 Creation
Theatre perform Shakespeare's in an extraordinary mirrored Spiegeltent tent
in the grounds of the BMW plant in Oxford, from Thursday 5 February
to Saturday 3 April. Read about Creation Theatre .
A New
York jury decides the fate of a teenager accused of killing his
father in at Burton Taylor Theatre in Oxford from Tuesday
10 and Saturday 14 February.
Alan
Ayckbourn's is at Oxfordshire's dining theatre The Mill At
Sonning, from until Saturday 21 February. The price includes a full
meal in the restaurant, on an island in The Thames.
Two
Cockney hitmen wait tensely in a basement for their next assignment
in (plus Victoria Station and other pieces) at
Oxford Playhouse from Thursday 12 to Saturday 28 February.
A
merciless satire on contemporary office life is presented by Ridiculusmus
in ,
a tale of a quest for a new idea that races into surreal comedy.
It's at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, on Friday 13 February.
lurks in the darkest corners of the human sould
at Burton Taylor Theatre in Oxford from Tuesday 17 to Saturday 21
February.
A new
stage adaptation of is on in the late evenings from Tuesday
17 to Saturday 21 February at Burton Taylor Theatre.
picks up on the story of the Norfolk farmer
(and former Witney schoolboy) who notoriously shot dead a teenage
burglar. It's at The Old Fire Station in Oxford from Tuesday 24
to Saturday 28 February.
, an adaption of Feydeau's farce, Le Dindon,
sees respectable husbands chasing other men's wives and mistresses
chasing errant lovers at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, on Saturday
21 February.
Lives
and loves are open to all in a Midlands sandwich shop in , at Burton Taylor Theatre in Oxford from Tuesday
24 to Saturday 28 February.
Divorce
rips a married couple to shreds when fills the late slot at Burton Taylor Theatre in
Oxford from Tuesday 24 to Saturday 28 February.
In
, a changing cast of performers recount
different women's stories and experiences involving their genitalia.
It's at Oxford Playhouse from Tuesday 24 to Monday 1 March. Read
a review of a previous tour .
"Adult
puppeteers" Faulty Optic bring their darkly haunting figures
to Pegasus Theatre in ,
a tale of love, loyalty and deception involving a boxing ballerina,
a soil-spitting psychic and a sparrow with Tourette's Syndrome.
It's on
Friday 27 February.
Sexual
and professional tensions are at work among a TV crew in a haunted
house in , at The Mill At Sonning from Tuesday 24 February to
Saturday 3 April. There are murders, but don't let that put you
off your food: the price includes a full meal in the restaurant,
on an island in The Thames.
Some
of Oxford's professional dancers perform in an exciting mixture
of solos, duets and group pieces in at Pegasus Theatre on Friday 6 and Saturday
7 February.
See
also Style & Grace under Amateur.
Guys
And Dolls is at The Old Fire Station Theatre in Oxford from
17 to 21 February. Box office: 0870 606 3500.
Young
Oxfordshire actors perform
at the Theatre, Chipping Norton, on Sunday 22 February.
Scottish
Opera's production of the classic opera, , has its English premiere on Saturday 6 &
Sunday 7 March at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, before touring rural
venues in the county.
Look
ahead in our festival
guide for information about Garsington Opera (June) and
other festivals that feature opera as part of their programme.
doesn't actually star the writer in
person; instead, actor Steve Steen tours an adaptation of his comic
travelogue. It's at the New Theatre in Oxford on Wednesday 18 February.
Two
"genital origami" experts do impressions of animals, landmarks
and more in the unique at the New Theatre in Oxford on Thursday 19
February. It's not for the prudish.
Expect
a subversive take on Bush, Blair and all that stuff when the "five-star"
comedian (as the Guardian called him comes to Oxford for . He's at
Oxford's Pegasus Theatre on Wednesday 25 February.
Don't
roll up, don't roll up... because there's no circus coming up in
February 2004 at the main Oxfordshire theatres.
Sixteen
women sacrifice themselves in pursuit of success in , at The Old Fire Station in Oxford from Tuesday 10
to Saturday 14 February.
Graduating
students from Oxford School of Drama perform the Oscar Wilde classic,
, at Pegasus Theatre from Tuesday 10 - Saturday
14 February.
is a slapstick
parody of Harry Potter at Oxford's New Theatre on Sunday
15th February.
Tall
Stories had international success with The Gruffalo and Snow White
(the New York Times loved it); now the company returns to The Mill
at Banbury with a new production, , on Tuesday 17 February.
is a bright, lively and funny mix of stories, investigation,
imagination and adventure at the New Theatre in Oxford from Monday
16 to Wednesday 18 February.
What
happens when stories get fed up with being picked up and told? In
, an old tale decide to say something really
wicked. Moby Duck's show include Iandian and African dance, Celtic
and African music, mime, masks and puppets. Its at The Theatre,
Chipping Norton, on Wednesday 18 February.
features street funk, ballet and theCutteslowe
and Parasol posse's hand-signing choir. It's at Pegasus Theatre,
Oxford, on Saturday 21 February.
Some
of the best young performers from across the county are directed
by professionals in the musical
at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, on Sunday 22 February.
is performed in Elizabethan-style
setting at the Unicorn Theatre, part of the Abbey buildings in Abingdon,
from Tuesday 24 to Saturday 28 February.
Pupils
from Chipping Norton School perform Joan Littlewood's powerfully
moving musical drama, , about the tragedy of the Great War. It's
at The Theatre in Chipping Norton from Wednesday 25 to Friday 27
February.
A special
performance celebrates the final year of a project set up to cultivate
after-school dance, drama and art activities in Cowley at Pegasus
Theatre in Oxford. is on Thursday 26 February.
The
innovative 1157 performance group at The Mill in Banbury presents
, a new work that utilises physical performance
and video manipulation, on Wednesday 25 February.
Wolvercote
Village Hall is the venue for St Peter's Players' production of
from Wednesday 31 March to Saturday 3 April.
A man convicted of murdering his mother returns home from prison
and his family begins asking what really happened years earlier.
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