Battersea Power Station Development Company

• Nothing says Easter like petting cute farmyard animals, and kids favourites Sharky & George will bring their free outdoor Mobile Farm to Battersea Power Station with llamas, chickens, ducks and ferrets!  
• Bring your budding baker for an afternoon of Easter decorating with luxury biscuit decorating boutique Biscuiteers 
• Back by popular demand, Skewbald Theatre will return with a modern twist on the classic tale of The Pied Piper of Hamelin with “The Pied Piper – A Ratty Tale”
• Chickenshed will stage “Tales from the Easter Shed”, a special adaptation of its classic “Tales from The Shed” play.

Battersea Power Station will become the ultimate playground for kids big and small this Easter, with special activities from egg-spert partners including a Sharky & George petting zoo, interactive plays with The Skewbald Theatre and Chickenshed, and biscuit icing with luxury biscuit boutique Biscuiteers. 

Adults can browse the new riverside weekend 'Food and Craft market’ running for four days, (19 –22 April) featuring street food, sweets and desserts, artisan bread, cured meats and farmhouse cheeses, and even try mindfulness chocolate tasting. 

Activities will run throughout April, and for those wanting to make a cracking day of it, there’ll be no egg-scuses not to enjoy the incredible “Eggstra Specials” at Battersea’s riverside restaurants. 

Events include:

The Pied Piper - A Ratty Tale theatre performance 

11 & 12 April, 11am & 2pm 
13 & 14 April, 11am & 1pm & 3pm

Back at The Village Hall by popular demand, Skewbald Theatre returns with a modern twist on the classic tale of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Featuring Interactive Storytelling, Shadow Puppetry, Rubbish, Rats, Rats & more Rats, a marvellous musical Super Hero and toe tapping music this show will be sure to have the whole family entertained. 

Recommended for 3+ years. 

Find out more information and book tickets here.

Easter Bunny Biscuit Decorating the Biscuiteers Way

13 – 14 April, 11:30am – 12:15pm, £7.50

Bring your budding baker for an afternoon of Easter biscuit decorating with luxury biscuit boutique Biscuiteers. Biscuiteers’ team of expert icers will be coming to Battersea Power Station to show kids how to ice their own Easter themed biscuits using fun shapes and bright, colourful icing.  

This Little School of Biscuiteers taster includes all the icing and edible decorations to make a beautiful box of 3 biscuits, which each child can take away. They’ll learn the tricks of the trade so they can try the techniques at home. 

Book tickets here.

Tales from the Easter Shed – a Chickenshed performance

16 – 18 April, £7.50

With a spring in their step and bunny ears on their heads, Chickenshed’s Tales from the Shed is on tour! Tales from the Easter Shed is a vibrant, interactive theatre show that is perfect for young children, who are encouraged to make a lot of noise and help to create the story. Guarantted to be hugely entertaining, there will be colourful puppets, lots of dancing and catchy songs!

Book tickets here.

Mobile Farm with Sharky & George

19 – 21 April, 11am – 5pm, Free. 

Creative superstars and kids’ favourites Sharky & George will bring their free outdoor Mobile Farm to Battersea Power Station, giving kids the chance to see and hold chickens, ducks, ferrets and lamas! As well as farmyard friends, the Easter bunny will be on hand to give out goodies in the piazza. Sharky & George will also be leading Easter egg hunts, high-energy games and arts and crafts all day long.

Book tickets here.

FREE Easter Egg Hunt & Eggshibition 

19 – 22 April 

Hunt for eggs, learn about the animals that lay them, play games and win prizes. Head to The Hatch in the Piazza to collect you map. 

Mindful Chocolate Making with Food at Heart

23 April 

Who said Easter is just for kids? Battersea Power Station will host mindful chocolate making workshops with Food at Heart, followed by an adult Easter Egg hunt. Keep an eye on the Battersea Power Station, ‘What’s On’ page herefor more details. 

 

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About Battersea Power Station:

• Battersea Power Station is one of central London’s largest, most visionary and eagerly anticipated new town centres in which roughly half the development will consist of shops, restaurants and office space. In addition, there will be a six-acre public park, a town square and a new tube station (scheduled to be within Zone 1).
• The Battersea Power Station project covers 42 acres and includes 3.5m sq ft of mixed commercial space, together with 4,239 new homes.
• The successful regeneration of Battersea Power Station will create 20,000 new jobs, inject £20bn into the UK economy and create a funding mechanism for the first majortube line extension since the Millennium. A new NHS medical facility is also being built.
• Circus West Village is the first phase of the development that opened to the public and residents in 2017 and formsthe heart of the neighbourhood, providing a mix of new shops and restaurants, as well as an ongoing programme of events that have been enjoyed by over two million people so far. A new MBNA Thames Clippers River Bus service also commenced last year
• The Battersea Academy of Skills Excellence (BASE), the development company’s bespoke jobs and training service created for those living locally, was launched in 2016.  It is focusedon matching people with jobs at Battersea as well as providing training relevant to the job pipeline at the development.
• The widerBattersea Power Station development is owned by a consortium of Malaysian investors comprised of S PSetia (40%), Sime Darby Property (40%) and The Employees’ Provident Fund (20%), with the commercial assets within the Power Station building now being directly owned byPermodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) and EPF. Management of the development is being undertakenby the British-based Battersea Power Station Development Company.