We have a host of top quality arts and wellness events and activities for the whole community to enjoy at Good Shepherd Studios. Scroll down to find out what's on.
Did you know we have 2 cinema screens at Good Shepherd Studios? Click image to find out what's screening.
We have a pop-up space next to Leytonstone Underground Station. Click image to find out what's popping up and how you can get involved.
Scroll down to REGULARS to check out our weekly timetable of creative arts and wellness events. One-off events are included in the HIGHLIGHTS section.
Watch this space to keep up-to-date with what’s going on!
HIGHLIGHTS
Restorative Yoga
Slow Sundays, late mornings, low light, long shadows, easy poses and soft breaths and so much support, this is a practice of deep rest.
Extended restorative Yoga is usually a comfortable, accessible and potentially quite healing practice.
On offer, is a supportive and subtle space as Jessica leads this beautiful practice that makes time to reset, recover, to focus on the experience within and allows your body to move in a gentle and hopefully therapeutic way. Suitable for almost every-body, ability and brain.
Very limited space. Advanced booking essential.
The Power of Letting Go: Breathwork Session
A 90-minuted guided breathwork session designed to help you let go of built-up emotion, stress and tension - so you can come back to calm, clarity and connection.
Open House 2025
2 days filled with activities and a chance to meet some of the people involved in bringing life to Good Shepherd Studios, Our Pastures Community Garden and the Pastures Centre.
SATURDAY UPDATED PROGRAMME HERE
(Updates are shown in pink)
This event is part of Open House Festival and is also part of and supported by The National Lottery Community Fund and the Mayor of London, as part of the Mayor’s Community Weekend 2025.
FREE to attend but booking advised for Tasters, Workshops, Tours & Walks. All other activities are “Drop-in”.
Restorative Yoga
Slow Sundays, late mornings, low light, long shadows, easy poses and soft breaths and so much support, this is a practice of deep rest.
Extended restorative Yoga is usually a comfortable, accessible and potentially quite healing practice.
On offer, is a supportive and subtle space as Jessica leads this beautiful practice that makes time to reset, recover, to focus on the experience within and allows your body to move in a gentle and hopefully therapeutic way. Suitable for almost every-body, ability and brain.
Very limited space. Advanced booking essential.
Make It Do It: Summer Camp (August)
This camp will be themed “20th Century Women” and will trailblazing, re-defining female artists. Think Louise Bourgeois, Georgia O’Keeffe, Alma Thomas and lots more.
Tuesday 26th - Friday 29th August
9.30am-3.30pm
Suitable for ages 5-10 year olds
£220 full priced places, £180 subsequent siblings
Some subsidised places are available; we'd love to hear from you if your family could benefit from these
Myths, Maps & Monsters Summer Day Camp: Minotaur Mayhem! (Thursday)
Our brave adventurers drop in on Ancient Athens, where King Aegues is having some problems with his pirate neighbours from Krete! Can our young Athenians sail across the seas, enter the labyrinth beneath King Minos' palace, and defeat the Minotaur?
An immersive, interactive summer holiday activity camp, where young adventurers must complete a series of super-fun challenges in order to defeat famous, mythical beasts from Greek Mythology. Our brave warriors-in-waiting can expect to try their hand at Cyclops archery, have a water fight with Poseidon and play the Minotaur at basketball!
Only for children aged 5+
Myths, Maps & Monsters Summer Day Camp: Cyclops Escape! (Wednesday)
It is the year 1200 BCE and Odysseus and his army find themselves trapped in a Cyclops' cave! Our brave young warriors must use teamwork, cunning and skill in order to complete a series of tasks, outsmart the Cyclops and return home to victory!
An immersive, interactive summer holiday activity camp, where young adventurers must complete a series of super-fun challenges in order to defeat famous, mythical beasts from Greek Mythology.
Our brave warriors-in-waiting can expect to try their hand at Cyclops archery, have a water fight with Poseidon and play the Minotaur at basketball!
Only for children aged 5+
The Power of Letting Go: Breathwork Taster Session
A 90-minuted guided breathwork session designed to help you let go of built-up emotion, stress and tension - so you can come back to calm, clarity and connection.
Worm Time Dialogues - Lammas
This workshop is an invitation to slow down, listen, reflect, share and connect with yourself, others and nature. It is grounded in the principles and practice of Bohm Dialogue - a facilitated listening practice that allows individuals and groups to deeply enquire together, share meaning and create new thinking.
Make It Do It: Summer Camp (July)
This camp will be themed “Houses and Homes” and will involve an exploration of art and architecture including Do Ho Shu, le Corbusier, and Rachel Whiteread. Expect sketching, model making, paper crafting and sculpting.
Monday 28th July - Thursday 31st July
9.30am-3.30pm
Suitable for ages 5-10 year olds
£220 full priced places, £180 subsequent siblings
Some subsidised places are available; we'd love to hear from you if your family could benefit from these
Leytonstone Festival Restival: Morning restorative yoga
Restorative Yoga practice is the perfect Sunday morning celebration.
Restful, relaxing and reviving. This Yoga practice is supportive, floor based and a great way to deepen recovery.
The Power of Letting Go: Breathwork Taster Session
A 90-minuted guided breathwork session designed to help you let go of built-up emotion, stress and tension - so you can come back to calm, clarity and connection.
Animal Flow Evening Taster Session
Not heard of Animal Flow? Intrigued?
Join Emerald Strength for a taster of this ground based movement programme designed to improve flexibility, power, strength, balance and coordination.
Animal Flow Lunchtime Taster Session
Not heard of Animal Flow? Intrigued?
Join Emerald Strength for a taster of this ground based movement programme designed to improve flexibility, power, strength, balance and coordination.
Art Forest School: Den Weaving
Art Forest School (Lucy and Pippa) would like to invite you to join a new series of exciting accessible Art Forest School events.
For this event we will be located at the Good Shepherd Studios Garden for a new workshop; Den Weaving!
The workshop will give children an opportunity to make art in a way that appeals to their inbuilt inquisitiveness and creativity, and aims to have a calming effect by using natural sensory materials.
Art Forest School design workshops so that children and young people with disabilities are given the opportunity to engage creatively with materials and process, and have their output given the same weight and attention as any other artwork. They have ranged from giant weaving to cave painting, from sand gardens to polaroid photography - all with the intention to be not only as accessible as possible, but as compelling and - crucially - as valued.
This session is designed to be inclusive, please do contact us if you want to discuss your child’s access needs.
BOOK HERE
Leytonstone Folk Summer Festival: Sunday
Come along and support your local folk club and local musicians in Leytonstone Folk’s weekend long folk fest. Enjoy live music, workshops and opportunities to perform and join in!
Entry: Free
*Don’t forget to join the “Singaround” at St John’s Church Hall on Thursday 3rd July, 7pm-9.30pm to get in the zone.
Leytonstone Folk Summer Festival: Saturday
Come along and support your local folk club and local musicians in Leytonstone Folk’s weekend long folk fest. Enjoy live music, workshops and opportunities to perform and join in!
Entry: Free
*Don’t forget to join the “Singaround” at St John’s Church Hall on Thursday 3rd July, 7pm-9.30pm to get in the zone.
Worm Time Dialogues - Summer Solstice
This workshop is an invitation to slow down, listen, reflect, share and connect with yourself, others and nature. It is grounded in the principles and practice of Bohm Dialogue - a facilitated listening practice that allows individuals and groups to deeply enquire together, share meaning and create new thinking.
Women’s Wellbeing Café
Women’s Wellbeing Café offers 10 weeks of weekly face-to-face sessions for women of Waltham Forest and great for those who experience low mood, anxiety, loneliness, or social isolation.
The café offers social time, wellbeing sessions, activities, advice and learning sessions to choose from.
Sample activities:
Jewellery making
Managing stress and improving sleep
Diamond Art
FREE, DROP-IN
Memory Box Workshop with Pippa Ryan
Do you have a collection of precious items and keepsakes that remind you of a specific person, place, occasion, or pastime?
Join Good Shepherd Studios member, Pippa Ryan, in her Memory Box Workshop and transform these cherished objects into a beautiful, bespoke memory box or artwork that will bring joy to your home every day.
Make It Do It: May Half-Term Camp
Join us for 2 days exploring the iconic paintings from the re-hang of the wonderful permanent collection at the National Gallery, opening this May.
These paintings span from the 13th to 20th centuries, ranging from Raphael and Titian to Constable and Gainsborough.
Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th May
9.30am-3.30pm (optional wraparound hour at the end of the day)
£110 full priced places, £90 subsequent siblings.
Some subsidised places are available at £40; we'd love to hear from you if your family could benefit from these.
Art Forest School: Sensory Sand Garden
Art Forest School presents “Sensory Sand Gardens” a SEND friendly session.
Art Forest School design accessible workshops so that children and young people with and without disabilities are given the opportunity to engage in creativity and nature.
This session is designed to be inclusive, please do contact Lucy if you want to discuss your child’s access needs.
Funtime 'till 9 organised by FUTURE CREATORS
Looking for something fun to do on a Saturday night? Grab your mates (or come solo and make new ones!) and join us for Funtime 'till 9 – an exciting, free event by teens, for teens.
Get ready for:
🎮 Games & challenges
📸 A photo booth to capture the moment
🍕 Free food & drinks
🎧 DJs
🎤 Live
🎁 Free prizes up for grabs
It’s totally FREE – just bring your Oyster card or student ID for proof of age (13–16 only). Space is limited so pre-book your free ticket, come early and don’t miss out!
Don’t miss the very first Funtime 'till 9, brought to you by the Future Creators – made for you, by you.
This event was organised and is hosted as part of the Future Creators programme.
Kids' Short Films: Nature Through Children’s Eyes
“Nature Through Children’s Eyes,” is a 7-minute film created by Year 4 students at George Tomlinson and Davies Lane primary schools.
Exploring nature from their perspective, the film is created from the children’s own footage, artwork, music, and voiceovers.
Drop in to see it and other children’s films celebrating nature.
Worm Time Dialogues - Beltane
This workshop is an invitation to slow down, listen, reflect, share and connect with yourself, others and nature. It is grounded in the principles and practice of Bohm Dialogue - a facilitated listening practice that allows individuals and groups to deeply enquire together, share meaning and create new thinking.
Parental Wellbeing Workshops
Parenting is a beautiful journey, but let's face it it can be challenging! That's why Life Coach Gemma Dean and Artist Sima Rahman-Huang, have joined forces to bring you an 8-week series designed to support, inspire and uplift.
These 90-minute workshops are a mix of insightful discussions, creative activities, and practical techniques to help you thrive.
Wednesdays, 11.45-13.15 from 30th April - 25th June
Wk One: 30th April - Parental Burnout
Wk Two: 7th May - Parental Plate
Wk Three: 14th May - Parental Stress
Wk Four. 21st May - Parental Anxiety
Wk Five: 4th June - Why We Shout
Wk Six: 11th June - Parental Core Values
Wk Seven: 18th June - Your Wants & Needs
Wk Eight: 25th June - Building Small Habits
Future Creators
🎉 Calling all 13–16 year olds of Leytonstone! 🎉
Do you have brilliant ideas? Want to learn how to plan something exciting from start to finish?
Join Future Creators — a free programme where you'll get to dream up an awesome event and learn how to make it happen!
Over 6 fun, hands-on workshops, you’ll work with other young people to design, plan, and deliver an event in your community. You’ll gain real-world creative skills in event production, teamworking, budgeting, promotion and more — all while having fun and making something you’re proud of.
Make It Do It: Easter Camp
Join us for 4 creative days exploring the world of Turner Prize winners and nominated artists.
We'll be looking at artists such as Chris Ofili, Rachel Whiteread, Grayson Perry, and Lubaina Himid.
You'll learn all about the prize as a highlight of the UK calendar and create artwork in many media (printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, painting, model-making and more) inspired by these wonderful artists.
Some subsidised places are available at £80 per place; we'd love to hear from you if your family could benefit from these.
The Seedling 2025
Celebrating selfhood and creative wellbeing in culture, nature and soma.
The Seedling is a workshop exchange series that connects the fields of dance and somatics with intercultural dialogue and environmental contexts of practice, and which is based around an annual theme. The theme for 2025 is Musicality of Inner Landscapes.
The Wellbeing Café
The Wellbeing Café offers weekly face-to-face sessions for residents of Waltham Forest aged 18 years or older who experience low mood, anxiety, loneliness, or social isolation.
The café offers social time, wellbeing sessions, activities, advice and learning sessions to choose from.
Myxelia Fruiting Bodies Day: Growing our Network Part 2
Myxelia is a queer collective dedicated to creating healing spaces for queer families, communities, and allies to connect, celebrate, and share joy.
From Myxelia:
We're delighted to invite you to our second community event of creative expression, connection, learning and sharing including nourishing food together. We hope you can join us!
REGULARS
-
Little Sing Song
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 9.30 & 10.30
Term Time (From 3 September)
Join Danie and start your day with a fun-filled singalong loved by little ones and their grown ups alike!
Nursery rhymes | Classical | Jazz | Folk | Reggae and more.
-
Magic Box
MONDAYS, 16.00
Term Time (From 8 September)
Join Lottie on an interactive storytelling adventure where kids help tell a story based on the odd things she finds in her Magic Box!
Expect songs, movement and silly stories - and a whole lot of imagination!
-
Iyengar Yoga
MONDAYS, 19.15
Ongoing
Join Disha at her welcoming and accessible class open to all including beginners.
What is Iyengar yoga? A form of yoga which focuses on precision and alignment through poses (aka asanas).
BOOK VIA EMAIL OR TEXT
Email: disha.sughand@gmail.com
Text: 07812634223
-
Flying Sycamores Forest School
TUESDAYS, 10.00
Term Time (From 9 September)
An introduction to ‘forest school’ activities and ideas, such as nature-inspired craft, to increase enjoyment of the outdoors and ultimately look to connect with nature in a profound and enjoyable way.
-
Wellbeing Cafe
TUESDAYS, 10.30
FREE, DROP IN (No session on Tues 9th due to tube strike)
The Wellbeing Café hosted by Mind offers 10 weekly face-to-face sessions for residents of Waltham Forest aged 18 years or older and are particularly well-suited to those who experience low mood, anxiety, loneliness, or social isolation.
The café offers social time, wellbeing sessions, activities, advice and learning sessions.
August - October programme (may be subject to minor changes)
26 Aug: Pop up cards with Cynthia
2 Sep: Nature clay prints with Cynthia
9 Sep: Boxing and Mindfulness with Sam
16 Sep: Aromatherapy with Suze from Soothe Me Skincare
23 Sep: Music making with Jack
30 Sep: Self defence with The Power Project
7 Oct: Short films and discussion with Nuala from Women Over 50 Film Festival
14 Oct: Yoga with Jessica
21 Oct: Growing with Jessica
28 Oct: Information about local groups and talking therapies with Joanna & Meghan
-
Baby Dance
TUESDAYS, 10.30
Term Time (From 2 September)
Join Fiona at this class where caregivers can come along and dance with their babies aged 0-9 months (slings not essential).
No baby music, just fun, uplifting tunes and a chance to dance, while are babies enjoy the movement.
-
After School Art Club
TUESDAYS, 16.00
Term Time (From 16 September)
Led by experienced and professional artists and artist educators, join Irene at this art club aimed at 5-10 year olds where all skills levels welcome.
Expect engaging and inspiring projects, a safe and supportive environment, fun and relaxed atmosphere, creative freedom, enhanced critical thinking, affordable pricing and opportunities for showcasing and celebrating achievements.
-
Musical Theatre Choir*NEW(ish)
They’re back after a stint at the Red Lion!
Welcome to the first East London Sing Space Show choir. Here is the place to improve your singing technique, learn Musical Theatre numbers with great harmony and belt out your favourite showtunes! Run by performer and composer Marissa Landy who is a Leytonstone local.
No auditions, all welcome.
-
The Mindful Parent Hub: Parental Wellbeing Workshops*NEW(ish)
WEDNESDAYS, 11.45
10 Workshop series (From 17 September)
The Parental Wellbeing Workshops are back!
Parenting is a beautiful journey, but let's face it it can be challenging! That's why Life Coach Gemma Dean and Artist Sima Rahman-Huang, have joined forces to bring you an 10-week series designed to support, inspire and uplift.
These 90-minute workshops are a mix of insightful discussions, creative activities, and practical techniques to help you thrive.
-
Animal Flow*NEW
WEDNESDAYS, 19.00
Ongoing (From 24 September)
Join Emerald Strength for this ground based movement programme designed to improve flexibility, power, strength, balance and coordination. All levels welcome (including beginners).
-
Womens' Wellbeing Cafe
THURSDAYS, 10.30
FREE, DROP IN
The Wellbeing Café hosted by Mind offers 10 weekly face-to-face sessions for women of Waltham Forest and are particularly well-suited to those who experience low mood, anxiety, loneliness, or social isolation.
The café offers social time, wellbeing sessions, activities, advice and learning sessions.
September - October programme coming soon!
-
Communi-Tea
THURSDAYS, 14.00
Ongoing
FREE weekly creative, social and physical wellbeing meet-ups for over 50s. Each session includes a satisfying combination of:
- 14.00: Chair-based Yoga-inspired exercise
- 15.00: Hot drink and snacks
- 15.30: Weekly activities on rotation
No pre-booking required, just drop in and if you have any comments or questions you can contact Jessica on 07904 517465 or contact@jessicagreen.net.
-
Barre and Baby
FRIDAYS, 10.20
Ongoing (No class on 5 or 19 September)
A low impact fitness class specifically adapted for the postnatal body. To help build muscle strength, improve posture and restore your core. All while being with your baby, moving to good tunes and boosting those endorphins!
It is suitable for mums from six weeks post-birth (ensuring you have been cleared by your doctor), up until babies are nine months. All abilities welcome.
-
Community Pilates
FRIDAYS, 12.15
Term Time (From 5 September)
A mat-based pilates classes for everyone!
Not only will this class help your fitness, it will help the community too...Thanks to the generosity of the instructors, your payment goes towards community projects taking place at Good Shepherd Studios!
Back to your fitness...
We will work the entire body through a series of repetitive exercises, helping to improve your strength, coordination and mobility.
If you’re a complete beginner, great! We’ll start with the basics and layer from there.
If you’re working with injuries there are plenty of adaptations.
If you’re looking to build on your existing expertise then there are lots of progressions and equipment for us to use.
-
Vinyasa Flow Yoga
SATURDAYS, 9.30
Ongoing
Start the weekend with some high spirited yoga, playlist and relaxation that will leave you feeling more open, aware and alive.
-
Eco-Fashion Kids Workshops
SATURDAYS, 10.30
Term Time (From 6 September)
A space where children get to make their own clothes!
These eco-fashion workshops are aimed at 5-11 year olds to turn their old clothes into something new!
Led by Aurelie, who studied fashion design, children will learn practical skills like sewing, painting on fabric and embellishing in an accessible way.
Make it, wear it!
-
Monthly Life Drawing Social
1st SUNDAY OF THE MONTH, 18.00
Ongoing
Monthly life drawing class suited to all abilities and although untutored, advice and direction is freely given on request. Materials included.
Experienced and dynamic life models each week.
Class consists of 2 × 50min sessions with 15min social interval. The first session includes quick short poses ranging from 1min to 10mins. The second session involves 2 longer poses.
PAST EVENTS
PASTURES
We share the site with the Pastures Centre and the beautiful Our Pastures Community Garden.
USEFUL INFO
Getting to Good Shepherd Studios
Located within the same grounds as the Pastures Centre, surrounded by green space and with an on-site café (Back to Ours), Good Shepherd Studios is a homely space where all are welcome... you just need to find us!
Our address:
Good Shepherd Studios
15a Davies Lane
E11 3DR
We strongly encourage walking, cycling or using public transport to visit Good Shepherd Studios.
Nearest stations: Leytonstone High Road (Overground) and Leytonstone (Central line)
Nearest bus stops: Leytonstone High Road station Stop J and Stop F (257 and W13).
Parking: There is no parking onsite but restricted street parking is available nearby.
Please check the Waltham Forest Council website and street signs for up-to-date restrictions.
Vehicle restrictions at time of writing:
Controlled Parking Zone: LSE, Permit holders only, Mon-Fri, 10am – 2pm
School Street (Davies Lane east of the junction with Pastures Path): No travel into the zone during term time between 8.30am and 9.15am and 3.00pm and 3.45pm.
Accessibility
There is no lift in the building. There is, however, step-free access available to the ground floor (including toilets).
The Auditorium is located on the 1st floor and only accessible via steps.
The Annex is located on the ground floor and there is step-free access to this space.
If you have any access requirements, please feel free to contact the event organiser or us on enquiries@goodshepherdstudios.com
Short on cash?
We want all our events to be accessible to the community so each event and activity on this page offers discounted entry if the pricing would otherwise mean you wouldn’t be able to join in. No verification, no stigma, just get in touch with those running the event/activity and they’ll sort it out.