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Fitzrovia Arts Festival 2026 marks its tenth anniversary with a powerful new work that weaves together poetry, movement and music. Created and performed by Daniel Bates and Megan Buchanan.
An Ecology of Mercy draws on archival interviews with former Middlesex Hospital staff and patients, layering Fitzrovia’s rich local history with the events and emotions of our own time. At its heart is a call for compassion.
A fitting centrepiece for a decade of celebrating art, community and place. Free to attend.
ABOUT
Daniel Bates studied at the Royal Academy of Music and Pembroke College, Cambridge, and at eighteen became the youngest ever winner of the Royal Overseas League Music Competition. He is principal oboe with the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the City of London Sinfonia, and co-principal oboe of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. As well as a distinguished orchestral career, he is the founder and artistic director of the Fitzrovia Arts Festival itself.
The Fitzrovia Arts Festival is a remarkable thing. In the heart of one of the greatest cities in the world the community of Fitzrovia has come together to create an incredible event.
Due to the generosity of the sponsors all Fitzrovia Arts Festival events are free.
Entering its tenth edition, the Fitzrovia Arts Festival celebrates the rich artistic past and present of London’s beloved bohemian postcode. It draws on the talents of the many internationally-acclaimed artists, performers and writers living in the area, and celebrates the achievements of many of the great figures of the past who have made Fitzrovia home – from Benjamin Britten and Virginia Woolf, to George Bernard Shaw and Sidney Bechet.
With a programme of concerts (both classical and jazz), exhibitions, poetry readings, talks, walks, and performances, the Festival is a wonderful confirmation of the cultural continuity and community spirit of this unique London ‘village’
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Accessability
Outside the Chapel, there are two steps, which have a built-in wheelchair lift. The Chapel is wheelchair accessible. The majority is on one level, and there is a ramp that can be used to access the chancel (altar area). We have a fully accessible toilet. View more accessibility information
