Events
Members’ Meetings
The Muswell Hill and Fortis Green Association holds regular talks and visits open to the public and free of charge.
The opera houses, concert halls and theatres from 1950 to 2020
Thursday, 17 March, 7.45pm on ZOOM
Our speaker, David Staples, an MHFGA member, was a theatre consultant advising clients, architects and governments on the building of new theatres, concert halls and opera houses around the world having worked in 67 countries. For the past seven years he has been collaborating with 41 people from 14 countries to create a book – Modern Theatres 1950 – 2020.
David Staples will look at theatre and related buildings and their evolution and change over the last 70 years. It will start with a Greek amphitheatre and finish with a 20 seat amphitheatre in Slovenia. It will embrace many of the most significant theatres of this period and explore how architecture was changed by the TWA Flight Centre at New York’s Idlewild (now JFK) Airport and its influence on the Sydney Opera House.
MHFGA Annual General Meeting
Thursday, 12 May, 7.45pm at United Reformed Church, Tetherdown
Refreshments will be served. The agenda will be published in our April-May Newsletter and online. If there are any issues that you would like to go on the agenda, please contact MHFGA Secretary John Crompton by the end of April at secretary@mhfga.org.
MHFGA June Walk
Sunday, 12 June, 11 am
A walk around Kenwood with Peter Barber. This walk was postponed from June 2020. In March 2019 Peter conducted a fascinating walk for our members in the grounds of Waterlow Park and explained the history of Lauderdale House.