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Tonight at 7pm at the Big Bang is the first ever art auction - featuring 12 works by 12 local artists. Come at 6pm for a meal, preview, glass of wine and a program for only £10! See the website for details.
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Classical Music:
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This week at the Oxford Playhouse - Click here for more information
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
A Touch of the Sun - The 1950s. Philip Lester is a socialist and a schoolteacher. Which seems to be a problem for his father, his son, his sister-in-law and friends. In fact, just about everybody he knows. A Touch of the Sun is a moving and sharply written sketch of an unsettled society by N.C. Hunter. Tue 27 Jun - Sat 1 Jul
This week at the Old Fire Station - Click here for more information
Matrix Talent Showcase - Fri 23 June at 7:30 pm
This week at the Burton Taylor Theatre - Click here for more information
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
Funny Business with Strawberry the Clown - Take one crazy clown, add daredevil tricks, a rubber duck, and a singing caveman, mix with music and eccentric dance, sprinkle on magic and you have Strawberry's recipe for guaranteed giggles. Sat 22 July at 11am and 2pm
This week at the New Theatre (Formerly Apollo) - Click here for more information
The Meat Loaf Story - Fri 23 June
Welsh National Opera - WNO exists to produce, perform and tour thrilling and entertaining world-class opera. Tue 27 Jun - Sat 1 Jul
This week at the Pegasus Theatre - Click here for more information
Twaddle, Babble, Jabber and Pap - In the Realm of Tales, the Storyboard Commission has discovered that the popularity ratings of stories being read to children in ‘sector 4’ has hit an all time low - it may have something to do with the Fairy Godmother’s tongue piercing and Little Red Riding Hood’s new green hair, or then again it could just be the introduction of the new post millennium edition X Box….who can say. Agents Twaddle, Babble, Jabber and Pap are dispatched to find out what’s going on. They discover things are much more serious than they could ever have imagined. Ages 8+ Tue 27 June - Sat 01 July
This week at the Theatre at Headington: Click here for more information
There are no shows this week at this theatre
This week from the Creation Theatre Group: Click here for more information
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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What's in the Cinema this week?
Opening this week is The Lake House, starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. When a woman starts exchanging love letters with the man who's moved into the lakeside home she used to live in, they fall in love but soon realise they’re actually living two years apart. The film contains mild language and an accident scene, is certified PG, and runs 98 minutes.
Also opening this week is The Wind That Shakes The Barley, starring Cillian Murphy, Liam Cunningham, and Padraic Delaney. Winner of this year's prestigious Palm d'Or at Cannes, the film tells the story of a bitter civil war erupting in early 20th century Ireland after a guerrilla struggle against a crack British unit. The film contains strong language and violence, runs 126 minutes, and is certified 15.
Released on the weekend is the animated Over The Hedge, with voices from Bruce WIllis, Garry Shandling, and Steve Carrell. This animated tale follows a bunch of woodland friends as they wake from hibernation to find a large green hedge. Beyond it, live humans. And they soon learn how to exploit them. This film contains mild slapstick, is certified U, and runs 83 minutes.
Finally, at the Vue cinema this week is Aquamarine - the story of Claire and Hailey, two 13-year-old best friends who embark on the adventure of their lives when they discover a mermaid named Aquamarine in a swimming pool. The film is certified PG, runs 1 hour 43 minutes, and contains mild language and sex references.
This week at the Odeon George Street Cinema - Click here for this week's showtimes
Da Vinci Code, Thank You For Smoking, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fearless, The Lake House, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Over The Hedge, and a special showing of The World's Fastest Indian
This week at the Odeon Magdalen Street Cinema - Click here for this week's showtimes
X-Men 3, Hard Candy, RV, Over The Hedge
This week at the Phoenix Picture House - Click here for this week's showtimes
Thank You For Smoking, Rabbit Proof Fence, Secuestro Express, Le Temps Qui Reste (Time to Leave), Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, The Shaggy Dog, King Lear, Junebug, Machuca
This week at the Ultimate Picture Palace - Click here for the official website
Showtimes are unavaliable at this time.
This week at the Vue Cinema (Formerly Ozone) - Click here for this week's showtimes
Aquamarine, Curious George, Hard Candy, Poseidon, The Da Vinci Code, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Lake House, X-Men 3, Mission: Impossible III, RV, The Omen, Over The Hedge, The Wild, United 93
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