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Fitzrovia Chapel The Fitzrovia Chapel is an enchanting jewel of Byzantine inspired architecture in the heart of the Fitzrovia community. We are open to visitors every Wednesday.

As the former chapel of the Middlesex Hospital, it is a place of meaning, creative wellbeing, memory and sanctuary for many. The Fitzrovia Chapel is a historic Grade II* listed secular chapel for weddings, events, contemplation and wonder.

16/09/2026

The Fitzrovia Chapel Announces George Vasey as Curator in Residence 2027 and Three Solo Exhibitions

The Fitzrovia Chapel is delighted to announce the appointment of curator and writer as its Curator in Residence for 2027. He will curate three new commissions by Christian Ovonlen, Eileen Cooper and Aliaskar Abarkas, transforming the chapel in January, April and November 2027.

The programme opens in January with British artist Christian Ovonlen (b.1987), who brings an exhibition of new capes, textiles, and drawings celebrating the transformative, restorative power of soul and disco. In the depths of winter, Ovonlen will fill the chapel with warmth, light and colour, evoking the sounds, styles and gestures of the dance floor.

April brings celebrated British artist Eileen Cooper OBE RA (b. 1953), who presents new paintings shaped by conversations with NHS workers at University College London Hospital. Drawing on historic depictions of medical professionals, the work moves beyond the anonymised imagery so often used to represent caregiving, instead exploring the rich inner lives of the NHS's diverse community.

The year closes in November with London-based Iranian artist Aliaskar Abarkas (b.1994), whose new performance and installation explores breath and breathlessness through the concept of sighing, tracing its physical, sonic and lyrical dimensions. The piece draws together the chapel's historic architecture with contributions from a range of community collaborators.

Artists:


Christian Ovonlen

Curated by

Design by
Photography by

Programme is supported by
University College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Teesside University


With access consultancy from

TUESDAY 10th MARCHLive Performance: Sian O’Gorman and Garwyn Linnell followed by panel discussionPleased to be hosting a...
03/03/2026

TUESDAY 10th MARCH

Live Performance: Sian O’Gorman and Garwyn Linnell followed by panel discussion

Pleased to be hosting an improvised acoustic performance by NYX composer Sian O’Gorman .edc and cellist Garwyn Linnell using voice and cello to shape a landscape of resonance and breath - an invitation to listen to memory as atmosphere, texture and felt presence. After the performance, Sian and Garwynn will be joined by NYX movement director Imogen Knight and olfactory designers Alice Denim and Luka Sykes

Tickets £10 via Eventbrite (link in bio)

As the first signs of spring appear, we thought we’d talk a bit about flowers 🌷 With our two hundred candles, and the in...
25/02/2026

As the first signs of spring appear, we thought we’d talk a bit about flowers 🌷

With our two hundred candles, and the intricate detail of the chapel, you can choose a minimalist or maximalist approach to your ceremony flowers.

Whether it be simple bouquets or elaborate urn arrangements, we are constantly inspired by the beautiful arrangements florists bring through our little wooden door.

We always encourage seasonal and environmentally conscious florals at the chapel. This ensures that your flowers not only look delicate and carefully considered, but don’t damage the planet either. We also hope that florists are able to create arrangements using sustainable materials, avoiding toxic floral foam.

Ask us for recommendations on how to make your ceremony flowers more sustainable. We can also connect you with some wonderful florists ✨✨✨



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Miseris Succurrere Disco6 to 25 March 202611am to 6pm Monday – SaturdayLate night Thursday until 8pm12pm to 5pm SundayAd...
23/02/2026

Miseris Succurrere Disco

6 to 25 March 2026
11am to 6pm Monday – Saturday
Late night Thursday until 8pm
12pm to 5pm Sunday
Admission free

We are excited to reveal our second exhibition by our inaugural Curators-in-Residence – the award-winning artists and BAFTA-nominated filmmakers .

The show takes its title from the motto of the former Middlesex Hospital, the hospital which the chapel served. It is most simply translated as “I learn to help those in need” and originates from Virgil’s Aeneid – Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco (“Having known misfortune myself, I am learning to help those in distress”). The show reflects on how personal tragedy can awaken empathy, mercy and collective care.

The exhibition explores grief, sanctuary and transcendence through a series of newly commissioned works that invite audiences into an experiential, durational environment shaped by sound, light and scent.

At the heart of Miseris Succurrere Disco is a major new sound commission by the experimental vocal collective .edc . Created as a choral and electronic composition, the 20-minute work takes visitors on a transcendental journey from despair to solace. Designed to loop and play three times an hour, the piece will unfold within an enhanced acoustic environment developed in collaboration with Arup, whose expertise in spatial sound design will allow audiences to experience the visceral highs and lows of the composition as an embodied, immersive encounter.

Working in dialogue with NYX’s new sound piece, scenographer Emmanuel Biard will present a new light sculpture positioned at the chapel’s marble altar. A single moving beam will slowly trace the spine of the building, transforming the space from intimate and shadowed to expansive and euphoric.

The olfactive design studio Denim-Sykes will create a subtle, evocative scent work in two parts.

This experience – charged with sonic, olfactive and atmospheric cues – will also feature a sculptural object displayed on the chapel font by London-based artist and joint winner of the 2019 Turner Prize .

Press: [email protected].

Love is in the air! On Sunday we enjoyed a bumper day of art workshops, starting with a Victorian decoupage Valentine’s ...
16/02/2026

Love is in the air! On Sunday we enjoyed a bumper day of art workshops, starting with a Victorian decoupage Valentine’s card workshop for families hosted by , followed by fancy dress life drawing with .

We will be hosting more low cost creative workshops for all ages throughout the year. Sign up for news via our website 💌

If you are a charity or community group looking for a venue to host a workshop, please get in touch.

Postcards from getting married in London’s most beautiful chapel 💌
07/02/2026

Postcards from getting married in London’s most beautiful chapel 💌






Our first show of the year, Souvenir, by curators-in-residence closes this Sunday. It's a living room containing a snow...
05/02/2026

Our first show of the year, Souvenir, by curators-in-residence closes this Sunday. It's a living room containing a snowglobe containing a tiny chapel. It's a tale of an older London told among hypnotic chords and sounds. It's a moment to be part of that story.

Thank you to for visiting today and for your great interest in the chapel and the show. It was really appreciated.

Souvenir closes this Sunday at 5pm. Free entry.

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Elizabeth Waight: Marchlands23rd to 26th February 2026Private view: Tuesday 24th February 6-8In medieval times, the marc...
05/02/2026

Elizabeth Waight: Marchlands
23rd to 26th February 2026
Private view: Tuesday 24th February 6-8

In medieval times, the marchlands were the lands comprising the borders of a territory. Over centuries, they’ve taken on a mythic resonance: the edge of the map, the space between what is seen and what is sensed.

Marchlands: The Space Between brings together Elizabeth Waight’s photography, writing, and celebrant practice in a multi-sensory exploration of liminality: the thresholds between landscape and story, silence and song, ritual and imagination.

At the heart of the exhibition is the Fitzrovia Chapel itself: a vessel of stillness and sanctuary, and a resonant setting for work that listens to what lies beneath the visible world. Through image, text, and sound, you are invited to step into the in-between. To dwell for a moment in the hush before meaning, where echoes, stories and memories converge.

Waight’s photographs map the fragile borderlines of beauty and loss – from vanishing woodlands to imagined sanctuaries – while audio from her forthcoming book Blood Song draws the listener through the Chapel’s own sacred threshold. Other work explores ritual and transformation through the lens of her celebrant work: Pòsadh Clock is a poetic assemblage of Celtic wedding traditions.

Marchlands is both an unveiling and an invocation: a celebration of the unseen, the half-remembered, the luminous space where art, love, and story meet.

Soft summer days that feel like they could last forever… ✨ Olivia and Luigi held their ceremony under our golden ceiling...
31/01/2026

Soft summer days that feel like they could last forever… ✨

Olivia and Luigi held their ceremony under our golden ceiling on the summer solstice last year, and what a day it was.

We’re looking forward to longer and brighter days and getting to know all the wonderful couples we’ll be working with this summer.

If you’d like to get married at the chapel, we’d love to hear from you. Email us at [email protected]

Our next wedding open house is on Tuesday 10th February from 4-7pm. You can drop in and don’t need to book❣️

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'Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glo...
24/01/2026

'Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace.'
Milan Kundera

A little note about dogs in the chapel. We love them.

For weddings, open days, most exhibitions. For memorials, book launches, funerals. We welcome friendly dogs on leads. We understand your dog can add to your feeling of peace, calm and joy while in the chapel.

During the busiest times, we may ask you to wait awhile before you bring in your dog. For some shows, the exhibits may be a little fragile. Otherwise, please both step inside and enjoy your time together.

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2 Pearson Square
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Monday 11am - 4pm
Tuesday 11am - 4pm
Wednesday 11am - 4pm

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