MIO OPEN DAY 2025

Open Day will be

Saturday 9 August 2025

9:45 AM – 6:00 PM Open Day performances around Magdalen College
7:00 – 9:00 PM BBQ

Please make sure you arrive at the beginning of a break so we can help you find your way to each performance.

Please arrive at 9.45am to see Coriolanus.

Please note that you will not be able to see Richard III if you arrive late.

TIME	PERFORMANCE	DIRECTOR	LOCATION	CONTENT WARNINGS
9.45am	Arrival		Porters Lodge
10.00-10.45am	Coriolanus	Ben Naylor	Chaplain’s Quad	Political arguments
10:45-11.15am	Break
11.15am-12.00pm	A Midsummer Nights Dream	Jonathan Broadbent	Gates of Addison Walk
12.00-2.00pm	Lunch		Dining Hall	Lunch is served in the Hall from 12-1:30. Please see a member of staff if you need a ticket
2.00-2.45pm	Richard II	Geraldine Alexander	Longwall Quad
2.45-3.00pm	Break
3.00-3.45pm	Richard III	Tom McClane	Dining Hall	Cursing, depictions of violence, mild threat, audience hassling
3.50-4.00pm	Break
4.00-4.45pm	12^th Night	Evelyn Miller	New Building Colonnade	Bereavement, alcoholism
4.45-5.00pm	Break
5.00-5.45pm	The Tempest	Mary Lou Rosato	President’s Lodge Garden	Loud sounds, cursing

Please join us for all or some of the day’s performances. As the presentations will be taking place at various locations within the College, we ask that you try to arrive during the beginning of a break session to allow as much time as possible to enter the College and be directed to the performance location

Please do not step on the lawns unless you are specifically invited to do so.

From London city centre there are regular buses to Oxford, departing from Victoria Station, and trains, which leave from Paddington Station.

Buses from Victoria Station are operated by Oxford Tube. Please check their website for current fares and schedules. Buses stop in the High Street, opposite Queen’s College, four minutes’ walk from Magdalen College (see map above). Journey time is approximately 1 hour 45 minutes.

The nearest bus stop to Magdalen is “High Street/Queens Lane” (marked on the map below) and is a 3-4 minute walk to the entrance of the college.

The Oxford Bus Station is at Gloucester Green. A taxi from Gloucester Green to Magdalen costs between £5 – £8, or the walk to Magdalen takes roughly 20 minutes.

Trains run from London Paddington (journey time 1 hour) and from Birmingham (journey time 1 hour 30 minutes). See National Rail for current schedules and fares. The walk to Magdalen from the Oxford station is approximately 25 minutes.

From the High Street/Queen’s Lane bus stop (which you will also pass if coming from either the Gloucester Green Bus Station or the Oxford train station), proceed towards Magdalen Tower, one of the most recognizable structures in all of Oxford.

You must enter Magdalen College via the Porter’s Lodge which is about 50 meters from the base of the Tower. The Porter’s Lodge entrance is just past the large gate when coming from the bus stop — before you reach the Tower or the Magdalen Bridge.

After you pass through the Porter’s Lodge (circled in black on the Map of Magdalen College below), you will be met in St John’s Quad (circled in red) by a member of the BADA team who will direct you to the next performance location. Click the map to enlarge.

Magdalen College Address & Phone

Map of Magdalen College

Magdalen College
Oxford
OX1 4AU

United Kingdom

TEL: +44 (0)1865 276 000 (Note: this phone number is for Magdalen College, not BADA’s office within Magdalen)