Events Around Oxford

Open Monday-Saturday until 18 December, the Cards For Good Causes pop-up shop in Oxford Town Hall has hundreds of cards from over 30 different national and local charities. We have Oxford scene cards plus Advent Calendars and gifts to support out charities.

Surprises and fun galore in store this Christmas season as The Story Museum takes you on an original magical, musical journey with much-loved classic stories told afresh by multi-talented actor/musician Tristan Pate.

Surprises and fun galore in store this Christmas season as we take you on a magical, musical journey with much-loved classic stories told afresh by multi-talented actor/musician Tristan Pate. We take you on a real journey too!

Develop your comic-making skills and share ideas with like-minded enthusiasts. Awesome comic artist Neill Cameron will be on hand to offer helpful advice and tips. Come for one session or become a monthly regular.

Join author Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris in the Sheldonian Theatre for an evening of talk, music and live painting centered around ’The Lost Words’, a book that has become a cultural phenomenon.

About the event BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G major Natalia Lomeiko violin Heidi Stober soprano Marios Papadopoulos conductor Our own concertmaster Natalia Lomeiko and first-time visitor Heidi Stober star in this concert in which both Beethoven and Mahler trade...

About the event HANDEL Messiah, HWV 56 Mhairi Lawson soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano Daniel Norman tenor Matthew Brook bass Schola Cantorum of Oxford Steven Grahl chorus master Marios Papadopoulos conductor ’I did think I did see all Heaven before me’ wrote Handel as he

Feel-good, funny and full of yuletide joy, Nativity! The Musical features all of the favourite sing-a-long hits from the films including Sparkle and Shine, Nazareth, One Night One Moment, She’s the Brightest Star and a whole host of new songs filled with the spirit of Christmas!

1642. England is at war with itself. Hester Cavill and her husband have sided with opposing armies: she a Royalist, he a Parliamentarian. When Sir Arthur is away, Hester refuses aid to a regiment of Cromwell’s troops who have turned up at her estate expecting Sir Arthur’s support.

Meet Kate: a physicist in the male-dominated labs of the 1980s. Addicted to the pounding beats and neon glow of her generation, follow Kate as she discovers her potential as a cutting edge scientist.

An archetypal Hero is reframed as a mature woman in the modern world. Gripped with fear at her advancing years, she sets off on an epic quest to defeat Chronos, the god of time, and halt the inevitable – ageing. Will she succeed?

A night of comedy to raise money for the Old Fire Station’s work: producing great art, supporting artists, and building the confidence and skills of homeless people.

Greetings. I am one of the world’s comedians and I’m here to tell ye about my show. Have you ever considered the unique predicament of the soft-shell crab? Well I have. That animal is absolutely ridiculous. What about the many, MANY problems that occur when organising a suburban orgy? The catering, for example.

Katie Taylor has been the lead artist for the Our Place project working with Crisis artists. Katie’s own practice explores identity and memory often using textiles and historical reference as a starting point. This simple workshop will allow you to create memory paintings of lace in ink.

A new play by triple Olivier Award Winner Mike Bartlett (Doctor Foster, King Charles III). ‘Christmas – isn’t that when they come home?’ Andy’s 43. He loves nostalgic television, pints down the pub, and listening to the whole album from beginning to end.

Hugh Pryor is a visual artist who originally trained in animation, whose work includes drawing, installation, performance art and photography. Hugh is concerned with the challenge of capturing movement as a still subject both for landscape, figurative and performance works.

Hailed as having a voice that will stop you in your tracks, contemporary folk singer songwriter Emily Mae Winters’ songs are quickly permeating the folk and song writing scene.

A Winter Union – Yuletide Shows 2018 “Whatever you celebrate, come celebrate it with us!” Sat round Cambridge’s own Six Bells pub, the five members of A Winter Union are hatching plans for this year’s winterfest extravaganza!

Bloxx. Artists performing: BLOXX.: Tickets avaiable.

Set in London across the late 19th and early 20th century, the film focuses on a turning point of the Suffragette campaign for the vote for women, from peaceful protest to aggressive demonstrations.

British photojournalist Adrian Bradshaw came as a student to Beijing in 1984 just as everyday life was in flux. Caught up in the ferment of the time he went on to spend three decades documenting the transformation of China as the vast nation reformed and opened up to the world.

All children, except one, grow up.” This year’s Christmas show will be none other than J.M Barrie’s Peter Pan. We’ll be transforming The North Wall Arts Centre into Neverland this winter, mermaid lagoons and pirate ships included.