Acton Events Guide and What's On Listing
This is a guide to what's on in Acton, your place to find things to do in the area.
John Bellany RA
Venue: Gainsborough's House
Location: Sudbury
Times: Open:
Monday to Saturday 10am-5pm;
Closed:
Sundays (including Bank Holiday weekends),
Good Friday
Between 23rd December and 2nd January
Telephone: 01787 372958
"I am both humbled and overjoyed at being invited to have an exhibition with the illustrious Thomas Gainsborough...He has been one of my heroes for half a century, because of his power, his vision and above all his tremendous brush work." Read more »
GROVE HOUSE SUMMER CONCERT
Venue: LONDON GROVE HOUSE.
Location: Wandsworth
LONDON GROVE HOUSE.
SAT 13TH SEP, 2008 1.30-7.30pm
In an outdoor concert of wonderful variety, the fabulous a capella group Voces8 will be performing their programme 'Feeling Good'. An exciting show with uniquely arranged favourites from the razzle-dazzle of Cole Porter to the rock and roll of Elvis Presley! Songs include arrangements of Fever, Who Will Buy, Good Vibrations, The Luckiest and Straighten Up and Fly Right. Other acts are a Brazilian Samba Duo performing lively and rhythmical dance beats from Brazil & a top-class Jazz Trio performing all the recognisable jazz standards. Bring picnic blankets, good food and drink for all the family and friends for a day of fun to include music, hog roasts, student priced bars, candy floss sellers, carousel rides and walks in the stunning grounds of the Grade 1 Listed Grove Park House. An event not to be missed!£15.00 50+ available
ROUND OUR GAFF PRESENTS HOLY GHOST REVIVAL
Venue: LONDON THE ENTERPRISE~
Location: Camden Town
LONDON THE ENTERPRISE~
SAT 13TH SEP, 2008 8pm-1am
Round Our Gaff returns in September for another Saturday night stormer with Seattle mentalists HOLY GHOST REVIVAL, plus special guests to be announced. Advance tickets are £5 (£7 on the door), and we're expecting this one to sell out so get in there early.£5.00 30 available
ARTSMART - Autumn Term 2008
Venue: Gainsborough's House
Location: Sudbury
Times: Term-time Saturdays from 10.30am - 12.30pm
Telephone: 01787 372958
ARTSMART is a Saturday morning art class for children aged 7-12 and will make use of the facilities in the Education Centre and the Print Workshop. Sessions are taught by different tutors with a variety of specialist knowledge. Children have the opportunity to improve their artistic skills and learn about many artists and styles. Read more »
Lunctime Music with Crossland
Venue: Church of St John the Baptist, Greenhill
Location: Harrow on the Hill
Neil Crossland studied at the Royal College of music, and after graduating as a major prizewinner in both piano and composition was featured in The Times in their Great British Hopes series. As well as concerts all over Europe he has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, St John's, Smith Square, the Barbican and has made six appearances at the Purcell Room. In 2003 Neil gave a series of recitals at St James's, Piccadilly where he performed all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas which have since been recorded on the innovative Deltatel record label.
Neil has given numerous broadcasts on BBC Radio, he has performed many of his own works live, and he has twice been invited as a guest on Radio 3's In Tune programme. He has also recorded music by the distinguished astronomer Sir Patrick Moore, and appeared on the BBC's The Sky at Night programme looking at the links between music and astronomy. Just before the programme Neil had the unusual task of transcribing the opening theme for solo piano.
At the Southwark Festival Neil performed Beethoven's Emperor Concerto with the British Chamber Orchestra directed by Owain Arwel Hughes and most recently played Mozart's Piano Concerto in A, K488 with the Blackpool Symphony Orchestra. Amongst his recordings, Neil's first two CDs of Liszt and Rachmaninov were chosen by The London Evening Standard as selections of the week.
In recent years Neil has increasingly turned his attention to composition. His ballet Catharsis Op 34 is dedicated to Prince Ernst of Hanover and in 2003 he completed all seven of Schubert's unfinished piano sonatas and recorded them on three CDs. In memory of his late father, who sadly died in 2005, he composed his Yorkshire Suite Op 41 which he premiered at the Wigmore Hall in 2006. Since then he has completed a Requiem, a large scale work for orchestra, chorus and four soloists. It is hoped that it will be given it's premier performance in 2008. In spite of his busy performing schedule, Neil continues to find time to compose and is also a highly respected teacher of music and piano.
Lunch time concerts are held at 12.30pm on alternate Thursdays from September to the beginning of July (details are included below). There will be a retiring collection to help cover the expenses. Snacks are available from 11.45am. Read more »
The Chevrons
Venue: The Grand Junction Arms
Location: Southall
The Chevrons
- Blues/ Rock
Take four talented musicians where their music has strong Rock Blues influence overlayed with their own original melodic ideas.
"A band whose every live performance is a powerful energetic mixture of Rock , Blues and Soul giving 100%.
Playing great music of up to 100 cover songs of varied Rock R n'B style plus approximately 30 original numbers.
A band who pride themselves on excellent vocal harmonies and instrumentation with a presentation that gets the audience up dancing."
Band members include David Galt - guitar, Terry Sullivan - vocals, Jerry Wallis - bass and Steve Tama - drums.
Places Nearby
Acton • East Acton • Bedford Park • Old Oak Common • South Acton • Stamford Brook • West Acton • Acton Green • North Acton • Shepherd's Bush • Turnham Green • Gunnersbury • Hammersmith • Park Royal • College Park • Hanger Hill • Ravenscourt • Ealing • Grove Park • Lower Place • Stonebridge • White City • Brook Green • Chiswick • Craven Park • Harlesden • North Kensington • St. Charles • Alperton • Castlenau •
