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January 2013
What’s On
Events
31 January to 21 April
Abingdon to Zanzibar – an A to Z of Abingdon
and Abingdonians over 450 Years
An exhibition looking at the School and some of
its famous pupils to mark the 450th anniversary
of John Roysse’s endowment of Abingdon
School in 1563.
Abingdon County Hall Museum
Open Tuesday – Sunday 10am to 4 pm
Admission Free
31 January to 12 December
A History of Abingdon School in 63 Objects
A website history uploaded twice a week,
term time only, until the end of the year
Wednesday 27 February
Private View: Abingdon – Zanzibar
6 pm: Abingdon County Hall Museum
Michael St John Parker, Headmaster of
Abingdon School 1975 – 2001
, will give a talk
afterwards about the above exhibition.
7 pm: Roysse Room, Abingdon Guild Hall
Admission Free – All welcome
Friday 1 March
Playing the Moldovans at Tennis
A public screening of Tony Hawks’ film in which
the comedian accepts a bet to see if he can
beat every player in the Moldovan football team
at tennis. The screening will be followed by a
Question and Answer session.
Money raised will go to support the School’s
Moldovan charities.
7 pm: Amey Theatre
Wednesday 13 March
Copenhagen
Michael Frayn’s play, based on the 1941
meeting in Copenhagen between Niels Bohr
and Werner Heisenberg, will be performed as
a staged reading by Abingdon’s Studio Theatre
Club as part of the Oxford Science Festival.
The performance will be followed by a Question
and Answer session chaired by
Professor
Frank Close
.
Tickets: £5 available at
or 01865 810000
7.30 pm: Amey Theatre
FASBC
Saturday 9 March
Annual Boat Club Dinner
Details to be announced
7.30 pm: Charles Maude Room followed by
Dining Hall
Check details of all
these events on the
calendar at:
abingdon.org.uk
Music
Tuesday 29 January
School Organists’ Joint Recital
5 pm: School Chapel
Thursday 31 January
New Year’s Charity Concert
7 pm: Amey Theatre
Tickets: £6, £4 (concessions), £16 family
Wednesday 20 February
Chamber Music Evening
7 pm: Charles Maude Room
Friday 22 February
Evensong
Chapel Choir will sing Evensong
6 pm: Keble College Chapel
Tuesday 26 February
Abingdon ‘Big Sing’ Choral Concert
7 pm: School Chapel
Wednesday 27 February
Woodwind Masterclass with Paul Harris
7 pm: Charles Maude Room
Wednesday 6 March
Music Scholars’ Concert No. 3
7 pm: Charles Maude Room
Friday 15 March
Singers’ Platform
7 pm: Charles Maude Room
Drama
Tuesday 29, Wednesday 30 January
The Pardoner’s Tale
Third-year drama production
7 pm: Abingdon Drama Studio
Lectures
Monday 4 February
Is it Fair to Punish Criminals?
Consciousness, freedom and the Implications
for Criminality
Deborah Bennison
4 pm: Charles Maude Room
Thursday 21 February
How Can We Cure Neurodegeneration?
Professor Kevin Talbot, Nuffield Department of
Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford
6.30 pm: Amey Theatre
Thursday 28 February
Vergil
James Morwood, Emeritus Fellow of Wadham
College, University of Oxford
6.30 pm: Charles Maude Room
Monday 4 March
Architecture and Design
Philip Johnson, OA 1990, project architect for
the London 2012 Olympic athletics stadium
4 pm: Amey Theatre
Tuesday 5 March
Chemistry of the Transition Metals
Ian Middleton,
Head of Chemistry, Abingdon School
4 pm: Room S21, Science School
Wednesday 13 March
Professor Frank Close
Emeritus Fellow of Exeter College and former
Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford
5.30 pm: Amey Theatre
ASPA
Friday 1 February
Fifth-Year Parents’ Supper
7 pm: The Parasol, Market Square, Abingdon
Friday 8 March
Lower School Parents’ Event
Details to be announced
Friday 17 May
All-School Quiz Night
Sports Centre Hospitality Suite
Friday 7 June
All-School End-of-Year Dinner
Pembroke College, Oxford
Tickets £40 per person
