Following their Transmission residency last summer, this is your chance to experience the premiere of Bending Reality, the latest production from Nua Dance.
Our brains don’t just perceive reality — they reconstruct it. But what if what we see isn’t all there is? Blending dance, circus, and parkour, Bending Reality unravels shifting perspectives and hidden layers of perception. A sculptural dress reshapes the space, while Ben Glover’s video design captures the moments between what is seen and imagined.
As with previous Nua Dance productions, this show prioritises accessibility for deaf audiences through creative captions, vibrotactile wearable devices, and a sound description.
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears with evidence of a past he would rather hide. Sir Robert has to decide whether to yield to blackmail or risk exposing the origins of his wealth and position.
The themes of this play, which revolve around blackmail and political corruption, are as relevant now as they were when Oscar Wilde wrote the play 130 years ago.
Join us for a night of dizzyingly eclectic music incorporating African, Afro-Cuban, Jazz, improvisation, soul and funk.
Trumpeter Claude Deppa, from Cape Town, South Africa, is well known for playing with the likes of Miriam Makeba, Julian Bahula, Louis Moholo/Viva La Black, Brotherhood of Breath and Art Blakey. He also teaches, leading the brass section of Kinetika Bloco, a band of young musicians from across London playing carnival music.
Clare Hirst is a saxophonist based in London, who has worked with artists such as David Bowie, Grupo Lokito, The Communards, Mica Paris, Maxi Priest, Amazulu and Mervyn Africa. She has worked with Claude for 30 years, before forming their band, Claude Deppa Clare Hirst Band.
The band released their 2nd album “Beyond Bahula” in 2024. It consists of 8 original tracks written by Clare and Claude. Spanning influences from Abdullah Ibrahim and Julian Bahula to Ornette Coleman and beyond, the band creates an inclusive and high energy atmosphere to be enjoyed by all.
Jazzwise: “Bass man Miles Danso made his presence felt similarly in the quintet fronted by Claude Deppa’s trumpet and Clare Hirst’s tenor whose set managed to combine clever timings and cross-rhythms with smoothly grooving tunes.”
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.
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears with evidence of a past he would rather hide. Sir Robert has to decide whether to yield to blackmail or risk exposing the origins of his wealth and position.
The themes of this play, which revolve around blackmail and political corruption, are as relevant now as they were when Oscar Wilde wrote the play 130 years ago.
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears with evidence of a past he would rather hide. Sir Robert has to decide whether to yield to blackmail or risk exposing the origins of his wealth and position.
The themes of this play, which revolve around blackmail and political corruption, are as relevant now as they were when Oscar Wilde wrote the play 130 years ago.
Monday 6 Nov coffee computers 10 30
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!
Please join us at 7pm on Monday, 5th May 2025, for In Canto Opera’s first public performance, an evening of Mozart opera, featuring well known arias and ensemble pieces from Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, Così fan tutte, Idomeneo and Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Admission free.
In Canto is a talented group of amateur and professional opera singers dedicated to bringing great music and great opera to the local community. Beginning with this selection of some of Mozart’s finest works, the company will be giving a series of performances throughout 2025, culminating in a full scale opera at the end of the year. Please contact us at info@incanto-opera.com, or go to https://incanto-opera.com/ for more information.
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
The Merry Mug Quiz
Tuesday 6th May
7.00 for 7.30 pm
HLSI, 11 South Grove N6 6BS
Free entry, no need to book.
Highgate Society and HLSI members only
The Annual Quiz competition between the Highgate Society and the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institute.
Offie nominated writer Maeve O’Haire brings her one woman show ‘The Behaviours of Posie Marshall’ to stage, in which twenty-one characters come to life in a dark comedic setting. Posie Marshall leads us through 37 hours of her life, when the police find her in the footwell of a Range Rover.
Posie ‘Po’ Marshall is a fun loving, slightly anxious, tag along who looks after her family and friends despite them not always reciprocating. Her brother Jason has a chequered past which has given the family a reputation. Follow Posie as she battles with her demons through house parties, uncomfortable conversations, eye opening realisations and a surprise visit to a custody cell.
Offie nominated writer Maeve O’Haire brings her one woman show ‘The Behaviours of Posie Marshall’ to stage, in which twenty-one characters come to life in a dark comedic setting. Posie Marshall leads us through 37 hours of her life, when the police find her in the footwell of a Range Rover.
Posie ‘Po’ Marshall is a fun loving, slightly anxious, tag along who looks after her family and friends despite them not always reciprocating. Her brother Jason has a chequered past which has given the family a reputation. Follow Posie as she battles with her demons through house parties, uncomfortable conversations, eye opening realisations and a surprise visit to a custody cell.
Offie nominated writer Maeve O’Haire brings her one woman show ‘The Behaviours of Posie Marshall’ to stage, in which twenty-one characters come to life in a dark comedic setting. Posie Marshall leads us through 37 hours of her life, when the police find her in the footwell of a Range Rover.
Posie ‘Po’ Marshall is a fun loving, slightly anxious, tag along who looks after her family and friends despite them not always reciprocating. Her brother Jason has a chequered past which has given the family a reputation. Follow Posie as she battles with her demons through house parties, uncomfortable conversations, eye opening realisations and a surprise visit to a custody cell.
Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle
9 – 22 May 2025
The exhibition will be open:
Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).
Friday 9 May 2025
Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0
A new “New Musical” showcase, Before It Hits brings snapshots of six in-development musicals by some of the West End’s best emerging writers to Upstairs At The Gatehouse.
Hosted by standup comedian Farah Sharp (named ‘One to watch’ in the Funny Women Awards and featured on BBC Radio 4) and created by the team behind Olivier-nominated The Choir of Man, expect to see a variety of exciting new shows at various stages of their development.
The first outing of Before It Hits is set to feature works by established West End writers, creatives and performers, and is guaranteed to be a scintillating evening promoting rising talent.
Curated by pole artist Madeleine Margot, Transient and Trifling brings bold and boundary-pushing performance to the Jacksons Lane stage. This show explores themes of power, control, and intimacy through a feast of circus, pole, and movement. Moving beyond traditional expectations, it invites you to immerse yourself in a unique, radical night of disciplined performance. Strictly ages 18+
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.
Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle
9 – 22 May 2025
The exhibition will be open:
Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).
Friday 9 May 2025
Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0
A new “New Musical” showcase, Before It Hits brings snapshots of six in-development musicals by some of the West End’s best emerging writers to Upstairs At The Gatehouse.
Hosted by standup comedian Farah Sharp (named ‘One to watch’ in the Funny Women Awards and featured on BBC Radio 4) and created by the team behind Olivier-nominated The Choir of Man, expect to see a variety of exciting new shows at various stages of their development.
The first outing of Before It Hits is set to feature works by established West End writers, creatives and performers, and is guaranteed to be a scintillating evening promoting rising talent.
Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle
9 – 22 May 2025
The exhibition will be open:
Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).
Friday 9 May 2025
Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0
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!
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
Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle
9 – 22 May 2025
The exhibition will be open:
Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).
Friday 9 May 2025
Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0
Lessons in Diplomacy: Politics, Power and Parties
Wednesday 14th May 2025
7.00 for 7.30 PM
10A South Grove N6 6BS and on Zoom
Entry £7.50 including a glass of wine (£3.00 on Zoom)
How to become an ambassador? Leigh Turner‘s new book Lessons in Diplomacy: Politics, Power and Parties attempts to answer that question.
Leigh Turner CMG is a British writer and retired diplomat. His final role was British Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna from August 2016 to September 2021. He was British Ambassador to Ukraine from 2008 to 2012.
Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle
9 – 22 May 2025
The exhibition will be open:
Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).
Friday 9 May 2025
Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0
Jacksons Lane presents a brand-new strand of free live music events in our bar this Summer, curated by Highgate musician Steve Somerset. Each month will see Steve and his band The Lost Weekend perform alongside special guests. Arrive early to bag a seat!
Admission free, donations welcome on the night.
Join us for night celebrating Blue Note Records with QCBA, the explosive jazz group led by trumpeter Quentin Collins and saxophonist Brandon Allen.
QCBA have been wowing audiences globally for over 20 years, performing at prestigious venues including Ronnie Scott’s, Duc des Lombards, Maissons Laffitte Festival (France) and the Detroit & Monterey Jazz Festivals (USA).
Quentin and Brandon have been the frontline of the Kyle Eastwood Band for over 10 years, touring globally. This new project promises to deliver a high energy homage to some of the best known artists from the legendary record label’s golden period of the 1960’s.
Expect to hear classic tunes by Art Blakey, Jimmy Smith, Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Joe Henderson, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock and more!
Backed by the powerhouse rhythm team of hammond organist Ross Stanley & drummer Joel Barford, audiences can expect an evening that will exhilarate and enthral in equal measure.
Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle
9 – 22 May 2025
The exhibition will be open:
Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).
Friday 9 May 2025
Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0
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.
Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle
9 – 22 May 2025
The exhibition will be open:
Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).
Friday 9 May 2025
Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0
Eugenia Alekseyev: London Day & Night at Highgate Galle
9 – 22 May 2025
The exhibition will be open:
Eugenia Alekseyev, a London-based landscape artist, presents her solo exhibition: London, Day and Night. Featuring urban scenes and the bucolic places of Hampstead Heath, the show is unmistakably local, yet offering a fresh look at familiar places.
Painting within the neo-romanticism tradition, Eugenia uses strong impasto brushstrokes to convey the immediacy of the scene. She opposes what she sees as the rational and rigid process of studio painting preferring to work plein air. Her relationship with her surroundings becomes as important as visual information alone: the raw charge of the rain, snow and wind become an integral part of each painting through brushwork, texture and colour.
Urban scenes explore the experience of a lone individual in a metropolis. The city becomes a symbol and a reflection of the society, and the windows of the buildings, often a feature of Eugenia’s paintings, a reflection of its soul: a way to communicate and understand it.
The landscapes stem from strong emotions – they are a spiritual and unashamedly romantic re-creation of an ephemeral, and yet palpably real world: a search for the sublime and an antidote to the accelerating pace of the modern urban life. They are enigmatic and feel both intimate and public; real and dreamy; but always animated and human.
Eugenia’s Hampstead paintings are held in the permanent collection of Burgh House, Hampstead.
About the Artist
Eugenia Alekseyev is an award-winning artist and art educator based in North London. While living in New York, she studied at the ASLNY. After moving to England, she has received numerous accolades, including Best Plein Air Painting in Plein Air Magazine (U.S.) and Best Painting in the Picture the Heath competition by Hampstead School of Art (2022 and 2024).
Friday 9 May 2025
Saturday 10 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 11 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 14 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 15 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 16 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 17 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 18 May 2025: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 21 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 22 May 2025: 13.00 – 17.0
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!
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
Celebrated today for his groundbreaking romantic poetry and acclaimed intellect, in 1812 Percy Shelley was seen as a dangerous radical by the establishment. Expelled from Oxford for his atheism he then scandalously eloped with Harriet Westbrook and the two of them went to Dublin to campaign for Irish independence.
The play opens with Shelley fleeing Ireland with his young wife, his support for the failed rebellion making him a marked man. Their notoriety has led to constant surveillance by order of the Home Secretary and we meet them in North Devon trying to rebuild their lives and their political ambitions.
Playwright Richard Bradbury explores the impact of political surveillance on relationships and what we can learn from the past now that we live in a world where we are constantly watched and recorded. Linking the past and present is an ever present theme in his work. Commissioned by the GLA for their commemoration of the two hundred year anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade his play ‘Become a Man’ about escaped slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (London City Hall and the Hackney Empire) explored our contemporary response to slavery in the context of it’s history.
“One to watch!”
— The Stage
“Sharp, Clever & Fun”
— Stagedoor
You’re SO F**KING Croydon! is a bold, unapologetic dive into the female working-class life experience and noughties club culture, blending music, dance, comedy, and spoken word — plus Croydon’s most infamous celebrities.
“It was my nemesis, I hated Croydon with a real vengeance. It represented everything I didn’t want in my life, everything I wanted to get away from. I think it’s the most derogatory thing I can say about somebody or something: ‘God, it’s so f**king Croydon!’”
— David Bowie
Set against Croydon’s gritty reputation, this interactive show challenges Bowie’s words, exploring identity, resilience, and breaking free from stereotypes.
With a cheeky ‘Love of Huns’ aesthetic and a euphoric ‘Save the Last Dance’-style finale, it’s a celebration of strength, humour, and refusing to be pigeonholed.
Whether you’ve walked Croydon’s streets or not, this show resonates with heart, humour, and a strut down memory lane — with David Bowie appearing in unexpected ways.