University of Oxford Student Season: Hilary Term 2026

Presented by student company Fennec Fox

By Annie Baker

‘It feels so weird when I sold it to them. It’s like, I gave you that popcorn. I like scooped it out myself and put it in the bag and handed it to you and you paid me and said thank you. And now it’s all over the floor.’

Summer 2012. Three employees sweep up the mess people have left behind in a cinema on the cusp of closing down. Everyday trials and tribulations take centre stage as Sam, Avery and Rose struggle to find themselves in a world being hollowed out and sold off to the highest bidder.

Ranked by The Guardian as the fourth best play of the 21st century, Annie Baker’s hilarious, devastating, wonderful play explores how to find connection in an increasingly atomised world. After an acclaimed run of Uncle Vanya and the forthcoming Company at the Oxford Playhouse, Fennec Fox productions returns to its contemporary writing roots.

This amateur production of “The Flick” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk