Events

No Digging Here: The Story of the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas

Thursday 21 November 2024 £10Book now

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A talk by Jon Dear

Ghost stories have been told during the dead of winter since but humanity’s earliest days but it’s only since the 70s that television has replaced the fireside for this annual tradition, largely thanks to the work of one man, director Lawrence Gordon Clark.The BBC’s Ghost Story for Christmas series began with Stalls of Barchester in 1971 and continues to this day thanks to Mark Gatiss, most commonly adapting the works of M.R. James. But why do these programmes endure? Why did they begin when they did? And what is Highgate Cemetery’s unique role in their legacy?
Jon Dear is the author of a forthcoming book on the series, and is a writer on film and archive television. In this talk he will explore these unique and perennial films which includes such chilling classics as A Warning to the Curious, Lost Hearts and The Signalman.

7.30pm in the Chapel

Tickets include a glass of wine

A Victorian Christmas Festive Convivial!

Tuesday 17 December 2024 £20Book now

Don't Go Into The Cellar presents Jonathan Goodwin in his specially written Victorian Christmas Festive Convivial.

Enjoy a very special Christmas performance at Highgate Cemetery this December! Award-winning actor Jonathan Goodwin brings to life an array of Victorian characters in a one-man theatre performance based on the lives of the most famous celebrated residents of the burial ground. A splendidly seasonal and entertaining way to celebrate this festive time of year.

Tickets include mince pies and festive punch. Dressing up encouraged, but not compulsory!

7.30pm in the chapel