A Sion College Visit to Tom Stoppard’s play, Arcadia at the Duke of York’s Theatre

Widely regarded as one of Stoppard’s finest achievements, Arcadia is a play of dazzling intelligence, wit and humanity by one of the greatest dramatists of modern times, who died in November 2025 at the age of 88.

Set within a single country house across two centuries, the play interweaves mathematics, poetry, science, theology, desire and the search for truth, as its characters grapple with questions of order and chaos, knowledge and mystery, reason and the passions of the heart. Both intellectually exhilarating and deeply moving, Arcadia invites reflection on the limits of human understanding, the passing of time, and humanity’s enduring longing to discern meaning within the complexity of creation.

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Is it Me or is it hot in here? A Sion College Online Seminar with Julie Gittoes

This seminar is about the m-word, the menopause, and the years leading up to it known as perimenopause. These years can feel like an embodied borderland: of life and mortality, generativity and invisibility, fertility and barrenness. We will explore that borderland by focusing on one woman’s story told in the synoptic gospels: a woman known not by name, but by her constant bleeding, and because her bleeding stopped.  Her story interrupts the movement of Jesus with a touch that takes us to the borderland of the flow of blood and the flow of power. In talking about the m-word through the lens of her story, and the increased openness to discussing symptoms, their effect and work-place policies, we will reflect on how different commentators make sense of this moment of faith and the theological space around bodies, including the ecclesial body itself.

The Revd Preb Dr Julie Gittoes is Vicar of St Mary's and Christ Church, Hendon and Area Dean of Barnet. She was ordained in St Paul's in 2003 having trained alongside post-graduate studies in Cambridge. She has experience of parish ministry in west London and cathedral ministry in Guildford (where she was responsible for education, public engagement and art). Julie was a member of the Families and Households Commission and serves on the Faith and Order Commission.

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A Sion College Seminar Reception with Dr David Musgrove: An Evening with the Bayeux Tapestry

Join Sion College for a special evening at the historic All Hallows by the Tower, for a fascinating talk on the Bayeux Tapestry, followed by canapés and drinks.

The tapestry has recently come to London and is being presented in an extraordinary exhibition at the British Museum. We are delighted to welcome Dr David Musgrove to tell its remarkable story and explore what this extraordinary medieval work can reveal about the events surrounding the Norman Conquest.

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A Sion College Seminar Supper with the Revd Canon James Walters: Building Christian Community in an age of Disintegration

The Church of England is often its own fiercest critic. Recent years have been dominated by a difficult reckoning with past failings, internal disagreement and continued numerical decline. But this is a moment of profound opportunity for parishes and chaplaincies to serve their communities and grow in faith. Based on case studies across the Church of England, James Walters offers reflections from his forthcoming Bloomsbury Lent Book 2027 to renew confidence in the practice of ordinary Christian community.

Canon James Walters is director of the LSE Faith Centre and a professor in practice at the London School of Economics.

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A Sion College Seminar Reception with Graham Tomlin: Faith that Frees: Luther’s Vision of the Spiritual Life

Martin Luther’s understanding of the Christian life and how it is lived proved revolutionary in sixteenth century Europe. In this session, we will explore why so many people at the time were drawn to it, why it led to profound changes in the medieval Catholic Church and what it can offer Christians today as they seek to live lives of faith and freedom.

Our speaker at this event is Bishop Graham Tomlin, Director of the Centre for Cultural Witness and Editor-in-Chief of its digital magazine project, Seen & Unseen, and former Bishop of Kensington. Graham is President of St Mellitus College and was previously Vice Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, where he taught within the Theology Faculty of Oxford University on Historical Theology, specialising in the Reformation period.

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A Sion College Visit to the National Theatre: The Jungle Book

In the mangroves of the Sundarbans, wolves howl, birds soar and tigers roar. At the heart of this wild and vibrant kingdom, an unlikely child is growing up… Mowgli.

Danger stalks the shadows, and threats lie hidden beneath every rock. To protect his family, his friends and the only home he has ever known, this young hero must first discover who he really is and where he truly belongs.

Based on the beloved tale by Rudyard Kipling, reimagined by Anupama Chandrasekhar (The Father and the Assassin). Directed by Indhu Rubasingham, with innovative puppetry by Finn Caldwell and Nick Barnes, this thrilling new adaptation brings the jungle roaring to life on the Olivier stage.

As always, this family theatre outing is heavily subsidised with the cost to Sion College members and their parties at £20 for adults, with no charge for school-age children. We have bought Circle tickets, and as always drinks or ice creams will also be provided for everyone. Please note that the theatre recommends that this production is not suitable for children under 7.

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