A Playhouse for Everyone

Bringing live performance, drama, dance, comedy and more to our stages in the heart of Oxford. We also work with over 15,000 young people a year through our theatre company and community activities.

Find Out What's On

Coming Up On The Main Stage...

  1. Richard Chappell Dance: BLOOM

    Three compelling dance works

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  2. Education, Education, Education

    A comedic love letter to nineties Britain

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  3. A child in a white linen shirt looking directly at the camera in the middle of a wintery forest with pines covered in snow.

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    The world's no longer what it seems...

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Coming Up At The Burton Taylor Studio...

  1. The Flick

    University of Oxford Student Season: Hilary Term 2026

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  2. When Jack Hare Stole the Sun King's Crown

    Celebrate the spring festivals

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  3. Outside the Box - A Live Show About Death

    If you are mortal, this show is for you

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LATEST NEWS...

  1. OP Young Company returns with revival of Education, Education, Education

    3 March 2026

  2. Katy Stephens as Martha and Leah Haile as Honey in Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Opening Night!

    20 February 2026

  3. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Week Two Rehearsal Diary

    6 February 2026

  4. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Day One Rehearsal Diary

    20 January 2026

  5. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Cast & Creatives Announced

    7 January 2026

  6. Ashley Bale

    9 December 2025

  7. Khalid Abdalla on stage with a projection of a crowd behind him.

    Coming up at Oxford Playhouse: Spring 2026

    17 November 2025

  8. A child in a white linen shirt looking directly at the camera in the middle of a wintery forest with pines covered in snow.

    Headlong and Shakespeare's Globe stage A Midsummer Night's Dream

    17 July 2025

  9. Rehearsals underway for the Primary Playmaker Showcase 2026

    13 March 2026

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