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
This exhibition at the Ashmolean showcases Pat Suet-Bik Hui and the tradition of the ‘three perfections’, blending poetry, calligraphy, and painting across centuries.
The Drawing Project brings together sixteen artists who collaboratively reinterpret two Ashmolean masterpieces through large-scale drawings. Created over eight months, the exhibition features full-size assembled works alongside additional responses, plus inspiring workshops for families and adults.
Oxford Playhouse stages Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a fierce and darkly comic masterpiece. Directed by Mike Tweddle, this explosive drama explores marriage, power and illusion through one unforgettable night between two couples.
Reading Blue Coat School brings the smash-hit musical Legally Blonde to the Kenton Theatre. Follow Elle Woods on her bold, brilliant journey to Harvard Law in this vibrant production filled with catchy songs, dazzling dance numbers and irresistible feel-good fun.
The Beekeeper of Aleppo brings Christy Lefteri’s bestselling novel to the stage—a moving story of love, loss, and hope amid war, adapted by Nesrin Alrefaai and Matthew Spangler.
The Torpids is a bumping boat race in Oxford that takes place annually around the 7th week of Hilary Term (around the start of March) on four successive days from Wednesday to Saturday.
Box Tale Soup presents a powerful new adaptation of Orwell’s 1984, using inventive puppetry to explore surveillance, control and rebellion, with voices from Sophie Aldred, Joanna Lumley and Simon Russell Beale as Big Brother.
Banbury Cross Players bring Richard Bean and Oliver Chris’s hit comedy to Banbury, as pilot Jack Absolute returns from battle in 1940 to win love, chaos ensues and romance takes flight.
Xperience Live presents The Music of Adele – The Candlelight Concert at Oxford Town Hall, featuring Natalie Black performing Adele’s greatest hits in a stunning candlelit setting for an intimate and emotional live music experience.
Senbla presents Ellen Kent’s Madama Butterfly featuring Opera International Kyiv, Ukraine, with Highly-Praised Soloists and Full Orchestra.
Embark on a thrilling night of adventure with a brand-new collection of short films from the world’s most prestigious mountain film festival!
Embark on a thrilling night of adventure with a brand-new collection of short films from the world’s most prestigious mountain film festival!