Curtain Raisers - Briefs

Pretty Woman at the New Theatre Oxford

REVIEW: Pretty Woman @ New Theatre Oxford: 'Elegant, funny and very naughty'

Gaz Coombes at PennFest. Picture by Tim Hughes

Supergrass star Gaz Coombes excited for hometown show after Robbie Williams tour

The 'Heart of Winter' show

Interactive Christmas show at arts centre this December

The King And I is touring the UK

Young Oxford talent to realise theatre dreams in 'The King And I' tour

Cinderella at Chipping Norton Theatre

Latin American song and dance as Christmas panto reimagines Cinderella

The Snowman show is being performed in Wantage.

Town band returning with performance of The Snowman

James Anderson was on stage for the Tailenders live show in Oxford (Martin Rickett/PA)

REVIEW: Jimmy Anderson's urine habit revealed in live show

The Welkin opens at The Corn Exchange today (Wednesday, October 18)

Wallingford's Sinodun Players take to the stage in The Welkin

Heart of Winter tells the tale of Sally, a girl who cannot sleep as Christmas approaches, and her dad, who reads her a bedtime story about the last time it snowed

Arts centre to host performance of family Christmas Show

Felix White, shown here at the Cricket World Cup Final in 2019, presents Tailenders with Greg James and Jimmy Anderson. Picture: Robbie Stephenson/JMP.

Exclusive Felix White's insight into the world of Tailenders ahead of Oxford show

Oxfordshire EastEnders actor taking one-man show to West End

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Grange Hill and EastEnders actor Todd Carty with fellow Mousetrap cast members and Dame Agatha's grandson Matthew Pritchard at the ceremony

GWR train named after best-selling mystery writer Dame Agatha Christie

Bridget Christie. Photography by Natasha Pszenicki / Amanda Emery

Comedian Bridget Christie laughs off middle-age in hilarious new show

Pete Firman will be performing in Oxfordshire in September

TV star to weave his magic at Oxfordshire show

Tom Hollander at Helen & Douglas House

Oxfordshire actor Tom Hollander to become a dad

Cast members of Young Frankenstein, which will be staged in Wantage next month by AmEgos theatre group

'IT'S ALIVE': Young Frankenstein show coming to Oxfordshire town

REVIEW Comedian Russell Howard reminds Oxford crowd why it's important to laugh at life

Students from Stagecoach Bicester performing in the West End

Performing arts students sparkle in West End summer show

BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing will begin UK tour in Oxford

BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing will begin UK tour in Oxford

Bunker Cabaret from Kyiv, Ukraine

Ukrainian cabaret crew bring show from Kyiv bomb shelter to Oxford this weekend

The Hobbit by Magdalen College School at the Oxford Playhouse. Picture by Andrew Walmsley

The Hobbit enchants with magic, music and fun in amazing Oxford show from young stars

Going out Music, comedy, famous faces and surprises at 'epic' Oxford festival - all this week

Back line: Millie Wood, Miriam-Rose Enticknap, Ida Blair-HeikkinenFront line: Katie Sheldon, Emily Gent, Georgia Goss, Annie Winchester, Poppy Edwards

Swan Lake will showcase the talents of 99 young dancers from Oxfordshire

The 14 dancers from Abingdon

Abingdon dancers' dreams come true in professional production of Swan Lake

James Bradshaw and Andrew Horton in The Way Old Friends Do. Pictures by Darren Bell

Endeavour TV star is a 'super trouper' as he returns to Oxford for Abba show

Bicester dancers' dreams come true in professional production of Swan Lake

Bicester dancers' dreams come true in professional production of Swan Lake

The new Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, actor Paterson Joseph

‘Oxford Brookes is a playground for the mind,’ says new chancellor

The Way Old Friends Do - James Bradshaw (Edward) + Andrew Horton (Christian) - Picture: Darren Bell

Endeavour star returns to Oxford for feelgood show directed by Sherlock's Mark Gatiss

Strictly stars at the New Theatre

Neil Jones is 'cast clown' in Strictly show at the New Theatre

Wuthering Heights is revisited in a bold new production by the Inspector Sands company at the Oxford Playhouse

Wuthering Heights gets darkly comic twist for new Oxford show of love and revenge

The SpongeBob musical cast

The SpongeBob Musical is a fun night at the New Theatre in Oxford

Craig Revel Horwood visited the Jolly Farmers on Sunday and Thursday

Strictly Come Dancing judge visits Oxford pub just weeks after Sir Ian McKellen

Craig Revel Horwood in Annie

Craig Revel Horwood stars in Annie at the New Theatre

Paul O'Grady who has died at the age of 67

Oxford show paused as Annie cast share shock over Paul O'Grady death

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Auditorium at Chipping Norton Theatre

Chipping Norton Theatre's Pick A Price scheme offers tickets for a fiver

‘Un bel di vedremo’: Ellen Kent Opera brought Madama Butterfly to the New Theatre, Oxford

REVIEW Madama Butterfly & Aida at New Theatre Oxford were a feast for eyes and ears

Mother Goose at the New Theatre Oxford

REVIEW: Ian McKellen and John Bishop are game for a laugh in hilarious Mother Goose

Mother Goose at the New Theatre Oxford

Gandalf star Ian McKellen and comic John Bishop bring laughs at whacky Oxford show

Poetry phenomenon John Cooper Clarke will be performing at Oxford Playhouse on June 3, 2023

Punk poet John Cooper Clarke: 'How is it being a national treasure? It's terrific'

The stage is sumptuously set for The Cher Show Picture: Pamela Raith Photography

REVIEW: The Cher Show captures the disco diva beautifully

Kate Mosse, founder of Women's Prize for Fiction,

Best-selling Kate Mosse features women 'written out of history' in one-woman show

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The Little Mix Show will be part of celebrations for International Women’s Week at The Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot

Arts centre to celebrate International Women’s Week with series of female-led shows

Stewart Lee. Picture by Steve Ullathorne

Stewart Lee goes back to basics with classic show of biting, and very funny, comedy

Live gig, art class or community event coming up? Pop it on our platform for free. Picture: Newsquest

Got a live gig, art class or community event coming up? Share it with us for FREE

Photograph of the snowflake dance at Headington School Oxford’s version of ‘ The Nutcracker’.

Young Reporter The Nutcracker: Our Version (Ana Galvani-Silva, Headington School Oxford)

Varna International Ballet’s Swan Lake

International ballet brings beauty, passion and stamina to Oxford theatre this week

Stewart Lee. Picture by Steve Ullathorne

One of UK's top comedians Stewart Lee comes to Oxford for a week of gigs... and kebab

Cast of Jack and the Beanstalk. Picture by The Sinodun Players

'Laughter, song, dance and lots of colour' in newest panto show

Celebrity deaths in 2022: Remembering the famous faces we lost this year

Celebrity deaths in 2022: Remembering the famous faces we lost this year

Prince Charles visited pioneering space company Astroscale at Harwell Campus near Didcot

Famous faces in Oxfordshire 2022: Visits from real royalty and Hollywood royalty

The performance of Mamma Mia ends with a glitzy encoure

REVIEW: Mamma Mia! here we go again

Launton players at the Garth with Nai's House representatives

Theatre group's 36th pantomime will raise money for charity

Oxford-born folk-rock supergroup Bellowhead reunite for tour featuring city

FUNNY-MAN: Jason Manford

Jason Manford comes to Oxford to laugh about everything from lockdown to 'being liked'