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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

Big Open Weekend in Oxford

Barton Leisure Centre, Oxford Waynflete Road, Headington, Oxford +2 more

Big Open Weekend in Oxford is two days of free fitness taster sessions, classes, events and more for the whole family to enjoy.

Free

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra: Brahms German Requiem

Sheldonian Theatre Broad Street, Oxford

The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra presents Brahms’s German Requiem, a profoundly consoling choral masterpiece. Featuring Fflur Wyn, James Atkinson and the Crouch End Festival Chorus, the concert is conducted by Music Director Marios Papadopoulos.

From £18.00

Royal Ballet and Opera: Giselle

The Theatre Chipping Norton 2 Spring Street, Chipping Norton

Peter Wright’s timeless production of Giselle returns, bringing The Royal Ballet’s classic tale of love, loss and redemption to the stage. With Adolphe Adam’s atmospheric score and designs by John Macfarlane, this Romantic masterpiece captivates.

From £14.50

General Medical Emergency Ward 10

The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury Spiceball Park, Banbury

Dyad Productions and Gavin Robertson team up for a laugh-out-loud spoof of classic hospital dramas. Packed with clichés, chaos and comic twists, General Medical Emergency Ward 10 reimagines TV and film medical favourites in one pacy production.

£19.50

Showaddywaddy

Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Exchange Street, Aylesbury

Legendary rock & roll band Showaddywaddy celebrate over five decades of music with a dynamic, feel-good live show. Featuring classic hits including Under the Moon of Love and Three Steps to Heaven, the concert promises dancing, nostalgia and timeless pop energy.

From £27.50