A Grade ll listed house with extensive landscaped gardens, gifted for the use and enjoyment of the people by Henry Charles 'Inky' Stephens of the Stephens' Ink Company.

Events - all proceeds go towards keeping the Gardens open for all to enjoy

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The Private World of Spike Milligan

Sun 15th Jun

 

Spike's daughters Jane and Sile take you on a highly personal journey into Spike's life, work and mind through his unseen archive.

With personal stories and recollections this is an intimate small group experience.

Suitable for adults only - multiple slots throughout day

Tickets £15.00

 

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Stephens House & Gardens Guided Tour

Wed 18th Jun

19.00

Due to demand we have added an extra date for our midsummer evening guided tour of the main house and its gardens including the Bothy Garden. Find out more about the estate and its owner Henry "inky Stephens" and enjoy a glass of wine on the terrace.

Tickets £15.00 including a glass of wine 

Members £13.00

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A Midsummer Nights Dream

Sun 22nd Jun

15.00

Out Door Theatre in The Bothy Gardens

 Booking essential - Last few tickets

Shakespeare’s classic comedy of love and intrigue, magic and mayhem, is brought to life by family favourites Quantum Theatre in their wonderfully funny and exuberant production.

Set on that most dangerous of nights when fairies are abroad and nothing is as it seems four young, unsuspecting, lovers become entangled in their magical affray and soon no mortals are safe in those bewitched and bewitching woods outside Athens….

“I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was…”

Tickets £18.00,  under 16 yrs £14.00

 

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Summer Tea on the Terrace

Sun 29th Jun

Traditional High Tea Served on the Main House Terrace.

Two time slots to choose from at 14.30 and 15.30. Follow the link above to see the menu.

Please contact 

catering@stephenshouseandgardens.com if you have any dietary requirements 

£35 per person. Child under 10 years £19

Booking Essential

Please note should the weather be unkind we will move inside the House

 

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Alice Through the Looking Glass

Sun 6th Jul

15.00

Outdoor Theatre in the Bothy Gardens -

Booking essential - Last few tickets

Follow Alice’s fantastical adventures in the strange world she enters through the mirror above her drawing-room fireplace.

Here the world is laid out in the form of a giant chess board and before long Alice finds herself entering the game as a white pawn.

Quantum Theatre charts the fabulous, wonderful and rather perplexing world created by the great Lewis Carroll : truly a show for all the family.

Tickets £18.00, Under 16yrs £14..00

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Summer Party

Fri 18th Jul

Join us in the Gardens for an evening of  live music from SH&G favourites the The Johns, 
Follow our Hits Trail to win Sunday Lunch for four, try your hand at some garden games or just relax in our beautiful Gardens.

Cash bar and barbecue.

Tickets £8.50, Members £6.00

Over 18's only Entrance from 19.00 

Well behaved dogs welcome

Please note : We are a licensed Premises. Alcohol not purchased on the premises is not allowed

Follow link above for Barbeque menu 

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The Big Bad Wolf

Sun 20th Jul

11.30 & 14.30

A brand new rock and roll musical for the whole family following the scheming life of Fairy tale Land’s most feared baddy - The Big Bad wolf.

Come on a musical journey of plotting and scheming with literature’s most notorious villain.
Living in exile in the Deep Dark Wood, he parties and plays rock music every night with his cronies, far away from the goody-goody townspeople of Fairytaleville.
But whatever happened to Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs?
Is the Wolf as bad as he seems?

Tickets £18.00,  under 16 yrs £14.00

Running time: Approx. 90 mins including interval -outdoor in the Bothy Gardens

Age recommendation: 4 years +

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Vanity Fair

Thu 24th Jul

19.30

Theatre on the Main Lawn

Welcome to VANITY FAIR - a giddy carousel of social climbers, buffoons and preening dandies.

In a world of gossip and speculation, all is to play for and the stakes are perilously high - for romantic Amelia Sedley, consumed with her obsessive love and Becky Sharp, an irrepressible schemer who will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

Moving Parts Theatre Company take a fresh, inventive approach to the classics. With a dazzling score of original music, this new adaptation of Thackeray’s tale of greed, ambition, love and betrayal transports audiences from Regency salons and ballrooms to the battlefield of Waterloo!

Tickets Adult £20, Under 16 yrs £16  

Please read the FAQs following link above

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Sense and Sensibility

Sat 26th Jul

15.00

Celebrate Jane Austin's 250th Birthday - with this outdoor production in the Bothy Gardens

Elinor Dashwood has a lot of good Sense. Her sister Marianne Dashwood has an excess of Sensibility. Together they make a snappy title for Jane Austen’s classic novel of scandals, scoundrels and severely sprained ankles.

This funny, fast-paced and faithful adaptation from the critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company features live music, audience interaction, romance and heartbreak. 

Tickets £18.00,  under 16 yrs £14.00

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Garden Teddy Bear Hunt

Mon 1st Sep

♫ If you go down to the Gardens today…. ♫

Looking for an inset day activity?
Our Gardens are being visited by some friendly bears and could you please help us out?
We need spotters of all ages to assist, in finding them, please come and join us and why not bring your own bear?

Start your hunt anytime from 11.00 to 14.00

£5.00 per map/child including a teddy bear pen to take home! and a chance to win tickets for winter lights

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Sunday Lunch in the House

Sun 14th Sep

Lunch served in the house from 12:00 to 14:30.

Booking for lunch is essential please email info@stephenshouseandgardens.com giving number of guests and time required and a contact phone number

or call 020 8346 7812, option 1,

Home of 'Inky' Stephens

17 East End Road,
Finchley, London N3 3QE
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