Good morning, and welcome to your weekly round up of What's on in Battersea.

Every Thursday we compile all the eye-catching events occurring in and nearby Battersea over the weekend. 

Read on for Battersea's not to be missed outings this week, and remember, you can add your event for FREE using the Nub It button!

Until April 16: Spring Festival at Battersea Power Station

It's time to stop and smell the roses, daisies and alstroemerias at Battersea Power Station. This Spring join two jam-packed weeks of family-friendly activities, workshops, games and even a giant flower trail.

Thursday, April 13: Moments

Step into an immersive audio journey through Battersea Arts Centre. Allow your imagination to take the lead as you uncover visual art, local history and untold stories.

Friday, April 14: The PappyCabaretShow

The playful ensemble company host this exciting mixed-bill of performances that showcase their own work and other outstanding artists they love. Dance, laugh and come together as they introduce exhilarating physical performance, spoken word and a live DJ set; all with collaboration, community and showcasing marginalised identities at the heart of the night.

Until April 16: Nicola Bealing - Chapter 2: The Borough

The Borough is a suite of new paintings by Bealing, completed with the support of The Bryan Robertson Award, which Bealing won in 2021. The series takes its title from George Crabbe's long poem of the same name. Published in 1810, it describes the inhabitants & institutions of a fictional coastal village through a series of letters.

Letter no. XXII is the disturbing account of Peter Grimes, a fisherman who takes on a series of young apprentices who one by one meet grisly ends at his hands. It is from here that Bealing has departed on this series of works.

Typical of Bealing's work we find a push/pull effect in the paintings – the viewer is drawn in by colour and seductive paint work but then repulsed and slapped back by the imagery and subject matter. This is especially relevant in this body of work where the source material is such a fundamentally shocking account, when the distancing effects of time and fictionalisation are stripped away.