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Wit, 7th to 11th February, 19:30
By Margaret Edson. ‘Death be not proud... though art not so.’ Vivian
Bearing, a 17th century poetry professor diagnosed with cancer, uses
her ‘wit’ as counter-agent to her degradation, to examine her life
and to reconcile herself to her fate. A Trinity Players Production.
Messiah Man, 7th to 11th February, 21:30
By Matt Fuller and Adam Lebovits. Come one, come all! Witness John
Murray Spear and marvel at his wondrous God Machine. A picaresque
comedy of ambition, love and hearing voices; from the writer of
previous BTS successes, Peterson and Courting of Claire in
collaboration with the former president of The Oxford Revue.
Never Say Never, 14th to 18th February, 19:30
By Alfred de Musset translated by Julia Hartley. French Romanticism
meets P.G. Wodehouse in a cheeky St Valentine’s comedy. Valentin
wants to escape an arranged marriage. Using a false identity, he
attempts to seduce Cécile to sabotage her virtue and consequently
their union.
Freshwoman, 14th to 18th February, 21:30
By Tom Skelton. Exciting new comedy following the trials and
travails of Mathilde du Belle’s first term at Oxford University in
the 1920s. Mathilde enters a world of intellectual and romantic
misadventures among the deviant dreaming spires in this fast-paced
ensemble piece.
Teechers, 21st to 25th February, 19:30
By John Godber. Join three friends as they conjure up the striking
characters from their rough comprehensive in the final end-of-term
production. Dynamic, witty and poignant, Teechers
is arguably Godber’s greatest work.
Lars Sørken: A Norwegian Noir, 21st to 25th
February, 21:30
By Matt Perkins. A stage thriller. Theatre detective Lars Sørken
guides us through a world in which Scandinavia and Oxford collide.
Every movement is key to solving the puzzle before a figure from his
past catches up with him.
OUDS New Writing Festival, 28th February to 3rd
March
Antarctica by Robert Williams, Rubber
Dinghy by Kelvin Fawdrey, Schrodinger's Hat
by Leela Velautham, The Tulip Tree by Oliver
Michell.
One Arabian Night, 6th to 10th March, 19:30
Improvised Comedy Play by the Oxford Imps. Beautiful and hilarious
improvised adventures based on 1001 Arabian Nights. Come and hear
wondrous tales, made up entirely spontaneously and different every
night, by one of the country’s best improvised comedy groups.
Out Through the In Door, 6th to 10th March,
21:30
By Alex Mills. ‘I’ll tell you what. I’ll give you some time before
you have to come out, because I like you.’ One man’s life rests in
another’s hands, and the game of human interaction is exposed.
1 Beach Road, 12th to 13th March
A tale of friendship, defiance, synchronized swimming and trying to
turn back the tide.
Frontman, 14th to 16th March
Backed by an analogue synth and a tambourine, Action Hero perform a
defiant, brazen, half-cut version of a faded comeback gig, complete
with dry-ice, lip syncs and extreme noise (earplugs provided...).
Kid Carpet and the Noisy Animals, 17th March,
11:00 and 14:00
A new Rock and Roll musical for Kids. Kid Carpet and The
Noisy Animals follows the adventures of the charismatic
singer and his animal band - a gorilla, a bear, a hedgehog and a
badger! Ages 3 to 8.
The Next Swan Down the River Might Be Black, 20th to 21st March
A poetic, new play about detention under the mental health act,
follow the shifting alliances of three young women on a psychiatric
ward over one momentous week.
Sam Rose in the Shadows, 24th March, 11:00 and
14:00
An uplifting new play about
what it is like to be sad and how one can learn to be happy again.
Ages 6+.
Monkey Poet, 24th March
Think
Bill Hicks meets Mark Thomas, with a dash of rhyme thrown in, and
you've got Monkey Poet.
The
Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley, 5th to 6th April
A funny
and touching story by Chris Goode (Longwave, Henry and Elizabeth)
about two unlikely friends and the adventures they share.
For more details
see the Burton Taylor web site: www.oxfordplayhouse.com.