At one of her lavish parties, celebrated Parisan courtesan Violetta is introduced to Alfredo Germont. The two fall madly in love, and though hesitant to leave behind her life of luxury and freedom, Violetta follows her heart. But the young couple’s happiness is short-lived, as the harsh realities of life soon come knocking.

As intimate as it is sumptuous, La traviata features some of opera’s most famous melodies, and is a star vehicle for its leading soprano role sung by Ermonela Jaho. In director Richard Eyre’s world of seductive grandeur, the tender and devastating beauty at the centre of Verdi’s opera shines bright.

Join us in the Ingham Room as the musicians of the Lower School show their musical talents in a concert of solo performances.

Our Third Solo Platform of the year takes place in its usual setting with a range of performances. Admission is free and all are most welcome to attend this evening recital.

Our first masterclass of the year, kindly sponsored by the Abingdon School Music Society, sees the visit of drummer Vince Dunn. Our drummers will enjoy an evening masterclass from this exceptionally versatile musician whose work has seen him collaborate with leading artists including Pharrell Williams, Madonna and Kylie Minogue. Alongside a varied performance career, Vince is equally passionate about education and teaching, running a busy and successful drum clinic.

OA Guy Cutting returns to Abingdon to give an evening recital of English song entitled ‘Whither must I wander?’ Guy Cutting is recognised internationally for his compelling performances and refined musicianship, with a particular reputation in the music of J.S. Bach. Equally at home on the recital stage, Guy has collaborated with a number of the world’s foremost ensembles and vocal directors. Further information can be found here. This is an evening not to be missed as one of the most prominent OA musicians returns to Abingdon to deliver an evening of wonderful musicianship accompanied by George Ireland.

Mike Bartlett's epic rollercoaster ride sees three estranged sisters navigate family chaos, corporate corruption, and personal crises while their scientist father predicts a global climate catastrophe. Bouncing wildly from 1968 to 2525, this thrilling, fragmented play asks what matters most when the world is literally falling apart.

We are very excited to be staging OA Mike Bartlett's seminal 2010 play Earthquakes in London as our senior production this year - marking 15 years since Abingdon did the first ever amateur production of the show, and as a celebration of legendary former Director of Drama Jeremy Taylor, as he retires this year. We are delighted to be staging the show in collaboration with talented actors from OX14 Learning Partnership schools John Mason and Larkmead. Tickets are on sale now via the Amey Theatre box office - get yours now!

Our third masterclass of the term gives our cellists the opportunity to perform. With an evening of both solo performances and performance for the cello ensemble, this will be an informative evening which will explore both technique and interpretation. At this time, the masterclass leader is TBC but will be confirmed in January. This is recommended for all pupils who learn the cello.

Join us at the Family Science Club for a Saturday morning filled with exciting challenges, hands-on exploration, and plenty of fun! Designed for curious minds of all ages, our Family Science Club offers a unique opportunity for adults and children to work together as they investigate the wonders of science through creative, interactive activities.

The Family Science Club runs once per half-term and is held in the state-of-the-art Partnerships Lab within the Yang Science Centre at Abingdon School. Each session features a new theme or scientific focus, encouraging families to discover something different every time.

Children must be accompanied and supervised by an adult throughout the session. Whether you’re experimenting, building, or solving puzzles together, it’s a brilliant way to inspire a love of science in a relaxed and supportive environment.

Family Science Club is delivered by Abingdon Science Partnership on behalf of Abingdon Sports and Leisure. The Abingdon Science Partnership (ASP) is primarily a science outreach organisation supported and funded by Abingdon School.

Virginia Woolf defied literary conventions to depict rich inner worlds – her heightened, startling and poignant reality. Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor leads a luminous artistic team to evoke Woolf’s signature stream of consciousness writing style in this immense work that rejects traditional narrative structures. Woolf Works is a collage of themes from Mrs Dalloway, Orlando, The Waves and Woolf’s other writings. Created in 2015 for The Royal Ballet, this Olivier-award winning ballet triptych captures the heart of Woolf’s uniquely artistic spirit.

Parade is a Tony Award winning musical set in 1913, Atlanta, with a book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. Based on the true story of Leo Frank a Jewish factory manager accused of the murder of 13 year old Mary Phagen. The show delves into a community shaken by tragedy, a justice system clouded by prejudice and the enduring strength of love under fire.

It is a great pleasure to be able to welcome back Ian Mullin to give our flautists an evening masterclass. Ian Mullin is a versatile flautist who has worked with all the major orchestras in the UK.  He is in great demand as an Orchestral Player, Teacher and Commercial musician.  He has worked with many artists across genres, including Sting, Kylie Minogue and many more. He has also recorded extensively with the Royal Philharmonic and London Philharmonic Orchestras throughout his career. Please come and join us for what will be a spectacular and informative evening.  Tickets are free but need to be reserved.

A new concert for the Abingdon Music Calendar, do join us for an evening of performances from our drummers. Performing on the Amey theatre stage with full sound support, this is a unique opportunity for our numerous drum students.

Our second and final Solo Platform of the term sees performances from a range of instrumentalists. Admission is free and all are most welcome to this evening recital.

One of the most watched NT LIve releases of all time. Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the much-anticipated return of the Olivier Award-winning hit production, that inspired Netflix's The Crown.

This production has been rated 12 by BBFC.

Presented by Speakers from the Edge

Join legendary climber Leo Houlding for his next new show, Exposed, a gripping live experience with stunning visuals, film, and storytelling from the world’s wildest places. After three decades on the edge of adventure, Leo now explores with his young family—kiting across the Norwegian Arctic, canyoning in the Arabian desert, paddling remote Pacific islands, and spending a week vertical camping with the kids up El Capitan. 

A story of risk, resilience, and reward—Exposed will inspire you to embrace discomfort, confront fear, and chase your own horizons.

The peasant girl Giselle has fallen in love with Albrecht. When she discovers that he is actually a nobleman promised to another, she kills herself in despair. Her spirit joins the Wilis: the vengeful ghosts of women hell-bent on killing any man who crosses their path in a dance to the death. Wracked with guilt, Albrecht visits Giselle’s grave, where he must face the Wilis – and Giselle’s ghost.

Peter Wright’s 1985 production of this quintessential Romantic ballet is a classic of The Royal Ballet repertory. Set to Adolphe Adam’s evocative score and with atmospheric designs by John Macfarlane, Giselle conjures up the earthly and otherworldly realms in a tale of love, betrayal and redemption.

With a number of Chamber music groups who rehearse weekly, do join us for our annual evening of Chamber Music. With a range of ensembles including Piano duets, String Quartets, Clarinet ensembles and other smaller ensembles across the breadth of the pupil body, this promises to be an exciting evening of music making. Tickets are free but need to be booked.

Do join us for our annual service of thanksgiving as we celebrate the Abingdon foundation. With prep school choristers joining the Chapel choir, this is a service which features a massed choir with anthems, hymns and a homily. Tickets are free but need to be booked.

Join us in the Amey Theatre for an evening of Rock Music which will blow your mind away! With a variety of bands performing from across the breadth of the school, this will be a fast paced and varied evening of music making. All are most warmly invited to hear the progress and performance of Abingdon’s bands.

This term’s organ recital takes place in Chapel with a number of performances from the school’s organists. All are welcome to hear this fine instrument played by the pupils under the direction of James Brown and Lewis Morrin.

Following on from the House Music competition, Abingdon Young Musician of the Year, earlier in term, a number of pupils have been selected as part of the Intermediate category of the competition. For performers between grades 6 and 8, this will be an evening of varied performances and a concert for all! Tickets are free but need to be booked.

Adjudicator: Mr Thomas Neal, Director of Music at New College School, Oxford

Do join us for the termly Open Mic Night in the Pavilion.  With a number of vocal and instrumental performances, join us for an evening of performances in this open and welcoming setting.

Our annual School Choirs’ evening takes place in the Amey Theatre  this term with a programme performed by the School Chapel Choir and Abingdon School Choral Society. The Chapel choir will perform a number of items in preparation for their forthcoming tour to the Netherlands whilst the choral society will perform larger choral works by Finzi, Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Parry. Accompanied by a full orchestra, this promises to be a wonderful evening of choral music.

Our Junior final of Abingdon Young Musician of the Year takes place in the Charles Maude Room as a number of our pupils perform a varied programme of music. Alongside the hope of being crowned the first Junior Young Musician of the Year, this is a wonderful performance opportunity for the schools’ musicians below grade 6 standard.

Adjudicator: TBC

Further to a Concerto evening in the Michaelmas Term, nine pupils have been selected to perform concerto movements with a professional orchestra. With a range of concerto movements  for all instruments including Piano, Marimba, Bassoon and Cello, there is music by Elgar, Scriabin, Hummel, Prokofiev and Bruch. Do join us for an evening of wonderful musicianship.

Our final concert of term sees the larger ensembles take to the stage. The Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonietta, Jazz Band, Concert Band, Sinfonia and Symphony Orchestra will all perform their term’s work. Interval refreshments will be served in the Pavilion. Do join us for a wonderful evening of music making to round off the term’s musical activities.

Abingdon Operatic Society are bringing the enchanted world of Broadway’s classic, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, to Abingdon. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature, this international sensation – that has been produced in 37 countries worldwide – includes all of the wonderful songs written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, along with new songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice. The original Broadway production ran for over thirteen years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical!

The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed into his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity…

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean is released from years of unjust imprisonment.

He breaks his parole in the hope of starting a new life, initiating a life-long struggle

for redemption as he is relentlessly pursued by police inspector, Javert, who refuses

to believe that Valjean can change his ways. During the Paris student uprising of

1832, Javert must confront his morality after Valjean spares his life and saves that of

the student revolutionary who has captured the heart of Valjean's adopted daughter.

Oxfordshire Youth Music Theatre presents a powerful and moving show which

includes classic songs such as ‘Do You Hear the People Sing’, ‘I Dreamed a Dream’,

‘On My Own’ and many more. Immerse yourself in this timeless musical performed

entirely by Oxfordshire school students supported by instrumentalists from

Oxfordshire County Music Service.

Age rating 14+

Princess Pamina has been captured. Her mother, the Queen of the Night, tasks the young Prince Tamino with her daughter’s rescue. But when Tamino and his friendly sidekick, Papageno, embark on their adventure, they soon learn that when it comes to the quest for love, nothing is as it really seems. Guided by a magic flute, they encounter monsters, villains, and a mysterious brotherhood of men – but help, it turns out, comes when you least expect it.

Mozart’s fantastical opera glitters in David McVicar’s enchanting production. A star cast including Julia Bullock as Pamina, Amitai Pati as Tamino, Huw Montague Rendall as Papageno, Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night, and Soloman Howard as Sarastro, led by French conductor Marie Jacquot in her Covent Garden debut.

Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal of the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph).

Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeny (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge's riveting play of youth and self-discovery.

This production has been rated 12 by BBFC.

BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton's celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.

This production has been rated 15 by BBFC.