A Tonic to the Nation: The Immigrant and Refugee Contribution to the Festival of Britain
Scheduled to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Festival of Britain, this one-day symposium wexplored an important but still widely overlooked aspect of the Festival and its
The Choir At The Bridge
Starting in April 2026, we launched a brand new choir for people living with dementia and their carer(s) at St John’s Waterloo, led by the wonderful team at Age Exchange. [&helli
Ekphrasis: Words meet Sculpture
As part of the Now I Make a Leaf of Voices sculpture exhibition at the Waterloo Festival 2026, held in the churchyard garden of St John’s, members of the Creative Writing [&
Streetwise Opera: Streetwise Sessions
Starting in April 2025, award-winning homelessness charity Streetwise Opera is delivering free weekly singing and creative workshops aimed at people with lived experience of homele
PREAMBLE
Preamble is a new music education programme at St John’s Waterloo, designed to introduce young people – especially those with limited access to live music – to the jo
Cloud of Witnesses
Racial justice and inter-faith integrity are the central inspiration for this exhibition project. Working ecumenically and wanting to reach out to all faiths, St John’s Waterloo
Composers Competition
As part of St John’s Waterloo upcoming 200th anniversary celebration, we’re partnering with one of our long-standing music partners to offer the chance to composers to have the
The Chamber Sessions
From January 2025, the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) will launch The Chamber Sessions, a series of intimate hour-long 6.30pm concerts at St John’s Church Waterloo. Followin
“The Spirit of the Bullrings lives on…”
Approaching St John’s Waterloo‘s (SJW) bicentennial celebration in late 2024, SJW and The Bridge At Waterloo (TBAW) started working on a heritage project to remember the Bu