Our Patch april 2015
31 March-1 April
Catfish & The Bottlemen
are touring their debut
album, ‘The Balcony’, the
culmination of six years of
tenacity and sheer bloodymindedness.7pm. £13.50
www.O2shepherdsbushempire.
co.uk
4 April
l The Men They Couldn’t
Hang, O2 Shepherds Bush
Empire W12
Reincarnation of the 30-yearold folk punk band (around
long enough to have backed
David Bowie), with Stefan
Cush still at the microphone.
Also on the bill, Merry Hell
and The London Sewage
Company. 7pm. £20.25
www.O2shepherdsbushempire.
co.uk
5-6 April
l Easter Trail, Fulham
Palace SW6
The museum and the gardens
are full of clues on both
Easter Sunday and Easter
Monday. If you find them all
(starting in the Tudor
courtyard), you’ll win a
chocolate prize. Children
must be accompanied.
Suitable for anyone over
age two, no booking needed.
1-3.30pm £2
www.fulhampalace.org
8 April
l Milton’s Big Ego
with John Williams,
Bush Hall W12
A cohort of the finest
guitarists in the UK join
forces in support of
leukaemia charities.
On the 10th anniversary of
guitarist Milton Mermikides’
life-saving bone marrow
transplant, this is a unique
opportunity to experience
a diverse ensemble of
star guitarists including
Craig Ogden, Gary Ryan,
Bridget Mermikides, Declan
Zapala and internationallyacclaimed classical guitarist
John Williams perform
a specially-arranged
programme of jazz, classical
and world music. 7.30pm.
£25
www.bushhallmusic.co.uk
11 April
l Tribute to JJ Cale,
Brooks BLues Bar W6
Steve Morrison leads a band
made up of some of London’s
finest blues musicians in an
evening dedicated to the
songwriting of JJ Cale, who
died in 2013. 7.30pm. £10
www.incognitodance.com
by Ben Smith. 7.30pm.
£14.50
www.bushhallmusic.co.uk
20 April-23 April
l National Theatre
Connections,
Bush Theatre W12
Each year the National
Theatre invites 10 writers to
create new plays for young
people to perform. Now 260
youth theatre companies
will present the premieres of
these plays in venues from
Belfast to Norfolk. Each
company will also perform
at one of 27 Connections
festiv