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.

Anthropocene: The Human Era (Cast: Liberty Bliss, Max Curtis, Giulia del Fabbro, Megan Noakes, Risha Silvera, Abi Smith)

Credit: Michael Lynch 2021

2019

It’s been a busy year for Oxford Playhouse, with our productions appearing all over the county, country and even in America!

The Remains of the Day (Cast: Niamh Cusack & Stephen Boxer)

Credit: Iona Firouzabadi 2019

2018

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.

One Small Step (Cast: Robin Hemmings & Shaelee Rooke)

Credit: Geraint Lewis 2018

2017

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.

Sand in the Sandwiches (Cast: Edward Fox)

Credit: Geraint Lewis 2017

2016

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.

Peter Pan in Scarlet (Ensemble cast)

Credit: Geraint Lewis 2016

2015

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.

Bath Time

Bath Time (Cast: Robin Hemmings & ​Roddy Peters)

Credit: Geraint Lewis 2015

2014

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.

STAND

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.

Bicycle Boy

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

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.

Sancho: An Act of Remembrance

Sancho: An Act of Remembrance (Cast: Paterson Joseph)

Credit: Nick Holmes 2011

2010

Bath Time, written and directed by Toby Hulse.