Oxford Playhouse Shows

The Seagull

Blanche McIntyre's staging of The Seagull is up there with the best. It has nothing filigree about it, but it is utterly precise. The Observer

Wicked Women

Two Wicked Women take over the Playhouse stage, as The Archers’ stars Sara Coward (Caroline Sterling) and Sunny Ormonde (Lilian Bellamy) present their unique musical anthology, celebrating outrageous women throughout the centuries.

The Firework-Maker's Daughter

Based on the story by Philip Pullman. Discover this gripping tale of friendship, determination and adventure that will be an explosive theatrical experience, perfect for a half-term holiday treat.

Break the Floorboards

From the team behind the 2011 smash hit musical Britain’s Got Bhangra, comes this brand new show that sees Bollywood and street dance collide in an electric, feel-good show for all ages.

Blue Remembered Hills

Almost 20 years after his death, Dennis Potter’s charming and profound play captures humanity, wicked humour and his fierce intolerance of ordinary cruelty.

After the Beginning . Before the End

Daniel Kitson presents his brand new show - “Two hours ago I didn’t have the idea. Now I do. And it’s going to be good. Something like a stand up show.”

Lionboy

Award-winning theatre company Complicite presents its first show for families and young people, inspired by Zizou Corder’s best-selling books and with a cast including Adetomiwa Edun from BBC’s Merlin.

Emily Wilding Davison:

In the centenary of her death at the Derby in June 1913, the iconic but enigmatic suffragette Emily Wilding Davison is movingly portrayed by Elizabeth Crarer.

Dancing at Lughnasa

Told through the eyes of seven-year old Michael, Brian Friel’s Olivier and Tony Award-winning play is a magical, moving story of a rural world on the brink of revolution.

Vinyl

Join Bill as he delves deep into his record collection, talking about the memories these tracks evoke and the decades that have brought us to where we now are.

Spot

Spot is a very particular stage light. Its light shines and draws shapes and colours on the floor. A special stage show for very young children using movement, light and sound.

My Robot Heart

Inspired by experiments into robots and love, My Robot Heart follows three generations of one family before an impending wedding.

The 39 Steps

Direct from the West End, Broadway and 25 countries around the globe, comes a joyous version of the Alfred Hitchcock classic spy thriller, The 39 Steps, brilliantly and hilariously recreated as a smash-hit comedy.

Major Tom

This one woman, one dog show explores the British fascination with celebrities, beauty and winning and follows their adventure as Major Tom heads to Crufts, and Victoria to the Mrs England beauty pageant.

STELLA, a Story of Time and Space

Two women astronomers, Jessica Bell from the 21st century and Caroline Herschel from the 18th century, look up at the same night sky and find themselves colliding in their search for understanding.

If the Shoe Fits

Bringing shoes and stories to life using physical theatre, dance, story-telling and music, If the Shoe Fits is a delightful 55-minute dance theatre show for all the family.

If You're Glad, I’ll be Frank

Performed by students of Magdalen College School and originally written for radio, Tom Stoppard’s rarely seen play takes a comic look at a world that is governed around the clock, by the clock.

Lord of the Flies

A plane crashes on an uninhabited island leaving a group of school boys as the only survivors. With no parents and no rules to obey the boys’ delicate sense of order soon begins to collapse. Presented by Magdalen College School Theatre Academy.

The Secret Life of You and Me

Lowri leads a double life. By day she ponders the passing of time, sifting through the fractured memories of people with dementia. By night she makes art in strange places: fleeting, filmic moments. All to draw meaning from our jumble-sale lives.

Curious

Journey into a world where kitchen meets garden and where pots and pans get mischievously mixed up with planters and pails.

The Playhouse Plays Out Tent

This summer we are back visiting your favourite fêtes, festivals and carnivals. Open all day, the Tent includes magical shows for children, workshops, crafts, games and more.

The Taming of the Shrew

Firmly established as one of the city’s annual highlights, Oxford Playhouse and the Bodleian Library are delighted to welcome back the Globe Theatre on Tour to perform The Taming of the Shrew in the stunning setting of the Old Schools Quadrangle.

Me, Mum & Dusty Springfield

A new comedy that reflects on the bond that binds mothers and daughters, people who are not quite what they seem and how we cope with loss when it’s just too late, all sprinkled with Dusty’s timeless lyrics.

Oxford Jazz Masters Summer Series

OxJaMS returns to the Burton Taylor Studio with a Summer Special…

Supafunk 4

Dedicated to bringing Funk back to the masses, Supafunk4 is a great live Oxford-based band with a choice of classic funk and soul covers mixed with a range of their own original material. Their fantastic live energy will keep you dancing all night!

A Roo in my Suitcase

Funny, quirky and cuddly as a bag of marsupials, poet Rosemary Harris celebrates friendship through poetry, songs and plenty of joining in!

James and the Giant Peach

If you’re looking for fruit-filled fun and wizz-popping wonders this summer holiday, then don’t miss James and his Giant Peach!

The Pitmen Painters

Written by Lee Hall, creator of the worldwide sensation Billy Elliot, The Pitmen Painters examines the lives of a group of ordinary men who do extraordinary things. Highly amusing, deeply moving and always entertaining.

Everyday Moments - Hofesh Schecter

In 2011, Fuel commissioned Everyday Moments; a series of podcasts designed to be enjoyed at a particular time and place. This is the podcast from choreographer and musician Hofesh Shechter, an invitation to move without inhibition.

Neil Gaiman in conversation with Philip Pullman

Neil Gaiman, one of our greatest living fiction writers, comes to Oxford to celebrate the publication of his new novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane.

Neil will be in conversation with Oxford's own master of fantasy Philip Pullman, author of the classic Dark Materials trilogy.

Henry VI: Three Plays

The Globe Theatre on Tour returns to the Playhouse main stage with a rare opportunity to see the three plays of Henry VI; Shakespeare’s powerful rendering of a country wracked by civil war.

The Oxford Poetry Walk

Back by popular demand, The Oxford Poetry Walk is a 70-minute walk around Oxford with specially selected and recorded poetry for company.

Romeo and Juliet

As adulthood looms and the pressures of academia mount, two students find themselves entangled in an emotionally charged and inevitably tragic relationship.

Robin Hood

Robin Hood is riding into Oxford Playhouse for the very first time in this action-packed new panto.