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This is the archived website of the Waterloo Festival 2021 with additional material from Waterloo Festival 2020. We hope you will enjoy exploring this cornucopia of arts, heritage and community creativity. For the current website, visit here.
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from 2021
Hart Club and 'Respair'
Hart Club designed the ‘Respair’ logo for the Waterloo Festival site. This word, ‘respair’, seems very appropriate for our current moment...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 7, 2021
RESPAIR: an installation
An installation project organised by local artists Chris Clarke, Joao Simoes-Brown and poet Kate Miller following a call for postcards of...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 12, 2021
Respair
An installation project organised by artists Chris Clarke, Joao Simoes-Brown and poet Kate Miller following a call for postcards of Respair.
Waterloo Festival Team
Apr 22, 2021
from 2020
Finding Feibusch: an illustrated talk
On Sunday, 15th November, St John's presented an illustrated talk on Hans Feibusch and his forgotten murals in churches all over London...
Waterloo Festival Team
Nov 16, 20202 min read
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Penny Lecture: Memories of a Lost City
In collaboration with Morley College, we're bringing you an online Penny Lecture! Discover the history of the Cardboard City encampment...
Waterloo Festival Team
Oct 22, 20201 min read
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Illuminated River #6: Concertina book
Coin Street have been funded by Illuminated River Foundation’s Community Fund to develop and deliver art workshops for young people aged...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 27, 20201 min read
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Artists in Waterloo #9: Rachel Wegh
Throughout Waterloo Festival 2020, we've been platforming artists who either live in or are connected to Waterloo. To finish off this...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 27, 20204 min read
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Artists in Waterloo #8: Paul Steptoe Riley
Throughout Waterloo Festival 2020, we've been platforming artists who either live in or are connected to Waterloo. The penultimate...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 26, 20201 min read
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Illuminated River #5: Strange lands and journeys over bridges
Coin Street have been funded by Illuminated River Foundation’s Community Fund to develop and deliver art workshops for young people aged...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 24, 20201 min read
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Artists in Waterloo #7: Gillian Melling
Throughout the Waterloo Festival 2020, we've been platforming artists who either live in or are connected to Waterloo. Today, we hear...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 23, 20205 min read
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Remembering 'Return to Waterloo' - film review
by Erin Quigley 'Return to Waterloo' (1984), Ray Davies of ‘The Kinks’ departure into directing, establishes itself as a musical drama...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 21, 20202 min read
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Illuminated River #4: Google Satellite views and Lanyon
Coin Street have been funded by Illuminated River Foundation’s Community Fund to develop and deliver art workshops for young people aged...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 18, 20202 min read
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Discarded: an installation in remembrance of BAME frontline workers
St John's Church, which re-opened its doors* on Monday, 15th June for a few hours everyday for quiet prayer, is hosting an installation...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 18, 20203 min read
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Premiere: our rendition of La Monte Young's Composition 1960 #7
"Collective singing is one of the oldest ways human animals have of being together. It is believed by many archaeologists that...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 16, 20201 min read
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A quick call from #2: Lance Prime #BLM
Through this series, we explore creative reactions to the recent events in the US and the UK and the #BlackLivesMatter movement....
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 11, 20201 min read
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Lockdown art #6: Silvia Ankerson
With Coin Street Community Builders' Over 50s Art Group, we were planning a very ambitious art-installation in the Churchyard of St...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 11, 20201 min read
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The Story of Waterloo #7: Leake Street
by Robert Montero Located off York Road, Leake Street wasn’t always like this. Set underneath the Waterloo Station complex, it used to...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 11, 20202 min read
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Artists in Waterloo #5: Chris Horner
Throughout the Waterloo Festival 2020, we've been platforming artists who either live in or are connected to Waterloo. Chris Horner, a...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 9, 20205 min read
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Lockdown art #5: Sunjai Gupta
With Coin Street Community Builders' Over 50s Art Group, we were planning a very ambitious art-installation in the Churchyard of St...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 6, 20201 min read
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The churchyard in Waterloo #1: Plant Portraits
Following World Environment Day, we're now exploring the Churchyard at St John's Waterloo, a historic green oasis in the heart of London....
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 6, 20202 min read
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World Environment Day #5: Mozart and the Orchestra for the Earth
In the run-up to and around the 5th of June, World Environment Day, we've been exploring our urban environment, the climate change crisis...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 5, 20201 min read
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Lockdown Art #4: Carlos Camacho
With Coin Street Community Builders' Over 50s Art Group, we were planning a very ambitious art-installation in the Churchyard of St...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 3, 20201 min read
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World Environment Day #1: A green gallery
In the run-up to and around the 5th of June, World Environment Day, we'll be exploring our urban environment, the climate change crisis...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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Lockdown Art #3: Lily Bakratsa
With Coin Street Community Builders' Over 50s Art Group, we were planning a very ambitious art-installation in the Churchyard of St...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 26, 20203 min read
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Lockdown Art #2: Katerina Jugati
With Coin Street Community Builders' Over 50s Art Group, we were planning a very ambitious art-installation in the Churchyard of St...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 22, 20201 min read
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Our creative partners #4: Rita Says and The Jerico Orchestra
Waterloo Festival thrives on creative partnerships, on bringing professionals from the world of arts and music to collaborate with and...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 21, 20202 min read
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Mental Health Awareness Week #1: Art4Minds takeover
Follow us on Instagram - we've invited our creative partners Art4Minds to take over our platform for the duration of Mental Health...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 19, 20201 min read
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Artists in Waterloo #4 - Chris Clarke
Every Tuesday for the duration of Waterloo Festival 2020, we'll be meeting an artist who either lives in or is connected to Waterloo....
Waterloo Festival Team
May 19, 20206 min read
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Green spaces #1: Bernie Spain Gardens
Situated at the heart of London, Waterloo and the South Bank are urban. Yet, a walk around our neighbourhood will unearth several green...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 16, 20202 min read
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Illuminated River #2: Van Gogh and Anderson
Coin Street have been funded by Illuminated River Foundation’s Community Fund to develop and deliver art workshops for young people aged...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 15, 20202 min read
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Lockdown art #1: an introduction
Anna Glarin, Community Programmes Co-ordinator at Coin Street Community Builders, introduces a series on locally-created lockdown art to...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 13, 20202 min read
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Artists in Waterloo #3 - Susan Haire
Every Tuesday for the duration of Waterloo Festival 2020, we'll be meeting an artist who either lives in or is connected to Waterloo....
Waterloo Festival Team
May 12, 20205 min read
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On this day... (11th May)
On the 11th of May 1818 The Old Vic, the Waterloo-based but world-famous producing theatre, was founded as The Royal Coburg Theatre. Back...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 11, 20201 min read
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A focus: Hans Feibusch #2
"To stand before an empty wall as in a trance… to let shapes cloudily emerge, to draw scenes and figures, to let light and dark rush out...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 9, 20203 min read
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A focus: Hans Feibusch #1
"To stand before an empty wall as in a trance… to let shapes cloudily emerge, to draw scenes and figures, to let light and dark rush out...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 8, 20203 min read
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Baluji at Home!
Before the current public health crisis struck, the Inner Vision Orchestra, the UK's professional orchestra of blind musicians, were...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 7, 20201 min read
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Artists in Waterloo #2 - Sheila Wallis
Every Tuesday for the duration of Waterloo Festival 2020, we'll be meeting an artist who either lives in or is connected to Waterloo....
Waterloo Festival Team
May 5, 20204 min read
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On this day... (3rd May)
On the 3rd of May 1951 the Festival of Britain was opened by King George VI at the footsteps of St Paul's Cathedral. This was one of the...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 3, 20201 min read
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Illuminated River #1: an introduction
Coin Street have been funded by Illuminated River Foundation’s Community Fund to develop and deliver art workshops for young people aged...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 1, 20202 min read
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On This Day... (30th April)
On the 30th of April 1979 Prince Charles opened the Jubilee Line which runs from Stratford to Stanmore, going all the way through London...
Waterloo Festival Team
Apr 30, 20201 min read
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The story of Waterloo #1: The Ladies' Bridge
Waterloo Bridge, connecting our local neighbourhood to the other side of the Thames, was inaugurated in 1817. In the 1930s, the London...
Waterloo Festival Team
Apr 28, 20201 min read
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Artists in Waterloo #1 - Joao Simoes-Brown
Every Tuesday for the duration of Waterloo Festival 2020, we'll be meeting an artist who either lives in or is connected to Waterloo....
Waterloo Festival Team
Apr 28, 20203 min read
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Meet Hart Club and David Bassadone
For Waterloo Festival 2020 – this year presented online – we worked alongside Hart Club to design our website and commission original...
Waterloo Festival Team
Apr 27, 20202 min read
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