When a Button Comes Loose
A theatrical reading with live music and poetry.
Wycliffe Hall invites you to a preview of new work from a member of our student body. Helen Clark presents an intial reading of her play, When a Button Comes Loose, complete with music.
During the Second World War, a mysterious stranger arrives at a farm in Wiltshire,
unsettling the gentle rhythms of village life. Gossip stirs and suspicions rise.
Emily reflects on her younger days as a seamstress in the village. Amid buttons and
candlelight, laughter and longing, and the ache of love tested by loss, she discovers that
suffering does not have the final word. Through grief and grace, she comes to understand
that every stitch of her life has been held in the hands of a faithful Creator.
A tender and beautiful evening of live music, poetry, and song, reflecting on love and loss,
and on the enduring faithfulness of God, who sews and weaves beauty from brokenness
into a divine tapestry.
Wycliffe Hall has set itself the modest task of fostering a New Renaissance of Christian scholarship, leadership and culture. As both a Christian community and a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford, we want to see transformational scholarship, leadership and culture, born out of Christian community, offering the truth, beauty and goodness of the gospel to the world.
Event details
Date: Thursday 28th May
Time: 6pm
Venue: Wycliffe Hall, 52-54 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6PW
Getting here: Wycliffe Hall is on major bus routes. Limited parking may be available on site (please contact us by email if you have any special access requirements) and pay-and-display on-street parking is available close by in Norham Gardens.
Photography and filming: This event will include photography and filming: please contact us directly if you have any questions about this: conferences@wycliffe.ox.ac.uk.
All are welcome: the event is open to the public but booking is required.
A theatrical reading with live music and poetry.
Wycliffe Hall invites you to a preview of new work from a member of our student body. Helen Clark presents an intial reading of her play, When a Button Comes Loose, complete with music.
During the Second World War, a mysterious stranger arrives at a farm in Wiltshire,
unsettling the gentle rhythms of village life. Gossip stirs and suspicions rise.
Emily reflects on her younger days as a seamstress in the village. Amid buttons and
candlelight, laughter and longing, and the ache of love tested by loss, she discovers that
suffering does not have the final word. Through grief and grace, she comes to understand
that every stitch of her life has been held in the hands of a faithful Creator.
A tender and beautiful evening of live music, poetry, and song, reflecting on love and loss,
and on the enduring faithfulness of God, who sews and weaves beauty from brokenness
into a divine tapestry.
Wycliffe Hall has set itself the modest task of fostering a New Renaissance of Christian scholarship, leadership and culture. As both a Christian community and a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford, we want to see transformational scholarship, leadership and culture, born out of Christian community, offering the truth, beauty and goodness of the gospel to the world.
Event details
Date: Thursday 28th May
Time: 6pm
Venue: Wycliffe Hall, 52-54 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6PW
Getting here: Wycliffe Hall is on major bus routes. Limited parking may be available on site (please contact us by email if you have any special access requirements) and pay-and-display on-street parking is available close by in Norham Gardens.
Photography and filming: This event will include photography and filming: please contact us directly if you have any questions about this: conferences@wycliffe.ox.ac.uk.
All are welcome: the event is open to the public but booking is required.
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Highlights
- 1 hour
- In person
Location
Wycliffe Hall
54 Banbury Road
Park Town OX2 6PW
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