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Oxford Theatre listings, reviews, times, ticket and theatre information
for all your favourite shows at Oxford Theatres.
New
Theatre Oxford
George Street, Oxford OX1 2AG. Tel: 0844
847 1585 www.newtheatreoxford.org.uk Tickets:
Phone, go online or visit
the box office, situated
on George Street, Oxford.
House Of Ghosts
Monday
13th - Wednesday 15th September: Inspector Morse
takes to the stage in Autumn 2010 in an all-new murder
mystery, House of Ghosts. By special arrangement with Colin
Dexter and starring Colin Baker (Dr Who) as Morse, Alma
Cullen – the writer behind four of the hugely successful
ITV episodes and Director Robin Herford (Woman in Black)
– bring the inscrutable detective to audiences across the
UK in what promises to be one of the theatrical events
of the year. Tickets: £17.25 - £25.5
Time: 7.30pm and 2.30pm Sat Mat.
Stephen Fry
Saturday
18th September: An intimate evening with Stephen
Fry to mark the publication of his hugely anticipated second
volume of memoirs THE FRY CHRONICLES will give audiences
an exclusive preview of his revealing, charming and extraordinary
new book. It is a unique opportunity to see the multi-award
winning comedian, actor, presenter, director and writer
perform live at one of just a few exclusive performances. Tickets: £25.00 Time:
7:30pm.
Jimmy Carr - Laughter
Therapy
Sunday
19th September: Since the turn of the century
Jimmy has been a ‘fun slinger’ of international repute.
Laughter Therapy is his ninth solo show. It’ll be an
evening of non stop jokes, gags and banter. If you’ve
got a sick sense of humour then maybe laughter is the
best medicine. Not to be taken if you have a sensitive
disposition or an overactive moral compass. Recommended
dose: one brand new show to be taken annually (I said
annually).
Tickets: £30.75
Times: 8.00pm.
Friday
17th September: Johnnie Walker is a radio legend.
His career spans from pirate radio on Radio Caroline in
the 1960’s where his listeners reached 20 million Europe
wide, to Buckingham Palace, where he collected his MBE
from the Queen. Johnnie’s huge knowledge and love of music,
coupled with his insistence on championing quality, led
to various high profile showdowns with bosses during his
Radio 1 years, before he made Radio 2’s drivetime an iconic
show. Tickets: £15, £13.50 (concs),
£12.50 (members), Times: 7.30pm.
Dr Phil’s Rude Health
Show with Phil Hammond
Thursday
23rd September: If you only see one doctor this
year, make it Dr Phil! Alongside practising medicine, Phil
Hammond sells out at the Edinburgh Fringe and appears on
‘Have I Got News for You’ (7 times!), ‘The News Quiz’,
‘The Now Show’ and many more. Make your appointment for
a medicinal dose of hilarity, rudeness and irreverence,
and find the answer to all those awkward questions about
the cost our pleasure seeking lifestyles have on our health. Tickets: £14, £12.50 (concs),
£11.50 (members), Times: 7.30pm, Ages 16+ Contains sexual
references.
Vertigo
Saturday
25th September: OTC kick off their Autumn tour with
an intriguing and compelling story of obsessive love and
murder. Set against the romantic backdrop of Paris during
the turbulent times of the German occupation, this is the
story of Roger Flavieres, a psychiatric patient locked
into a cycle of reliving traumatic events from his recent
past, and the mysterious woman who stole his heart. Tickets: £14, £12.50 (concs),
£11.50 (members), Times: 7.30pm, Ages 14+.
Pegasus Theatre is a welcoming, vibrant venue that hosts
a range of professional dance, music and drama productions
from local and international companies.
Water’s Flight: Kuumba
Nia Arts
Saturday
4th - Saturday 11th September: Once the doors open
the fun begins. Mingle in the foyer before being led into
the theatre for a celebration ritual for the new theatre.
This is followed by a fusion of song, dance, music and
drumming from the diverse cultures of the local community
and linked with African traditions. Tickets: £10.00 (includes
refreshments, souvenir programme & goody bag). Times: 7:00pm
All Yours: Anna Weatherstone
Tuesday
7th - Friday 10th September: Come celebrate, sew
a seed, commit a deed, cross thresholds anew. See live
performance, video, sculpture and exquisite costumes throughout
the building in this promenade spectacle. Tickets: £3 (includes
refreshments, souvenir programme & goody bag). Times: 4:00pm / 6:30pm
/ 8:30pm.
Thinking Outside the
Box
Friday
17th - Saturday 18th September: A triple bill from dancers
of all ages. From a new short piece celebrating the individuality
of company members from the last 8 years, via an exploration
by 6 mothers and daughters plus 6 fathers and sons who
pose the question - If I Were You, ending with BOX, a piece
exploring how institutions support and restrict us. Performers:
Crossover Intergenerational Dance Company. Tickets £8, £6 (conc), Times:
7.30pm.
The Vanishing Horizon
Friday
24th - Saturday 25th September: Using luggage, maps and paper
airplanes, we move from the pioneers of aviation to one
woman’s past, journeying through crowded airports and silent
skies. Young Oxford based company Idle Motion has been
pleasing crowds around the country and now show off their
latest production at the Pegasus re-opening season. Performers:
Idle Motion. Tickets £10, £8 (conc),
Times: 8pm.
Is That a Bolt in Your
Neck?
Thursday
30th September: As lightening flashes across the
sky, the rugged silhouette of an old dark castle looms
into view. Lost in a storm, this seems like the only possible
refuge – but what happens when you hear mysterious moaning
in the night? Behind every door lurks unimaginable horror….
This Gothic horror treat is packed full of hilarious slapstick
and magical illusion. Performers: Gonzo Moose. Tickets £10, £8 (conc),
Times: 8pm.
a BLACK HISTORY MONTH
event
Finding Beulah
Thursday
21st - Friday 22nd October: Across
the ages a woman searches for her soul mate. Their final
incarnation in post modern Britain, causes them to connect
with their spirits. They must find their heaven or be lost
to each other forever. A compelling black on black love story.
Is heaven a place inside us or a physical place on earth?
Kuumba Nia Arts is a Pegasus supported company. Performers:
Kuumba Nia Arts & Unity Arts. Tickets £10, £8 (conc),
Times: 8pm.
The Seed Carriers
Thursday
4th - Saturday 6th November: A race of small human-like
are farmed for the seeds carried within them. They must
develop their cunning to survive the ruthless social system
in which they live and disguise themselves as birds, fish
or insects. With music by Glyn Perrin’s the Seed Carriers
has become a classic work of animation theatre, winning
several international theatre awards. Performer: Stephen
Mottram. Tickets £10, £8 (conc),
Times: 8pm.
An Evening With Francesca
Martinez
Saturday
13th November: The award-winning wobbly comedian
and star of BBC's 'EXTRAS' performs from her hit shows
together with new material. Personal, hard-hitting and
hilarious - this is chit-chat free comedy for the heart
and head! Her sell-out dates include Hollywood, New York,
Cape Town, Sydney, Dublin and Edinburgh and now... Pegasus! Tickets £10, £8 (conc),
Times: 8pm.
Alice in Wonderland
Thursday
25th - Saturday 27th November:From the tranquillity
of a sunny Oxford riverbank, an inquisitive Alice leads
audiences down the rabbit hole into a mysterious wonderland
of the imagination. Discover curious creatures, puzzling
people and unravel marvellous mathematical in a world where
nothing is quite as it seems, but everything is just as
it is, you never know who’ll pop up next in wonderland…
Co-produced with Pegasus. Performers: Oxfordshire Theatre
Company. Tickets £10, £8 (conc),
Times: evenings 7:00pm, Saturday matinee 3:00pm
Genius
Thursday
2nd - Friday 3rd December: A
double-bill of strange dance theatre. T4TWO takes place in
a secret eugenic laboratory where the lens of Anjali’s microscope
shows a cocktail of humour, glamour and insolence, spiced
with a drop of insanity. MOON 67 invites you to take your
protein pills and put your helmet on before you join the
ship of clowns in their dances of delight and despair remembering
that in space, no one can hear you laugh. Tickets £10, £8 (conc),
Times: 8pm
Christmas Extravaganza
Saturday
4th December: Oxford’s hip hop and street dance
masters Messy Jam tear up the floor with an evening of
mesmerising moves to inspire and refresh young and old
alike. The popular group of young dancers are guaranteed
a sell out so get your seats fast. Performers: Messy Jam. Tickets £7, £5 (conc),
Times: 2pm, 7pm.
The Nativity
Wednesday
15th - Saturday 18th December: The
appearance of an angel begins a dangerous journey with kings,
shepherds, mothers and soldiers. Based on The Second Shepherd’s
Play and the famous Medieval Mystery cycle, this new production
will revisit the terror and beauty of the Christmas story. Tickets £7, £5 (conc),
Times: evenings 7pm, Saturday matinee 1pm
North
Wall Arts Centre
South Parade, Summertown, Oxford
OX2 7NN. Tel: 01865 319450 www.thenorthwall.com
Soles
In The Silver Pit Sunday 12th September: Come
and join a company of distinguished actors
and performers for an evening of fishing-themed
entertainment in aid of the Royal National
Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen. Throughout the
years the UK’s fishing communities have recorded
in word and verse their unique and dramatic
experiences at the hands of mother nature’s
most unpredictable forces. This is your opportunity
to come and experience this dramatic way of
life as told by some magnificent exponents
of the spoken word. Tickets: £15.00
Times: 7.30pm.
Sarah
Millican - Chatterbox Sunday 26th September: Sarah
Millican, star of Live at the Apollo and Mock the
Week, announces her debut UK tour. The sweet and
filthy Geordie’s stand-up show promises jokes about
life, love and what to do when your boyfriend puts
a sock on your boob during sex. Since winning the
2008 if.comedy Best Newcomer Award for her debut
solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Sarah
is fast on her way to becoming a household name.
A consummate live performer, she has notched up
a number of appearances on top comedy shows including
Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Have I Got
News For You and 8 Out of 10 Cats. Tickets: £12.00
Times: 8.00pm.
11-12 Beaumont Street, Oxford
OX1 2LW. Tel: 01865 305305 www.oxfordplayhouse.com Tickets: Phone,
go online or visit the box office, situated
on Beaumont Street, Oxford.
Von Ribbentrop's Watch
Thursday
9th - Saturday 18th September: This is no ordinary
Passover dinner. When Gerald Roth discovers a potentially
devastating secret he must make a life-changing decision,
but it turns out that he isn’t the only Roth with something
to hide. Oxford Playhouse Productions premieres this latest
work from Olivier Award nominees Laurence Marks and Maurice
Gran here in Oxford, before taking the show on tour across
the UK.
Tickets: £11.50 - £24.50 Times: 2:30pm / 7:30pm / 8pm Fridays.
The Silver Tassie
Tuesday
21st - Saturday 25th September: Set at the height
of the Great War this sweeping play follows the lives
of two young footballing heroes from the tenements of
Dublin through the battlefields of France, and their
return home. One of Sean O'Casey's great plays, The Silver
Tassie is a thrilling spectacle of theatre including
drama, farce, humour, movement and music. For this production,
multi-award winning Druid has put together one of their
biggest ever companies of actors. Tickets: £11.50
- £24.50 Times: 2:30pm / 7:30pm.
The Children's Bookshow
2010
Wednesday
22nd September: Join us for a celebration of the
tales that shape us, wherever we may live. Now in its
8th year, The Children's Bookshow gives children a chance
to experience the enthusiasm, energy and passion of some
of today's top writers for children and illustrators.
We are delighted to welcome the award-winning author
and illustrator Carll Cneut to the Playhouse. Illustrator
of Antonio on the Other Side of the World and Getting
Smaller.
Tickets: Adults £6.00 - kids £4.50 Times: 11:00am.
7734
Tuesday
28th September: Man's inhumanity never ceases
to stun each generation. 7734 questions human nature
whilst illuminating both our capacity for survival and
the poetry of hope. Throughout her body of work, Sadler's
Wells Associate Artist Jasmin Vardimon has illustrated
the power to grip and seduce audiences; exciting with
athletic prowess, lulling through quiet beauty and tearing
our emotions with a gutsy voice of intention.
Tickets: £19.50 / £17.50 / £12.50 Times: 8:00pm.
In the Penal Colony
Wednesday
29th September: Philip Glass is one of our most
popular and distinctive living composers. His compulsive
and beautifully haunting music is instantly recognisable.
From symphonies and operas to award-winning film scores
such as The Truman Show, he simultaneously breaks boundaries
and captivates audiences. Set in an island prison disconnected
from the modern world, we meet an obsessive officer about
to execute his prisoner. A horrified visitor is asked
to witness the event.
Tickets: £15.00 Times: 8:00pm.
