Let’s Build a Town

Book Tickets

Friday, 14 March 2025

Concert

Venue

The Oliver Hall, St Edward's School, Woodstock Road, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7NN

Tickets

Free, but booking required.

Please note there is a maximum 10 seats per order for this event.

Performances

Concert begins: 6pm (approx. 30 minutes)

Post -concert talk ends: 7.15pm

In Let’s Build a Town (1930) by the German composer Paul Hindemith, children are invited to imagine a city where there are no adults and they are in charge.

In 1931, this short experiment in music theatre was performed by schoolchildren in Oxford’s Holywell Music Room. In March 2025, young people from Oxford will restage scenes from the same piece, interspersed with new co-created music and theatre exploring what they think it means to build a town today.

Join us for this performance; a new town will be imagined and built before your very eyes and ears!

The performance will be followed by a post-concert talk with participants and members of the artistic team.

Produced by Music at Oxford in collaboration with The University of Oxford’s Cultural Programme, and with the support of the Faculty of Music, Magdalen College, RETUNE Festival and the Marchus Trust.

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Wednesday 5th March, 7.30pm
Florence Park Community Centre

Join members of the artistic team for a special behind-the-scenes glimpse of the research and creative work involved in this project. Tickets are available now.

Free with £5 voluntary donation from Florence Park Talks.

Photo credit: Simon Vail.