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. 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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  2. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

    It’s Fantasmagorical! A magical, musical adventure

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  3. Julie Nunes in Little Red Riding Hood in a pink dress, red cape, red ballet shoes in front of a whimsical painted forest scene.

    Little Red Riding Hood

    A reimagining of the much-loved fairy tale by Northern Ballet

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Coming Up At The Burton Taylor Studio...

  1. Outside the Box - A Live Show About Death

    If you are mortal, this show is for you

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  2. The Tale of the Loneliest Whale

    An exciting deep-sea adventure for children

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  3. The Passion

    The story of the first Easter

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LATEST NEWS...

  1. Rehearsals underway for the Primary Playmaker Showcase 2026

    13 March 2026

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

    3 March 2026

  3. 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

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

    6 February 2026

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

    20 January 2026

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

    7 January 2026

  7. Ashley Bale

    9 December 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. Over 350 primary school children attend the Primary Playmaker Showcase

    18 March 2026

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