Poets respond to ‘HERE’

The London Group at Waterloo Festival 2025

As part of the HERE sculpture exhibition at Waterloo Festival 2025, held in the churchyard garden of St John’s, members of the Creative Writing Club have collaborated with artists from The London Group to produce new writing in response to the artworks installed in the Churchyard.

The writers, John Sheehy, Fiona, Katerina Jugati, Elyz and David Simoes Brown, led by poet Anna Robinson, developed their work over the course of spring 2025, using sketches, drawings, and photographs provided by the London Group sculptors as inspiration. As part of the Opening Night of Waterloo Festival 2025, members of the Creative Writing Club at St John’s Waterloo shared their work in a relaxed recital across the churchyard, presenting their pieces alongside the artworks that inspired them. What a fantastic night it was.

Video recordings of the poetry readings (each video is between 30 secs to 1 min)

         
         
         
         
         
         
         

 

Audio recordings by the poets

“Here” Exhibition Catalogue

Waterloo Festival photo album


HERE
St John’s Churchyard
St John’s Waterloo, 73 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8TY
on till Sat 6 Sep || Open: 9am – 8pm || Free entry
Nearest tube: Waterloo


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