What’s on
Woodfield Winter Exhibition
Woodfield Winter Exhibition
Main Hall - Step Free Access - Dogs on Lead welcome
The Woodfield Winter Exhibition is a show by the members of the Woodfield
We have 97 works of art by 45 local artists
These exhibitions are a chance for local artists to showcase their amazing talents. And a wonderful opportunity for members of our local community to come and see some amazing Art on their doorstep.
Exhibitions are free to come and see. Dogs on leads very welcome.
Opening times:
Wednesdays - Thursdays - Fridays = 11am to 4pm
Saturdays & Sundays = 10am to 4pm
EXCEPTIONS!! - Saturday 14th December open 1pm to 4pm
The exhibition (and the Woodfield) will be closed from 22nd December to Friday 2nd January 2026 and will reopen on Saturday 3rd January
Artists can submit up to 3 pieces - dependant on size.
Click HERE to find out more
Looking forward to seeing your work!
To All Artists… Please complete the attched form when you drop off your work.
Winter Market
Our Woodfield Winter Market will be on
Sunday 7th December - 10am to 4pm
A wonderful opportunity to support local artisans and get yourself something fabulous for yourself, or get a gift in time for Christmas.
There will be Mulled Wine and some delicious snacks and treats available to help the shopping go smoothly.
Ocean Polution and Climate Change Talk
An Introduction to the Marine Conservation Society, Ocean Pollution and Climate Change
Talk Starts at 3pm. Doors open 2:30pm Teas and Coffees available.
A talk by Thomas Bolton, from the Marine Conservation Society
Woodfield Pavilion Main Hall - Step free access.
The Marine Conservation Society is a leading UK environmental charity dedicated to protecting our ocean.
For more than 40 years, we have been defending crucial habitats,regenerating vital ecosystems and inspiring volunteers to tackle the nature and climate emergency.
We drive political and social change through people-powered action. We unite communities, businesses, and governments to champion science-based solutions for cleaner, healthier seas for people and planet.
Tickets are a suggested donation of £5 to help cover cost of MCS and Woodfield Pavilion.
Teas and Coffee will be available.
Woodfield Worms Bookclub
The Nine Taylors by Dorothy L Sayers
Love a book? Want to share?
Come and be a Woodfield Worm (Bookworm that is!?)
Come and join our monthly Bookclub
Meeting - 2nd Tuesday at 5:30pm - Doors open 5:15pm
Main Hall - Woodfield Pavilion - Step Free Access
It's free to come along - Teas and Coffee available to buy.
So if you fancy joining in then let us know.
.
Everyone welcome - Dog Friendly
Drop an email HERE
Words @ the Woodfield
Words @ The Woodfield - SECRET SANTA SPECIAL!!
Main Hall - Step Free Access
Words at the Woodfield
Secret Santa Special!!
DECEMBER 12TH 6:45PM
Bring your words on paper 📜
Make it a shortish one if you can...
Put it in Janet's Hat 🎩
Pick out a poem to read
We eat first.. £5 a bowl of lovely veggie supper
So you've time to practice if you want.
£5 on the door
Or in advance via link in bio
You don't have to read - audience always welcome! It'll be a fun night for everyone.
Come and share stories OR poems.
£5.00 Tickets On The Door or in advance - email ahead when you have your ticket if you want to guarantee a performer spot!
6:45 - 9:00pm Woodfield Pavilion
Food on sale - BYOB
Creating Safe Spaces workshop
Creating Safe Spaces
The Strength Project CIC invites the younger members of our community to join them in an Empowering Workshop.
Three consecutive Saturday afternoons for one hour.
For more information and to book click below…
Woodfield Worms Bookclub
Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
Love a book? Want to share?
Come and be a Woodfield Worm (Bookworm that is!?)
Come and join our monthly Bookclub
Meeting - 2nd Tuesday at 5:30pm - Doors open 5:15pm
Main Hall - Woodfield Pavilion - Step Free Access
It's free to come along - Teas and Coffee available to buy.
So if you fancy joining in then let us know.
.
Everyone welcome - Dog Friendly
Drop an email HERE
Woodfield Worms Bookclub
Best British Short Stories 2024
Love a book? Want to share?
Come and be a Woodfield Worm (Bookworm that is!?)
Come and join our monthly Bookclub
Meeting - 2nd Tuesday at 5:30pm - Doors open 5:15pm
Main Hall - Woodfield Pavilion - Step Free Access
It's free to come along - Teas and Coffee available to buy.
So if you fancy joining in then let us know.
.
Everyone welcome - Dog Friendly
Drop an email HERE
Creating Safe Spaces workshop
Creating Safe Spaces
The Strength Project CIC invites the younger members of our community to join them in an Empowering Workshop.
Three consecutive Saturday afternoons for one hour.
For more information and to book click below…
Full Moon Workshop with Seher Khan
Full Moon Workshop with Seher Khan
This workshop take splace in the Main Hall which is an accessible space.
Creating Safe Spaces workshop
Creating Safe Spaces
The Strength Project CIC invites the younger members of our community to join them in an Empowering Workshop.
Three consecutive Saturday afternoons for one hour.
For more information and to book click below…
Words @ the Woodfield
Words @ The Woodfield
Main Hall - Step Free Access
Come share stories, poems and songs.
Tickets On The Door or in advance - email ahead when you have your ticket if you want to guarantee a performer spot!
7:00-9:00pm Woodfield Pavilion £5.
Food on sale - BYOB
Parenting for Healthy Eating
Parenting for Healthy Eating & Positive Body Image
End Mealtime Battles & Raise Confident Kids
Upper Hall - Step Access only.
Join nutritional therapist Susanna Fall for a warm and practical workshop designed to help parents foster a healthy relationship with food and body image at home.
Discover how small shifts in the way we talk about food — and the habits we model — can make a big difference in how children eat, feel, and grow. You’ll explore practical strategies for managing picky eating and sugar worries, supporting self-regulation, and encouraging body confidence without pressure or guilt.
📅 Saturday 22 November 2025, 9:30–11:30am
📍 The Woodfield Pavilion (Upper Hall), Tooting Common. 16a Abbotswood Road
🎟️ Early Bird Tickets: £7.50 (limited availability)
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Classical Quartet open rehersal
The Millbank Quartet - open rehersal
The Millbank Quartet, based in London, is made up of violinists Anna Mitchell and Andrew Taheny, violist Melissa Doody, and cellist Hannah Scarborough. The quartet met as members of the Southbank Sinfonia and have been working together since; playing concerts in and around London in venues such as Smith Square Hall, St Peter’s Belsize Park, and the Anghiari Festival.
This will be their final rehearsal for an upcoming concert on 23rd November (details of which they will share soon) at which they’ll be playing Dvorak’s ‘American’ String Quartet No. 12, Mozart’s String Quartet No. 11, and Jessie Montgomery’s ‘Strum.’
As this is an Open Rehersal, you are welcome to enjoy the music and be able to arrive or leave within the performance. We would appreciate a donation towards the quartet and the Woodfield - Suggested Donation £5.00 - and for that you’ll get a chair to be able to stay for the whole show or as long as you’d like.
A Colourful Duo
A Colourful Duo
Glass by Brenda Keyte
Paintings & Textiles by Dil Vahidova-Mardell
Woodfield Main Hall - Step Free Access
Brenda Keyte: Bren creates a wide range of pieces by fusing glass in a kiln, her favourite being pictures: landscapes, seascapes and scenes which tell a story, prompted by daily observation. She has had her glass exhibited and sold in the Mall Galleries, St James SW1, in Sprout Arts SW16, the Woodfield Pavilion SW16 and annual Streatham Festivals.
Instagram: @brendak142 email: brendak142@gmail.com
Dil Vahidova: Dil has been working as a doctor for the past 35 years, and ‘to let off steam ‘started practicing Art. Her entire house is now full of colourful glass art and textiles. She has been privileged to exhibit at The Gallery in Mayfair, Battersea Power station, Portobello Gallery, Marylebone St Marys, Dulwich Picturehouse and Barnabas Hall.
‘I feel truly privileged to be exhibiting my Art in the Woodfield Pavilion.’
Instagram: @glass-by_dil
Bookbinding Workshop
BOOKBINDING WORKSHOP
With Raquel Amat Parra
Sunday 16th November
This season, give the gift of craft, to yourself or someone you love. I invite you to a unique bookbinding class where you’ll learn the art of creating beautiful, hand-bound book from scratch. Discover the joy of working with paper and thread, to craft something truly personal and lasting.
Whether you're a complete beginner or looking to deepen your skills, this class offers a creative escape, and the chance to make something meaningful, just in time for the holidays.
A thoughtful experience. A handmade treasure.
Shakespeare Storytelling Workshop
Shakespeare Storytelling Workshop
MAIN HALL - WOODFIELD PAVILION - FULLY ACCESSIBLE
COLIN HURLEY intro to workshop
Shakespeare and Storytelling workshop
Story telling. That’s words, right? How do we share those words with other people?
Most of Shakespeare’s words are in plays, to be heard, rather than read, so I’d say they were meant to fit into your ears, rather than your eyes
That’s where the performer comes in.
I’ve been teaching and leading workshops for twenty five years, at Shakespeare’s Globe (from 6yr olds to university students, and teaching teachers in Europe, China, America) and more recently at Rose Bruford and LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art).
This, my favourite workshop, will spend time raising our awareness of the non-verbal communication that supports the words. We will play games (or call them exercises if you want to be all serious about it) exploring circles of concentration, eye-contact, proximity and taking the time to notice the space we’re in, walk the angles, and play the space we’re in.
It’s just stuff we do instinctively in real life, but if we heighten our awareness of these aspects of non-verbal communication, we can become much more effective communicators, more skillful players, in life and in performance.
Yes, of course we start with the words, but those black squiggles on the white paper? They are not Hamlet, Macbeth, Lear. They’re the blueprint. They’re just the starting point.
The play’s the thing. So let’s play! (absolutely no experience of acting or performing is required to enjoy this workshop. The tone will be gentle and twinkly, encouraging curiosity and laughter.
Gently and playfully, let’s just notice the space we’re in, and the implications of proximity, eye-contact, discovering what a scene could be rather than deciding what it is. Balancing the ‘table work with ‘walking the angles’.
We will be on our feet a lot of the time, but nothing risky or too energetic. There will be time for discussion, but it will be specifically reflecting on our experience and discoveries while playing on our feet, rather than general theorizing. I am always aware that to stand up at all in front of others is an act of courage. Let’s see if together we can find our way to dare to play.
We start at 10am, but doors open at 9:30 so there’s a chance to grab a cuppa (not included, but the coffee is good!) and a chat.
My priorities are enabling actors to work out a space together, to spend more time on ‘receive’ rather than ‘transmit’, balancing the fixed points (the words, the verse) with the fluid (we don’t plan any staging beforehand). Over the years I’ve watched my Factory Friends make well-known scenes from well-known plays seem like improvisations. That’s the Magic and Mystery I’d like to explore.
I’ve been a professional actor since 1981, mostly theatre, lots and lots of Shakepeare, most recently with Shakespeare’s Globe, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and The Factory Theatre Company, who meet most weeks to explore our craft together, and who specialize in pop-up, stripped–back performances of Shakespeare’s plays in conventional or unconventional playing spaces.
"Lear's Shadow" - by Colin Hurley
Lear’s Shadow
Devised and Performed By Colin Hurley
MAIN HALL - WOODFIELD PAVILION - FULLY ACCESSIBLE
SPOILER ALERT: At the end of Shakespeare’s play Lear dies.
What I’m wondering is: what happens then? Come on, we all wonder that, sometimes, don’t we? What happens after you die? Well, that’s where this show starts.
A man in a dressing gown shuffles in, carrying a box. From the box he pulls the objects, people, quarrels, wrongs, jokes, mistakes, laughter and regrets that add up to a life. Over the next seventy minutes he retreads the path that brought him here, to This Great Stage of Fools: the loss of his daughters, the loss of his knights, the loss of his fool, the loss of his wits... oh, and the storm. Don't forget the storm. When The Rain Came.
Using only Shakespeare's words (reordered, repurposed, and often repeated) Lear's Shadow is a mischievous, engaging reflection on Shakespeare's great domestic tragedy.
Content Warning: this piece contains vivid depictions of Very Poor Parenting.
Colin Hurley has been acting for fifty years. Mostly in plays by dead people!
Works include: Royal National Theatre (Lear, Richard III) - The Globe - Including Twelfth Night in the West End and on Broadway as Sir Toby Belch. Royal Shakespeare Company - most recently as Brabantio in Othello. Film and TV work. Classical Acting lecturer at LAMDA.
The Decisive Moment - Peter Solari
Solo Show by Pete Solari
Woodfield Main Hall - Step Free Access
My artwork is inspired by the act of travelling through environments; observing, recording and reacting to the variety of life and landscape around us. The term ‘The Decisive Moment’ (Cartier-Bresson) reverberates with my own practise; that creative moment when you intuitively decide to capture an image, making that vital decision to stop and record.
For me, this is the moment that has such an emotional impact that it draws the viewer in, either through their recognition of the scene or because it is bringing something new to their consciousness. I express this through fine-art painting, etching and photography.
Full Moon Workshop with Seher Khan
Full Moon Workshop with Seher Khan
This workshop takesplace in the Main Hall which is an accessible space.
Woodfield Worms Bookclub
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
Love a book? Want to share?
Come and be a Woodfield Worm (Bookworm that is!?)
Come and join our monthly Bookclub
Meeting - 2nd Tuesday at 5:30pm - Doors open 5:15pm
Main Hall - Woodfield Pavilion - Step Free Access
It's free to come along - Teas and Coffee available to buy.
So if you fancy joining in then let us know.
.
Everyone welcome - Dog Friendly
Drop an email HERE
'Afterbeat' - Solo Exhibition by Steve Owen
‘AFTERBEAT’
a SOLO Show by Artist and Printmaker - Steve Owen.
Woodfield Main Hall - Step Free Access
Starting points for the paintings are quite often the faded graphics in 50’s and 60’s magazines and often there is a fair amount of ‘pop’ ephemera buried in the resulting imagery. Paintings start fairly chaotic but are gradually ‘tamed’ however the temptation to reach a finished outcome too quickly is often difficult to resist. Chance marks and shapes are worked and overworked until the composition feels right.
The blank canvas is approached with some trepidation. A few painterly marks will hopefully become the start of a successful finished work, but there is little forward planning.
The limited edition prints in the exhibition are a new development sometimes combining collage, screenprinting and blockprinting techniques.
Steve Owen studied Fine Art Painting at Wimbledon School of Art before embarking on a career teaching Art in secondary schools and FE colleges.
He has exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and the Bankside gallery. This will be his first solo show at the Woodfield Pavilion.
‘Starting points for the paintings are quite often the faded graphics in 50’s and 60’s magazines and often there is a fair amount of ‘pop’ ephemera buried in the resulting imagery. Paintings start fairly chaotic but are gradually ‘tamed’ however the temptation to reach a finished outcome too quickly is often difficult to resist. Chance marks and shapes are worked and overworked until the composition feels right.
The blank canvas is approached with some trepidation. A few painterly marks will hopefully become the start of a successful finished work, but there is little forward planning.
The limited edition prints in the exhibition are a new development sometimes combining collage, screenprinting and blockprinting techniques.
Steve Owen studied Fine Art Painting at Wimbledon School of Art before embarking on a career teaching Art in secondary schools and FE colleges.
He has exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and the Bankside gallery. This will be his first solo show at the Woodfield pavilion.’
Yin Yoga Workshop with Fenella Lindsell
We spend a great deal of our time meeting deadlines and demands in our lives. From time to time it’s important to give ourselves time to deeply stretch, release and restore. The workshop encourages longer holds in postures to reduce and prevent injury.
Main Hall - Woodfield Pavilion - Step Free Access
We use props to facilitate this and finish with a guided yoga nidra.
£50 before end of August, £60 from 1st September.
To book contact nell@yoga-forever.com
With the End in Mind - Festival of the Dead
With the End in Mind
Festival of the Dead - The Unquiet Grave
Join us and Friends of Streatham Cemetery (Garrett Lane) to remember our own dear departed with craft, stories, and music by Wandle Delta String Band.
4:00-8:00pm FREE Suitable for all ages.
The Unquiet Grave - Festival of the Dead
The Unquiet Grave - Festival of the Dead
‘Stories from the Other Side’
Halloween stories told by internationally acclaimed Kate Corkery and Nell Phoenix.
Come in costume.
Food & Drink on the night
Words @ the Woodfield - Festival of the Dead
Words @ The Woodfield - ‘Family’
Festival of the Dead - The Unquiet Grave
Come share stories, poems and songs, on the subject of family.
Tickets On The Door or in advance - email ahead when you have your ticket if you want to guarantee a performer spot!
7:00-9:00pm Woodfield Pavilion £5.
Food & Drink on sale
Silent Disco
As part of the Woodfield’s FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD…
The real SILENT DISCO…
TUNES FOR EVERY TASTE… A CHANCE TO DANCE YOURSELF SILLY WHEN NO ONE CAN SEE YOU!!
Party in the Park!! Get Funky in a Field! Disco in the Dark!!
Tickets £10 per person - Book in advance to guarantee your spot, or pay on the Door.
Bar and Food available.
This is a NO HEELS dance - come and wiggle in your wellies!!!
Boogie in your BOOTS!!!
Family Silent Disco
As part of the amazing FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD….
FAMILY SILENT DISCO!
Tickets £5 per person - in advance to guarantee you spot - or on the door.
Dance the whole family silly round the Woodfield - music will be suitable for a younger audience.
Finishes in time for the amazing GATHERING!!!
The Gathering - Festival of the Dead
The Gathering - Festival of the Dead - The Unquiet Grave
5:00-6:00 FAMILY SILENT DISCO Kid-friendly tracks £5pp
6:00-7:30 WE GATHER Fire, Drums, Clog Dancing, Sing Out Streatham and Simon the Fire Breather.
ALL FREE!
Proper food from Richard of Richard’s Kitchen and a bar in the Pavilion
7:30-9:00 Dance in the Dark SILENT DISCO
Groove to Disco, Northern Soul, Funk tracks. £10 pp
Woodfield Portrait Session
Join us at the Woodfield
The Portrait Group meets Friday 24 October 2025, 2-5:00pm
Upstairs at Woodfield.
We paint/draw a live, clothed model. Pleases bring all materials needed. 7 easels and a table or 2 are available to work on.
Contact Linda to pre-book via WhatsApp is essential. Please join this WhatsApp group if you are interested in this or future monthly sessions: WHATSAPP LINK
Cost will be £20 (£10 concessions as needed) in cash on the day. This includes room hire & payment for a model if at least 6 full price attendees commit to the day.
With 5 or fewer, it'll be £10 and we'll draw each other (either all at work or taking turns as the model - TBA on the day).
Any extra funds go toward costs of the next session and a donation to Medical Aid for Palestine.
Nature Walk with Roy Vickery
A guided nature walk led by our own favourite botanist: Roy Vickery.
Take a gentle stroll through Tooting Commons and Roy will point out all the interesting flaura and fauna that Autumn brings.
Suitable for all.
Bring suitable shoes and clothing in case it gets muddy or rainy!
Woodfield Worms Bookclub
Small Bomb at Dimperley by Lissa Evans
Love a book? Want to share?
Come and be a Woodfield Worm (Bookworm that is!?)
Main Hall - Step Free Access
Come and join our monthly Bookclub
Meeting - 2nd Tuesday at 5:30pm - Doors open 5:15pm - Woodfield Main Hall - Step Free Access
It's free to come along - Teas and Coffee available to buy.
So if you fancy joining in then let us know.
.
Everyone welcome - Dog Friendly
Drop an email HERE
Lino Printing Workshop
Lino Printing Workshop
Join artist Sitara yelding for her lino printing workshop. Make your own lino print using a leaf or flower design inspired by the natural landscape. Learn how to draw and carve your block before printing your chosen design. By the end, you will have a lovely handprinted lino print to take home.
Woodfield Open Exhibition
OPENING HOURS
ALL WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS 11AM TO 4PM
SATURDAY 11th & SUNDAY 12th 10AM TO 5PM
SATURDAY 18th 10AM TO 2:30PM & SUNDAY 19th 10AM TO 5PM
SATURDAY 25th 10AM TO 3:00PM & SUNDAY 26th 10AM TO 5PM
SATURDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 10AM TO 2PM - SHOWDOWN PARTY 2PM TO 6PM!!
Another wonderful Members Open Exhibition
46 Artists and 105 Works of Art
As part of Streatham Festival and the Streatham Art Trail
Main Hall - Woodfield Pavilion - Step Free Access - Dog Friendly
The entrance to see the exhibition is free.
Full Moon Workshop with Seher Khan
Full Moon Workshop with Seher Khan
This workshop takesplace in the Main Hall which is an accessible space.
Explore Bookmaking & Concertina binding Workshop
Discover the art of concertina bookbinding in this hands-on, 2-hour workshop, designed for all skill levels. Whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced maker, you’ll leave inspired and confident to create your own fold-out books.
UPPER HALL - Woodfield Pavilion - Not step free.
In this session, you will:
Learn bookbinding fundamentals and how to work confidently with essential tools
Understand paper grain and how it influences folding and structure
Explore different approaches to folding, page attachment, cover design, and finishing techniques
Experiment with creative ways to personalize your book
Through clear demonstrations, guided practice, and individual support, you’ll gain practical skills while nurturing your own creativity. By the end, you’ll take home a beautiful handmade book, perfect as a sketchbook, mini portfolio, album, or keepsake, and the knowledge to make more at home.
All materials are provided, but you’re welcome to bring your own decorative papers or personal touches. No previous experience required, just bring your enthusiasm!
South London Storytelling - CLUB NIGHT!
South London Storytelling presents….
CLUB NIGHT!
Upper Hall - Stair access.
Please come and tell a story or just come to listen.
You can come and tell any story even one you have told here before.