BURNS’ NIGHT WITH CEILIDHSAT 18 JAN | The Great HallTICKETS: £50 Please contact Emily to bookfriends@blackheathhalls.com or 020 8305 3894

A very special evening with great food, piper, poetry & song followed by a Ceilidh. Tables can seat 10/12 so bring all your friends!

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THU 30 JAN | The Hearn Recital Room 7pm Formal Business including Annual Accounts 7.40pm Drinks 8pm Recital by members of Blackheath Halls Orchestra

LEYLA DAYBELGE AND MAGNUS ENGLUNDISOKON and the Bauhaus in BritainTUE 25 FEB 7.30pm | The Hearn Recital RoomTICKETS: £15 | £6 students

Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund recount the fascinating story of the ISOKON building from its origins to the building’s revival and its role today.

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TESSA UYS & BEN SCHOEMANPiano DuoMON 13 JAN 1.10pmBeethoven Symphony No.7, arranged for piano, four hands

ELEANOR MEYNELL pianoMON 20 JAN 1.10pmSchubert Moments Musicaux D.780Music by Schubert andBeethoven

JOANNA GUTOWSKA celloANNA SZAŁUCKA pianoMON 3 FEB 1.10pmBeethoven Cello Sonata No.3 in A majorFrank Bridge Cello Sonata in D minor

SOLOMON QUINTETMON 9 MAR 1.10pmBeethoven Bagatelles for Piano Op.126, Nos.4, 5 & 6Beethoven String QuartetNo.14 in C sharp minor, Op.131

JOAN RODGERS sopranoTBA baritoneREBECCA COHEN pianoMON 27 APR 1.10pmSongs from Wolf Italian SongbookSchumann Myrthen Duets by Schumann andBrahms

All recitals take place in The Hearn Recital Room. Admission FREE with a retiring donation.

A light lunch is available prior to the recitals.

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Burns’ Night

LEOPOLDSTADTTHU 20 FEB 2.30pmWyndham’s TheatreTICKETS: £50

The world premier of Tom Stoppard’s new play. Directed by Patrick Marber, the play explores what it meant to be Jewish in the first half of the 20th century. A story of drama, love, endurance and loss set in Europe.

ONE MILLION TINY PLAYS ABOUT BRITAINTUE 7 JAN 3.30pmJermyn St TheatreTICKETS: £34

A multifaceted production from one of our favourite small theatres. Followed by discussion at Waterstones Piccadilly top floor cafe bar.

“Bites of life ... that are touching, hilarious, upsetting, thought-provoking” The Guardian

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Exclusive to Friends

Tickets are allocated on a first come first served basis for each performance. Once full a waiting list is started.

Bookable via: theatrefriendsbhh@gmail.com

ARCHITECTURE Tickets are allocated by ballot if oversubscribed. For booking enquiries and further details on all events, please

contact Kathy Murrell: murrellkg11@gmail.com or tel. 020 8852 5510

THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND A review by Elizabeth WilliamsonTUE 28 JAN 7.30pmThe Bake House, Blackheath, access off Bennett Park TICKETS: £15 including a glass of wine

Elizabeth Williamson, former editor of The Pevsner Architectural Guides, will review Pevsner’s often controversial ideas about modern architecture and those of his co-authors and revisers.

THE FRIENDS OF BLACKHEATH HALLS is run by a Board of Trustees, chaired by Dame Joan Ruddock, damejoan.friends@hotmail.com

Our aims are to raise money to support the Halls; build audiences and to root the Halls in the community. Please use this leaflet to recruit a Friend.Friends also get priority booking for the Halls Opera Gala and can take advantage of occasional Friends’ concessions offered by Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Friends of Blackheath Halls

UNCLE VANYA WED 18 MAR 2.30pmHarold Pinter TheatreTICKETS: £44

A new adaptation of Chechov’s masterpiece with Toby Jones as Uncle Vanya and Richard Ashworth as Astrov.In the heat of summer on a country estate the arrival of a restless, alluring new wife and the proposed sale of the estate lead to the crumbling of polite facades and the release of suppressed feelings.

KINGSTON UNIVERSITY TOWN HOUSE PROJECT WED 24 MAR 11am-12.30pm Meeting Point: Penrhyn Road, Kingston, KT1 2EE TICKETS: £15 RIBA Gold medal winners Grafton Architects have delivered a new landmark teaching building, that offers a vibrant new face to the University of Kingston. The Director of Estates will explain the original brief and show us round the building.

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JOHN BENDALL: Kendall’s Longitude: The Times and Voyages of K2 the Bounty WatchWED 22 JAN 8pm | The Hearn Recital RoomTICKETS: £12 including a glass of wineBlackheath resident John Bendall’s first book recounts the adventurous voyages of a naval timekeeper that travelled the oceans during the 18th and 19th centuries.

LITERARY EVENINGS

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ANN DUMAS: Picasso and Paper: an illustrated talkWED 12 FEB 8pm | The Hearn Recital RoomTICKETS: £12 including a glass of wine

Picasso and Paper is an exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, 25 Jan-13 Apr. Ann Dumas, curator of the exhibition, gives an illustrated talk on Picasso’s imaginative and original use of paper.

HERE’S TO GOOD WOMEN: An all-female panel discussion in celebration of International Women’s Day WED 4 MAR 8pm | The Hearn Recital RoomTICKETS: £12 including a glass of wine

Save the Date! Look out for details via the weekly email.

BLAKE MORRISON: Greenwich & Blackheath in Literature TUES 17 MAR 7.30pm | The Hearn Recital Room TICKETS: £12 including a glass of wine

Writer and Blackheath resident Blake Morrison will delve into the many literary works in which Greenwich and Blackheath have featured and inspired writers and artists through the years from Shakespeare to the present day.

JONATHAN OUVRY : George Eliot & George Henry LewisWED 22 APR 8pm | The Hearn Recital Room TICKETS: £12 including a glass of wine

Jonathan Ouvry, President of the George Eliot Fellowship and the great, great grandson of George Henry Lewis, will show how Lewis encouraged Eliot and provided her with the environment in which to write some of the greatest novels in the English language.

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THE AGA KHAN CENTRE, KINGS CROSSTUE 28 APR 11am-12.30pm Meeting Point: 10 Handyside Street, London N1C 4DN TICKETS: £15 A visit, including introductory films, the Aga Khan Centre, designed by Fumihiko Maki, one of Japan’s most distinguished architects, is a place of education, cultural exchange and insight into Muslim civilisations.