16+ hour, 54+ min ago   (135+ words) Human Nature – Gunnersbury Park Museum The Chiswick Calendar What's on in Chiswick Human Nature – Gunnersbury Park Museum 25 August 2026 - 30 May 2027 As part of Gunnersbury Park’s continued centenary celebration, the Young Curators have been exploring the Park through their lens. Tuesday 25 August…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (102+ words) Get creative in Amy’s studio, all about going into the Woods. For ages 5–11, with parents/carers. Join artist Amy Shuckburgh for a fun and inspiring Sunday morning drawing workshop for children and their parents or carers. Come and get inspired…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (184+ words) Horatio Nelson, Fever and Fire is a captivating one-man show written and performed by Adam Preston, telling the life story of Britain’s foremost naval hero. Described as an ‘outstanding achievement’ by London Theatre 1, the show is based on deep research,…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (717+ words) Agatha Christie in 1912; books by Cathy Rentzenbrink and Sophie Hannah Agatha Christie spent much of her early life in Ealing – a good west London pub quiz fact if ever there was one. This year’s Chiswick Book Festival will be celebrating…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (772+ words) Simon Gray (1936 – 2008) The actor Simon Callow was in Chiswick on Sunday night (6 September) to talk about his friend of 25 years, the late novelist and playwright Simon Gray. Over a period of 45 years Gray wrote five published novels, 40 original stage plays,…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (197+ words) Romeo and Hamed is a bold, provocative queer reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy from debut writer Scott Horgan. Romeo moves through a world that never softens. Croydon’s concrete glare presses in from every side, until Hamed cuts through it. Their connection…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (624+ words) From 30 September to 3 October, Chiswick community theatre group St Michael’s Players is staging a production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Dario Fo wrote it in 1970 as an enraged response to the fall of Giuseppe Pinelli, an anarchist railway worker,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (111+ words) Hitchcock for Halloween: Chiswick Cinema will revisit the pioneering direction of Alfred Hitchcock in part two of the exclusive Halloween retrospective covering the master of suspense’s influential career. 
 Verloc, the manager of a London West End Cinema, is also the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (552+ words) Guy Fairbank, London Blue Badge Guide and leader of the Chiswick Book Festival’s Chiswick Rocks walk Guest blog by Guy Fairbank Chiswick has a surprisingly rich musical heritage. Handily placed for Heathrow, away from the hustle and bustle of the…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (277+ words) Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope – Riverside Studios The Chiswick Calendar What's on in Chiswick Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope – Riverside Studios 30 August - 1 September 2026 Mark Farrelly brings his hugely acclaimed solo play to Riverside Studios for an up-close encounter with the original Englishman…...