The Record 2009 - Keble College - University of Oxford

The Life of the College
During the Easter vacation, Professor Markus Bockmuehl led a
group of theologians on a short trip to Rome for a special tour
of St Peter’s Tomb and the Vatican. The Society wishes to thank
Professor Bockmuehl for his efforts in organizing several very
successful seminars which have attracted students and scholars
from as far as London and Nottingham.
Martin Esslin Society
Hannah Martin
This year the Martin Esslin Society has become even more
prominent in the Oxford drama scene funding and producing
some incredible shows. Thanks to the success of sell-out shows
such as the experimental Sweeny Todd in Michaelmas Term and
the improvised version of Much Ado About Nothing in Trinity
Term, directors and producers have been queuing up to bid
for one of the four slots offered by the O’Reilly each term and
subsequently the standard of shows performed continues to rise.
The society aims to promote both home-grown Keble talent as
well as encourage new and experimental work. In Hilary Term
it managed to combine the two. The Martin Esslin production
(co-produced with Red Brick Productions), The Entertainer,
co-directed by Rebecca Threlfall and Hannah Martin
(Treasurer and President), produced by Sophie Macclancy
(Secretary) and starring Phoebe Thompson (Vice-President),
was a darkly comic take on the decline of the music hall
tradition. The run ended with a packed gala evening attended
by many members of the College. They were entertained with
various vaudevillian delights, including a mime artist and
fire-eater before the show. Later in the term Chelsea Walker
(committee member) directed a new adaptation of Clockwork
Orange which was a smash hit, with many students marvelling
at the creative use of the theatre and boldness of the cast. The
society also functions as a funding body and is expanding
in terms of its ability to attract and host guest speakers. Old
Members are warmly welcome to any Keble productions in the
O’Reilly Theatre.
The Chapel
The Chaplain, Revd Allen Shin
(2001), writes:
The Chapel welcomed the Freshers with a special tour of the
Chapel and the Chapel roof top and Freshers Evensong during
Freshers Week. The Michaelmas Term began with a sermon
by the Warden and included several Old Members returning to
grace the pulpit. The Revd Dr Joseph Kennedy (D.Phil. 2000),
Principal of the College of the Resurrection in Mirfield and The
Very Revd Mark Boyling (1971), Dean of Carlisle Cathedral
returned to preach, and The Rt Revd Dr Geoffrey Rowell,
former Chaplain and Bishop of the Diocese in Europe, presided
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