2020
2020 was a year like no other for theatre and live performance. Nevertheless, Oxford Playhouse continued to produce and commission, supporting artists create work in new ways.
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Anthropocene: The Human Era (Cast: Liberty Bliss, Max Curtis, Giulia del Fabbro, Megan Noakes, Risha Silvera, Abi Smith)
Credit: Michael Lynch 20212019
It’s been a busy year for Oxford Playhouse, with our productions appearing all over the county, country and even in America!
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The Remains of the Day (Cast: Niamh Cusack & Stephen Boxer)
Credit: Iona Firouzabadi 20192018
The year began by marking the centenary celebrations of partial suffrage for women. We commissioned On The March, a new piece by Clare Bayley, a Playhouse Playmaker alumni, for our 17|25 Young Company.
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One Small Step (Cast: Robin Hemmings & Shaelee Rooke)
Credit: Geraint Lewis 20182017
OP Productions started 2017 with a production of Every You Every Me, written by Associate Artist Barney Norris and co-produced with Reading Rep, which toured schools around Oxfordshire and Berkshire. The play explored the experiences of those coping with mental health issues within the education.
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Sand in the Sandwiches (Cast: Edward Fox)
Credit: Geraint Lewis 20172016
2016 saw a summer of 'firsts' and new collaborations for OP Productions. We joined forces with Oxford Contemporary Music on Furious Folly, a remarkable and evocative large-scale outdoor performance which was part of 14-18 NOW, the UK-wide arts programme to mark the First World War centenary.
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Peter Pan in Scarlet (Ensemble cast)
Credit: Geraint Lewis 20162015
2015 began with a UK tour to theatres and local Oxford primary schools of our charmingly silly family show Bath Time. March saw us touring to shopping centres around the UK with Ready Steady Colour, a co-production with A Line who make interactive art installations.
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Bath Time (Cast: Robin Hemmings & Roddy Peters)
Credit: Geraint Lewis 20152014
2014 saw Oxford Playhouse take on the theme of Radical Thinking with many of this year’s home-grown productions taking inspiration from ground-breaking ideas associated with the city.
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STAND (Cast: Gwyneth Strong, Cathy Tyson, Lawrence Werber, Michael Fenton Stevens, Kelda Holmes & Christian Roe)
2013
2013 began with a co-production of Charles Dickens' Curiosity Shop with Theatre Alibi in March. In the spring, our resident young people’s theatre company, 16|22, produced Under Milk Wood on our main stage and in April we saw the return of the hugely popular The Oxford Poetry Walk.
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Bicycle Boy (Cast: Leon Scott & Jonathan Glew)
2012
Co-produced a new Helen Edmundson play with resident company Shared Experience about Mary Shelley and a production of Dick King-Smith’s The Crowstarver with Theatre Alibi.
The Story of the Four Minute Mile (Cast: Jack Trow, Janet Etuk, Timothy Allsop & Jake Oldershaw)
2011
A co-production of Brontë with Shared Experience which toured nationally. A small-scale production of The Wright Brothers by David Hastings, which premiered at the Singapore Arts Festival before playing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August.
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Sancho: An Act of Remembrance (Cast: Paterson Joseph)
Credit: Nick Holmes 20112010
Bath Time, written and directed by Toby Hulse.
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