorporates historical text and images to reflect especially on: Parson’s Pleasure, an Oxford river bathing place demolished in 1992 and the focus of Townsend’s 2022 PHD; and the ponds used for bathing on Hampstead Heath over the past several centuries and still in use today.

The North Wall Arts Centre is an award-winning theatre and gallery in Summertown, Oxford, built on the site of a Victorian swimming pool. The Highgate Gallery is a part of the Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, which has been promoting discussion, debate and life-long learning since 1839.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays 11:00-16:00, Sundays 11:00-17:00,
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed

Jun
13
Thu
Duncan Montgomery & George Townsend: Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds @ Highgate Gallery
Jun 13 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Wood engraver’s debut solo exhibition contemplates historic Oxford and Highgate bathing places.

The North Wall Arts Centre and Highgate Gallery announce the forthcoming exhibition Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds  – the debut solo show of printmaker Duncan Montgomery. Travelling between Oxford and Highgate, the exhibition presents a new series of wood engravings alongside a background of historical materials curated  by cultural historian George Townsend.

Montgomery’s figures and riverscapes draw on classical statuary, found photography, and in situ life modelling, to create atmospheres of quiet and disquiet, lost and in-between time. Textures of muscle, skin and hair emerge amid corrugated metal, polished marble and crumbling brick, wind-moved leaves and the wavering image-within-an-image of open water.

Recovering a visual history of freshwater bathing in the UK, the exhibition incorporates historical text and images to reflect especially on: Parson’s Pleasure, an Oxford river bathing place demolished in 1992 and the focus of Townsend’s 2022 PHD; and the ponds used for bathing on Hampstead Heath over the past several centuries and still in use today.

The North Wall Arts Centre is an award-winning theatre and gallery in Summertown, Oxford, built on the site of a Victorian swimming pool. The Highgate Gallery is a part of the Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, which has been promoting discussion, debate and life-long learning since 1839.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays 11:00-16:00, Sundays 11:00-17:00,
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed

Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 13 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jun
14
Fri
Duncan Montgomery & George Townsend: Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds @ Highgate Gallery
Jun 14 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Wood engraver’s debut solo exhibition contemplates historic Oxford and Highgate bathing places.

The North Wall Arts Centre and Highgate Gallery announce the forthcoming exhibition Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds  – the debut solo show of printmaker Duncan Montgomery. Travelling between Oxford and Highgate, the exhibition presents a new series of wood engravings alongside a background of historical materials curated  by cultural historian George Townsend.

Montgomery’s figures and riverscapes draw on classical statuary, found photography, and in situ life modelling, to create atmospheres of quiet and disquiet, lost and in-between time. Textures of muscle, skin and hair emerge amid corrugated metal, polished marble and crumbling brick, wind-moved leaves and the wavering image-within-an-image of open water.

Recovering a visual history of freshwater bathing in the UK, the exhibition incorporates historical text and images to reflect especially on: Parson’s Pleasure, an Oxford river bathing place demolished in 1992 and the focus of Townsend’s 2022 PHD; and the ponds used for bathing on Hampstead Heath over the past several centuries and still in use today.

The North Wall Arts Centre is an award-winning theatre and gallery in Summertown, Oxford, built on the site of a Victorian swimming pool. The Highgate Gallery is a part of the Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, which has been promoting discussion, debate and life-long learning since 1839.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays 11:00-16:00, Sundays 11:00-17:00,
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed

Jun
15
Sat
Duncan Montgomery & George Townsend: Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds @ Highgate Gallery
Jun 15 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Wood engraver’s debut solo exhibition contemplates historic Oxford and Highgate bathing places.

The North Wall Arts Centre and Highgate Gallery announce the forthcoming exhibition Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds  – the debut solo show of printmaker Duncan Montgomery. Travelling between Oxford and Highgate, the exhibition presents a new series of wood engravings alongside a background of historical materials curated  by cultural historian George Townsend.

Montgomery’s figures and riverscapes draw on classical statuary, found photography, and in situ life modelling, to create atmospheres of quiet and disquiet, lost and in-between time. Textures of muscle, skin and hair emerge amid corrugated metal, polished marble and crumbling brick, wind-moved leaves and the wavering image-within-an-image of open water.

Recovering a visual history of freshwater bathing in the UK, the exhibition incorporates historical text and images to reflect especially on: Parson’s Pleasure, an Oxford river bathing place demolished in 1992 and the focus of Townsend’s 2022 PHD; and the ponds used for bathing on Hampstead Heath over the past several centuries and still in use today.

The North Wall Arts Centre is an award-winning theatre and gallery in Summertown, Oxford, built on the site of a Victorian swimming pool. The Highgate Gallery is a part of the Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, which has been promoting discussion, debate and life-long learning since 1839.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays 11:00-16:00, Sundays 11:00-17:00,
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed

Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 15 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jun
16
Sun
Duncan Montgomery & George Townsend: Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds @ Highgate Gallery
Jun 16 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Wood engraver’s debut solo exhibition contemplates historic Oxford and Highgate bathing places.

The North Wall Arts Centre and Highgate Gallery announce the forthcoming exhibition Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds  – the debut solo show of printmaker Duncan Montgomery. Travelling between Oxford and Highgate, the exhibition presents a new series of wood engravings alongside a background of historical materials curated  by cultural historian George Townsend.

Montgomery’s figures and riverscapes draw on classical statuary, found photography, and in situ life modelling, to create atmospheres of quiet and disquiet, lost and in-between time. Textures of muscle, skin and hair emerge amid corrugated metal, polished marble and crumbling brick, wind-moved leaves and the wavering image-within-an-image of open water.

Recovering a visual history of freshwater bathing in the UK, the exhibition incorporates historical text and images to reflect especially on: Parson’s Pleasure, an Oxford river bathing place demolished in 1992 and the focus of Townsend’s 2022 PHD; and the ponds used for bathing on Hampstead Heath over the past several centuries and still in use today.

The North Wall Arts Centre is an award-winning theatre and gallery in Summertown, Oxford, built on the site of a Victorian swimming pool. The Highgate Gallery is a part of the Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, which has been promoting discussion, debate and life-long learning since 1839.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays 11:00-16:00, Sundays 11:00-17:00,
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed

Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 16 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jun
18
Tue
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jun
19
Wed
Duncan Montgomery & George Townsend: Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds @ Highgate Gallery
Jun 19 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Wood engraver’s debut solo exhibition contemplates historic Oxford and Highgate bathing places.

The North Wall Arts Centre and Highgate Gallery announce the forthcoming exhibition Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds  – the debut solo show of printmaker Duncan Montgomery. Travelling between Oxford and Highgate, the exhibition presents a new series of wood engravings alongside a background of historical materials curated  by cultural historian George Townsend.

Montgomery’s figures and riverscapes draw on classical statuary, found photography, and in situ life modelling, to create atmospheres of quiet and disquiet, lost and in-between time. Textures of muscle, skin and hair emerge amid corrugated metal, polished marble and crumbling brick, wind-moved leaves and the wavering image-within-an-image of open water.

Recovering a visual history of freshwater bathing in the UK, the exhibition incorporates historical text and images to reflect especially on: Parson’s Pleasure, an Oxford river bathing place demolished in 1992 and the focus of Townsend’s 2022 PHD; and the ponds used for bathing on Hampstead Heath over the past several centuries and still in use today.

The North Wall Arts Centre is an award-winning theatre and gallery in Summertown, Oxford, built on the site of a Victorian swimming pool. The Highgate Gallery is a part of the Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, which has been promoting discussion, debate and life-long learning since 1839.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays 11:00-16:00, Sundays 11:00-17:00,
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed

Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jun
20
Thu
Duncan Montgomery & George Townsend: Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds @ Highgate Gallery
Jun 20 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Wood engraver’s debut solo exhibition contemplates historic Oxford and Highgate bathing places.

The North Wall Arts Centre and Highgate Gallery announce the forthcoming exhibition Parson’s Pleasure and the Ponds  – the debut solo show of printmaker Duncan Montgomery. Travelling between Oxford and Highgate, the exhibition presents a new series of wood engravings alongside a background of historical materials curated  by cultural historian George Townsend.

Montgomery’s figures and riverscapes draw on classical statuary, found photography, and in situ life modelling, to create atmospheres of quiet and disquiet, lost and in-between time. Textures of muscle, skin and hair emerge amid corrugated metal, polished marble and crumbling brick, wind-moved leaves and the wavering image-within-an-image of open water.

Recovering a visual history of freshwater bathing in the UK, the exhibition incorporates historical text and images to reflect especially on: Parson’s Pleasure, an Oxford river bathing place demolished in 1992 and the focus of Townsend’s 2022 PHD; and the ponds used for bathing on Hampstead Heath over the past several centuries and still in use today.

The North Wall Arts Centre is an award-winning theatre and gallery in Summertown, Oxford, built on the site of a Victorian swimming pool. The Highgate Gallery is a part of the Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, which has been promoting discussion, debate and life-long learning since 1839.

Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays 11:00-16:00, Sundays 11:00-17:00,
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed

Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jun
21
Fri
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jun
22
Sat
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Windrush Secret @ Jacksons Lane
Jun 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

A white far-right party leader.
A black Caribbean diplomat.
And a white Oxford-educated Home Office government official.

They all give a speech. On the same day, at different times, in various locations.

They all give a speech about the one million people who migrated from the Caribbean to Britain between 1948-1973 (The Windrush Generation) and the scandal that followed in 2018.

Jun
23
Sun
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 23 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jun
24
Mon
Magic at the Gatehouse @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 24 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Magic at the Gatehouse @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Join us, once a season, for an evening of Magic at the Gatehouse presented by an exciting line-up of top magicians. Witness miracles manifest before your eyes in an intimate cabaret configuration that puts you at the heart of the magic.
Join Harry De Cruz, Chris Dodd, Ava Beaux, and Graham Jolley for a sensational evening of wonders. More magicians still to be announced!
Jun
25
Tue
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 25 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jun
26
Wed
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 26 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jun
27
Thu
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 27 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jun
28
Fri
Walls of Boxes Solo Perfomance @ Jacksons Lane Art Center
Jun 28 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Walls of Boxes Solo Perfomance @ Jacksons Lane Art Center

A must-see solo performance inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s “The Little Prince”. Fragility. Vulnerability. Storytelling through sound. Original songs and instrumental music composed and performed by Luba Hilman. Directed by Nelli Chernetskaya.

Tickets and more information:

https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/events/walls-of-boxes/

Contact: 020 8340 5226

Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jun
29
Sat
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jun
30
Sun
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jun 30 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jul
2
Tue
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jul 2 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jul
3
Wed
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jul 3 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+ 

Jul
4
Thu
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse
Jul 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Longitude @ Upstairs at The Gatehouse

LONGITUDE
A Clockmaker’s Obsession 

World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d brought your life jacket. 

Come with us on an epic voyage across time and space to share the trials of a simple clockmaker who lost almost everything in his quest to save others. 

A true story of betrayal, obsession, and injustice, conquered only by the love of his family and the intervention of Mad King George. 

Ages: 8+