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New Theatre Oxford
Primary and Secondary schools from across Oxfordshire come together to perform in the annual festival celebrating all things dance.
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Oxford Playhouse
Magdalen College School presents A new adaptation by Alex Thomas Based on the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Magdalen College School returns with this ele
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O2 Academy Oxford
Security - Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag - and it's preferable you don't, please make sure it's small. Only one small bag per person is perm
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New Theatre Oxford
The heat is on in Oxford come and join us for a refreshing beverage in our air conditioned piano bar and chuckle at the best up and coming comedians from all over the country.
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Oxford Playhouse
University of Oxford Student Season: Trinity Term 2026 By Orla Wyatt Four friends. A collision. A truth that threatens to eat them alive. Orla Wyatt’s seco
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Oxford Playhouse
University of Oxford Student Season: Trinity Term 2026 By Miriam Battye Tosh and Lou. 22 scenes. Other friends have come, got boyfriends and gone. So what?
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Oxford Playhouse
Presented by Theatre Royal Windsor By Noël Coward Directed by Philip Wilson Noël Coward’s witty romantic comedy gets a vibrant 1930s twist!When a widowed c
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Glee Club Oxford
Over 18s only. All under 25s may require government-issued photo ID to gain entry. A max of 6 tickets per person and per household applies. Tickets in excess of 6 will be cancelled.
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O2 Academy2 Oxford
Night 1 Line-up: Nuff Said, Dog on Steroids, Bury The Sky, Civilian & Vaniv Kendall Night 2 Line-up: Sessions - Jaz, Finding Mary, F'ing Pink, Fuzz & Sessions - Emil Security - Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities
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O2 Academy2 Oxford
Night 1 Line-up: Nuff Said, Dog on Steroids, Bury The Sky, Civilian & Vaniv Kendall Security - Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag - and it's pref
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O2 Academy2 Oxford
Night 2 Line-up: Sessions - Jaz, Finding Mary, F'ing Pink, Fuzz & Sessions - Emil Security - Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag - and it's prefer
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New Theatre Oxford
Join BAFTA-winning actor, comedian, director, and writer Richard Ayoade for an evening of reflections as he shares insights from his latest book, Afterthoughts, or Some Pistachios Won't Open: Wisdom for the Unreflective.
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O2 Academy Oxford
Security -- Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag -- and it's preferable you don't, please make sure it's small. Only one small bag per person is pe
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Oxford Playhouse
By William Shakespeare Narrated live by Simon Russell Beale Directed by Sir Greg Doran Puppets designed and created by Lyndie Wright Former Artistic Dire
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O2 Academy Oxford
For one night only Indie Fridays will be running on a Saturday for the last Indie of the academic year! Security -- Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring
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Oxford Playhouse
Are you an Oxford local creative looking to expand your network of theatre-makers, writers, and artists? Come join us at our next Artist Coffee Morning, wh
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Oxford Playhouse
Written and performed by P Burton-Morgan After a decade of no exercise (besides child-rearing and reaching for cake) 41 year-old P finds themselves newly s
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Oxford Playhouse
Created and performed by Alexis Gregory Directed by Rikki-Beadle Blair Widely acclaimed queer solo verbatim theatre piece RIOT ACT, on LGBTQ+ activism, has
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Oxford Playhouse
Join us for a night of work-in-progress plays by queer writers. Discover new work and get to feed into their development while connecting with queer artist
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New Theatre Oxford
“Treat yourself to a slice of five-star musical pie” (The Times)
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Oxford Playhouse
Presented by Aakash Odedra Company in association with Manchester Camerata Birdsong is fleeting—like dance, it exists only in the present, vanishing as soo
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Oxford Playhouse
Written by Abigail Chandler Director and dramaturg: Emelia Hutchinson Hampton King, the richest man in the world, is the first billionaire to make it to th
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