Aged 12 to 16 years with a passion for theatre? 

Join our 17|25 Young Company.

This is a company for anyone aged 40+ with an enthusiasm to play and explore text on your feet. 

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Adam Kay – This is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)

Oxford Coffee Concert Series

Directed by Christopher Bucknall

An enchanting story full of music, puppetry and one very special penguin.

Part of SJE Arts 6th International Piano Series

Part of SJE Arts 6th International Piano Series

Talk at the Sheldonian Theatre

Stifled by life in middle-class India, Krishnan is desperate to see more of the world. 

Part of SJE Arts 6th International Piano Series

Art is a phenomenon and one of the most successful plays ever.

Beautiful beasts and where to find them…

Leader: Catherine Leech / Piano: Anita d’Attellis / Conductor: Janet Lincé

Have your child's party at Oxford Playhouse and celebrate with a trip to the theatre! 

Ryan lives in a world consumed by image and obsession, where selfworth is measured in muscle mass and self-improvement becomes self-destruction. 

The Lives and Music of 19th century women composers 

The Awkward Silence return to their stomping ground to present a hilarious, fast-paced narrative sketch show set in 1927 Chicago.

Oxford Opera Company makes its debut at the Playhouse.

When the Cat in the Hat steps onto the mat, Sally and her brother are in for a rollercoaster ride of havoc and mayhem! 

Part of SJE Arts 6th International Piano Series

1924. The Paris Olympic Games. A devout Scottish Christian runs for the glory of God.

Come and join the celebrations as Chinese New Year returns to Oxford Playhouse.

The Sixteen

Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas

Christmas Concert in the glorious setting of Keble College Chapel.

Join us in a world of buckets, castle building, spinning and tumbling in this delightful show for under 3s.

From the makers of the sell-out hit productions The Play That Goes Wrong and Mischief Move Night. 

The Curious Parcel is a new subscription box that brings a little bit of theatre magic to your living room.

Kneehigh are back with their theatrical tour-de-force.

Pixels Ensemble

Following the huge success of Jack and the Beanstalk, join us for a pirate, pussycat and rat-packed panto party!

Dare to experience the dangers and delights of Dinosaur World Live in this roarsome interactive show for all the family.

Follow the exploits of Don Pasquale in this riotous new version of Donizetti’s classic comic opera.

Enron tells the gripping story of the people behind the 21st century’s greatest financial scandal.

The 2001 collapse of the Enron Corporation shook Wall Street to its core. 

Part of SJE Arts 6th International Piano Series

Part of the Keble Early Music Festival 2019

Come along and discover more fun things the Cat has stored in the big red box.

Goose loves the summer, playing with his family and friends, but soon it is time for him to fly south for the winter.

Florilegium

Consone String Quartet

The German Comedy Ambassador returns to OP in May 2019, following sell out performances in 2017...

The perfect fun and friendly sing-a-long and play session for pre-school children. 

Experience the poetry, puppetry, music and movement of the first ever interactive hip hop show for young children.

with Natalie Clein.

Join Ian McKellen for his new solo show. 

With epic show tunes and killer beats, this classic story is brought popping and locking into the twenty-first century.

Part of SJE Arts 6th International Piano Series

Part of the 3rd SJE Arts Next Generation Series

Chopin, Schumann, Szymanowski

The lord of the mince is back...

Part of the Keble Early Music Festival 2019

The Life I Lead sees Miles Jupp bring David Tomlinson’s remarkable story to life.

Tickets include glass of wine at the interval.

Part of SJE Arts 6th International Piano Series

‘Nothing changes if it isn’t challenged.’

Christmas Concert

OU Sinfonietta and OU Jazz Orchestra

Internationally renowned Gecko return to Oxford Playhouse.

Part of the Keble Early Music Festival 2019

Mothers Who Make is a growing national initiative aimed at supporting mothers who are artists & makers.

Discover why Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has kept people guessing for so long, becoming the longest running show of any kind in the history of theatre.

Endymion

JS Bach : Trauer-Ode

An Oxford Playhouse co-production with the egg, Conde Duque and Theatr Iolo.

SANSARA - Choral Masterpieces of Oxford

An Oxford Playhouse 17|25 Young Company production.

Bach, Beethoven, Schumann

Part of the Keble Early Music Festival 2019

The Noisy Animals are looking forward to their dream holidays and have some brilliant ideas about where in the world they want to go.

Do you believe in ghosts? Morgan & West don't but why should that stop them?

A disparate group of people are caught in a storm on the High Road, somewhere in the middle of nowhere.

A new opera by Joel Baldwin

Part of the Keble Early Music Festival 2019

Award-winning theatre maker Rachel Mars brings you a gleeful, dark show about the hidden workings of envy.

Revolver + Sgt Pepper live with Orchestra & light show

A 17th-century Christmas

Oxfordshire Mind are taking over Oxford Playhouse for night of comic brilliance featuring Nish Kumar.

For 50 years The Pasadena Roof Orchestra have been re-creating the sounds of a golden era of music from the 1920s and 1930s to widespread acclaim. 

Christmas 1918-2018

Join Fiona Jones as she talks about her recent expedition to Antarctica to research penguins.

Meet Princess. A cheeky 10-year-old, with a plan to win the Weston-super-Mare Beauty Contest. 

Rambert2 is a new group of the world’s best young dancers, coming together to showcase the most exhilarating and fierce choreography around today.

Reginald D Hunter returns to the Playhouse with his new show. 

A deeply atmospheric drama about time and memory, loneliness and longing.

There has never been a better time to be an American comedian in the UK. 

After decades of civil war, the nation hangs in the balance. Enter Richard, Duke of Gloucester, to change the course of history.

Ruby Wax, the Monk and the Neuroscientist

with Tim Poster & Elena Urioste

Frith Piano Quartet

Simon Wallfisch (baritone), Edward Rushton (piano)

Maria Razumovskaya (piano)

Tickets free, booking required.

The 2016 Olivier Award-winners for Best Entertainment and Family Show return to Oxford Playhouse.

Presented by Oxford Operatic Society 

The Little Child

Beverly is having a party and you are one of her guests.

Jonathan Powell (piano)

Spotlight is for anyone aged 50 or over with an interest in theatre.

In Aid of 'Dogs for Good'

We all have a nationality. Or almost all of us.

Part of the Keble Early Music Festival 2019

A Quiet Revolution: English Vocal Music during the Interregnum

Part of the 3rd SJE Arts Next Generation Series 

A British Northern Coastal town. Three young men are coming home from war.

46th Viennese New Year Concert

Violinist Eve Kennedy and pianist Simon Over

For 2-7 years old and their families.

Workshops designed for keen, young writers. 

Part of SJE Arts 6th International Piano Series

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much-loved Zog comes to life in this magical adaptation.