Burgh House & Hampstead Museum - What's On at Burgh House

'Tis the season to be jolly! And we have lots to be jolly about here at Burgh House! As the year draws to a close, we celebrate a fantastic programme of events and look forward to upcoming exhibitions, talks, concerts and recitals in 2017. But before then, we have festive events, including carol concerts, an art and craft fair and wreath making. It's your last chance to visit our brilliant Nursery Rhymes exhibition, which closes at the end of the season, and look out for our family event celebrating the work of Eleanor Farjeon. Finally, we will be closing for Christmas on Sunday 18th December and reopening on Wednesday 11th January. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and we shall see you soon!

Violin & Piano Recital: Beethoven-Schumann-Ravel Thursday 1 December, 7pm Laura Virtanen (violin) and Eeva Reetta Laiho (piano) play Beethoven, Schumann and Ravel. Buy Tickets Here Eleanor Farjeon Nursery Rhymes Thursday 1 December, 10-11:30am Burgh House presents the Nursery Rhymes of Eleanor Farjeon in a musical session suitable for ages 3 months to 4 years.   Queen Victoria's Consort: A Dickens of a Christmas Sunday 11 December, 7pm Queen Victoria’s Consort is a quartet of expert brass players performing on original Victorian instruments. For their A Dickens of a Christmas show at Burgh House, they will feature traditional Victorian music for the Christmas season, dressed in their ‘Sunday best’. To conclude the performance, there will be traditional carols for all to join in with, to start the festive season in Victorian splendour. Tickets £12 contact Andy for more information Hampstead Music Club Tuesday 6 December, 8.05pm A Hampstead Music Club Invitation Concert. Improvisations, Renditions and Responses, a solo recital by jazz pianist Dorian Ford. Tickets are £10 (£7 conc.club members £5), available by calling 020 7272 3903 Donald Towner Until Sunday 18 December The current of our series of exhibitions on the first-floor landing of the House, showcasing works from our collection stores, will focus on Hampstead artist Donald Chisholm Towner, 1903–1985. 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. Christmas Art & Craft Fair Sunday 4 December, 11am-4pm Get into the festive spirit with our annual Christmas Fair. There'll be fantastic arts and crafts stalls from London makers and designers, kids' lucky dip, a Christmas crafts session, mulled wine, mince pies and plenty of Christmas cheer. We also have a stunning array of handmade and vintage card designs in our own Burgh House shop, not to mention scrummy Damson Tree goodies, natural cosmetics and an extensive collection of books. The perfect way to kick-start the festive season - and pick up some unique Christmas gifts! FREE Christmas Creations Saturday 10 December, 1pm-4pm Experience Burgh House dressed for Christmas and create your own stunning Christmas Wreath under the expert guidance of Galton Flowers’ Creative Director and Owner Sayeh Rafiei. You will then be shown how to create the ultimate festive iced cup cake, by GC Couture’s Marie Sinclair. Burgh House's scrumptious Buttery Cafe, will provide refreshments and a glass of bubbles to get you in the festive mood. Galton Flowers 020 7435 3661 Buy Tickets Here An Evening of Carols & Christmas Cheer Wednesday 14 December, 7pm Join the St Genesius Choir at Burgh House for a festive evening of carols. Tickets £12 (£10 FoBH) including a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie. All proceeds in aid of Burgh House. Buy Tickets Here Nursery Rhymes of London Town Until Sunday 18 December Nursery Rhymes of London Town, published in 1916, was the first literary success for the renowned writer Eleanor Farjeon. It led to a string of much-loved children's stories, works of poetry, plays, biographies and novels.  A second volume, More Nursery Rhymes of London Town, was published in 1917. The popularity of the books was due in no small part to the delightful illustrations by MacDonald Gill, best known for his humorous pictorial maps for the London Underground, including the famous Wonderground Map of London Town. To mark the centenaries of the two books, Burgh House & Hampstead Museum is hosting a special exhibition including first editions, art, photos and memorabilia from the estates of Eleanor Farjeon and MacDonald Gill. Awkward Art Histories: Nude vs Naked: When is an image Art and when is it Pornography? Friday 2 December, 7pm The fourth in Awkward Art History by art historian Sue Ecclestone. From Lucas Cranach and Michelangelo to Francisco de Goya and Ingres, from Manet and Courbet to Helmut Newton and Robert Mapplethorpe, the bare human form has been a common subject for many artists and has been characterised in many different genres. But when is the representation of an unclothed, human body art? In this talk, we ponder the question that has occupied art historians and lovers for centuries and discuss a few of the key differences between nude and naked. Please note that this talk will include some explicit images. Tickets£8, including a glass of wine. Buy Tickets Here Tchaikovsky: Music & life Sunday 11 December, 2pm Lunchtime recital with narration about Tchaikovsky's life. Music programme to include P. Tchaikovsky's songs for soprano and piano, extracts from "The Seasons" and selected pieces from "Nutcracker" in arrangement by M. Pletnev for piano solo. Buy Tickets Here Camden History Society: Images of Camden Past and Present Thursday 15 December, 7pm More than 50 years ago, Gillian Tindall and her husband Richard Lansdown began taking pictures of places in and around the newly invented borough of Camden. They photographed surviving old houses, small shops that struck them even then as old-fashioned, and also places they knew or suspected would soon disappear under new development. Non-members welcome. £1 on the door. Christmas Opening Times Burgh House and Hampstead Museum will close to the public for Christmas on Sunday 18 December and reopen on Wednesday 11 January. As ever, we will be using this time to give the House a little bit of TLC. From all the staff and volunteers, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Burgh House & Hampstead Museum open Wed - Fri & Sun 12noon - 5pm Buttery Cafe open Wed - Fri 10am - 5pm Sat - Sun 9.30am - 5.30pm For Reservations call 020 7794 3943

BBC Audience - Join the BBC Singers for a special live carol request concert

BBC Singers at St Alban The Martyr A first for the BBC Singers - and possibly a global first too! The BBC Singers present a live carol request concert offering Radio 3 listeners across the nation the opportunity to vote via social media on carols to be performed in the concert. The BBC Singers and their conductor Bob Chilcott will only discover what they'll be performing next at the same time as the audience! Online voters will be able to choose from a selection of much-loved carols, with votes closing seconds before each performance. Radio 3 presenter Petroc Trelawny will guide the audience through some wonderful seasonal music and there will be a chance to join in with some of the carols. Voting will open the day before the concert. Please note that it won't be possible for audiences at the concert to vote during the performance. BBC Singers  Bob Chilcott conductor Petroc Trelawny presenter Date: Wednesday 14 December Venue: St Alban the Martyr, London Doors open: 1.15pm Concert starts: 2pm To apply for tickets, visit bbc.co.uk/showsandtours. Admission to this recording is on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that as not everyone who asks for tickets uses them, to make sure we have a full house we send out more tickets than there are places. We do our best to get the numbers right, but unfortunately we occasionally have to disappoint people so please arrive early. We'd love to see you there! BBC Shows and Tours Apply Now

BBC Audience - Robbie Williams joins Jo Whiley on for an intimate one-off In Concert for BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 In Concert: Robbie Williams On Thursday 8 December, Robbie Williams joins Jo Whiley on Radio 2 for an intimate one-off In Concert in London.‎ We have 50 pairs of tickets for this event, which will be allocated by random draw. You can register at any time until 10pm on Thursday 1 December. Entrants must be 16 or over. Anyone attending this show under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a responsible adult 18 years or older. Date: Thursday 8 December Venue: London Doors open: 7pm Recording starts: 8pm To enter the random draw visit bbc.co.uk/showsandtours. Good luck! BBC Shows and Tours Apply Now

BBC Audience - BBC Radio 4's The Kitchen Cabinet comes to Whitehall's Banqueting Hall

The Kitchen Cabinet If there's anything you ever wanted to know about food or cooking, but didn't know whom to ask, read on. . . Come and be part of the audience for The Kitchen Cabinet, BBC Radio 4's culinary panel programme. Hosted by Jay Rayner the show is witty, fast-moving, and irreverent, but packed full of information that may well change the way you think about cooking. You'll have the opportunity to put your questions on anything and everything to do with food and drink to a panel of experts, and enjoy plenty of good-humoured conversation about cooking and eating. Date: Monday 5 December Venue: Banqueting Hall, London Doors open: 6pm Recording starts: 7pm To apply for tickets, visit bbc.co.uk/showsandtours. We'd love to see you there! BBC Shows and Tours Apply Now

Olly Murs presale--tickets now available

Olly Murs presale--tickets now available
Multiple locations | Summer 2017
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Olly Murs, one of British music’s biggest pop stars and best live performers, will take his outdoor Summer Tour 2017 across the UK next year, and presale tickets are now available from Amazon Tickets. 2016 has been another incredible year for the troublemaker which has seen him celebrate his fourth successive Number One album 24 HRS, featuring new tracks “Years and Years” and “You Don’t Know Love”. Click below to get your hands on tickets to Olly’s Summer Tour 2017 72 hours early.

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Whitechapel Gallery - What's On: December Talks & Events

Talks & Events  December

Don't Miss This month, join our symposium dedicated to the work of South African artist William Kentridge (Sat 3 Dec), see a new live video performance by London artist Sam Smith(Thu 8 Dec), or immerse yourself in a two-day celebration of contemporary and classic experimental animation from the UK and beyond (Fri 9 Dec & Sat 10 Dec). Performance Sam Smith: E.1027 Thu 8 Dec 2016, 7pm | £5/£3.50 concs In Sam Smith's new live video performance, he uses the computer desktop as a staging tool, interweaving fleeting collages of original and archival moving images with a live script, recorded dialogue and music. More Conferences & Symposia William Kentridge: Time, Technology, Self Sat 3 Dec, 2pm–6pm | £15/£12.50 concs. A afternoon exploring selected works from the exhibition William Kentridge: Thick Time. A range of speakers address concepts of history and temporality, embodiment and subjectivity, technology and tactility, and the self and the sensory. Speakers include: Ian Christie, Briony Fer, Tamar Garb, Margaret Iversen, Ed Krcma, Michael Newman, Griselda Pollock and Richard Taws. More Edge of Frame: Journeys into Experimental Animation Sat 10 Dec 2016, 11.30am–6pm | £15/£12.50 concs A showcase of animation at the cutting edge of moving image practice. From bold personal visions to intricate and visually stunning formal experiments, this expansive day of screenings and discussion mixes contemporary animation with classic and rarely seen historical works. More Gary Thomas, Animate Projects and Film Programme Manager at British Council leads an afternoon seminar preceding this event on Fri 9 Dec. Tour First Thursdays: Art Bus Tour Thu 1 Dec, 7pm | £9.50/£7.50 concs Discover new exhibitions in east London on the First Thursdays Art Bus. Stopping at Leyden Gallery, Hundred Years Gallery and Carmel by the Green – London Photography Diary, you'll get an introduction and tour from an artist or curator. Book now Film Sense of Place: Katya Chitova, Keira Greene, Ellie Kyungran Heo, Irene Solà, Tereza Stehlikova and Anita Wolska-Kaslow Thu 1 Dec, 7pm | £9.50/£7.50 concs Featuring poetry by Irene Solà (Catalunya) alongside screenings of new work by women artist film-makers from around the world. Each explores the idea of a personal sense of place in relation to often overlooked cultural and social sites – from California and Poland, to Trieste, Russia and East Asia. More Siobhan Davies and David HintonAll This Can Happen  Thu 8 Dec, 7pm | £9.50/£7.50 concs Marking the 60th anniversary of the death of Swiss modernist writer Robert Walser, a screening of All This Can Happen, choreographer Siobhan Daviesand film-maker David Hinton‘s 2012 work constructed entirely from found footage. Followed by a Q&A. More Coming soon Affect and Curating: Feeling the Curatorial Thu 19 Jan, 7pm | £9.50/£7.50 concs What is the feeling of an exhibition? How do curators deploy, stimulate and mobilise emotional states? Marking the publication of a two-part issue on affect and curating in the Journal of Curatorial Studies, this event brings together a range of speakers to consider how museums, galleries, art world events and artworks function as sites for the transmission of affects. More

The Railway Children - Live On Stage at the King's Cross Theatre

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It’s your last chance to see this stunning adaptation of E. Nesbit’s classic novel The Railway Children at LONDON’S KING’S CROSS THEATRE!

Set in a purpose built 1,000 seat venue with a vintage foyer, this breath-taking show features a stage built around a real train track and a glistening 60-tonne locomotive that will steam into the theatre throughout the Christmas holiday period! 

Steeped in nostalgia and charm, treat your family to the adventure of a lifetime, and join Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis as they tell the story of how they became The Railway Children! 

Don’t miss your chance to see ‘One of London Theatre’s all time classics’ (Metro) before the final farewell on 8th January 2017.

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Directed by Damian Cruden, the Artistic Director of York Theatre Royal, with design by Joanna Scotcher, lighting by Richard G. Jones, music by Christopher Madin and sound by Craig Vear, Mike Kenny’s adaptation of The Railway Children was first produced by York Theatre Royal at the National Railway Museum, York, where it enjoyed two sell-out and critically acclaimed seasons in 2008 and 2009.  The production then opened at Waterloo Station in the former Eurostar terminal in July 2010, where it again played two critically acclaimed sell-out seasons and won the 2011 Olivier Award for Best Entertainment, before opening in Toronto in 2011 in a temporary theatre built at the base of CN Tower in Roundhouse Park.

The Railway Children tells the story of Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis, three children whose lives change dramatically when their father is mysteriously taken away.  They move from London to a cottage in rural Yorkshire with their mother, where they befriend the local railway porter, Perks, and embark on a magical journey of discovery, friendship and adventure.  But the mystery remains – where is Father, and is he ever coming back?

2016 marks the 110th anniversary of the publication of Edith Nesbit’s much loved classic children’s book The Railway Children, which has subsequently been adapted for the stage and screen, most famously in the 1970 film version directed by Lionel Jeffries and starring Jenny Agutter, Bernard Cribbins, Dinah Sheridan and Sally Thomsett.

The production is presented in London by Tristan Baker & Charlie Parsons for Runaway Entertainment, Oliver Royds for BOS Productions and Sue Scott Davison, in association with York Theatre Royal and the National Railway Museum. 

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