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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
Monday 3 August 1.10pm
Soprano Talia Lieberman presents a journey of arias and song exploring love, longing and loss, from Vivaldi and Handel through to Poulenc, Satie and beyond.
Friday 21 August 1.10pm
Rebekah Yinuo Tan was born in August 2006 in Shanghai. Inspired to become a concert pianist after hearing Chopin’s music in a live concert when she was 7, she started taking formal piano lessons half a year later with Zijie Wu.
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.
We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature.
We aim to be a place where you can belong. We have a unique history, and the beauty of our building is widely known. Our community commits to faith in action: social and environmental justice; creativity. and the arts
We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.
St James’s Piccadilly has been at the heart of its community since 1684. We invite you to play your part in securing this historic place for generations to come.
It costs £5,000 each day to keep the doors of St James’s open to all who already need us.
A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacity—all fully accessible— will provide beautiful spaces for all as well as improving our environmental performance.
Whether shooting a blockbuster TV series or creating a unique corporate event, every hire at St James’s helps our works within the community.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Saturday 29 August 7.30pm
A performance on the 80th anniversary of David Maxwell Fyfe’s Nuremberg speech that sparked the European Convention on Human Rights.
This performance celebrates the European Convention on Human Rights and the protection of fundamental freedoms for all.
David Maxwell Fyfe was a leading prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, who went on to become the British artisan of the European Convention on Human Rights. For him this was all One Story.
80 years ago on August 29th, David gave his only speech at the Trials. Having described the consequences of the evil brutality of the Nazi regime, his closing words caught a spark that would light a fuse that burnt with others and finally caused an explosion of freedom across Europe.
‘ “…sights and sounds all happy as her day, And laughter learnt of friends, and gentleness, And hearts at peace….”
are not the prerogative of any one nation. They are the inalienable heritage of mankind.’
To mark this anniversary, Songs of the People present Sue Casson’s Dreams of Peace & Freedom, that was inspired by those words, in the iconic surroundings of St James’s Piccadilly known for its committed history to social justice, creativity and the arts.
Dreams of Peace & Freedom brings these together to tell David’s story with a unique piece of theatre blending his personal papers, Sue Casson’s ethereal music and archive film. Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the show been performed widely including the Palace of Westminster, Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, Coventry Cathedral and Merchants Hall, Edinburgh.
In addition to the performance, there will be a panel discussion to launch their new podcast, ‘Could we do more to secure human rights.’ The podcast contributors include Lady Brenda Hale and Lord David Alton. Released on the same day as the performance, it encourages conversation about the relevance and importance of human rights today.
What audiences say about Dreams of Peace & Freedom
A magnificent work… important, thoughtful, uplifting, and yet far from complacent. A multi-platform piece of musical theatre, it generates a whole panoply of different emotional responses – it’s such a rich tapestry. Thos Ribbits, MusicalTalk
Beautiful vocals… a love letter to the values of peace, freedom and remembrance. Laura Pollock, The National
Stunning. The most incredibly stimulating piece of history that most people don’t know. Helena Kennedy KC
An incredible song cycle and a really unique piece of theatre Kate Massey, Canon for Arts and Reconciliation, Coventry Cathedral
