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Images of Authority: Portraits Between Iran and Europe

Ashmolean Museum 35 Beaumont Street, Oxford

This free exhibition explores the portraits of three rulers – Fath Ali Shah Qajar, King George III, and Napoleon Bonaparte – revealing how art conveyed their authority, ambition, and personality

Free

Pat Suet-Bik Hui & the Three Perfections

Ashmolean Museum 35 Beaumont Street, Oxford

This exhibition at the Ashmolean showcases Pat Suet-Bik Hui and the tradition of the ‘three perfections’, blending poetry, calligraphy, and painting across centuries.

Free

Peter Rhoades & Emma Baldwin: Hand to Eye

The North Wall Arts Centre South Parade, Oxford

This exhibition showcases rarely seen works by Peter Rhoades from the 1970s–80s alongside wheel-thrown ceramics by Emma Baldwin. Together, their pieces explore observation, tradition and the boundary between functional craft and fine art.

Free

The Talented Mr Ripley

Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Exchange Street, Aylesbury

This tense new adaptation of Ripley follows Tom Ripley’s descent into obsession, deception and murder in 1950s Italy. With Ed McVey, Bruce Herbelin-Earle and Maisie Smith leading a ten-strong cast, it’s a stylish, chilling tale of identity and ambition.

From £15.00

Dear England

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New Theatre Oxford 24-26 George Street, Oxford

Dear England is an uplifting, heartbreaking, and inspiring story of Gareth Southgate’s revolutionary tenure as England football manager.

From £15.00

Company

Oxford Playhouse Beaumont Street, Oxford

Join Company for a fresh staging that brings new life to Sondheim’s legendary musical comedy about life, love and marriage.

£15.00

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra: Ein Heldenleben

Oxford Town Hall Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's,, Oxford

Richard Strauss’s epic Ein Heldenleben anchors a programme of orchestral virtuosity, paired with Alexey Shor’s Violin Concerto No. 7, performed by Giuseppe Gibboni, in a concert rich in ambition, emotion and musical brilliance.

From £15.00

West End Magic

The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury Spiceball Park, Banbury

Experience London’s longest-running magic show as top UK performers deliver astonishing illusions, playful mischief and behind-the-scenes secrets direct from the West End, in a hidden journey filled with wonder, mystery and merriment.

£18.50

My Life with Kenneth Williams

Kenton Theatre, Henley-on-Thames 19 New Street, Henley-on-Thames

Marking Kenneth Williams’ centenary, David Benson returns to his acclaimed one-man show, offering a vivid, moving and often hilarious portrait of the Carry On legend, drawing on their remarkable personal connection and Benson’s own extraordinary theatrical journey.

£24.75