What’s on
Fruit Machine - Andrew Lumsden: Art & Activism, 1972-2022
Exhibition: Tuesday 18th November - Monday 2nd March 8.30am-5pm
Andrew Lumsden was a pioneering gay journalist, activist and artist. This exhibition celebrates his still lifes, interiors, landscapes and portraits from over half a century of drawings.
Women’s Wellbeing
Tuesdays, 11am-12noon
Join us for our women’s wellbeing sessions, led by yoga practitioner Vimalamani. These sessions provide a welcoming and safe space to take part in gentle movement and meditation, helping to improve your mood, confidence, and feelings of wellbeing.
In The Canvas
Afterschool Games Club
Tuesdays, 3.30-4.30pm
Afterschool sessions for children to take part in a variety of games, from active drama, to board and card games.
Children in School Years 1-5
In The Canvas
Melodies of Bollywood
Every Tuesday, 6.30-9pm
This fun and inclusive workshop invites everyone to learn and sing Bollywood songs together before an open mic where you can share your talent or simply enjoy the performances, creating a joyful space for music, connection and community.
In the Mulberry Hall
Gentle Yoga and Sound
Tuesdays, 7-8pm
This class is for anyone who wishes to practise gently and relax deeply. We begin with calming meditation and gentle breath-led movement to release physical tension before transitioning into some restorative postures and relaxation infused with the healing energy of sound.
In The Canvas
ELM Acupuncture (East London Multibed)
Wednesdays, 10am-1pm
Community Acupuncture offers gentle, ethical and affordable solutions to pain, stress and illness. Acupuncture can treat a very broad range of conditions, from the physical to the mental-emotional.
In The Canvas
Qigong Practice
Wednesdays, 2-2.30pm
Join a friendly group practising Qigong movements together with Truus every Wednesday. Qigong improves health, and to calm and heal the mind, body and spirit.
In The Canvas
Crafterschool
Wednesdays, 3.45-5.15pm
Afterschool arts and crafting sessions for children to have fun, learn skills and be mindful.
Children in Reception to School Year 4
Pink Triangles on Parade
Wednesday 25th February, 6.30-8.30pm
Join artist and activist Dan de la Motte in this LGBTQIA+ History Month workshop to explore the pink triangles that populate the exhibition, Fruit Machine, and their history and significance. Participants will come up with their own pink triangle, with a date that is meaningful to their own LGBTQIA+ journey or identity.
Ignite London: Write like a Grrrl
Wednesdays (five weeks), 6.45-8.45pm
If you haven’t written creatively before but always wanted to, or if you haven’t written for some time and want to kick-start your practice, then this low-cost, intensive course is for you.
Vinyasa Flow
Thursdays, 7.30-8.30am
This welcoming Vinyasa Flow class is designed to support beginners while offering options for more experienced practitioners.
In The Canvas
Poetic Pottery - Clay Workshop
Every Other Thursday, 6-8pm
An exploration of words and their physical forms through clay and word printing.
Open Mic Night
Last Thursday of the month, from 6.30pm
Join us for our friendly monthly Open Mic night in The Gallery Cafe.
PsychArt Workshop Series | Herbal Tea Making: Exploring Plants and the Nervous System
Thursday 26th February, 7-9.15pm
In this workshop, medicinal plant scientist Laz guides you through herbal medicine making, with plants to support stress and mental health.
In the Mulberry Hall
Sound Bath with Dan Bilbrough a.k.a Sekrit
Last Thursday of the month, 7.30-9pm
Experience the immersive rejuvenating frequencies of a Sound Bath. Through the use of Himalayan Singing Bowls, Gong and Percussion, this session will help you feel more enriched, connected and in harmony with yourself.
In the Chapel
Friday Massage
Fridays, 10am-1pm
Our Friday Massage is inspired by the informal massage rooms of South East Asia. They enjoy working in a shared space as it creates a safe and open atmosphere, welcoming all and providing a container that establishes community, connection, and healing.
In The Canvas
Health Tree Acupuncture
Mondays, 2-6pm / Fridays, 2-7pm
The multibed clinic allows the treatment of a number of people in the same room while protecting your privacy, dignity, and confidentiality. Furthermore, it also provides the opportunity to offer treatments at an affordable rate.
In The Canvas
D/deaf Cafe
Last Friday of the month, 4-7pm
We’re excited to be collaborating with Remark's Community Team, to create an inclusive and integrated space for people to come together to have conversations using BSL, whether it is your first language, you are learning or want to increase your D/deaf awareness.
Points of Interest
Exhibition: Saturday 28th February - Sunday 1st March, 10am-5pm
Opening Event: Friday 27th February, 6.30-8.30pm
Curated by Lenka Della-Porta and Yilin Wong, this exhibition presents thirteen London-based artists. Exploring nostalgia and change, the exhibition weaves personal memories into collective patterns of longing, loss, adolescence, and shared becoming.
In the Chapel
Shag Pile - Weekly Swing Dance
Every Friday, from 6.45pm
Dive into the world of Collegiate Shag - the swift footed swing dance that set the 1920s on fire! Learn to dance fast without losing your cool with our expert teaching team and friendly regulars.
In the Mulberry Hall
Saturday Morning Stretch - Hatha Yoga
Saturdays, 9-10am
The perfect way to start your Saturday! Enjoy guided meditation and breath work surrounded by blissful music. Followed by dynamic movement and restorative stretching. Leave feeling connected to the body and breath! Sweating optional, smiling inevitable!
In The Canvas
Saturday Circus Club
Saturdays, 9.45-10.45am and 11am-12noon
Saturday morning sessions for children to learn circus skills, developing communication and creative thinking.
9.45am: Children in School Years 1-3 (younger children can attend, accompanied by an adult)
11am: Children in School Years 4-6
In the Mulberry Hall
Pregnancy Yoga with Sarah Burgess
Saturdays, 10.30-11.45am
The primary focus of this Pregnancy Yoga class is to support and enhance your pre-natal experience. The aim is to encourage a sense of relaxation and confidence all the way through your pregnancy up to, and including, labour.
In The Canvas
Natural Dye Studio
Last Saturday of the month, 12noon-2pm
Join Porsha Hill for a hands-on introduction to natural dyeing—explore its history, techniques, and create your own unique design using plant dyes.
Extra Second London
Last Saturday of the month, from 6.30pm
A cosy poetry, spoken word, music and discussion night on the last Saturday of every month. Open mic followed by discussion.
In the Chapel
Restorative Pilates
Sundays, 11am-12noon
A supportive mat Pilates class connecting mind and body to build stability, mobility and ease through low-impact movement.
In The Canvas
Integral Yoga Gentle Restorative Class
Mondays, 11am-12.30pm
Integral Yoga addresses the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of being: gentle postures followed by breathing practices, deep relaxation and an introduction to meditation.
In The Canvas
Hilarity Academy
Mondays, 3.45-5pm and 5-6.15pm
Afterschool sessions exploring making people laugh, including creating sketches and stand up material and clowning.
3.45pm: Children in School Years 3-6
5pm: Young people in School Years 7-9
In the Chapel & the Mulberry Hall
Crafting is Connecting
First Monday of the month, 6-8pm
Come along to our new knitting & crochet workshop: Crafting Is Connecting! Surplus materials are provided, but please bring your own knitting/crochet project to work on.
Dynamic Vinyasa
Mondays, 6.30-7.30pm
Qayyah's yoga classes are a smooth, continuous, playful flow of different yoga postures. The class is a 'dynamic vinyasa', which means linking movement to your breath.
In The Canvas
Word_Play
Twice a month
Word_Play is a workshop series run by a writer and arts therapist duo, exploring the stories we tell with our lives. Drawing on both therapeutic methods and artistic practice, themed sessions will bring participants together through discussion and creative exploration.
The Body Remembers: A Grief Movement Session
Every other Thursday, 6-7pm
This workshop is a supportive space for women to process grief through gentle movement, breathwork, sound, meditation and a restorative sound bath to release emotions, reconnect with the body and find healing calm.
In The Canvas
Threading Solidarity with Heritage Craft
Exhibition: Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th March, 10am-5pm
Opening Event: Friday 6th March, 6.30-8.30pm
Celebrating Kantha embroidery as a heritage craft of solidarity, connection and storytelling in this collaborative group exhibition.
In the Chapel
Regular Poetry Club: Lost in the Foxglove
Twice a month, at different times
This bi-monthly workshop series supports poetic development in a relaxed, queer-friendly space, encouraging writing, sharing and connection while building confidence, embracing imperfection and opening pathways from first draft to future performance.
Women's History Month Archive Workshop
Sunday 8th March, 2-5pm
Join us on International Women’s Day for a deep dive into the Archives of St Margaret's House, exploring and celebrating the legacies of the women who have helped shaped SMH - from the Founders of 1889, to the staff, artists and participants of today!
In the Mulberry Hall
Grief Cafe
Second Monday of the month, 2-3pm
In partnership with City and East London Bereavement Service we offer a monthly Grief Cafe for people to come together.
The Queer Arts & Social Club: Reduction Lino Printing
Monday 9th March, 6-8pm
During this workshop you'll learn a printmaking technique which uses a single block of softcut lino to create a two tone print of your own design.
In the Cabin
Art Cafe
Second Tuesday of the month, 6-8pm
Join us for our monthly free art cafe of collaborative drawing in The Gallery Cafe.
Ignite London: Inspire
Wednesdays (five weeks), 6.45-8.45pm
Inspire is the follow-on course for our entry-level course, Ignite. But you are very welcome if you haven’t completed Ignite too.
The Wandering Womb
Saturday 14th March, 7-9pm
The Wandering Womb is a talk on the history of menstruation in culture and medicine, exploring how these two worlds intersect, shape one another, and how the stories we tell affect the way we bleed.
Awakening to Spring
Sunday 15th March, 3.30-5.30pm
Celebrate the change of seasons and the approaching Spring equinox with this afternoon workshop of gentle movement, yin yoga and yoga nidra.
in The Canvas
SMH Book Club
Every third Monday of the month, 6.30-8.30pm
Join the SMH Book Club! We meet once a month and welcome all, from people wanting to start reading for fun to seasoned bookworms.
In the Anson Room
Meet Make Take - Taster Session
Wednesday 18 March, 10am-1pm
In this session, you'll create a hand collage with paper. We supply all the materials and you can pop in for 15 minutes or stay for the whole three hours. We'll have some tea and biscuits on hand too.
Social Gardening
Thursday 19th March, 4-6pm
Join us for a monthly gardening meetup to support your wellbeing, connect with your local community and help us with the upkeep of the SMH Garden.
In the SMH Garden
Lust for Life
Exhibition: Saturday 21st - Sunday 22nd March, 10am-5pm
Opening Event: Friday 20th March, 6.30-8.30pm
Lust for Life group exhibition: where artists gained inspiration from Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, connecting and reflecting on her themes of life, love, illness, betrayal, family, fashion and the magic of colours.
In the Chapel
Fast Fashion Therapy
Once a month, 11.30am-1pm
Repair, Reuse and Repurpose: A sewing workshop encouraging repair, up-cycling and remodelling of used clothes.
The Queer Arts & Social Club: Embossing
Monday 9th February, 6-8pm
During this fun and creative workshop you'll be taken through a step by step process of how to emboss your own design using aluminium foil and card.
In the Cabin
Moving through Grief workshop: 'When words aren't enough, moving with our emotions'
Monthly on Thursdays, 6-8pm
This women-only workshop offers a safe and supportive space to explore grief in all its forms through reflection, movement, breathwork, sound and meditation, guiding a gentle journey from loss towards healing and love.
In The Canvas
Brown Girls Book Club
Last Thursday of every other month, 7-9pm
Every other month, we choose a book written by a South Asian female author and bring together our community to celebrate these and discuss the wider themes these raise within our communities.
In the Anson Room
Flowers To The People
Exhibition: Saturday 28th - Sunday 29th March, 10am-5pm
Opening Event: Friday 27th March, 6.30-8.30pm
Flowers To The People responds to a central contradiction of contemporary life.
In the Chapel
Cyanotype Workshop Series
One Sunday a month, 10am-12.30pm
Whether you're completely new to cyanotype or looking to experiment with different materials, this is a chance to learn, create, and take home your own unique cyanotype.
In the Cabin
Cut Out Club
Last Sunday of the month, 2-4pm
Join Assemblage Collective and DeZiners to make zines in this latest Cut Out Club workshop. In these monthly workshops, we explore a variety of themes.
Come along to our Valentine cyanotype zine date night.
Crafterschool Easter Holiday Workshops
Tuesday 7th April, 10am-12noon,
Wednesday 8th April, 2-4pm
Friday 10th April, 10am-12noon
Join us for some holiday crafting as we work together to create a collaborative piece of craft that will be displayed at St Margaret's House.
In The Studio
Snow White, Rose Red, Bear Brown
Saturday 11th April, 11am and 1.30pm
Snow White, Rose Red, Bear Brown is a puppetry and storytelling show from Theatre of Widdershins with unique pop-up sets and original music.
Suitable for children 4+ and their families.
In the Mulberry Hall
Repair Cafe
Saturday 25th April, 10am-1pm
Join us for our Repair Cafe where we'll help you mend and repair a range of items.
In the Mulberry Hall
Opening the Heart Centre
Sunday 26th April, 3.30-5.30pm
During this afternoon workshop, you will spend time really slowing down, giving yourself space and time to simply be and finding a deep inner stillness in both the body and mind.
in The Canvas
Tiny Giants - Half Term Puppetry Workshop
Tuesday 26th May, 10am-12noon, Wednesday 27th May, 10am-12noon, Thursday 28th May, 10am-12noon
Tiny Giants is a playful, hands-on puppetry workshop for children aged 5–11 that brings everyday, overlooked materials to life through imagination, making and storytelling.
In The Studio
Bender Defenders
Saturdays, 3-5pm
St Margaret’s House have hosted Bender Defenders for many years for their weekly martial arts sessions. Join them at SMH for Muay Thai beginner and intermediate level sessions.
In the Mulberry Hall
Tower Hamlets u3a
Various times and dates
St Margaret’s House have hosted the Tower Hamlets u3a for many years. The u3a is a friendly group for people in their ‘Third Age’, no longer in full time work who love to learn, have fun and meet others.
Throughout St Margaret’s House
East End WI
Third Thursday of the month, 7-9pm
St Margaret’s House have hosted the East End WI for many years for their monthly lively and friendly talks. The EEWI welcomes women of all ages, from all communities and all walks of life.
In the Mulberry Hall
Tower Hamlets Wheelers
Second Wednesday of the month, 7.30-9pm
St Margaret’s House have hosted Tower Hamlets Wheelers for many years. They are a local cycling campaign group bringing issues to the attention of the local council and other authorities.
In the Cabin
The Queer Arts & Social Club: Tote Bag Lino Printing
Monday 23rd February, 6-8pm
During this workshop you'll be creating your own linocut design to print onto a tote bag. All materials are provided and you'll be taken through the process from start to finish.
Trajectories of Life: Art in Motion
Sunday 22nd February, 12-8pm
The show mixes themes of real travel—like city streets and eastern markets - with the flight of the spirit, shown through sculpture, people and abstract art. We explore how time moves: frozen in building designs, alive in thick paint, and looking to the future through art about nature.
In the Chapel
Ayoka Second Hand Fashion Show
Saturday 21st February, 3.30-5.30pm
We know how much you all love our charity boutique, Ayoka. This is your opportunity to see the clothes from Ayoka as you have never seen them before: on the catwalk!
In the Mulberry Hall
Flyaway Katie
Saturday 21st February, 11am and 1.30pm
Flyaway Katie is an inspiring flight of fancy about the power of the imagination, based on the book by Polly Dunbar with music by Tom Gray from Gomez.
For children aged 2-7 years old
In the Mulberry Hall
Tapestry - Part Two
Thursday 20th February, 6.30-9.30pm
Following the success of our first 'Tapestry' event, Onesixfour invites you to 'Tapestry - Part 2', the second instalment of our initial 3-part live art series exploring collective creation, improvisation and shared experience.
Half Term Circus Club
Monday 16th February, 10am-12noon, Tuesday 17th February, 2-4pm and Thursday 19th February, 10am-12noon
Free Half Term Circus sessions for children to learn circus skills, developing communication and creative thinking.
In The Tramshed
Introduction to Lino Carving
Exhibition: Saturday 14th - Sunday 15th February, 10am-5pm
Workshop: Saturday 14th Feburary 1-4pm
This workshop is an introduction to the process of Lino Carving used in Printmaking, for people new to the beautiful and immersive material.
In the Chapel
No Saints
Exhibition: Saturday 14th - Sunday 15th February, 10am-5pm
Opening Event: Friday 13th February, 6.30-8.30pm
In their debut duo exhibition, James Lang and Fitzroy Schofield have united to jointly exhibit a curated body of work that examines the themes of spirituality and introspection in their Artistic practice against the backdrop of an ever-changing world.
In the Chapel
The Queer Arts & Social Club: Speed Lino Mixer!
Sunday 8th February, 11am-1pm
During this workshop, you'll learn how to carve a simple linocut print of your own design, whilst meeting a group of LGBTQ+ people in a relaxed and creative setting.
In the Mulberry Hall
Sundial Arts Club
First Sunday of every Month, 11am-1pm
Sundial Art Club is a regular visual arts workshop celebrating creativity, community and nature connection.
Rest, Refuge and Renewal
Sunday 1st February, 3.30-5.30pm
An afternoon of Gentle & Restorative Yoga for Rest, Refuge and Renewal
in The Canvas
Omitted: Film Screening
Saturday 31st January, 6-9pm
A docu-style short film by The Black Curriculum that exposes the absence of Black British history and the enduring legacy of colonialism in the UK’s national curriculum.
In the Mulberry Hall
Exploring Change
Exhibition: Saturday 31st January - Sunday 1st February, 12noon-5pm
Opening Event: Friday 30th January, 6.30-8.30pm
This exhibition brings together work created in the Artist in Residence Studio by LJ Furner and Virginia Orr, two artists at the beginning of a period of change and transition in their lives.
In the Chapel
Open Mic Night - Veganuary Special
Thursday 29th January, from 6.30pm
This is a chance for our regular open mic attendees to share and enjoy performances together, dine together and also offer each other supportive and friendly feedback on each other's performances. Whether you come along regularly to perform or enjoy the performances of others, everyone is welcome!
The Queer Arts & Social Club: Drawing & Inks workshop
Monday 26th January, 6-7.30pm
This workshop is a playful and relaxed session using plants, flowers, experimental drawing techniques and colourful inks to create vibrant individual and collaborative nature-inspired artworks.
Pollination Project: Residency Work-In-Progress Sharing & Hong Kong/ESEA Creatives Networking Event
Saturday 24th January, 2-5pm
Artists from the Pollination Residency (selected through our open call and hosted at BOLD Theatre) will be sharing excerpts of what they’ve been developing during the residency, and they are actively looking for feedback from creatives like you!
In the Mulberry Hall
Tapestry - Part One
Thursday 22nd January, 6-9pm
Onesixfour invites you to Tapestry, a new monthly live art series exploring collective creation, improvisation and shared experience. This first event marks the beginning of a three-part run of initial ‘tester’ evenings, offering space to experiment together, build community and explore how this format might grow sustainably.
PAL Freelancers Marketplace
Wednesday 21st January, 10am-1pm
Participatory Arts Freelancers! Join us at Grand Junction to meet organisations for whom you might like to work.
At Grand Junction
Antigone - International Migrants Day
Tuesday 16th December, 7-9pm
Join us for theatre, food and discussion on the powerful resistance of migrant domestic workers. This political reimagining of Antigone confronts how the modern state determines whose lives are valued.
In the Mulberry Hall
Mid-Winter Rest & Reset
Sunday 14th December, 3.30-5.30pm
This workshop is a soothing afternoon of gentle movement, restorative yoga and yoga nidra to release tension, replenish energy and find deep rest and inner calm as we move towards the winter solstice.
in The Canvas
MULCH
Friday 12th December, 6.30-9pm
Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th December, 10am-6pm
Artists in Residence Babette Van Gerwen and Will Kennedy invite you celebrate the misfit creatures of our cities in this exhibition and participatory art event.
In the Chapel
Intro to Embossing
Monday 8th December, 6-7.30pm
This workshop is a fun and welcoming introduction to embossing, guiding you step by step to create your own aluminium foil greeting cards and festive decorations, with all materials provided.
In the Cabin
Thrive
Saturdays (five weeks), 10.30am-12.30pm
This five-week course supports writers to deepen confidence, quiet the inner critic and develop new literary techniques while reconnecting with their creative voice in a supportive community.
Memories in Mist
Exhibition: Friday 5th - Sunday 7th December, 11am-5pm
Opening Event: Friday 5th December, 6-8.30pm
This atmospheric solo exhibition by Arlau, Memories in Mist, explores the delicate interplay between memory, myth and nature through black-and-white photography, transforming the Chapel into a quiet meditation on time, presence and the human place within the landscape.
In the Chapel
Colour and Geometry
Friday 28th November, 2-5pm
Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th November, 11am-5pm
This exhibition, Colour and Geometry, traces Paul McMichael’s artistic journey from social realism to geometric abstraction, revealing his evolving fascination with colour, structure and the expressive balance between form and feeling.
In the Chapel
Moving through Grief workshop: 'When words aren't enough, moving with our emotions'
Monthly on Thursdays, 6-9pm
This women-only workshop offers a safe and supportive space to explore grief in all its forms through reflection, movement, breathwork, sound and meditation, guiding a gentle journey from loss towards healing and love.
In The Canvas
Outlines - Life Drawing
Every other Wednesday, 6-8pm
Join us for an evening of cosy and relaxed life drawing every fortnight at the Canvas, to practise your sketching and view bodies in a neutral appreciation of form and figure.
In The Canvas
Untitled Portraits
Exhibition: Saturday 22nd - Sunday 23rd November, 12noon-6pm
Opening Event: Friday 21st November, 6.30-8.30pm
In ‘untitled portraits’ FA invites the viewer to take an active part – and has collaborated with members of her community to co-author the exhibition.
In the Chapel
Fruit Machine - Andrew Lumsden: Art & Activism, 1972-2022
Opening Event: Thursday 20th November, 6:30-8:30pm
Join us for the Opening Event of Fruit Machine, the art of Andrew Lumsden. The exhibition spans over 50 years of Andrew’s work as an artist, taking in his landscapes, interiors, still lifes and portraits of friends and lovers.
Being Human Festival: Everyone's a Researcher
Saturday 15th November, 12.30-2.30pm
A creative workshop to explore everyday health research using collage, sculpture, or drawing and help health researchers think about what better research might look like.
In the Mulberry Hall

