OUR PATCH SEPTEMBER 2016
September-October
3 September
l Spikedrivers,
Brooks Blues Bar W6
Guitarist Ben Tyzack,
bassist Constance
Redgrave and percussionist
Maurice McElroy play
gutsy transatlantic at the
atmospheric Brooks Blues
Bar. 7.30pm. £12
brooksbluesbar.co.uk
3 September
l Abstract Art,
Bhavan Centre W14
Ghanshyam Gupta and Taru
Shikha share the wallspace at
the Bhavan for a three-day
art show which ranges from
centripetal colour circles to
calming abstract canvasses.
11am-7pm, entry free.
bhavan.net
8-9 September
l David Brent, Apollo W6
The creator of Ricky Gervais
is on stage at the Eventin
Apollo for two nights,
plugging his new album and
film, Life On The Road.
7.30pm. Returns only
eventimapollo.com
performer Junius Meyvant
rides the crest of Iceland’s
new optimism with an
eccentric show. Doors open
7.30pm. £11
bushhallmusic.co.uk
by the celebrated nay player,
Shaho Andalibi, on tombak
percussion by Fariborz Kiani
and santour (dulcimer) player
Saeid Kordmafi.
bushhallmusic.co.uk
23 September
l Albert Hammond,
Under the Bridge SW6
25 September-1 January
l The Magic Cavern,
Barons Court Theatre W14
Hard to believe he’s been
writing songs for half a
century, but the man who
penned It Never Rains In
Southern California and
When I Need You is back to
play the hits you’ll recognise
in the subterranean club at
Stamford Bridge. £25.
brooksbluesbar.co.uk
25 September
l Majid Derakhshani,
Bush Hall W12
Prominent Iranian composer/
instrumentalist Majid
Derakhshani is accompanied
London’s longest-running
cellar magic show returns for
the 13th season of Sunday
afternoon shows in the vaults
that make up the Barons
Court Theatre. Once again
Richard Leigh waves his
wand. At the Curtain’s Up
pub, Comeragh Road. £9.
Box office: 020 8932 4747
offwestend.com
29 September
l Ronan Keating,
Apollo W6
Hear songs from Ronan’s
new album Time Of My
26 September
-15 October
Madani Younis
takes the Bush
Theatre on tour
10 September-1 October
l Things I Know To Be
True, The Lyric W6
Bold, comic and touching,
Andrew Bovell’s new play
comes to Hammersmith,
telling the story of a family
and marriage through the
eyes of four grown-up
siblings. Contains strong
language. From £15.
lyric.co.uk
16 September
l Junius Meyvant,
Bush Hall W12
26 September
Rising soul and
rap star Ray BLK
comes to Bush Hall
14/15
Icelandic music involves
more than merely slapping
your hands together and
making loud hooting
sounds in French football
stadiums. Folk pop
THIS PLACE WE KNOW FESTIVAL
Six new plays, six directors, six unexpected venues.
The Bush Theatre has borrowed a string of spaces
along Uxbridge Road over the next two months.
Watch shows at the Nubian Life Resource Centre, the
Defector’s Weld, Bar FM, Room 56 (the old Shepherds
Bush Palladium), St Stephen’s primary school and St
Stephen’s church. “We’re stepping out of our building
into the heart of Shepherds Bush,” said artistic director
Madani Younis. £12.50 bushtheatre.co.uk