A night out on the Battersea Barge

Now that summer has finally arrived, where better to take in a cabaret show than a venue designed for messing about on the river: the Battersea Barge, bobbing on the Thames more or less in the shadow of the iconic power station. Tonight’s performer is Alp Haydar, a real one-off who specialises in creating and playing bonkers satirical characters, recording their stories on video then interacting with the projected images during his live shows. Anything is fair game, from his own Turkish-Cypriot background to the inanity of daytime TV or small-minded nationalism. All with plenty of songs and laughs, of course.