The Sion College Afternoon at the Panto: Potted Panto

Potted Panto brings you seven classic pantomimes in 80 hilarious minutes! Wilton’s Music Hall welcomes back the Olivier Award nominated festive celebration. In a madcap ride through the biggest stories and best-loved characters from the wonderful world of pantomime, our dastardly double act dash from rubbing Aladdin’s lamp to roaming the golden streets of Dick Whittington’s London and making sure that Cinderella gets to the Ball.

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A Sion College Zoom seminar with Marc Woodhead: Turner and Constable: Rivals in Landscape?

This talk will provide a comprehensive introduction to the Tate Britain exhibition Turner and Constable (27th November 2025 -12th April 2026), which commemorates the 250th anniversary of the births of these two great British artists. 

We will compare these two important English landscape painters, JMW Turner and John Constable, and consider the trajectory of each artist’s career. What was the art historical and socio-political context in which they were working? In what sense were they rivals? Why are Turner and Constable considered to be pioneers, trailblazers and originals in landscape painting? We will compare their paintings and seek to discuss the similarities and differences between their work, and in what ways their aesthetic sensibilities, and especially their perception of Nature, converge and diverge. And, most importantly, how we (personally) respond to their paintings 250 years later. Join us to reflect on these two wonderful painters. 

Marc Woodhead studied Fine Art Painting at Carlisle College of Art and Design, and Cheltenham College of Art and Design, and lectures at the National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery and Wallace Collection in London, and has also established his own company, Art History for Independent Travelers, leading tours of Italy, Spain, Holland and Germany for groups from the UK. Marc has a special interest in light, colour and line in Early Renaissance and Early Modernist painting.

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A Sion College Visit to the Franciscans in Plaistow

Plaistow has changed substantially over the past seventy years, from a home for the white working-class to one of the most multi-ethnic and multi-faith areas of London, yet the ‘brown brothers’ remain very much part of the local scene. Working with the local charity, Helping Hands, they provide a place of welcome, hospitality and prayer in this interesting and vibrant place. The brothers will share something of their life and ethos in this visit to the house and area. We will join them in midday prayer and journey to a local Turkish restaurant for lunch (c. 20 minutes’ walk – no alcohol).

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A Sion College Zoom seminar with Fr Ihor Dmytryshyn

Fr Ihor has kindly agreed to tell us about the daily realities of his ministry in Ukraine dealing with the impact of the war on every aspect of his personal and professional life.

He was ordained deacon in June 2024 and priest in February 2025 in the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, and currently serves at the Holy Trinity parish in Kryvyi Rih and at the newly established parish of St George in Zhovti Vody, which brings together displaced families from Bakhmut, Kramatorsk and Melitopol. His pastoral focus is especially on young people and families: organising prayer and music evenings, overseeing student chaplaincy, and coordinating catechesis for children and adults within the parish community. His two parishes are some 400kms SE of Kyiv.

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A Sion College Seminar Supper With Rupert Shortt: The Eclipse of Christianity and Why It Matters

The mainstream Churches are faltering – or even at risk of dying out – in their Western and Middle Eastern heartlands. Surveys confirm that only a minority of people in a country such as Britain now claim Christian allegiance. The pattern is being matched in neighbouring societies. At the same time many opinion formers preach secularist ideology with a fervour shading into dogmatism. Others, unsure of their moorings, feel some residual attachment to spirituality, while being sceptical about the existence of God and other articles of belief.

Rupert is a Fellow Commoner of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge and was formerly religion editor of The Times Literary Supplement. His books include Rowan’s Rule: The Biography of the Archbishop, God Is No Thing: Coherent Christianity, Outgrowing Dawkins: God for Grown-Ups, and Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack.

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