Main Stage

• amateur & student

  

  A bittersweet story about youth, friendship and hope. Told backwards. Set in the glittering world of American showbiz, Merrily We Roll Along follows the journey of three extraordinary friends as they grow up, and grow apart. Beginning in 1976, their friendshi...

  Merrily We Roll Along

  Main Stage, Wed 29 Jan - Sat 1 Feb

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• drama

  

  Stephen Tompkinson returns to Oxford in Willy Russell's classic tale.

  Educating Rita

  Main Stage, Tue 4 - Sat 8 Feb

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• amateur & student

  

  Shadows of Troy is a bold new adaptation of two giants of ancient theatre - Sophocles’ Ajax, and Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis. A new translation presents these plays in tandem, creating a truly epic narrative of the most famous war in Western history. Under...

  Shadows of Troy

  Main Stage, Wed 12 - Sat 15 Feb

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• comedy

  

  The showing off must go on

  Ardal O'Hanlon:

  Main Stage, Sun 16 Feb

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• opera

  

  One of the best-loved operas of all time.

  Madam Butterfly

  Main Stage, Mon 17 Feb

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• circus

  

  Limited Availability

  Come and join the Chinese New Year celebrations as the Kaifeng City Acrobats Troupe returns with thrilling new acts to Oxford Playhouse. Join us for this unique, colourful and action-packed show, wonderfully entertaining and suit...

  Chinese New Year Festival Show

  Main Stage, Tue 18 Feb

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• family

  

  The hilarious story by comedian and author David Walliams.

  The Slightly Annoying Elephant

  Main Stage, Wed 19 - Sun 23 Feb

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• comedy

  

  Alexei Sayle has been performing standup for forty years since the day he invented modern comedy.

  Alexei Sayle Live

  Main Stage, Fri 21 - Sat 22 Feb

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• comedy

  

  Limited Availability

  Legendary comedian and Oxford Playhouse patron Stewart Lee returns with a double-bill of two new sets, Snowflake and Tornado, performed back-to-back. 

  Stewart Lee: Snowflake/Tornado

  Main Stage, Mon 24 - Sat 29 Feb

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