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Between The Covers Live!
Show date/s: 06/10/2026
Between The Covers Live! is on the road to celebrate Agatha Christie, the bestselling novelist of all time, with a line-up guaranteed to deliver a thrilling dive into the world of crime thrillers.The undisputed “Queen of Crime” has sold more than 2 billion books in over 100 languages. This year marks the 50th anniversary of her death, so there’s no better time to celebrate her enduring popularity. If you’re partial to Poirot or marvel at Marple or even if you’ve never escaped into Christie’s world, our on-stage ensemble will enlighten you as to why her books really deserve to be evergreen.Host Amanda Ross gets between the covers of Christie with the bestselling author, actor and director, Ben Miller and bestselling author Lucy Foley, who’s been trusted by Agatha Christie Limited to write a brand new Marple novel Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel, 50 years after Christie’s last Marple adventure was published. They'll talk about their own books, Christie’s influence and share their favourite Christie novels, along with other star guests.Signing sessions with the stars will give audiences the perfect excuse to treat themselves to a Christie for Christmas!
The Marriage of Figaro
Show date/s: 09/10/2026 - 10/10/2026
Award-winning Oxford Opera presents Mozart’s joyful masterpiece The Marriage of Figaro.Taking place over one chaotic day, this high speed comedy of social and sexual politics is as relevant today as it was when Mozart composed it in 1786. Join the fun as the smart-witted partnership of Figaro and his love Susanna, with the help of the spurned Countess, outwit the entitled snobbery of the Count. With sub-plot upon sub-plot this is operatic comedy at its finest!Director Katie Blackwell and conductor John Warner, the creative team behind the sold-out, critically acclaimed Tosca last year, bring their brand new, fast, funny and fresh look to one of Mozart’s all time greatest operas. Sung in English (with surtitles) in a brand new translation by George Robarts, accompanied by the Oxford Opera Orchestra.Family MatineeA reduced version of the opera lasting no more than 75mins, this is the perfect introduction to the joys of opera for young children and their families.Oxford Opera is Opera For Everyone.
Once Upon a Time in Sokoto
Show date/s: 13/10/2026 - 17/10/2026
Fuel in association with Touring TogetherBy Inua EllamsThere are powers that bind the world together, softer than spirits yet stronger than stone, that tie the river to the tree, the tree to rain clouds, rain clouds to the land, and people to each other.The award-winning Once Upon a Time in Sokoto tells the epic story of a beautiful but unlikely friendship forged between a slave and her former master. Differences in faith, culture and heritage are overcome in the face of new enemies, in a gripping family drama set against the backdrop of events leading to the creation of Nigeria.Winner of the 2024 Alfred Fagon Award for Once Upon a Time in Sokoto, Nigeria-born Inua Ellams is an internationally celebrated poet, playwright, and artist. He has published four poetry collections and his plays include the hugely popular and critically acclaimed Barber Shop Chronicles (Fuel/National Theatre, UK and International tour) and the award-winning The 14th Tale (Fuel/UK tour) and his retelling of Three Sisters (National Theatre).
The Seagull
Show date/s: 21/10/2026 - 24/10/2026
By Anton ChekhovNew English language version by Simon StephensPresented by University of Oxford student company Lighthouse ProductionsDirected by Alys Young“Yes but the theatre! We can’t live without the theatre.”The Seagull is Chekhov's darkly comic masterpiece. It explores the romantic and dramatic tensions between four characters: the aspiring actress Nina, the fading actress Irina, the symbolist playwright Konstantin, and the obsessive-compulsive writer Boris. When Irina visits her brother Sorin's isolated estate, unfulfilled ambitions are thrown into sharp relief.This is a fresh take on Chekhov: a live original score will combine with bird-like choreography to transform this classic play into a theatrical spectacle.Celebrating the play’s 130-year anniversary, University of Oxford student company Lighthouse Productions reignites The Seagull for the 21st century using a new translation by Olivier award-winning playwright, Simon Stephens.Originally produced by the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London on 3 October 2017.
Presented by Theatre Royal WindsorBy Noël CowardDirected by Philip WilsonNoël Coward’s witty romantic comedy gets a vibrant 1930s twist!When a widowed count tries to marry off his daughter to the son of his best friend, it seems like a perfectly sensible plan. But with both young lovers secretly pining for others, their entangled affections cause chaos.Just as their scheme to break free begins the Countess, Raoul’s former love, the spirited Marquise Eloise de Kestournel, bursts back into their lives, wielding her wit and charm, she turns their carefully laid plans upside down, reminding everyone that love truly can conquer all.This is a sparkling and sophisticated tale of old secrets, impulsive passion and eternal youth.The production features a remarkable ensemble of acclaimed stage and screen talent, led by BAFTA Award winner Juliet Aubrey as The Marquise Eloise de Kestournel, alongside Simon Shepherd as Raoul de Vriaac and Tristan Gemmill as Esteban el Duco Santaguano, who together bring Coward’s world to life with charm, wit and irresistible chemistry.
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By William ShakespeareNarrated live by Simon Russell BealeDirected by Sir Greg DoranPuppets designed and created by Lyndie WrightFormer Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and renowned Shakespearean, Greg Doran, revives his celebrated production of Venus & Adonis, Shakespeare’s great narrative poem.Narrated by Simon Russell Beale and animated by a team of world-class puppeteers with live musical accompaniment, this unique production blends comedy, tragedy and Shakespeare’s incredible poetry to bring the famous story of Venus and her obsession with the handsome Adonis thrillingly to life in a rich, immersive theatrical experience.Drawing inspiration from the bewitching artistry of Japanese Bunraku puppets and the Jacobean Court Masque, this spellbinding production tells the story using marionettes, rod, shadow and table-top puppets.As part of a limited UK and European tour, this is an exclusive and rare opportunity to witness, close at hand, this powerful erotically-charged story of unrequited love.Lead image by Lucy Barriball 2017 © RSC
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Magdalen College School presentsA new adaptation by Alex ThomasBased on the novel by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleMagdalen College School returns with this electrifying production of Sherlock Holmes and the Napoleon of Crime, performed by its pupils and featuring original songs, spectacular action, and a healthy dose of mystery.London, 1883. Polly Langdale, an aspiring journalist, is looking for her first big story. She pursues Dr John Watson and his friend, the legendary detective, Sherlock Holmes. Through her investigation, we follow the duo from their first meeting to a thrilling denouement, where Holmes comes face to face with the villainous Professor Moriarty, ‘The Napoleon of Crime’
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Presented by Aakash Odedra Company in association with Manchester CamerataBirdsong is fleeting—like dance, it exists only in the present, vanishing as soon as it is sung.This is another chance to see award-winning UK choreographer and dancer Aakash Odedra as he returns to the Main Stage, following a sold-out show last summer.Inspired by an ancient Sufi myth of a captive bulbul (or nightingale), the songbird’s melody becomes a metaphor for the fleeting nature of dance and an artist’s life. Blending Kathak and contemporary movement, the work explores freedom, devotion, and resilience through virtuosic rhythm, moments of stillness, and an intimate dialogue between body, breath,and music.Featuring choreography by Rani Khanam and music by Rushil Ranjan, this exquisite performance draws together Sufi Kathak, orchestral and Indian classical traditions, and Islamic poetry.Tracing a journey from freedom to captivity and the soul’s longing for divine love, Songs of the Bulbul asks whether we, like the caged bird, remain bound to the material world, or soar toward liberation and enlightenment.
12+
Travel from Oz to Seville, step onto 42nd Street, tumble down the rabbit hole, and raise the barricade — all in one exhilarating evening.Join OXOPS (Oxford Operatic Society) this July as they present The Rhythm of Life, a staged concert with heart, humour and high-energy performances. This fast-paced production brings together beloved classics and contemporary favourites in a joyful tribute to the stage.From the timeless wit of Gilbert & Sullivan to the soaring drama of Andrew Lloyd Webber, the golden age of Rodgers & Hammerstein to modern West End and Broadway hits, there is something here for every generation of theatre fan. Featuring music from Wicked, Les Misérables, Chicago, Beauty and the Beast, Company and more, the programme is packed with iconic songs that have defined musical theatre for decades.This year OXOPS celebrates eighty years of bringing musical theatre to Oxford. The Rhythm of Life is both a celebration of the genre and a tribute to the company’s extraordinary legacy.Whether you’re a lifelong musical theatre devotee or just looking for a genuinely uplifting night out, join us for an evening packed with music, movement, and moments you’ll be humming long after the curtain falls.
A brand-new stand-up show from the chaotic mind of a mother of two who is typing this with one hand because the other is always holding someone or something.Michelle Wolf delivers a hilarious deconstruction of society, gender roles and testicles. Metaphorically. For the love of God, metaphorically. You’ll learn, you’ll laugh and you’ll find out what is actually the best job in the world.Wolf has released four stand-up specials across Netflix and HBO to critical acclaim, including a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special. She is also known for her appearances on The Daily Show (Comedy Central), The Break with Michelle Wolf (Netflix), and making international headlines as the much-buzzed-about headliner of the 2018 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. In the UK she has guested on shows such as Have I Got News for You, QI and Would I Lie to You? (BBC).
The Gigspanner Big Band are a unique force in British folk music...Their high-energy, virtuosic performances appeal equally to traditionalists and to those looking for something more experimental, and they have garnered praise from publications as varied as fRoots, The Telegraph and The Wire, where they were described as ‘melodically folk-rooted yet open and innovative beyond the constraints of genre’Beginning life as a trio - with legendary Steeleye Span fiddle player Peter Knight being joined by percussionist Sacha Trochet and guitarist Roger Flack - the line-up has been expanded to form the Gigspanner Big Band, with acclaimed multi-instrumental duo Edgelarks (Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin - BBC Folk Awards 'Best Duo') and Bellowhead co-founder and melodeon player extraordinaire, John Spiers, joining the fray.While Peter Knight, as part of Steeleye Span’s classic 1970s line-up, helped invent a brand of folk rock that is still influential today, John Spiers, has had an equally profound impact on the landscape of traditional music over the last two decades.2025 has been a highlight year for the Band, marked by the release of their album Turnstone, which has been nominated for the inaugural Folk Album of the Year 2025 Awards, and has featured in several ‘Album of the Year’ lists, including esteemed music journal SONGLINES.Characterised by riotous inventiveness, technically gifted individual playing and subtle collaborative interaction, this coming together of several of the biggest names on the folk-roots scene, combines a deep knowledge of roots traditions with a ceaselessly boundary pushing approach.
We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead!So it’s time to prepare yourselves for two amazing shows with Horrible Histories live on stage! Using actors and eye-popping 3D special effects, these two astounding shows are guaranteed to thrill you and your children. Historical figures and events will come alive on stage and hover at your fingertips!Terrible TudorsFrom the horrible Henries to the end of evil Elizabeth, hear the legends (and the lies!) about the torturing Tudors. Find out the fate of Henry’s headless wives and his punch up with the Pope. Meet Bloody Mary and see Ed fall dead in his bed. Survive the Spanish Armada as it sails into the audience!Awful EgyptiansFrom the fascinating Pharaohs to the power of the pyramids, discover the foul facts of death and decay with the meanest mummies in Egypt. Are you ready to rumble with Ramesses the Great? Dare you enter through the Gates of the afterlife? It’s the history of Egypt with the nasty bits left in!PLEASE NOTE!Performances are labelled in the Dates & Times section below. Please ensure you’re booking for the performance you wish to see: Terrible Tudors or Awful Egyptians – or both!
6+
Based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler'I'm not braggin' but I'm a dragon'Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's classic, feel-good story is brought to roaring, soaring life in this delightful musical for children.Zog is the keenest dragon in Madam Dragon's school. He's also the most accident-prone, flying into trees, and even setting his own wing alight. Thankfully, a kind girl comes along to patch up his scratches and scrapes - but can she help him with his biggest challenge yet, so that he can finally win a golden star?This charming smash-hit show, from the producers of Stick Man and Zog and the Flying Doctors and featuring joyful songs by Joe Stilgoe with beautiful puppets by Little Angel, is a treat for children and adults alike.
3+
By Graham GreeneAdapted for the stage by Clive FrancisDirected by Philip WilsonOur Man in Havana follows James Wormold, a British vacuum cleaner salesman in pre-revolutionary Havana, Cuba.Struggling financially to support his spoiled daughter, Wormold is recruited by MI6 agent Hawthorne to be a spy. Lacking any actual spy skills or intentions, Wormold fabricates an entire network of fictional agents and reports, using his imagination and local bar conversations.His absurd reports, claiming to depict secret weapons, are taken seriously by MI6, leading to real-world consequences as the Cuban government grows suspicious.A wonderfully funny and fast-moving romp!
Come and join Nick Cope for a brand new, delightful family concert, featuring all your favourite hits and more!Nick has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with his guitar and stunning animations to sell-out crowds all over the country.His fanatical following of little and not so little fans has grown immeasurably over the last couple of years due to the phenomenal success of the CBeebies show Nick Cope’s Popcast.Nick has a magical way of reaching into people’s hearts, igniting children’s imagination in an organic, unpatronizing, educational and fun way. With his charming songs and humour he engages, entertains, and enthrals all generations.
It's almost easier to say whom Ruby Wax DIDN'T meet, interview and coax fascinating insights from in her huge TV shows Ruby Wax Meets and Full Wax. Donald Trump, OJ Simpson, Pamela Anderson, Madonna and many more.Her provocative, abrasive, incomparable style was - just about - kept in check by lifelong friend and A-list producer, Clive Tulloh. Together live on stage, they review clips from the extraordinary shows, tell scandalous stories never before heard - and take the audience along for the ride.
Michael Spicer, the online sensation who brought you the award-winning viral hit The Room Next Door, brings another hilarious and brilliantly entertaining satirical stage show packed with sketches, short films and stories about why we’re witnessing such a gigantic political and global sh*tshow, featuring characters from his BBC Radio 4 show No Room as well as some old friends too.
An evening of sensational improvised comedy hosted by two of the UK’s masters of improvisation with their old friend, improv virtuoso, Mike McShane and a host of very special guests.Fast, fabulously funny improvised games, scenes, stories and laugh out loud surrealism.
Mike Wozniak returns to Oxford with his show in which a story about a bench will be prominent. Previous experience of or strong opinions about benches not required. Let Mike worry about that.As seen on Taskmaster, Man Down and Junior Taskmaster. As heard on Three Bean Salad podcast.
Take a step back into the 1940s with the official Glenn Miller Orchestra’s UK Tour, for a concert of timeless classics celebrating the unforgettable sound of Glenn Miller.Following sold-out concerts at the likes of London’s Barbican Centre, Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, and Liverpool Philharmonic Hall – and under the direction of legendary conductor and band leader Ray McVay – the orchestra takes you on a guided tour of Miller’s incredible musical legacy. From Moonlight Serenade and American Patrol, through to Tuxedo Junction, Pennsylvania 6-5000 and, of course, In the Mood – plus many, many more.The concert features the exact orchestral line-up devised by Glenn, as well as the fabulous harmonies of the Moonlight Serenaders vocal group, the sublime vocals of the orchestra’s two featured singers, as well the orchestra’s own swinging jazz band, The Uptown Hall Gang.With their flawless musicianship, irresistible energy, and authentic vintage style, the Glenn Miller Orchestra is the ultimate way to hear and enjoy Glenn Miller’s timeless music.
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Written by Willy Russell, the legendary Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with fateful consequences. Few musicals have received quite such acclaim as the multi-award-winning Blood Brothers. The production ran for more than 10,000 performances in London’s West End and has been affectionately christened the Standing Ovation Musical as inevitably it “brings the audience cheering to its feet and roaring its approval” (The Daily Mail).The superb score includes Bright New Day, Marilyn Monroe and the emotionally charged hit Tell Me It’s Not True.
'Some people build fences to keep people out, and other people build fences to keep people in.'Our Associate Company Headlong returns to the stage with August Wilson's landmark play, Fences. From one of America's most influential 20th-century writers comes a story of ambition for our time. Set in the 1950s, this vital new production is directed by the award-winning Daniel Bailey (Red Pitch, West End).Troy Maxson has cheated death once, but the past keeps closing in. On Pittsburgh's streets, he cracks jokes and spins stories, yet at home, the pressure is building.His wife, Rose, holds the family together. She sees a changing world and hopes their son Cory might step into it with more freedom than Troy ever had. But when dreams collide, and tempers flare, the Maxsons edge towards a reckoning that could reshape everything they know.
Thrum.There’s the sound of somewhere else and the permanence of a plant pot and the ubiquity of a phrase and the heartbreaking brevity of a very long time. There’s figs and worms and an old dog rejecting a blanket. There’s a woman, on a train, wearing a badge. There’s the first beep of a smoke alarm and there’s a daffodil in December and there’s the condition of fruit. There’s a hand in bed and there’s stuff on the stairs and there’s a mark on my jumper and there’s a massive tree in storage on a farm in Kent. There’s nothing to say and there’s the thought of rotting and there’s the name of a feeling and there’s the smell of tobacco. There’s the twelfth floor of a hotel and the far end of a platform at Tamworth train station. There’s a duty to act and there’s a resistance to growth and there’s a new place up the road and there’s a completely redundant volume control. There’s a toilet in Hong Kong and a coffee shop in Melbourne and the passage of light through a building and deliberately making things much more difficult than they actually need to be.And.There’s music, more or less throughout, at least two funny voices and upwards of three jokes.A new comedy show by Daniel Kitson.
Ten-minute walk from Oxford Railway Station. Oxford Station is on a direct line from London Paddington (1hr) and Birmingham New Street (1hr 20min) - connecting to stations nationwide. If coming via Oxford Parkway the Park and Ride buses run into the centre of Oxford direct from the station.
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Oxford Playhouse is a theatre for everyone.Oxford Playhouse and its Burton Taylor Studio present and produce a wide range of live performance. The programme includes the best of British and international drama, family shows, contemporary dance and music, student and amateur shows, comedy, lectures and poetry.We also create live performance here in Oxford. The Playhouse produces and tours its own shows, hosts Artists in Residence and presents Playhouse Plays Out, an ongoing series of off-site events which happen at locations across the county.The theatre's Learning team works with over 15,000 people each year through post show discussions, workshops, work experience, holiday schemes, a youth theatre and a young people’s theatre company.
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