The Waterfront Journals is a site-specific promenade performance staged at Thames Barrier Park, London, presenting powerful monologues by artist-activist David Wojnarowicz. This outdoor theatrical experience guides participants through the park, where Wojnarowicz’s texts intertwine with newly commissioned testimonies from LGBTQIA+ Londoners. The narrative explores queer histories, cruising, love, loss, and resilience along the Thames waterfront, creating a textured, intergenerational dialogue about queerness and community.

Organized by ONE DAY THIS KID, the event blends Wojnarowicz’s influential writings with contemporary queer experiences, highlighting the symbolic and lived significance of the river’s edge as a site of connection and memory. The promenade format invites active movement through the space, engaging audiences directly with the environment and the layered stories embedded within it. The performance is wheelchair-accessible, emphasizing inclusivity within this reflective exploration of identity, history, and place.