Comedy

SIMON MUNNERY: Fylm-Makker

The North Wall, Summertown

Tonight (Thursday) 

Call 01865 319450 or thenorthwall.org

Who knows what to expect? Originality. Experimenting with a tiny camera and big screen, Simon Munnery offers up a mad mix of visual sketches, handcrafted animation, music and stand-up: all performed live by the man himself and his musical accomplice — sat amongst the audience throughout — and projected on to screen. Unsure? The reviews speak for themselves.

Carnival fundraiser

THE OXFORD IMPS

Pegasus, Oxford

Tomorrow (Friday), 8pm

Call 01865 812150 or pegasustheatre.org.uk

A one-off show, created as a fundraiser for Cowley Road Carnival. Regulars at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Oxford Imps take inspiration from their audience and nothing is off-limits — Shakespeare, comedy musicals, spoof soap operas, or impromptu James Bond adventures. Future fundraisers include a Zumba Carnival Party at Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre on March 24 and Grand Dinner and Auction at Aziz Restaurant, in Cowley Road, on April 16. Visit cowleyroadcarnival.co.uk.

Observatory film

SIMON STARLING: TRANSIT OF VENUS

Radcliffe Observatory n Saturday until March 24

Free but spaces limited so book at modernart oxford.org.uk or call 01865 722733

The debut of Black Drop, a new 28-minute film by Turner Prize-winning artist Simon Starling. Commissioned by Modern Art Oxford in association with the University of Oxford, this charts the rare planetary phenomenon of the transit of Venus and its relationship to the beginnings of moving image technology. It also highlights how film emerged from early scientific exploration into astronomy. Starling’s film engages with the uniqueness of this historical site.

Poetry

RAP

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Saturday, 11-4pm

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The Ashmolean hosts its first RAP event where young people from across Oxfordshire will use the museum collections and buildings as inspiration to write and then perform their own poetry/rap. So get down with the kids, or be an embarrassing parent and skulk in the back.

Storytelling

KEVAN MANWARING

Woodstock Arms, Woodstock n Sunday, 6pm onwards

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Have you ever wondered about the origins of Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross or the mysterious Rollright Stones? Now’s your chance to meet uncanny creatures on moonlit nights, partake in the Boar’s Head Feast, visit the Scouring Fair of the White Horse, leave a coin for the enigmatic blacksmith to shoe your horse at Wayland’s Smithy, or test your lungs with Alfred the Great, son of Wantage, at the Blowing Stone, all told by a true story-teller with a pint of ale. Does life get any better?