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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New music festival brings together hottest new breaking bands in Oxford
Beam Me Up is a new festival taking place across Lincoln and Oxford in 2023. Showcasing the freshest talent touring at the moment, you can see up to 12 bands in one day, back to back.
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West-end award-winning Carrie Hope Fletcher adds Oxford show to her debut UK tour
Performing songs from her incredible West End and touring career, fans can look forward to hits from Heathers, Les Misérables, The Addams Family and many more.
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Lionel Richie will return to the UK for Nocturne Live 2023 at Blenheim Palace
The Academy Award winner, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year, is the first artist confirmed to perform at the event, with more names set to be announced.
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‘Merry and Bright’ Christmas exhibition to launch at Sarah Wiseman Gallery
The gallery will introduce works by the acclaimed artist Emily Powell, which are an exuberant, explosive expression of freedom and colour.
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Haters Roast – The Shady Tour, hosted by The Vivienne is coming to Oxford
The show will feature nine of the world’s most loved RuPaul’s Drag Race stars from across the UK, the US and Canada for an outrageous evening of unapologetic comedy that will have the audiences rolling on the floor with laughter.
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Scary Halloween ghost tours reveal Oxford’s spooky secrets
To celebrate Halloween, The Oxford Ghost Tour will deliver a series of scary interactive experiences in the city’s most haunted streets, hosted by a professional actor in an authentic cavalier outfit.
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Concert orchestra formed in lockdown is touring with a spectacular Christmas show
Performing quintessential Christmas songs and classic tunes from the swing and big band eras, this show is sure to be a festive treat not to be missed.
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Talented young people from Didcot to star in A Christmas Carol at Cornerstone
In a reinvention of a classic story with world-class puppetry from the award-winning visual theatre company, Smoking Apples, the audience is invited to join Mr Scrooge as he travels through time to learn the true meaning of Christmas.
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Harriet Kemsley is bringing her new critically acclaimed show to Oxford
Fresh from a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Harriet Kemsley has taken her new critically acclaimed show ‘Honeysuckle Island’ to the Soho Theatre and is now touring nationally this autumn.
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Thousands set off on 2022 Oxford Half Marathon – who were the winners?
The fast-paced 13.1-mile race saw many first-timers joining seasoned runners at the start line on Oxford’s historic Broad Street on a fine Sunday morning.
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Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is coming to Oxford next month
Based on the story of Carole King’s remarkable rise from singer/songwriter to chart-topping music legend, this production of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical will take audiences back to the heart of King’s landmark 1971 album ‘Tapestry’.
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October Books of the Month
From a Massachusetts plantation to the outer reaches of the solar system; our pick of the month’s best books.
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Tickets for Cirque du Soleil’s KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities are on sale now
Opening on 13 January for a limited run at the iconic Royal Albert Hall in London, audiences are invited to escape reality and step into a world of extraordinary imagination.
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Cirque du Soleil’s KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities to open at the Royal Albert Hall
Taking aesthetic inspiration from the Victorian era and 19th-century industrial revolution, KURIOS fittingly arrives in 2023 at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London.
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Test Match Special Live heads to Oxford for a special Ashes celebration
Cricket fans are in for a real treat as the legendary Test Match Special show hits the road for an all-new live UK theatre tour – including an unmissable date in Oxford on 06 April 2023.
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September Books of the Month & Perfect Paperbacks
A new month has just started, which means Waterstones have got a bunch of new books of the month you won’t want to miss!