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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

Cheltenham Festival 2026

The Jockey Club Cheltenham Racecourse Evesham Road, Cheltenham

Cheltenham Festival is four extraordinary days of racing with 14 Grade One races as the best horses, trainers and jockeys go head to head.

£48.60

St Edward’s School Art Teachers: Circa 500

The North Wall Arts Centre South Parade, Oxford

Circa 500 presents work by eleven St Edward’s School art teachers, spanning ceramics, textiles, painting, photography and film. The exhibition explores the space between classroom and studio, revealing shared curiosity, experimentation and creative dialogue across disciplines.

Free

NT Live: Hamlet

The Beacon, Wantage Portway, Wantage

Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera stars in NT Live’s sharp and contemporary Hamlet, directed by Robert Hastie. This darkly funny and stylish reimagining explores duty, doubt and power as the young prince confronts life’s biggest question.

From £15.00

Bluey’s Big Play

New Theatre Oxford 24-26 George Street, Oxford

Bluey’s Big Play is the theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series packed with music, laughter, and fun.

From £18.70

Hidden

Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Exchange Street, Aylesbury

Internationally renowned Motionhouse arrives in Aylesbury with Hidden, a powerful dance-circus production blending gravity-defying choreography, circus feats and immersive digital design to explore hope emerging from darkness in a divided world.

From £15.00

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra: Maisky and Eschenbach

Sheldonian Theatre Broad Street, Oxford

Mischa Maisky joins Christoph Eschenbach and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra for an evening of Romantic masterpieces, from Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky to Bruch, Respighi and Schumann, showcasing the cello’s expressive power and orchestral warmth.

From £20.00

Christian Zacharias

de Jager Auditorium, Trinity College Broad Street, Oxford

Renowned pianist and conductor Christian Zacharias presents an intimate recital spanning Haydn, Schubert, Couperin, Scarlatti and Poulenc, revealing his distinctive artistry, intellectual depth and expressive clarity across centuries of keyboard music.

£27.00

Man in the Mirror: A Tribute to Michael Jackson

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

A high-energy tribute celebrating the music of Michael Jackson, starring acclaimed tribute artist CJ. Featuring iconic hits, dazzling choreography and stunning visuals, Man in the Mirror delivers an electrifying live concert experience honouring the King of Pop’s extraordinary legacy.

From £32.99

BACH Reimagined

The North Wall Arts Centre South Parade, Oxford

BACH Reimagined unites James Wilton Dance and cellist Raphael Weinroth Browne in a powerful fusion of athletic contemporary dance and heavy-metal cello, exploring Bach’s spirituality, science, and the forces that reshaped the modern world.

£12.00

The Radiohead Project

The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury Spiceball Park, Banbury

The Radiohead Project delivers a powerful live tribute to one of modern music’s most influential bands, recreating every era from OK Computer to In Rainbows with striking authenticity, immersive visuals and meticulous musical detail.

£29.50