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.

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Coming Up On The Main Stage...

  1. Illustration of brightly coloured orange snapdragons with silhouettes of a man and woman's face in between the flowers. An abstract background of teal and green shadow the floral patterns.

    Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    An Oxford Playhouse Production

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  2. Richard Chappell Dance: BLOOM

    Three compelling dance works

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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. Dreams

    University of Oxford Student Season: Hilary Term 2026

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  2. World Premiere: An Improvised Comedy

    University of Oxford Student Season: Hilary Term 2026

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  3. Perudo

    University of Oxford Student Season: Hilary Term 2026

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LATEST NEWS...

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

    6 February 2026

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

    20 January 2026

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

    7 January 2026

  4. Ashley Bale

    9 December 2025

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

    Coming up at Oxford Playhouse: Spring 2026

    17 November 2025

  6. Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, directed by Mike Tweddle

    26 September 2025

  7. 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

  8. 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

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