Gideon: a play with music

Occurring
Thursday 03 April 2025, Friday 04 April 2025, Saturday 05 April 2025 Thursday, Friday, Saturday at for 1 hour, 30 mins
Venue
Bradford Cathedral
Address
Stott Hill Bradford, BD1 4EH, United Kingdom

Gideon Klein was a bright and brilliant young composer murdered by the Nazis.

For him, music was his lifeline and his resistance; for his doting sister, it could be his hubris. In an age of unfolding atrocity, what do you do when the music of personal solace can be used as a tool of your oppression? Amid hate, war, and propaganda, should your music play on no matter what the cost?

Gideon challenges audiences to engage deeply with history, find hidden hope, and draw strength from art as we confront upheaval in our own world. It is a co-production between Bradford Cathedral, Bradford Reformed Synagogue and Modalways CIC.

Additional performance on Saturday 5th April at 5pm

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Gideon: a play with music

Occurring
Thursday 03 April 2025, Friday 04 April 2025, Saturday 05 April 2025 Thursday, Friday, Saturday at for 1 hour, 30 mins
Venue
Bradford Cathedral
Address
Stott Hill Bradford, BD1 4EH, United Kingdom

Gideon Klein was a bright and brilliant young composer murdered by the Nazis.

For him, music was his lifeline and his resistance; for his doting sister, it could be his hubris. In an age of unfolding atrocity, what do you do when the music of personal solace can be used as a tool of your oppression? Amid hate, war, and propaganda, should your music play on no matter what the cost?

Gideon challenges audiences to engage deeply with history, find hidden hope, and draw strength from art as we confront upheaval in our own world. It is a co-production between Bradford Cathedral, Bradford Reformed Synagogue and Modalways CIC.

Additional performance on Saturday 5th April at 5pm