Making Connections returns to the Old Waiting Room, Peckham
A COMMUNITY ARTS FESTIVAL HOSTED WITHIN
PECKHAM RYE STATION’S HIDDEN ARCHITECTURAL GEM
Following the success of the first season last December, Making Connections has returned to The Old Waiting Room with a brand-new series of free and affordable art events. Running from 1st June until 14th July 2024, this summer’s series will include film screenings, large scale artworks and site-specific theatre, plus several talks and community workshops.
Hidden above Peckham Rye station and closed to the public since 1965, The Old Waiting Room has been dormant, derelict and waiting to be repurposed. It sits between two working platforms, with trains and passengers visible beyond its windows. Originally a waiting room, it has been a billiards hall, an illegal rave venue, and a pop-up arts space. Making Connections 24 will engage new audiences and maximise the potential of the space as architects, artists and activists reimagine and reinterpret it.
Photo credit: Benedict O'Looney Architects
Designed and directed by majority female, marginalised or under-represented artists, Making Connections focuses on community, care and social connection through creative experiences. The series highlights the importance of these narratives and the need to stand together in the face of adversity and conflict. Work presented explores how healing and solidarity have an impact on mental-wellbeing and our sense of belonging. Making Connections is funded by Arts Council England and Southwark Council’s Thriving High Streets Fund. Produced by Lost Text/Found Space, the series aims to be a platform to share and connect, to enable future collaborations in Peckham and beyond.
MAKING CONNECTIONS 24
1st June - 14th July 2024
Peckham Rye Station, Station Way, London SE15 4RX
Website: losttextfoundspace.com
Instagram: losttextfoundspace
Tickets and listings:
https://www.losttextfoundspace.com/makingconnectionsowr
ABOUT THE OLD WAITING ROOM
The Old Waiting Room at Peckham Rye station is a hidden gem of London architecture. Closed to the public since 1965, it has been dormant and derelict, waiting to be repurposed since falling into disuse. It sits between two working platforms, with trains and passengers visible beyond its windows. From the station forecourt a beautiful staircase spirals up two floors to the room itself. Inside, a grand exposed-wooden vaulted ceiling rises above, on a grand scale, while below the space awaits new life to come and go.
ABOUT LOST TEXT/FOUND SPACE
Making Connections is produced by Lost Text/Found Space, an evolving female-led collective of artists and theatre makers who are passionate about working in found sites bringing lost and unheard voices and views to new audiences. We place site, play and text on equal footing, creating bold, layered performances in which audiences feel a strong, playful sense of engagement.
‘Lost Text/Found Space prove that in The Massacre they have found a play for today’ - The Times, 2017
‘Lost Space/Found Text’s approach is gentle and intimate, guiding the audience through the performance and inviting them to participate in small ways.’ - Exeunt Magazine, 2017
‘Most impressive is the fusion of linear narrative with immersive experience to connect Inchbald’s impassioned play to today’s refugee crisis’ - The Stage, 2017
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