Your guide to theatre, musicals and dance in Oxfordshire

APOLLO OXFORD(0870 6063500)

Fri and Sat, Offical Tribute to the Blues Brothers. Sun 7.30pm, Hank Marvin. May 10-13, 7.30pm, Rambert Dance Company, programme to include Ghost Dances.

OXFORD PLAYHOUSE (01865 798600)

Until Sat, 7.30pm (Fri 8pm), Thurs and Sat mat 2.30, English Touring Theatre presents Chekov's The Cherry Orchard with Prunella Scales and Frank Middlemass. Tues and Wed 7.30pm, Peter Barkworth and Stephanie Cole in For All Occasions. Fri May 12 at 5pm, Ashmolean Lecture -Facing Forward and Looking Back: Mother of the Universe, Motherland, by Professor Tapan Kumar Raychaudhuri. May 12 and 13 at 7.30pm, Sing-a-Long-a-Sound of Music.

JONGLEURS COMEDY CLUB (0845 6081818)

7.45pm, Fri, Phil Davey, Anthony King, The Raymond, Omid Djalili. Sat, Phil Butler, Anthony King, The Raymond, Omid Djalili. Thurs, Mandy Knight, Milton Jones, Roger D, Steve Gribbin.

PEGASUS THEATRE, MAGDALEN ROAD, OXFORD (01865 722851)

Fri 8pm, Biserk Dance Company presents Tabla Rasa/Rope. Two new pieces, Tabla Rasa from Norway, choreographed by Sarah Druce and Rope by Nickely Burke in collaboration with techno-trance band The Secret. Sat 8pm, Oxford Contemporary Dance, sixth anniversary year performance, co-ordinated by Nickely Burke.

OLD FIRE STATION, OXFORD (01865 794490)

Fri and Sat 7.30pm, Sat mat 2.30, Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. May 9-13 at 7.30pm, Sat mat 2.30, Abigail's Party.

PARISH HALL, SAWPIT ROAD, BLACKBIRD LEYS, OXFORD

May 11-12, 7.30pm, Sat mat 2pm, Sacred Heart Drama Group presents The Wizard of Oz. Tel 01865 7115 or 773910 for tickets.

THE THEATRE, CHIPPING NORTON (01608 642350)

at May 13 at 6 and 8.30pm, Rave On - rock'n'roll musical.

THE MILL, BANBURY (01295 279002)

May 10-11, 7.45pm, Star Shot Vanity presents Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters.

MILL THEATRE AND RESTAURANT, SONNING (0118 969 8000)

Eves 8.15pm (dinner from 6.30pm), Sat mats 2.15pm (lunch from 12.30pm): Until May 13, Ten Times Table.

WATERMILL, BAGNOR, NEAR NEWBURY (01635 46044):

Fri and Sat, Charles Dickens' Hard Times, a faithful adaptation by Stephen Jeffreys.

MILTON KEYNES THEATRE (01908 606090: GROUP BOOKINGS 01908 547609)

May 9-13, Tues-Sat 7.30pm, Thurs and Sat mats 2.30, Northern Ballet Theatre presents Great Expectations, music by Edward Elgar.

CORN EXCHANGE, NEWBURY (01635 522733)

Fri 7.45pm, Geoffrey Durham. Sat 7.30pm, Adzido's Sankofa. Sun 3 and 7.30pm, The Ballad of Salomon Pavey. Tues 7.30pm, The Peace Children. Wed 7.30pm, pianist Freddy Kempf. Thurs 7.30pm, soprano Guang Yang.

WYCOMBE SWAN (01494 512000)

Fri and Sat 5, 8.30pm, Fame the Musical. Fri May 12, Jamie Oliver (cancelled).

EVERYMAN THEATRE, CHELTENHAM (01242 572573)

Fri and Sat, English Touring Opera presents Fri and Sat 7.30pm, The Rake's Progress by Stravinsky. May 8-13, 7.45pm, Fri and Sat, 6 and 9pm, Naked Flame, a new comedy by Peter Benedict. May 9, Brian Patten - Juggling with Gerbils.

DERNGATE THEATRE, NORTHAMPTON ( 01604 624811)

Sat 7.30pm, Orchestra and Chorus of St John's, Smith Square. Opera Gala Evening. Music by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Tchaikovsky and Britten. To celebrate the 21st birthday of the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON (01789 295623)

In repertory until October As You Like It; Richard II; The Comedy of Errors; The Rivals.