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The Curse of the Oxford Revue

By The Oxford Revue

World-famous sketch comedy group The Oxford Revue travels through
time to a sleepy English village where not all is as it seems. The jam sold at the market? Strawberry rhubarb, not strawberry. Many of the houseplants are dusty. And the mayor’s son? Let’s just say his hat isn’t real felt...
Also, everyone is cursed.

'Brilliantly executed.' - Three Weeks
 

The Curse of the Oxford Revue
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Wit

By Margaret Edson

Death be not proud...though art not so.’

Vivian Bearing, a 17th century poetry professor diagnosed with cancer, uses her ‘wit’ as counter-agent to her degradation, to examine her life and to reconcile herself to her fate. A Trinity Players Production.
 

Wit

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Messiah Man

By Matt Fuller and Adam Lebovits

Come one, come all! Witness John Murray Spear and marvel at his wondrous God Machine. A picaresque comedy of ambition, love and hearing voices; from the writer of previous BTS successes, Peterson and Courting of Claire in collaboration with the former president of The Oxford Revue.
 

Messiah Man

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Never Say Never

By Alfred de Musset translated by Julia Hartley

French Romanticism meets P.G. Wodehouse in a cheeky St Valentine’s comedy. Valentin wants to escape an arranged marriage. Using a false identity, he attempts to seduce Cécile to sabotage her virtue and consequently their union.
 

Never Say Never

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Freshwoman

By Tom Skelton

Exciting new comedy following the trials and travails of Mathilde du Belle’s first term at Oxford University in the 1920s. Mathilde enters a world of intellectual and romantic misadventures among the deviant dreaming spires in this fast-paced ensemble piece.
 

Freshwoman

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Teechers

By John Godber

Join three friends as they conjure up the striking characters from their rough comprehensive in the final end-of-term production. Dynamic, witty and poignant, Teechers is arguably Godber’s greatest work.
 

Teechers

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Lars Sørken: A Norwegian Noir

By Matt Perkins

A stage thriller. Theatre detective Lars Sørken guides us through a world in which Scandinavia and Oxford collide. Every movement is key to solving the puzzle before a figure from his past catches up with him.
 

Lars Sørken: A Norwegian Noir

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Antarctica

By Robert Williams

Someone visits a hotelier, his wife and his daughter, all buried under snow at the bottom of the earth.

The OUDS New Writing Festival
 

Antarctica

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Rubber Dinghy

By Kelvin Fawdrey

Two men, one dinghy and a vast ocean. Is it possible to start over or best to end it all?

The OUDS New Writing Festival

Rubber Dinghy

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Schrodinger's Hat

By Leela Velautham

1930. Paul Dirac is struggling to complete The Principles of Quantum Mechanics - fortunately other people are not.

The OUDS New Writing Festival

Schrodinger

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The Tulip Tree

By Oliver Michell

Enoch Powell’s notorious Rivers of Blood speech destroyed his career. But in his early life, Powell seemed capable of achieving anything he set his mind to – until he fell in love.

The OUDS New Writing Festival

The Tulip Tree

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One Arabian Night

Improvised Comedy Play by the Oxford Imps

Beautiful and hilarious improvised adventures based on 1001 Arabian Nights. Come and hear wondrous tales, made up entirely spontaneously and different every night, by one of the country’s best improvised comedy groups.
 

One Arabian Night

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Out Through the In Door

By Alex Mills

I’ll tell you what. I’ll give you some time before you have to come out, because I like you.’

One man’s life rests in another’s hands, and the game of human interaction is exposed.
 

Out Through the In Door

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