Our Patch AUTUMN 2017
Chiswick House. Escorted
walks by the architectural
historian are few and far
between. Book by emailing
pallastours@rickypound.
london. Meet 2.30 at the rear
of the house in Chiswick
House Gardens. From £4
From 3 October
The Seagull
Lyric W6
Tuesday auctions, here’s your
chance. The bidding starts at
11am, with everything from
antiques to vintage clothes,
paintings to silver, toys to
jewellery. Free entry
www.chiswickauctions.co.uk
3 October-4 November
The Seagull, The Lyric W6
8 October
The Pretenders, Apollo W6
It’s as if they’ve never been
away. The Pretenders return,
with the evergreen Chrissie
Hynde at the helm, following
their album Alone, released at
the end of last year. Support
from London folk rockers
The Rails. £57
www.eventimapollo.com
10 October
Mike & The Mechanics,
Shepherds Bush Empire W12
A new version of Anton
Chekhov’s celebrated
masterpiece, written by Simon
Stephens and directed by Sean
Holmes, starring Lesley Sharp
as Irina. The show looks at
the destructiveness of love.
From £15.
www.lyric.co.uk Marking the finale of the
band’s round-Europe Let Me
Fly album tour, the Empire
hosts Mike Rutherford and
pals. 7pm. £51.65
www.academymusicgroup.com
3-7 October
Gilbert (No Sullivan),
Barons Court Theatre W6 Mind-bending songs and
lyrics from frontman John
Darnielle as they tour new
album, Goths. 7pm. £28.65
www.academymusicgroup.com
A comic evening featuring the
stories and ballads of WS
Gilbert, adapted for stage by
Joseph Nixon and Brian
Mitchell and presented by The
Foundry Group; with Mitchell
joined by David Mounfield. At
the Curtain’s Up pub,
Comeragh Road. £12
Box office: 020 8932 4747.
www.offwestend.com
5 October
Citizen, Bush Hall W12
Formed nearly a decade ago as
a high-school indie rock band,
this American group best
known for the album
Everybody Is Going to Heaven
arrive, with support from
Honey Lung. Discounts for
ticket holders at the
neighbouring Bush Hall
Dining Rooms. 7.30pm. £16
www.bushhallmusic.co.uk
8 October
Symbolism tour,
Chiswick House W4
Historian Ricky Pound leads a
tour which looks at masonic
influences in garden design at
11 October
The Mountain Goats,
Shepherds Bush Empire W12
24-28 October
Burglar Bill, The Lyric
11 October
The Mountain Goats
Shepherds Bush Empire W12
Trust pavilion car park off
Alexandra Gardens, the
proceeds from the market
(10am-2pm), run in
conjunction with the
Masonians Bowls Club, will
improve facilities and
biodiversity in the popular
riverside park. Free.
www.dukesmeadowstrust.org
Aimed at the under 8s, and
adapted from Janet and Allan
Ahlberg’s book, Pied Piper
Theatre presents a half-term
show for all the family, told
with puppets, dance, music
and song by Burglar Bill and
Burglar Betty. £10
www.lyric.co.uk
26 October
Public Service
Broadcasting, Apollo
It’s the band’s biggest gig to
date, and follows the release
of the album Every Valley
– a hymn to abandoned
communities in industrial
South Wales. Support comes
from the band Palace.
From £29.50.
www.eventimapollo.com
THE NATIONAL
HAMMERSMITH APOLLO
15 October
Bharatanatyam Recital,
Bhavan Centre W14
Mahima and Shivangi
Chandrashekar perform
traditional dancing to live
music from Rahda Badri and
musicians. The concert will
benefit the centre, and
contribute to the UK-India
year of culture. 5.30pm.
From £10.
www.bhavan.net
18 October
Pub quiz, The Old
Packhorse W4
The trivia blitz begins at 8pm
every Wednesday in the
popular Chiswick High Road
pub. There’s a limit of six per
team, and mobile phones are
outlawed! £2 per person.
www.oldpackhorsechiswick.co.uk
22 October
Chiswick Food Market,
Market Drive W4
Staged in the Dukes Meadows
25-28 September
The National
T
he National return to
London on a tour of
the world to promote
their beguiling new album
Sleep Well Beast, released
earlier this month on
independent South London
label 4AD.
The seventh studio
album from the band –
long known for making
grown men with beards
cry in unison – sees
the band arrive at the
Hammersmith Apollo for
a four-night stand (25-
28 September) as they
continue to perfect their
soul-wrenching sound
by keeping things pure
and simple.
The Cincinnati Ohio
band also scored their
first-ever chart #1 with
new tune The System Only
Dreams In Total Darkness.
The album was produced
by guitarist Aaron Dessner,
with recording sessions in
New York, Berlin, Paris and
Los Angeles.
Support is from the
exceptional young British
band This is the Kit. Tickets
from £39.50
www.eventimapollo.com