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.

We supported our resident company Shared Experience on their new production, Bracken Moor, at the Tricycle Theatre in London, and we worked with the resident Director and Producer at Magdalen College School on their first independent production, England Street, which was performed in our BT Studio in April.

We were very excited in April to welcome our first trio of artists on our new Evolve scheme (read more about it here). In May we had a new pedal-tastic Playhouse Plays Out show, Bicycle Boy which was performed at the Osney Mill Marina Garage. We gave our Playhouse Plays Out Pop-up Theatre Tent another outing over the summer: it travelled the length and breadth of Oxfordshire, visiting carnivals, fêtes and schools throughout July and August.

And finally we ended the year with our pantomime Robin Hood and the delightfully festive Father Christmas and the Icicle Bicycle for families in the BT Studio.