Arts & Culture
Discover the best news and stories about art, music, theatre, film, entertainment, and cultural events in Oxford and across Oxfordshire.
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The future stars of dance head to Oxfordshire in Ballet Central Tour 2023
The future stars of dance are headed out on a major UK tour, including one night only at Chipping Norton Theatre on Saturday, 17 June.
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Big Feastival announces lineup with more music, food and family entertainment for 2023
Big Feastival has revealed further entertainment lineup for 2023, including the Main Stage hosts, Cheese Hub DJs and another round of Music Acts set to appear across the weekend.
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Gladys Knight to open Hampton Court Palace Festival this summer
Historic Royal Palaces and IMG have announced that Gladys Knight will open this year’s esteemed Hampton Court Palace Festival on 06 June
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Counting down the arrival of ‘life in the past lane’ tour from Scott Bradlee’s postmodern jukebox
This April will see New York City’s pop-jazz sensation Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox land in the UK. The extraordinary 23-date run includes a stop at Oxford’s New Theatre on 15 April.
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Langford Arts Festival returns bigger than ever in 2023
The Langford Arts Festival will return to the Oxfordshire village on the weekend of Saturday, 10 and Sunday, 11 June 2023, with 65 artists, a new sculpture garden, and even more activities for visitors to try.
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National Trust launches its annual blossom campaign and expects “Mexican wave of colour”
The National Trust has launched its annual blossom campaign, which aims to bring the beauty of blossom to more people and to celebrate the start of spring.
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Review: Fisherman’s Friends – Hooked from curtains up and reeled in as the show progresses*
As a musical about musicians, Fisherman’s Friends seems to have gotten the delicate balance between singing and storytelling right.
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World premiere production of Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical heads to Oxford
As the world premiere production of Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical embarks on a UK tour, expect“a feel-good, foot-stomping, sea shanty musical telling the astonishing story of the world’s least likely boyband”.
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Mock The Week star Alasdair Beckett-King takes his first tour on the road
Alasdair Beckett-King has taken his first tour, The Interdimensional ABK, on the road, and he’ll be performing at Oxford Glee Club on 13 April 2023.
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Foodies Festival set to return to Oxford for a huge August Bank Holiday weekend
Foodies Festival – the UK’s biggest touring gourmet food and music festival series – returns to Oxford for a huge August Bank Holiday weekend from 26 to 28 August.
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The Varsity Matches return to the home of England Rugby this Spring
151 years after the first Varsity Match, where University of Oxford defeated Cambridge at The Parks, Oxford in 1872, the ‘Battle of the Blues’ will recommence when the teams meet on Saturday, 25 March, at Twickenham Stadium.
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Hilarious family-friendly pantomime Mother Goose comes to New Theatre Oxford
Join Ian McKellen and John Bishop as they bring the hilarious family-friendly pantomime Mother Goose to New Theatre Oxford.
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Their Finest Hour Collections Day at SOFO aims to preserve Second World War memories
Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (SOFO) is looking for people to bring their stories and objects relating to the Second World War to Their Finest Hour Collections Day at the museum.
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Strictly’s Craig Revel Horwood talks Annie and being a villain
The smash-hit theatre production of Annie is coming to New Theatre Oxford direct from London’s West End, and Miss Hannigan’s orphanage has a new head honcho.
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Simon Reeve – To The Ends Of The Earth tour coming to New Theatre Oxford in October
Presenter and author Simon Reeve encourages audiences to live a wilder life in the To The Ends Of The Earth tour coming to the New Theatre Oxford in October
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Wilderness festival announces more extraordinary talent for Season Twelve
Wilderness festival announces more extraordinary talent for Season Twelve in 2023 – including Arlo Parks, Laurent Garnier, Honey Dijon, Franc Moody and Todd Terry – joining already announced headliners The Chemical Brothers, Christine and the Queens, and Fatboy Slim.