artistic director
Euchar is Artistic Director at St John's Waterloo, The Bridge At Waterloo and Waterloo Festival.
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St John’s Waterloo is a historic Grade II* arts and community venue on the South Bank, reopened in 2022 after a major restoration. Its year-round programme of music, performance and visual arts increasingly focuses on collaboration between artists, arts organisations and local people, co-producing projects that reflect the richness and diversity of the neighbourhood while animating the church’s historic spaces and award-winning garden.
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The Bridge at Waterloo is a secular charity located at and founded by St John’s Waterloo. Through the historic building, staff, volunteers and in partnership with the neighbourhood and other organisations, it promotes community engagement, the arts, and horticulture to encourage social justice, communal involvement, inclusivity, and environmental responsibility.
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Waterloo Festival is an annual celebration of arts, heritage and community run by and across St John’s Waterloo every summer since 2010.
In his role, Euchar has led or been involved in several projects at St John's Waterloo, including:
Reignite
The multi-million redevelopment project of St John's Waterloo into a contemporary and accessible space for arts and community.
"The Spirit of the Bullring..."
A creative heritage project to remember the Bullring (also known as Cardboard City), the North Lambeth Day Centre and the related ephemeral and neglected heritage of homeless people in Waterloo. Read more here.
Streetwise Opera Sessions
Free weekly singing workshops aimed at people with lived experience of homelessness led by the award-winning organisation. Read more here.
Jazz in the Churchyard
Monthly summer jazz and blues gigs in St John’s Waterloo Churchyard Garden, in partnership with UMAT, showcasing some of London’s finest emerging musicians.
Room for You
The flagship community programme at St John's Waterloo which includes an Art, Creative Writing, Storytelling, Gardening, Book and Culture Clubs alongside English Conversation and Yoga.
London Chamber Music Series
A programme of chamber music concerts between Autumn 2025 and Summer 2026 by LCMS and featuring artists such as the Heath Quartet, Carducci Quartet and the Chamber Principals of London. Read more here.
Creative Salons
A series of creative and social activities open to all, and designed for those dealing with mental health challenges, both past and present, in partnership with Mental Fight Club.
Cloud of Witnesses
An interfaith art project and exhibition featuring 26 selected works exploring diverse representations of faith and divinity, nurturing dialogue and understanding across cultures and religions, in partnership with the Catholic Bishops’ Conference and Art + Christianity. Read more here.
The Chamber Sessions
A series of intimate one-hour long chamber music concerts by musicians of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, with a focus on contemporary classical music. Read more here about the 2024 programme.
Preamble
A series of music education workshops aimed at introducing the orchestra to students at the Oasis Academy Southbank in partnership with Sinfonia Smith Square. Read more here.
Utopia
A creative residency project centred around a series of architecture and design workshops, in partnership with Accumulate (The Art School for the Homeless) and AHMM. Read more here.
Summer Sculpture Exhibitions
A series of annual summer outdoor sculpture exhibitions in St John's Waterloo Churchyard Garden in partnership with The London Group and the Sculpture Department at the local historic Morley College.