This month, make going for a drive a bit more thrilling with a trip to one of the AA’s drive-in cinema events in Yorkshire and Oxfordshire…
Archives for Oxfordshire events
Stay safe and support your local venue
In these uncertain times, your beloved cultural spaces need you. Here’s a few ways to support your local venues…
Premiere of play asks, Can I Help You?
A poetic and uplifting examination of how race and gender intersect with issues of mental health will tour to London and Oxford this Spring…
An exploration of adolescence in Five Years
Based on memories of life at a special educational needs school, Five Years uses poetry, storytelling and direct address to explore an adolescence…
Thought-provoking theatre about the absurdity of borders
An outrageous Brechtian parable, highlighting the absurdity of borders, will tour to theatres and engage audiences across the country in an urgent national conversation…
A swan census with a Royal connection
Swan Upping, the annual census of swans on the River Thames, will be taking place this month as part of a Royal tradition…
Enjoy a political party at customary mock election
Oxfordshire is one of the remaining counties that still holds a traditional ‘mock election’, an old folk custom that was once popular throughout the country…
Antic Disposition’s reimagining of Henry V tours historic cathedrals
Antic Disposition’s critically-acclaimed production of Henry V returns to English cathedrals this autumn; marking the centenary of the end of the First World War…
Stroke survivors take to the stage for an innovative project
This autumn, stroke survivors will take to the stage in a daring movement and song project. Stroke Odysseys will tour the UK from Thursday 4th October to Friday 16th November…
Illuminated parades and eccentric craft at Thames Traditional Boat Festival
The Thames Traditional Boat Festival takes place from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd July at Fawley Meadows in Henley, with historic vessels, vintage cycles and illuminated parades…
A Royal tradition on the Thames
The tradition of Swan Upping, the annual census of swans, takes place on the River Thames during the third week of July…
A mayoral election with a difference in Oxfordshire
The Election of the Mayor of Ock Street is a quirky annual event, where a ‘mayor’ is elected by the residents of Ock Street in Abingdon, Oxfordshire…
Who’ll win the World Pooh Sticks Championships 2018?
The 35th Anniversary World Pooh Sticks Championships will take place on Sunday 3rd June at Langel Common in Witney, Oxfordshire…
The Headington Shark
If you head along a road in Oxford, where an unassuming row of brick houses stand, you might see something rather unusual… a large shark diving into the roof of one of the houses…
The annual tradition of Swan Upping on the River Thames
The tradition of Swan Upping, the annual census of swans, will take place along the River Thames from Monday 17th to Friday 21st July…