The Playhouse

The Playhouse
Beaumont Street
Oxford, OX1 2LW
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About

Closed for some time in the late 80s and early 90s then re-opened. Closed briefly in 1996 for further re-furbishment.

Current Productions

The Addams Family

Musical

Performances begin: 05 April 2023

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When Darkness Falls

Play

Performances begin: 18 April 2023

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Ballet Black - Ballet Black: Pioneers

Dance/Ballet

Performances begin: 25 April 2023

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Nick Mohammed - The Very Best and Worst of Mr Swallow

Stand-Up Comedy

One Night Only: 27 April 2023

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Tim Vine - Breeeep!

Stand-Up Comedy

One Night Only: 03 May 2023

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The Tiger Lillies - From the Circus to the Cemetery

Concert/Event

One Night Only: 04 May 2023

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Wuthering Heights

Play

Performances begin: 09 May 2023

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The Way Old Friends Do

Play

Performances begin: 15 May 2023

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Griff Rhys Jones - The Cat's Pyjamas

Stand-Up Comedy

One Night Only: 27 May 2023

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Unexpected Twist - A Oliver Twisted Tale

Play

Performances begin: 30 May 2023

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Mark Steel - An Evening and A Little Bit of a Morning With Mark Steel

Stand-Up Comedy

One Night Only: 31 May 2023

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John Cooper Clarke - The I Wanna Be Yours Tour

Concert/Event

One Night Only: 03 June 2023

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Zog

Family/Kids

Performances begin: 18 July 2023

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Blippi: The Wonderful World Tour

Family/Kids

Performances begin: 16 August 2023

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Uncanny: I Know What I Saw

Play

One Night Only: 14 November 2023

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Past Productions

Room on the Broom
Family/Kids
Closed: 29 March 2023
Chris McCausland - Speaky Blinder
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 29 March 2023
Nell Gwynn
Play
Closed: 25 March 2023
A Servant of Two Masters
Play
Closed: 18 March 2023
Noughts and Crosses
Play
Closed: 11 March 2023
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Play
Closed: 04 March 2023
The Tempest
Play
Closed: 25 February 2023
An American in Paris
Musical
Closed: 18 February 2023
The Shawshank Redemption
Play
Closed: 11 February 2023
Fairport Convention
Concert/Event
Closed: 05 February 2023
Stewart Lee - Basic Lee
Closed: 30 January 2023
Rob Newman - Live on Stage
Closed: 29 January 2023
Evita
Musical
Closed: 28 January 2023
Cinderella
Closed: 08 January 2023
Handel's Messiah
Closed: 18 December 2022
Henning Wehn - It'll All Come Out in the Wash!
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 18 November 2022
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company (UK) - Clorinda Agonistes (Clorinda the Warrior)
Closed: 16 November 2022
Paul Chowdhry - Family-Friendly Comedian (no children)
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 13 November 2022
Othello
Play
Closed: 12 November 2022
Dinner with Groucho
Play
Closed: 05 November 2022
Austentatious - the Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Play
Closed: 29 October 2022
Simon Evans - The Work of the Devil
Closed: 28 October 2022
Ed Gamble - Electric
Closed: 27 October 2022
Pigs Might Fly
Musical
Closed: 27 October 2022
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The Da Vinci Code
Play
Closed: 22 October 2022
David O'Doherty - whoa is me
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 16 October 2022
The Mirror Crack'd
Closed: 15 October 2022
Gyles Brandreth and Susie Dent - Something Rhymes with Purple
Closed: 09 October 2022
Harry Hill - Experiments in Entertainment 3
Closed: 02 October 2022
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Spike
Play
Closed: 01 October 2022
Bugsy Malone
Musical
Closed: 24 September 2022
Happy Meal
Play
Closed: 17 September 2022
James Taylor Quartet (JTQ)
Closed: 15 September 2022
Dragons and Mythical Beasts
Closed: 28 August 2022
RUSH - A Joyous Jamaican Journey
Closed: 25 August 2022
Zog - And The Flying Doctors
Family/Kids
Closed: 21 August 2022
Sarah Millican - Bobby Dazzler
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 06 July 2022
The Dance of Death
Closed: 11 June 2022
Sandi Toksvig - National Trevor
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 23 May 2022
The Glee Club
Closed: 30 April 2022
Paul Chowdhry - Family-Friendly Comedian (no children)
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 22 April 2022
Dragons and Mythical Beasts
Family/Kids
Closed: 21 April 2022
Craig Revel Horwood - All Balls and Glitter Tour
Concert/Event
Closed: 27 March 2022
Private Peaceful
Play
Closed: 26 March 2022
Lee Ridley - Lost Voice Guy: CEREBRAL LOL-SY
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 19 March 2022
Reginald D Hunter - Bombe Shufleur
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 18 March 2022
Botis Seva - BLKDOG
Dance/Ballet
Closed: 17 March 2022
Richard Chappell Dance - Infinite Ways Home
Dance/Ballet
Closed: 14 March 2022
Nicholas Nickleby
Play
Closed: 12 March 2022
Private Lives
Play
Closed: 05 March 2022
Oh No George!
Family/Kids
Closed: 24 February 2022
When The Long Trick's Over
Play
Closed: 23 February 2022
Mrs Delgado
Play
Closed: 19 February 2022
Black is the Color of My Voice
Play
Closed: 10 February 2022
Michael McIntyre - Work in Progress
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 08 February 2022
Sweeney Todd
Musical
Closed: 05 February 2022
The Dresser
Play
Closed: 29 January 2022
Stewart Lee - Snowflake/Tornado
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 22 January 2022
Robin Hood
Closed: 09 January 2022
Blue/Orange
Play
Closed: 20 November 2021
Persephone
Closed: 13 November 2021
A Night at the Opera - Making Magic
Concert/Event
Closed: 07 November 2021
The Good Life
Play
Closed: 06 November 2021
Rachel Parris - All Change Please
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 31 October 2021
Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell - New Adventures
Dance/Ballet
Closed: 30 October 2021
Lost in Translation Circus - Luminosa
Closed: 27 October 2021
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Fascinating Aida - Back In The Saddle
Cabaret
Closed: 24 October 2021
Stick Man
Family/Kids
Closed: 24 October 2021
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Peppa Pig - Peppa Pig's Best Day Ever
Family/Kids
Closed: 21 October 2021
Andy Hamilton - An Evening Out with Andy Hamilton
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 17 October 2021
Simon Amstell - Spirit Hole
Closed: 16 October 2021
Jonathan Pie - The Fake News Tour
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 15 October 2021
Sindhu Vee - Alphabet
Closed: 10 October 2021
Charlie & Stan
Play
Closed: 09 October 2021
Phil Wang - Philly Philly Wang Wang
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 02 October 2021
The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff
Closed: 30 September 2021
Bridget Christie - Who Am I?
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 26 September 2021
Yotam Ottolenghi - A Life in Flavour
Closed: 19 September 2021
Groan Ups
Closed: 18 September 2021
Why the Child is Cooking in the Polenta
Concert/Event
Closed: 16 September 2021
In the Sea There Are Crocodiles
Play
Closed: 12 September 2021
Where to Belong
Play
Closed: 07 September 2021
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SIX
Musical
Closed: 05 September 2021
Brainiac Live!
Closed: 28 July 2021
The Woman in Black
Play
Closed: 24 July 2021
Russell Howard - Respite
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 18 July 2021
Under the Mask
Play
Closed: 15 July 2021
You Can't Stop the Beat
Closed: 10 July 2021
Michael Spicer - The Room Next Door Tour
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 03 July 2021
Aidy the Awesome
Closed: 27 June 2021
Four Quartets
Play
Closed: 26 June 2021
Adam Buxton - Adam Buxton Rambles
Stand-Up Comedy
Closed: 20 June 2021
A Cold Supper Behind Harrods
Film/Television
Closed: 11 June 2021
The War of The Worlds
Closed: 09 June 2021
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Blindness
Concert/Event
Closed: 05 June 2021
The Kite Runner
Play
Closed: 08 May 2021
The Gruffalo's Child
Family/Kids
Closed: 14 April 2021
Chess
Musical
Closed: 03 April 2021
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Dial M for Murder
Play
Closed: 13 March 2021
Brainiac Live!
Concert/Event
Closed: 07 March 2021