And the world was dancing... Songs for a New World is the breakout musical by Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown. Through powerful songs the show explores defining moments when people are faced with life-changing decisions. It dives into themes of change, fear of the unknown, love, ambition, and the courage it takes to move forward. Our production combines the performance with an exhibition of art that dialogues with the show, interweaving images and real-life stories of resilience with those portrayed onstage. Directed by Seb Carrington Produced by Kapil Narain on behalf of Seabass Theatre LOCATION The performance will take place at Magdalen College Chapel. Doors open at 19:30: please arrive at the door with your ticket ready to be scanned by the steward. POLICIES Photography and any audiovisual recording is strictly prohibited. Alcohol may not be brought into the playing space. Due to the nature of the production, there is a strict no readmittance policy. If for any reason you must leave during the show, you must wait until the interval to re-enter the space.

Ive had an extraordinary day, Mr Byron. I went to a village fair. I had a pint of beer. Then the next thing I remember is waking alone, in this wood, on a bed of bracken. All around me were outstretched green hands, supporting me, surrounding me, swaying in time with the sunlight. A million tiny green fingers, the tips scorched by the sun. Jerusalem is perhaps the greatest play of the 21st century. Melancholic and bucolic in equal measure, Jez Butterworths masterpiece explores the splendour and the decay of Englishness, the confusion and clutter of identity, and the desperate urge to belong. We are shown a vision of England through the eyes of the people it has left behind; Johnny Rooster Byron and the layabouts who are drawn into his orbit of drunkenness and revelry. Jerusalem is at once a joyous carnival of folkloric carnage and a stagnant pit of sorrow, reminding you exactly what theatre is supposed to do. Content Warnings Frequent and extreme profanity, drug use, racism, misogyny, violence.