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With Great Pleasure
Thursday 12 January, 7:30pm
Broadcaster, critic, and Burgh House interviewer, Piers Plowright, introduces his choice of Prose and Poetry, read by actors and Hampstead residents, Tim Pigott-Smith (fresh from his triumph in London and on Broadway as 'Charles III') and Pamela Miles. The programme will include poems by Thomas Hardy, Elizabeth Bishop, Stevie Smith and R.S Thomas, as well as dramatic extracts from Shakespeare's Macbeth, Pinter's The Birthday Party, and Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. Tickets are £12 (£10 FoBH and Under 26s) including a complimentary glass of wine.
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Primarily, Primary Colours
Sunday 15 January, 11-12:30pm
Based on our current exhibition Retracing Ribero, Burgh House offers an engaging family art session where children and adults will play with the basic properties of colour. This activity is suitable for all ages. Advance booking is recommended. £3 per child. Available here |
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London Natural History Society: Bird Flight
Wednesday 18 January, 7pm
Jeff Blincow takes a closer look at birds' reasons for flying, their diverse modes of flight and the experts in each field, he examines the evolution of flight and the avian world’s many different lifestyles, each of which requires specialist flight skills.
Everyone welcome, £2 on the door.
More Info Here |
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Hampstead Music Club: Master Class for Singers
Tuesday 24 January, 8:05pm
A Tutorial by Helen Cannel, there is a suggested donation £3, more details by calling Pamela Kolirian on 020 8959 3267 |
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Lifelines with Rose Tremain CBE
Thursday 2 February, 7:30pm
Journalist and producer Piers Plowright chats with award-winning Author and Chancellor of the University of East Anglia Rose Tremain, whose novels and short stories have been published worldwide in 27 countries and have won many prizes, including the Sunday Express book of the Year Award; the Prix Femina Etranger, France; the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction 2008 . Restoration was filmed in 1995 and a stage version was produced in 2009. Her latest novel is the acclaimed The Gustav Sonata which sees Rose writing at the height of her inimitable powers (Observer). Tickets £12 (£10 FoBH and under 26’s) available here.
A supper including wine is available after the talk for only an additional £20. |
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Ishbel McWhirter: Scrutiny and Revelation A 90th Birthday Restrospective
Wednesday 11 January-Sunday 26 March
Ishbel McWhirter was born in 1927 and lives and works in Hampstead, London and Anglesey, North Wales. Showcasing works spanning from the 1940s to the present, this exhibition will be the first comprehensive survey of her work across seven decades. Coinciding with McWhirter’s 90thbirthday, it will celebrate her achievements as an artist. Charting her stylistic developments, personal relationships and singular sensitivities, it aims to communicate what makes McWhirter so distinctive and unique as a 20th century artist. A simultaneous exhibition in the Peggy Jay Gallery, featuring large-scale paintings, including works for sale, will run from 18 January - 5 February.
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Violin and Piano Recital
Friday 13 January, 7pm
Eleanor Wilkinson (violin) and Helen Crayford (piano) present a programme of music by Viennese composers including Kreisler, Kurt Roger and Erich Korngold in memory of Alma Mahler, and in aid of Help Musicians UK. Tickets £10 (£8 conc.) available on the door. For more information, please email Eleanor or call 07968 740329 |
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The Viardot Trio
Sunday 15 January, 2pm
Contralto Cara Curran, cellist Madeleine Ridd and pianist Melanie Jones perform a selection of beautiful Romantic works for voice, cello and piano, as well as Beethoven's song cycle 'An Die Ferne Geliebte' and Bruch's 'Kol Nidrei'. This promises to be a superb afternoon of music in a beautiful location. Tickets £10, available on the door. To reserve tickets please email Madeleine |
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Michael Simkins: An Actor's Life For Me
Sunday 29 January, 7:30pm
Have you ever wanted to know what it’s really like to be an actor? Perhaps you want to have a go yourself but don’t know where to start? Well, now’s your chance to find out. Local resident Michael Simkins has been there, done that, and got the T shirt. For over forty years he’s been a regular face on the west end stage and on your TV screens, and filming safety training videos on the correct use of fire extinguishers in the workplace. He even briefly achieved national fame, due to him constantly being mistaken in the street for Jeremy Vine during the 2015 series of "Strictly Come Dancing…" Tickets including a complimentary glass of wine are £10 (£8 FoBH and Under 26) available here |
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Burgh House & Hampstead Museum open
Wed - Fri & Sun
12noon - 5pm
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Destruction/
Construction
Wednesday 11 January-Sunday 2 April
Curated by Museum Intern Liberte Reilly as part of the series of exhibitions on the first-floor landing of the House, showcasing works from our collection stores. Destruction/ Construction looks at the edges of Hampstead beyond the pristine image. This display focuses on development and change in Hampstead. From its origins as a rural farm town to artistic retreat to its modern iteration as an urban community, Hampstead has been built, torn down, bombed, gentrified and is constantly evolving. Featuring photographs, water-colours and an oil pastel the exhibition covers a wide range of art styles, mediums and periods. Come look at the ongoing processes of renovation and construction that make our Hampstead and shape its future.
Photograph by Dorthey Bohm |
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Laura Beaumont: Bleed Between the Lines 3
Wednesday 11-Sunday 15 January
Laura Beaumont uses the pre-existing medium of antiquarian books to explore the subtext of human interaction.By simultaneously deconstructing and reconstructing - she creates small vignettes within the pages.
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Masumi Yamamoto: Bach and Fux
Sunday 22 January, 2:15pm
Recital by prize-winning harpsichordist Masumi Yamamoto. Programme to include Partita No. 6 in E minor by J.S. Bach and Capriccio et Fugue by J.J. Fux Tickets are £12 (£10 conc.) £5 Full-time students & under 18s. Discounted advance tickets available here |
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A Tale of Two Cities
Sunday 29 January, 2:15pm
Pianist Gary Branch plays music from Vienna and Paris by Haydn, Schubert, Chopin and Ravel Tickets are £15 (£10 conc.) including refreshments available by calling 01633 400358 or by emailing Gary |
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Retracing Ribeiro
Until 19 March 2017
The Hampstead painter Lancelot Ribeiro was one of the most original of the Indian artists who settled in Britain in the post-war period. A new temporary exhibition of his works at Burgh House will launch a year-long Retracing Ribeiro programme of events, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and being celebrated as part of the 2017 UK-India Year of Culture, in partnership with The British Museum, V&A, Central Saint Martins and Camden Archives.
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Buttery Cafe open
Wed - Fri
10am - 5pm
Sat - Sun
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