Father's Day This Sunday - June 18th

Looking for something do do with Dad this Sunday? Why not take him to the Kite Extravaganza at Blenheim Palace - kite demonstrations at 1:30pm and 3pm, sky diving demonstrations at 2:30pm. Bring your own kite or buy one there. Picnic in the gardens, or have lunch at one of the Palace cafes.

Addition to Music Listing

The Gypsy Swingers
Italian jazz trio playing gypsy jazz - music inspired by the guitar great Django Reinhardt
Holywell Music Room
Tuesday 20 June at 8pm.
But tickets on the door, or in advance from the Bath Place Hotel

This Week's Classical & Jazz Music Listings (June 15 - 22)

Classical Music:
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Friday June16
Oxford Philomusica performs Mozart and Shostakovich at the Sheldonian Theatre at 8pm.

Oxford University Music Society presents Songs for a Summer's Afternoon with The New Men at New College Cloisters at 3pm.

Wednesday June 21
Attend a Jazz Choral Evensong, broadcast by the BBC, at St. Mary's Church at 4pm.

Friday June 23
Oxford Lieder performs an Oxford Song Evening at the Holywell Music Room at 8pm

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Jazz:

Friday June 16
The Old Parsonage - Tim Lapthorne (Piano), Graham Fox (Drums) & Tim Dawes (Bass)

Sunday June 18
Gee's Restaurant - Lizzie Hibbert with Dave Frankle (Piano) & Tim Dawes

Tuesday 20 May
Live Jazz with the Tom Grey Quintet at the Backroom at the Bullingdon Arms.

Wednesday 21 May
Simon Allen (Sax) at The Big Bang

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Gig Guide:
Visit our extensive Gig Guide for all the listings (too numerous to mention in this newsletter) for The Zodiac, Freud, Backroom at the Bullingdon Arms, The Cellar, The Jericho Tavern, Oxford Fold Club, Po Na Na, The Wheatsheaf, Exeter Hall Pub, and the Corner Room.

What's in the Theatre This Week? (June 15 - 22)

This week at the Oxford Playhouse -
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The Mirror for Princes
A masterpiece of Eastern culture, The Mirror for Princes (Kalila wa Dimna) has carried immense significance to Arab society for over two thousand years. Part history, part political fable, this production explores how the great book was written and draws many parallels with our own time. Tue 13 Jun - Sat 17 Jun

The Charles Simonyi Lecture
Can the Internet Save the Enlightenment?
This year's Charles Simonyi Lecture is hosted by Professor Richard Dawkins and given by Nobel Prize-winning Chemist, Sir Harry Kroto. Fri 16 Jun at 17:00

Paradise Lost
Defeated in battle and exiled from heaven, Satan burns in a lake of fire with his army of rebels around him. Consumed with envy, he plots his bitter revenge - to destroy God's delight in his newest creation. Tue 20 Jun - Sat 24 Jun

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This week at the Old Fire Station -
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The Seagull
The line between theatre and real life is blurred in Michael Frayn's bittersweetly comedic translation of Chekhov's 'The Seagull.' The characters question why we are attracted to things that hurt us? Pride, sex, intrigue, death, fame, acting, writing, glamour and of course Vodka. Pulsing with life, with the slickness of slapstick comedy combined with the profound irony of high-drama Chekhov's masterpiece soars at the OFS. Tue 13 June - Sat 17 June, 7:30 pm + 2:30 pm on Saturday

Matrix Talent Showcase
Fri 23 June at 7:30 pm

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This week at the Burton Taylor Theatre -
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Little Eyolf by Henrik Ibsen
What if a child went out to play and never came back? Tomahawk return to the Burton Taylor with a powerful and vibrant production of Ibsen's forgotten masterpiece. Tue 13 June - Sat 17 June, 7:30pm + add'l 2:30pm show on the Saturday

The Parrott Woman
A hard-hitting historical drama by acclaimed South African playwright, Charles J. Fourie. Set against the harsh backdrop of the second Anglo-Boer war, which polarised South Africans during the previous century under British Colonial rule. Mon 19 June - Wed 21 June at 7:30 pm

Jumble it up!
Emerging companies show their most exciting ideas. Could you be about to see the next big thing? Get in on the act and give us your feedback. www.jumbled.org.uk for more… Thu 22 June at 8:00 pm

Sing a Storm of Blackbirds
Two brothers escape the chaos of war-torn Kosovo for the dreaming spires of Oxford. As two worlds collide will young love survive the gathering storm of prejudice? Fri 23 June at 7:30 pm

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This week at the New Theatre (Formerly Apollo) -
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Live From Las Vegas: The Rat Pack
A tribute to the Las Vegas swing legends, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Dean Martin. Thu 15 Jun - Sat 17 Jun

One Night Of Queen With Gary Mullen
Gary Mullen, the winner of 2000 'Stars In Their Eyes' series, with his tribute to Freddie Mercury and Queen, backed by his band The Works. Sun 18 Jun 7:30pm

Charity Spectacular
Sun 18 Jun 7:30pm

The Meat Loaf Story
Fri 23 June

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This week at the Pegasus Theatre -
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Universus Symphania
World music was first made popular in the 1980s - music where influences from more than one cultural tradition intermingle. Contemporary street dance and song. Fri 16 June - Sat 17 June

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This week at the Theatre at Headington -
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There are no shows this week at this theatre

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This week from the Creation Theatre Group
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Macbeth @ Headington Hill Park
Shakespeare's tale of murder and betrayal is brought to life in the atmospheric depths of Headington Hill Park. Unnatural forces and ruthless ambition collide in this dark world of witchcraft, prophecy and corruption. Join Creation this summer for another spellbinding theatre event. 2 June - 9 September

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This week in College Theatre:

As You Like It
A joyous production of Shakespeare's most exquisite romantic comedy, culminating in a gala performance in the most exciting new venue in Oxford this decade: a 300-seat amphitheatre in the Said Business School. Tue 13 June - Fri 16 June at Christ Church and Sat 17 June at the Said Amphitheatre

Narnia by C.S. Lewis - adapted by J.C.H Potts
Lucy, the youngest of the Pevensie children, thinks she has found the perfect hiding place in the dusty old wardrobe at the end of the long empty room, but when she steps through she finds herself in a magical world gripped by an everlasting winter and ravaged by the forces of Jadis, self proclaimed Queen of Narnia. Tue 13 June - Sat 17 June. Merton Gardens

The Tempest - Open Air Theatre
Oxford Theatre Guild
Shakespeares last great play of Magic, music, political plotting and backstabbing, young love, and a bright vein of comedy make this work as entertaining as it is profound. Tue 18 - Sat 29 July. Trinity College Gardens. ticket & event info

What's in the Cinema this week? (June 16 - 22)

Opening this week is the high octain sequel The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, starring Bow Wow, Lucas Black, and Zachery Ty Bryan. The film follows a man who goes to live with his uncle in Japan in order to escape a jail sentence, and winds up getting caught up in the underground car-racing scene. This film runs 104 minutes and contains moderate violence. Certified 12A

Also opening this week is the US indie film Hard Candy. Ellen Page stars as a teenage girl who meets an older man on the internet, and assuming he's a paedophile, charms her way into his trust before spiking his drink and torturing him. The film runs 99 minutes and contains strong sadistic violence. Certified 18.

This week at the Odeon George Street Cinema -
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X-Men 3, United 93, RV, The Da Vinci Code, The Omen, Muhammad (pbuh) The Last Prophet, Thank You For Smoking, Hard Candy,and a special showing of Capote.

This week at the Odeon Magdalen Street Cinema -
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Wild, and Poseidon

This week at the Phoenix Picture House -
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Down the Valley, the French language film Lemming, Thank You For Smoking, The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby, Ice Age 2, The Cave of the Yellow Dog, Don't Come Knocking, U-Carment E-Khayelitsha, and Rabbit Proof Fence.

This week at the Ultimate Picture Palace -
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Showtimes are unavaliable at this time.

This week at the Vue Cinema (Formerly Ozone) -
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Curious George, Hard Candy, Poseidon, The Da Vinci Code, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, X-Men 3, Mission: Impossible III, RV, The Omen, The Wild, and United 93