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

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  1. Panto 2025: Dick Whittington

    The magic of panto awaits!

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  2. Black Is The Color of My Voice

    Inspired by the life of singer and civil rights activist, Nina Simone

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  3. Multiple images of Khalid Abdalla in an almost stop motion film strip of him facing the camera, moving to a portrait side profile and reaching up with his hand grasping his neck.

    Nowhere

    Khalid Abdalla brings together the personal and the political

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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, directed by Artistic Director Mike Tweddle.

One evening. Two couples. No place to hide.

Welcome to the small hours at George and Martha’s – the alcohol is flowing, the gloves are off, and the games are just getting started. Don't miss one of the most explosive nights in theatre!

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LATEST NEWS...

  1. Gift Guide 2025

    3 December 2025

  2. First Look at Dick Whittington!

    21 November 2025

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

    Coming up at Oxford Playhouse: Spring 2026

    17 November 2025

  4. Father Christmas returns to the Burton Taylor Studio!

    5 November 2025

  5. Meet the stars of Dick Whittington!

    31 October 2025

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

    26 September 2025

  7. Playhouse Playmaker Announcement 2025/26

    17 September 2025

  8. Group of Playmaker Later participants from 2025 standing in the lobby of Oxford Playhouse

    Announcing Playmaker Later

    31 July 2025

  9. Playhouse Adult Company End of Term Performance

    23 July 2025

  10. 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

  11. Ashley Bale

    9 December 2025

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