2026 Festival
Gallery
Our 2026 Festival Gallery
Photographs capturing our inaugural festival, taken by professional photographers, poets, and members of the public.
Simon McBurney performing at Towards Silence at Holy Trinity Church, Stroud. ©Ian Irwin.
How to use the gallery sections
Click the arrows < > in each sliding gallery to view all of the images for each event.
Breakfast With Broken Sleep
With Lucy Holme, Hannah Copley, Rhian Elizabeth & Jake Wild Hall.
Chapels of Rest - South Chapel.
Images © Ian Irwin.
Ambient Receiver Showcase
With Rebecca Goss, Lydia Unsworth, Ginny Darke & Eleanor Rees.
Chapels of Rest - South Chapel.
Images © Ian Irwin.
Council of Collaboration: Dirt/Dialect Press Poets
With Lucy Holme, Alycia Pirmohammed & Hannah Copley, Andrew Hykel Mears & Claire Carroll, Rachel Goodman & Elvire Roberts, JLM Morton & Alice Willitts
Holy Trinity Church.
Images © Ian Irwin.
Rise of the Badger
With Josephine Lay, Peter Lay, Emma Smith (née Davidson) & Dr Alex Perry.
Chapels of Rest - South Chapel.
Images © Ian Irwin.
Towards Silence
An immersive work for poetry, piano, silence and spoken word with festival Patron Cassie Yukawa-McBurney and Simon McBurney.
Holy Trinity Church.
Images © Ian Irwin.
Gathering In
With Pascale Petit, Angela France, Pey Oh.
Holy Trinity Church.
Images © Ian Irwin.
Slight Night Afterparty
With Lost Mythos + God of Sports.
Rough Hands Coffee.
Images © Ian Irwin.
And there’s more…
We have lots more photos to share with you. Additional images will be added once they have been collated.
