Sunday 30 November 2008

Sunday 8th Week

Comedy, French Theatre, Creative writing... So many ways to spend a Sunday!

2.30pm - The Hypochondriac - Worcester College Chapel £5 by Moliere. Argan, an incurable hypochondriac, is eternally ill - despite being in absolutely perfect health. A collection of maniacal friends and family members, absurd and French, all shout, whisper, sing, dance, and cross-dress their way to assisting Argan towards a speedy recovery…

7.30pm - Jethro - £18 - New Theatre. Live comedy night from the estaclished stand-up.

8.00pm - The Hypochondriac - Worcester College Chapel £5 by Moliere. Argan, an incurable hypochondriac, is eternally ill - despite being in absolutely perfect health. A collection of maniacal friends and family members, absurd and French, all shout, whisper, sing, dance, and cross-dress their way to assisting Argan towards a speedy recovery…

8:00pm - The Inklings - Creative writing group, bring your own work or just sit back and listen - Old Law Library, Magdalen College

8pm - Collisions & Consequences, Archie - £5 - The Wheatsheaf. Punk pop rockin'.

Saturday 29 November 2008

Daily Dose - Saturday 7th Week

Closing night for many a fine show. Choose wisely...

2-5pm Warm Up for Winter Performance Poetry Workshop - Fusion, East Oxford Community Centre - £15/£10

2.30pm Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Keble O'Reilly £8 (£7) Stephen Sondheim's grisly tale re-invented in the sterile setting of a modern day operating theatre. Scrub up, take your seat, and watch the ensemble of nine surgeons singing and swinging their razors to the sounds of Stephen Sondheim's spine-tingling score and the smells of Mrs Lovett's pies!

2.30pm Chess - Oxford Playhouse £11-£16 by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus. Set during the later years of the Cold War, Hungarian refugee Florence is second to the American Chess Champion Freddie Trumper, who is also challenged for his title by Russian Anotoly Siergiesky. Things would be simple if all they did was play chess, but love, politics and intrigue get in the way.

6.30pm - The Rifles, Speed Circus, Slummin' Angels. Carling Academy Oxford. £12. Britpop.

7pm - The Half Rabbits, Tristan & The Troubadours, Space Heroes Of The People. £6, Zodiac @ Carling Academy. Local bands perform ... Another Radiohead emerging?

7.30pm A Special Boy by Caroline Bird, BT £5 (£4) New Writing from a nominee of the 2008 Dylan Thomas Award.'Tansy is the carer for her special-needs brother. When he is the victim of a cruel practical joke, she turns her hairdressing salon into an interrogation room - an incisive and barbed satire on modern values. Over half of the profits of 'A Special Boy' are to be donated to 'Planting Promise'.

7.30pm Dracula - Mansfield College Chapel £7 (£5) by Bram Stoker; adapted by Brian McMahon, Emma Whipday, & James O'Neill. Bram Stoker’s classic horror story complete with monsters, heroes, love and death in a world where nothing is certain and everything is at stake.

7.30pm Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Keble O'Reilly £8 (£7) Stephen Sondheim's grisly tale re-invented in the sterile setting of a modern day operating theatre. Scrub up, take your seat, and watch the ensemble of nine surgeons singing and swinging their razors to the sounds of Stephen Sondheim's spine-tingling score and the smells of Mrs Lovett's pies!

7.30pm Chess - Oxford Playhouse £11-£16 by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus. Set during the later years of the Cold War, Hungarian refugee Florence is second to the American Chess Champion Freddie Trumper, who is also challenged for his title by Russian Anotoly Siergiesky. Things would be simple if all they did was play chess, but love, politics and intrigue get in the way.

8.00pm Frankie Boyle, Live - New Theatre £17.50 The star of BBC2's 'Mock the Week', comedic hot property Frankie Boyle performs all the best bits in his hit solo live show.

8.00pm The Hypochondriac - Worcester College Chapel £5 by Moliere. Argan, an incurable hypochondriac, is eternally ill - despite being in absolutely perfect health. A collection of maniacal friends and family members, absurd and French, all shout, whisper, sing, dance, and cross-dress their way to assisting Argan towards a speedy recovery…

9.30pm Neighbourhood Watch by Antony Rickard & Jon Cheung, BT £5 (£4) New writing. A joke-shop owner, a priest and two French technology salesmen band together a motley Neighbourhood Watch as safeguard from a habitual thief; though their incompetence and conflict of interests soon derail the organization.

Thursday 27 November 2008

Daily Dose - Friday 7th Week

Dracula and Sweeney Todd in one night? Watch your necks...


Winter Light Oxford Events in Bonn Square from 5.00pm and in Broad Street from 7pm. Enjoy an evening of spectacle, entertainment and surprises in Oxford’s city centre to kick off the Christmas season in style. Eye-catching street theatre, music and dance celebrate the remarkable transformation of Bonn Square where Les Grooms (The Bellboys), a very unexpected kind of brass band from France, perform a special musical fanfare.

7pm - Carling Academy - £6. Twin Atlantic: Glasgow alt-rockers.

7.30pm - Zucchero - New Theatre - £20. THE Italian rock star. He has had number one singles in 3 different languages!! He presents his greatest hits.

7.30pm A Special Boy by Caroline Bird, BT £5 (£4) New Writing from a nominee of the 2008 Dylan Thomas Award.'Tansy is the carer for her special-needs brother. When he is the victim of a cruel practical joke, she turns her hairdressing salon into an interrogation room - an incisive and barbed satire on modern values. Over half of the profits of 'A Special Boy' are to be donated to 'Planting Promise'.

7.30pm Dracula - Mansfield College Chapel £7 (£5) by Bram Stoker; adapted by Brian McMahon, Emma Whipday, & James O'Neill. Bram Stoker’s classic horror story complete with monsters, heroes, love and death in a world where nothing is certain and everything is at stake.

7.30pm Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Keble O'Reilly £8 (£7) Stephen Sondheim's grisly tale re-invented in the sterile setting of a modern day operating theatre. Scrub up, take your seat, and watch the ensemble of nine surgeons singing and swinging their razors to the sounds of Stephen Sondheim's spine-tingling score and the smells of Mrs Lovett's pies!

7.30pm Chess - Oxford Playhouse £11-£16 by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus. Set during the later years of the Cold War, Hungarian refugee Florence is second to the American Chess Champion Freddie Trumper, who is also challenged for his title by Russian Anotoly Siergiesky. Things would be simple if all they did was play chess, but love, politics and intrigue get in the way.

8.00pm New College Open Mic Night

9.30pm Neighbourhood Watch by Antony Rickard & Jon Cheung, BT £5 (£4) New writing. A joke-shop owner, a priest and two French technology salesmen band together a motley Neighbourhood Watch as safeguard from a habitual thief; though their incompetence and conflict of interests soon derail the organization.

Daily Dose - Thursday 7th Week

5 plays, a poetry reading, and.... WILL YOUNG! And nice weather too, so far.



7.30pm Son of the Bride (Argentina, 2001) Story about a 42-year-old who lives in the shadow of his father, feels guilty about never seeing his mother, spends too little time with his daughter and cannot commit to his girlfriend - his life's basically going down in shambles. At the lowest point fate reunites him with a childhood friend who teaches him how to look at life in a completely different light. Nominated for OSCAR, recieved another 26 wins and 10 nominations. This one's a special event with the Latin American Society (presented by International Cinema Club in Lecture Room 2, Thom Building, Engineering Department. Sign up to become a member any Thursday 7-7.30pm. £7.50 per term or £15 per annum)


7.30pm Will Young - New Theatre £32.50 The Let It Go tour.


7.30pm A Special Boy by Caroline Bird, BT £5 (£4) New Writing from a nominee of the 2008 Dylan Thomas Award.'Tansy is the carer for her special-needs brother. When he is the victim of a cruel practical joke, she turns her hairdressing salon into an interrogation room - an incisive and barbed satire on modern values. Over half of the profits of 'A Special Boy' are to be donated to 'Planting Promise'.


7.30pm Dracula - Mansfield College Chapel £7 (£5) by Bram Stoker; adapted by Brian McMahon, Emma Whipday, & James O'Neill. Bram Stoker’s classic horror story complete with monsters, heroes, love and death in a world where nothing is certain and everything is at stake.


7.30pm Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Keble O'Reilly £8 (£7) Stephen Sondheim's grisly tale re-invented in the sterile setting of a modern day operating theatre. Scrub up, take your seat, and watch the ensemble of nine surgeons singing and swinging their razors to the sounds of Stephen Sondheim's spine-tingling score and the smells of Mrs Lovett's pies!


7.30pm Chess - Oxford Playhouse £11-£16 by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus. Set during the later years of the Cold War, Hungarian refugee Florence is second to the American Chess Champion Freddie Trumper, who is also challenged for his title by Russian Anotoly Siergiesky. Things would be simple if all they did was play chess, but love, politics and intrigue get in the way.


9.30pm Neighbourhood Watch by Antony Rickard & Jon Cheung, BT £5 (£4) New writing. A joke-shop owner, a priest and two French technology salesmen band together a motley Neighbourhood Watch as safeguard from a habitual thief; though their incompetence and conflict of interests soon derail the organization.


8:00pm-10:00pm - Matthew Hollis Poetry Reading - Award-winning poet reads a selection of his works. Lecture Room One, Christ Church - £3, free for members of OU Poetry Society

Tuesday 25 November 2008

Daily Dose - Tuesday 7th Week

Go and see the Put it on Paper exhibition at the Corner Club TODAY! It closes at 5pm so make sure not to miss out. That's a COMMAnd!

Or there is:

2.15pm - Waltz with Bashir, Phoenix Picture House. Visually stunning animated documentary about the futility of war. Also showing at 4.30, 6.45 and 9.30.

7.30pm - The Winter's Tale, OFS, £7/£9. Tale of families torn apart and reunited, featuring one of the most famous stage directions of all time. An OUDS production so probably high budget at least.

7.30pm - A Special Boy, BT, £5/£4. Tansy cares for her special-needs brother. When he's the victim of a cruel joke, she turns her hairdressing salon into an interrogation room.

8pm - Dracula, Mansfield College Chapel, £7/£5. Bram Stoker’s classic horror story complete with monsters, heroes, love and death in a world where nothing is certain and everything is at stake.

8pm - The Howard Peacock Quintet, Bullingdon Arms, free. Live jazz plus DJs playing r'n'b, funk and soul.

8pm - Open Mic. night at the Fir Tree (up the Iffley Road). If you haven't been to this pub yet then you should - it's a winner. God knows what their open mic. nights are like - I'd guess they were alarming but hysterical.

9.30pm - Neighbourhood Watch, BT, £5/£4. A joke-shop owner, a priest and 2 French technology salesmen band together as safeguard from a habitual thief.

By the way, sorry about the comma puns. Rest assured, I'm running out of ideas.

Monday 24 November 2008

Daily Dose - Monday 7th Week

Soak up some art you cultural sponge...

PUT IT ON PAPER PRIVATE VIEW AND GENERAL PARTY AND COMMATION from 5 to 10pm at the Corner Club, Turl Street. Sophisticated drinks 'soiree' + nice art + nice us. Unmissable.

And...

If you haven't been yet, you MUST visit Modern Art Oxford before the end of term. Prepare to be blown away by THE HOUSE OF BOOKS HAS NO WINDOWS, installation art from JANET CARDIFF and GEORGE BURES MILLER. (It's free, by the way)

OVADA Gallery, Gloucester Green
Jan Crombie: What is it Like to be a Bat? / What the F*** is Beebo?
Two sets of psychologically igniting paintings spanning childhood, adolescence and adulthood. http://www.jancrombie.com/

Nature's Idyll Art Jericho
New landscape paintings - inheriting & subverting themes & traditionshttp://artjericho.com/ / email: info@artjericho.com / Tel. 07709 23932210.30am-5pm.Art Jericho, 6 King Street

Six: A Photographic Exhibition 'SIX' photographers in an exhibitionemail: six@phillipball.co.uk / Tel. 01235 52925610:30am - 5pm / Free eventMuseum of Natural History , Parks Road .Open 12noon-5pm daily.; Tel. 272970; Fax: 272950.

1.30pm Conducting Masterclass with Peter Stark Denis Arnold Hall, Faculty of Music, St. Aldates. FREE ENTRYThe Faculty of Music together with Oxford Philomusica host Peter Stark for aconducting masterclass. Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra andrecently featured on BBC's Maestro, thiswill be extremely informative forany aspiring conductors.

7.30pm Magdalen Film Society presents a Lukas Moodyson night: Show Me Love (1998) followed by Lilya 4-ever (2002). Magdalen Auditorium, £3 for non-members.

8pm Wykeham Singers Concert, New College Chapel Tickets: £5/£3New College's mixed voice choir perform Dona Nobis Pacem by RalphVaughan-Williams, celebrating Vaughan-Williams' 50th Anniversary.The choir is accompanied by musicians from New College. The soprano soloistis Taya Smith, from St. Hilda's, and the baritone soloist is Louis Hurst,from the Royal Northern College of Music.

Sunday 23 November 2008

Daily Dose - Sunday 7th Week

Do you have an inkling?...

Nature's Idyll Art Jericho
New landscape paintings - inheriting & subverting themes & traditionshttp://artjericho.com / email: info@artjericho.com / Tel. 07709 23932210.30am-5pm.Art Jericho, 6 King Street

Six: A Photographic Exhibition 'SIX' photographers in an exhibitionemail: six@phillipball.co.uk / Tel. 01235 52925610:30am - 5pm / Free eventMuseum of Natural History , Parks Road .Open 12noon-5pm daily.; Tel. 272970; Fax: 272950.

8:00pm - The Inklings - Creative writing group, bring your own work or just sit back and listen - Old Law Library, Magdalen College

Saturday 22 November 2008

Daily Dose - Saturday 6th Week

The best of Cupper strut their stuff once more...

Best of Cuppers at the BT - Timetable TBA (after Friday)!

2-5pm Warm Up for Winter Performance Poetry Workshop - Fusion, East Oxford Community Centre - £15/£10

2.30pm The Academy - The Musical! OFS Studio £9 (£7) New musical comeby by Rhys Jones, Rob Hemmens & the Cast. Amy enrolls in The Academy, which teaches the Science of Acting to wannabe-thespians, only to find it is more than it seems... An all singing, all dancing, totally ridiculous scientific extravaganza!

2.30pm Romeo and Juliet O'Reilly Theatre, £7.50 (£5.50/£5 Keble students) Shakespeare's classic is given a novel twist in a promenade performance. Not quite as novel as Baz Lurhman though.

2.30pm An Ideal Husband Oxford Playhouse, £14.50-£26 Sir Peter Hall’s highly acclaimed West End and Broadway production of Oscar Wilde’s famous comedy makes a much anticipated return to the stage.

6pm Met. Opera: La Damnation de Faust - this sounds very peculiar - 'marriage between artistry, technology and singing' in a 'contemplation of good and evil'? If you're into opera about Faust, this will float your boat like there's no tomorrow (showing at the Phoenix Picturehouse, tickets around ~£7)

7.30pm An Ideal Husband Oxford Playhouse, £14.50-£26 Sir Peter Hall’s highly acclaimed West End and Broadway production of Oscar Wilde’s famous comedy makes a much anticipated return to the stage.

7.30pm The Pirates of Penzance Magdalen Auditorium, £7 (£4) Gilbert and Sullivan's swashbuckling romp of a musical.

7.30pm The Academy - The Musical! OFS Studio £9 (£7) New musical comeby by Rhys Jones, Rob Hemmens & the Cast. Amy enrolls in The Academy, which teaches the Science of Acting to wannabe-thespians, only to find it is more than it seems... An all singing, all dancing, totally ridiculous scientific extravaganza!

8.00pm Dylan Moran - What Is It, New Theatre £17-£19 The star of Black Books, Shaun Of The Dead, and Run Fat Boy Run is back. And he is as Irish as ever.

8.00pm A Dinner EngagementMoser Theatre, £7 (£5) by Lennox Berkeley & Paul Dehn. Sparkling new production of a great comic opera, packed with bittersweet melodies and outrageous characters. Stars some of the most talented singers in Oxford and is sure to delight and enchant.

8.00pm Romeo and Juliet O'Reilly Theatre, £7.50 (£5.50/£5 Keble students) Shakespeare's classic is given a novel twist in a promenade performance. Not quite as novel as Baz Lurhman though.

Friday 21 November 2008

Daily Dose - Friday 6th Week

Last full day of Cuppers! Miss out and live the rest of your sorry days in regret...

Cuppers Drama at the BT!


11.00am - Heart's Desire (St Peter's)


11.45am - Spectacles (Keble)


2.15pm - Between Mouthfuls (Univ)


3.00pm - Love Doesn't Conjugate (Wadham)


3.45pm - Sweeney Agonistes (Brasenose)


4.30pm - Waiting for Kevin (St Catz)


5.15pm - No Exit (Oriel)


7.00pm - The Dissolution of Dominic Boot (Magdalen)


7.45pm - Chee-chee (Oriel)


8.30pm - That Brute Simmons (Merton)


7.30pm Romeo and Juliet O'Reilly Theatre, £7.50 (£5.50/£5 Keble students) Shakespeare's classic is given a novel twist in a promenade performance. Not quite as novel as Baz Lurhman though.

7.30pm The Academy - The Musical! OFS Studio £9 (£7) New musical comeby by Rhys Jones, Rob Hemmens & the Cast. Amy enrolls in The Academy, which teaches the Science of Acting to wannabe-thespians, only to find it is more than it seems... An all singing, all dancing, totally ridiculous scientific extravaganza!


7.30pm The Pirates of Penzance Magdalen Auditorium, £7 (£4) Gilbert and Sullivan's swashbuckling romp of a musical.


8.00pm An Ideal Husband Oxford Playhouse, £14.50-£26 Sir Peter Hall’s highly acclaimed West End and Broadway production of Oscar Wilde’s famous comedy makes a much anticipated return to the stage.


8.00pm A Dinner EngagementMoser Theatre, £7 (£5) by Lennox Berkeley & Paul Dehn. Sparkling new production of a great comic opera, packed with bittersweet melodies and outrageous characters. Stars some of the most talented singers in Oxford and is sure to delight and enchant.

Thursday 20 November 2008

Daily Dose - Thursday 6th Week

My my, those Cuppers dramatists are relentless...

Cupper Drama at the BT!

11.00am - The Play Within the Play (Merton)

11.45am - Oleanna (St Hugh's)

12.30pm - Brief Encounter (Exeter)

2.15pm - Cluster (Wadham)

3.00pm - Pool (no water) (Worcester)

4.30pm - Pool (no water) (St John's)

5.15pm - Free to Fall (Keble)

7.00pm - Otherwised Engaged (Univ)

8.30pm - Harry Potter & the Ridiculous Runthrough (Wadham)

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2.30pm An Ideal Husband Oxford Playhouse, £14.50-£26 Sir Peter Hall’s highly acclaimed West End and Broadway production of Oscar Wilde’s famous comedy makes a much anticipated return to the stage.

5.15pm Getting Into Film & TV Careers, Centenary Room, OU Careers Service, 56 Banbury Road. FREE Run by the Careers Service, three speakers booked, two relatively recent entrants to the industry and one with many years experience in TV and Film.

7.30pm Rockin' on Heaven's Door, New Theatre £16-£18. Hear a live tour through rock 'n' roll history

7.30pm The Hairdresser's Husband - French (1990) film about a little boy who falls in love with a hairdresser, develops an unhealthy obsession about cutting his hair and grows up to be an interesting man with very original notion of love... Nominated for BAFTA film award (presented by International Cinema Club in Lecture Room 2, Thom Building, Engineering Department. Sign up to become a member any Thursday 7-7.30pm. £7.50 per term or £15 per annum)

7.30pm An Ideal Husband Oxford Playhouse, £14.50-£26 Sir Peter Hall’s highly acclaimed West End and Broadway production of Oscar Wilde’s famous comedy makes a much anticipated return to the stage.

7.30pm Romeo and Juliet O'Reilly Theatre, £7.50 (£5.50/£5 Keble students) Shakespeare's classic is given a novel twist in a promenade performance. Not quite as novel as Baz Lurhman though.

7.30pm The Academy - The Musical! OFS Studio £9 (£7) New musical comeby by Rhys Jones, Rob Hemmens & the Cast. Amy enrolls in The Academy, which teaches the Science of Acting to wannabe-thespians, only to find it is more than it seems... An all singing, all dancing, totally ridiculous scientific extravaganza!

7.30pm The Pirates of Penzance Magdalen Auditorium, £7 (£4) Gilbert and Sullivan's swashbuckling romp of a musical.

8.00 - 9.30pm - Open Mic Poetry hosted by OU Poetry Society. Free for members, £3 otherwise - admission includes wine.

8.00pm A Dinner EngagementMoser Theatre, £7 (£5) by Lennox Berkeley & Paul Dehn. Sparkling new production of a great comic opera, packed with bittersweet melodies and outrageous characters. Stars some of the most talented singers in Oxford and is sure to delight and enchant.

Wednesday 19 November 2008

Daily Dose - Wednesday 6th Week

Feast your eyes on the smorgasbord of joy we have for you today...

Cuppers Drama at the BT!

11.00am - Frost/Nixon (Pembroke)

12.30pm - 15 Minute Hamlet (Lincoln)

2.15pm - Citizenship (Teddy Hall)

3.00pm - Chatroom (Jesus)

3.45pm - Two (Univ)

4.30pm - Between the Acts (Keble)

5.15pm - Meat and Two Veg (Worcester)

7.00pm - The Dumb Waiter (Worcester)

7.45pm - For Ever and Ever (Corpus Christi)

8.30pm - A Class Apart (St Hilda's)

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5:30-6:30 'Family Reflections in Poetry' - Poetry readings and workshop - Central Library, Westgate Centre - £37

9pm Screenwriting course led by The Oxford Editors - Oxford Union - Call 01865 358727

7.00pm James Morrison £17.50 See him croon live.

7.30pm An Ideal Husband Oxford Playhouse, £14.50-£26 Sir Peter Hall’s highly acclaimed West End and Broadway production of Oscar Wilde’s famous comedy makes a much anticipated return to the stage.

7.30pm Romeo and Juliet O'Reilly Theatre, £7.50 (£5.50/£5 Keble students) Shakespeare's classic is given a novel twist in a promenade performance. Not quite as novel as Baz Lurhman though.

7.30pm The Academy - The Musical! OFS Studio £9 (£7) New musical comeby by Rhys Jones, Rob Hemmens & the Cast. Amy enrolls in The Academy, which teaches the Science of Acting to wannabe-thespians, only to find it is more than it seems... An all singing, all dancing, totally ridiculous scientific extravaganza!

Tuesday 18 November 2008

Daily Dose - Tuesday 6th Week

If non-stop amateur dramatics make you drool, get a mop...

Cuppers Drama at the BT!

2.15pm - Dinner (Balliol)

3.00pm - A Talk in the Park (New)

4.30pm - Two (Trinity)

5.15pm - The Lucky Ones (Somerville)

7.00pm - The Lesson (LMH)

7.45pm - 4.48 Psychosis (Hertford)

8.30pm - The Treatment (Trinity)

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7.30pm An Ideal Husband Oxford Playhouse, £14.50-£26 Sir Peter Hall’s highly acclaimed West End and Broadway production of Oscar Wilde’s famous comedy makes a much anticipated return to the stage.

7.30pm Romeo and Juliet O'Reilly Theatre, £7.50 (£5.50/£5 Keble students) Shakespeare's classic is given a novel twist in a promenade performance. Not quite as novel as Baz Lurhman though.

7.30pm The Academy - The Musical! OFS Studio £9 (£7) New musical comeby by Rhys Jones, Rob Hemmens & the Cast. Amy enrolls in The Academy, which teaches the Science of Acting to wannabe-thespians, only to find it is more than it seems... An all singing, all dancing, totally ridiculous scientific extravaganza!

Modern Art, Modern War Dr Sue Malvern (Reading University) explores the monumental canvasses commissioned in 1918, and the role of more modern history paintings. Booking required.2 - 4pm, £5 (including afternoon tea)Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean., Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont St..

Six: A Photographic Exhibition 'SIX' photographers in an exhibitionemail: six@phillipball.co.uk / Tel. 01235 52925610:30am - 5pm / Free eventMuseum of Natural History , Parks Road .Open 12noon-5pm daily.; Tel. 272970; Fax: 272950.

Monday 17 November 2008

Daily Dose - Monday 6th Week

Morning...

8pm - The Airborne Toxic Event, The Socials. Jericho Tavern, £6. These L.A. punks are on their first international tour and are sure to make an impact.

9pm - Free Beer Show - Cellar - Isy Suttie (Dobby from Peep Show)+ Support and compere Rob Broderick, (“Inspired!” – Metro) - (£5/7)

8pm - Oxford Imps - Wheatsheaf (£3) - Oxford's Improv. comedy group.

9pm - Aynsley Lister Band. Bullingdon Arms, £10. Simply the best in British Blues.

Sunday 16 November 2008

Sunday 6th Week

7pm - Elliot Minor, Anberlin, The Hot Melts. Carling Academy, £12. Pop-punk music.

7.30pm - Magdalen Film Society presents CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST. Sounds gruesome. Magdalen auditorium, £3 non-members.

8pm - Stephen Fretwell, Charlene Soraia. Jericho Tavern, £10. Sophisticated acoustic pop music - perfect for a relaxed Sunday evening.

8:00pm - The Inklings - Creative writing group, bring your own work or just sit back and listen - Old Law Library, Magdalen College

Saturday 15 November 2008

Daily Dose - Saturday 5th week

2-5pm Warm Up for Winter Performance Poetry Workshop - Fusion, East Oxford Community Centre - £15/£10

2.30pm Don Juan in Soho by Patrick Marber - OFS (£9/£7) From the writer of Closer. Marber’s modern take on Moliere’s classic tale of the lothario Don Juan is both scintillatingly sexy and sensationalist.

7pm - Raggasaurus, GTA, Loose Grip. Carling Academy, £6. Dub music and hip-hop from a local band.

7.30pm Don Juan in Soho by Patrick Marber - OFS (£9/£7) From the writer of Closer. Marber’s modern take on Moliere’s classic tale of the lothario Don Juan is both scintillatingly sexy and sensationalist.

9pm - Lost Chihuahua. FREE @ The Dog and Sun (Banbury). Covers of The Beatles, The Manic Street Preachers, The Chilis and more!

9.30pm Through the Leaves by Franz Xaver Kroetz - BT Stark depiction of the imbalance of the sexes. 'It sticks like a splinter in the mind.' (New York Times)

Friday 14 November 2008

Daily Dose - Friday 5th week

7.30pm Don Juan in Soho by Patrick Marber - OFS (£9/£7) From the writer of Closer. Marber’s modern take on Moliere’s classic tale of the lothario Don Juan is both scintillatingly sexy and sensationalist.

8pm - Amy Bee, Outcry, Julia Miriam Jones, Matilda. £5, Jericho Tavern. Easy listening acoustic pop.

9pm 5th week blues? No, rhythm and blues! FREE Funky soul and jazz at the Cricketer's Arms.

9.30pm Through the Leaves by Franz Xaver Kroetz - BT Stark depiction of the imbalance of the sexes. 'It sticks like a splinter in the mind.' (New York Times)

Wednesday 12 November 2008

Daily Dose - Wednesday 5th Week



Remember, remember the 13th November. i.e. TOMORROW:




TELEMISSION






GHETTO BLASTERS:





4pm (also at 6.30pm, 8.50pm) - Let's Talk about the Rain
French film about ambition, guilt, relationships, politics and a few other deep things (showing at Phoenix Picturehouse, tickets ~£7)

5:30-6:30 'Family Reflections in Poetry' - Poetry readings and workshop - Central Library, Westgate Centre - £3

7pm - Soilwork, Zimmers Hole, One. £12.50. Carling Academy. Swedish death-metal heroes.

7-9pm - Screenwriting course led by The Oxford Editors - Oxford Union - Call 01865 358727

7.30pm - Load.Click.Shoot, Cassettes. The Wheatsheaf. Indie power-pop.

7.30pm - Don Juan in Soho by Patrick Marber - OFS (£9/£7)
From the writer of Closer. Marber’s modern take on Moliere’s classic tale of the lothario Don Juan is both scintillatingly sexy and sensationalist.

9.30pm - Through the Leaves by Franz Xaver Kroetz - BT - Stark depiction of the imbalance of the sexes. 'It sticks like a splinter in the mind.' (New York Times)

Tuesday 11 November 2008

Daily Dose - Tuesday 5th Week

The paper for our Put it on Paper competition arrives in your pidge today! Get scribbling - the deadline for entries is in a week or so.

And in case you've forgotten - COUNTDOWN TO DONAL COONAN/GHETTO-BLASTERS - 2 DAYS! Coonan is a serious hoot so don't miss out on him.

What's on today:

12.30pm - (also 3pm, 5.30pm) - Let's Talk about the Rain - French film about ambition, guilt, relationships, politics and a few other deep things (showing at Phoenix Picturehouse, tickets ~£7)

7pm - Less Than Jake, Pepper, Beat Union, Imperial Leisure. Carling Academy. £14. Ska-punk and reggae - one Comma Club Comma-ttee member went to school with Less Than Jake and was suitably impressed...

7.30pm - Don Juan in Soho by Patrick Marber - OFS (£9/£7) From the writer of Closer. Marber’s modern take on Moliere’s classic tale of the lothario Don Juan is both scintillatingly sexy and sensationalist.

7.30pm - Liebelei at the BT. Set in Vienna, the heart of a dying empire and birthplace of psychoanalysis. Fritz and Theodore are handsome young officers and gentlemen who seduce Fraulein Christine by their flirtations. £4


8pm - The Howard Peacock Quintet from The Oxford Jazz Club. FREE. Bullingdon Arms. Live Jazz plus Dj's later.

9.30pm Through the Leaves by Franz Xaver Kroetz - BT. Stark depiction of the imbalance of the sexes. 'It sticks like a splinter in the mind.' (New York Times) £4.

Monday 10 November 2008

Daily Dose - Monday 5th Week

Sorry it's a bit late today. Mondays are awful but I have the remedy:

1.30pm (also at 4pm, 8.50pm) - Let's Talk about the Rain - French film about ambition, guilt, relationships, politics and a few other deep things (showing at Phoenix Picturehouse, tickets ~£7).

6.30pm - The Wave - German box-office sensation of the year: it's a film about a young hip teacher who introduced Nazi-like regime to his class to teach them about it and found himself going a bit too far... THIS IS DEFINITELY WORTH A WATCH. DITCH BOND AND SEE IT! (showing at Phoenix Picturehouse, £7.50)

7pm - F*cked Up + Lets Wrestle + Betty And The Werewolves. Carling Academy. £7. Punk rock'n'roll. Recently starred on Canadian MTV to critical acclaim - what a claim to fame.

7pm - Lacuna Coil + guests . Carling Academy. £12.50 adv. Goth-metal rockers from Italy. Pizza meets Iron Maiden.

7.30pm - Woody Allen Night at the Magdalen Film Society: Annie Hall (1977) followed by Manhattan Murder Mystery at 9.15 (1993). Magdalen Auditorium: £3 for non members.

9pm - Giles Hedley & The Aviators. Bullingdon Arms, £10. UK Blues.

COUNTDOWN TO COONAN - 3 DAYS! COUNTDOWN TO GHETTO BLASTERS - 3 DAYS AND A FEW MORE HOURS!

Sunday 9 November 2008

Daily Dose - Sunday 5th Week

5th week already - how time flies. Blues? Not this week - not with DONAL COONAN and GHETTO-BLASTERS on the horizon! Yes, really!

1.30pm (also at 4pm, 6.30pm, 8.50pm) - Let's Talk about the Rain - French film about ambition, guilt, relationships, politics and a few other deep things (showing at Phoenix Picturehouse, tickets £7)

7pm - Anathema and Demians - £15 advance. Carling Academy. Kerrang says: 'As far as music you can really feel goes, Anathema are streets ahead of just about any other band in the world!'

7.30pm - Magdalen Film Society will be showing Kes (1969), a film about a boy and his falcon. Magdalen Auditorium, £3 non-members.

8pm - Juhn Martyn - New Theatre. £24. This guys famous for his massive vocals and stupendous guitar-playing I gather.

8pm - The Inklings - Creative writing group, bring your own work or just sit back and listen - Old Law Library, Magdalen College

8pm - Beethoven Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 1 in C, Op 15 Symphony No 3 in E flat, 'Eroica', Op 55 - performed by the Oxford Philomusica with Marios Papadopoulos. Sheldonian Theatre. Tickets: £37/£26/£17.50/£10 from www.ticketsoxford.co.uk

And if none of that is good enough then there is always the inimitable St Anne's Sunday: still-life drawing in the bar, 2-4pm (materials provided); creative writing workshop, 5-6pm; screening of 'Brick' (2005) at 8.15. In the words of the Stanners 'it's better than anything else you were going to do.'

Saturday 8 November 2008

Daily Dose - Saturday 4th Week

Saturday. Does it matter?
Yes.

2:30pm A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin - Oxford Playhouse (£13.50/£8.50 concessions) The big student Playhouse production of term, by the creator of the award-winning West Wing series and Oscar nominated film Charlie Wilson’s War. A storm of deception, honour and courage in a court martial where the US Marine Corps itself is on trial.

7:00pm - The Complete Stone Roses - £10 Advance. Carling Academy. A chance to cathc up on your Roses knowledge - plus free entry to the clubnight after!

7:30pm Endgame by Samuel Beckett - Keble O'Reilly (£8/£6) Nothing but here, nothing but today. In a room where crying means living, and there is nothing funnier than unhappiness, man is outplayed. ENDGAME. Checkmate?

7:30pm A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin - Oxford Playhouse (£13.50/£8.50 concessions) The big student Playhouse production of term, by the creator of the award-winning West Wing series and Oscar nominated film Charlie Wilson’s War. A storm of deception, honour and courage in a court martial where the US Marine Corps itself is on trial.

7:30pm Richard III by William Shakespeare - OFS (£9/£7) Shakespeare’s most notorious villain in a new student production with a supernatural twist.

8:30pm - Vulture, I am Triefs, The Repairs. The Wheatsheaf. £5. Indie punk and alt rock in an intimate setting.

8:30pm - DJ Style and DJ Speed @ The Corridor, Cowley. FREE. Fantastic house music going on till late.

10:00pm - Baraka -£10/£8 door, £9 advance. The Coven. - It's Baraka's 5th birthday party, so if 'trance'n'breaks' means anything to you you have to be here.

Friday 7 November 2008

Daily Dose - Friday 4th Week

Welcome to the weekend.

5.00pm - The Long Road Of Oral History: Around 1968 In France. Inaugural Lecture by the Professor of Modern History, Professor Robert Gildea. Some of these inaugural lectures are quite fun - there was a good one on Tolstoy last night.

7.00pm - The Aggrolites, The Grit, New York Alcoholic Anxiety Attack MMT - £10 advance - Carling Academy. Reggae and ska music.

7.30pm - Alan Ryan's Shabbat Dinner - Oxford Chabad Society Lecture "Sir Isaiah Berlin & Rooted Cosmopolitanism". Non students £8 - David Slager Chabad Centre, 61 George St.

7.30pm - Endgame by Samuel Beckett - Keble O'Reilly (£8/£6) Nothing but here, nothing but today. In a room where crying means living, and there is nothing funnier than unhappiness, man is outplayed. ENDGAME. Checkmate?

7.30pm - Richard III by William Shakespeare - OFS (£9/£7) Shakespeare’s most notorious villain in a new student production with a supernatural twist.

7.45pm - Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) at Magdalen College Auditorium. Tickets: £8/£5. Love, music and the pursuit of birds in Mozart's bittersweet last opera.

8.00pm - Maxim Rysanov, viola Katya Apekisheva (piano) Kristina Blaumane (cello) - Virtuoso Ukranian-born violist and friends play Britten 'Lachrymae for Viola and Piano, 'Bridge 'There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook' and Brahms Scherzo in C minor, Sonata for Viola and Piano No 1 in F minor, Piano Trio No 1 in B, Op 8. Holywell Music Room, Tickets: £20/concs from 0870 7500659 or www.musicatoxford.com

8.00pm - A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin - Oxford Playhouse (£13.50/£8.50 concessions) The big student Playhouse production of term, by the creator of the award-winning West Wing series and Oscar nominated film Charlie Wilson’s War. A storm of deception, honour and courage in a court martial where the US Marine Corps itself is on trial. It's got cracking reviews and is not to be missed.

Thursday 6 November 2008

Daily Dose - Thursday 4th Week

2.30pm - A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin - Oxford Playhouse (£13.50/£8.50 concessions) The big student Playhouse production of term, by the creator of the award-winning West Wing series and Oscar nominated film Charlie Wilson’s War. A storm of deception, honour and courage in a court martial where the US Marine Corps itself is on trial.

7.30pm - Endgame by Samuel Beckett - Keble O'Reilly (£8/£6)
Nothing but here, nothing but today. In a room where crying means living, and there is nothing funnier than unhappiness, man is outplayed. ENDGAME. Checkmate?

7.30pm - A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin - Oxford Playhouse (£13.50/£8.50 concessions) The big student Playhouse production of term, by the creator of the award-winning West Wing series and Oscar nominated film Charlie Wilson’s War. A storm of deception, honour and courage in a court martial where the US Marine Corps itself is on trial.

7.30pm Richard III by William Shakespeare - OFS (£9/£7)
Shakespeare’s most notorious villain in a new student production with a supernatural twist.

7.30pm - The Debt – Polish cinematographic treat about two businessmen getting tangled up in the Polish gangster underworld; based on real events (presented by International Cinema Club in Lecture Room 2, Thom Building, Engineering Department. Sign up to become a member any Thursday 7-7.30pm. £7.50 per term or £15 per annum)

8.00-9.30pm - Poetry Reading by Todd Swift - Famous poet at Teddy Hall (Old Dining Hall) - £3 entry (includes wine) - Poetry and alcohol, the stuff of life.

Wednesday 5 November 2008

Daily Dose - Wednesday 4th Week

Hope you enjoyed the poetry last night - if you weren't there then you missed out. Don't make the same mistake for next week's event!

What's on today:

2.30pm and 7.30pm A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin - Oxford Playhouse (£13.50/£8.50 concessions) The big student Playhouse production of term, by the creator of the award-winning West Wing series and Oscar nominated film Charlie Wilson’s War. A storm of deception, honour and courage in a court martial where the US Marine Corps itself is on trial.

5.30-8.30pm Life drawing at the Ruskin.

7.30pm Endgame by Samuel Beckett - Keble O'Reilly (£8/£6). Psycho, twisted, disturbing Beckett - a classic.

7.30pm Richard III by William Shakespeare - OFS (£9/£7). Go and see Chedburn's latest opus. He'll be brilliant and the play has a supernatural twist apparently.

7.30pm Accidental Death of an Anarchist - BT (£5/£4). Wit, farce and a vivid caricature of authoritarianism.

There are also 2 exhibitions on at Modern Art Oxford which look good:

Mircea Cantor's The Need for Uncertainty

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller's The House of Books has no windows. Big, 'immersive' installations from two very well respected international artists.

Tuesday 4 November 2008

Daily Dose - Tuesday 4th Week


The time has come: Oxford Comma unleashes its first event on the unsuspecting unwashed...

THE NEW POETRY? 8pm, Keble Pusey Room

Come and hear Tom Chivers and James Wilkes give readings of their poetry and answer your questions on writing, publishing and the new vanguard of British poetry dubbed 'Generation Txt'.
They're young, they're fun - COME!

Sign up on our Facebook event for cheap entry: http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/event.php?eid=32911036294

Just in case this doesn't tickle your fancy, here's some more that's on today:

7.30pm Endgame by Samuel Beckett - Keble O'Reilly (£8/£6). Psycho, twisted, disturbing Beckett - a classic.

7.30pm Richard III by William Shakespeare - OFS (£9/£7). Go and see Chedburn's latest opus. He'll be brilliant and the play has a supernatural twist apparently.

7.30pm Accidental Death of an Anarchist - BT (£5/£4). Wit, farce and a vivid caricature of authoritarianism.

7.30pm The Mighty Boosh - New Theatre (£25). I saw Howard Moon in the pub last night - he looked old.

Trinity Life Drawing should be today at 7pm but it's oversubscribed so if you want to book yourself in for a later week, e-mail Cicely Hadman at Trinity.

Monday 3 November 2008

Daily Dose - Monday 4th Week

Tell me why! I don't like Mondays... Go and see some comedy - that will make them better.

6.30pm - Life drawing at New College. Materials provided - free for New College members.

European mini-festival at Magdalen Film Society continued:
7pm - Le Mepris (1963)
8.55pm - L'Ultimo Bacio (2001) - Magdalen Auditorium - £3 for non-members.

8.00pm - Oxford Imps - Oxford's improv. comedy group at The Wheatsheaf

9.15pm - The Free Beer Show - Pete Firman - The Cellar's regular (amazing) comedy night. This week it is Pete Firman (Comedy magician)

NB: Tomorrow something very important is happening... THE NEW POETRY? - Oxford Comma's first event. WOW!


Sunday 2 November 2008

Daily Dose - Sunday 4th Week

Ahh! It's 4th week, and we're sure you've probably had a very tiring 3rd week. So unwind a bit this Sunday, do a bit of life drawing, or perhaps just stay in bed all day.

St Anne's Sundays - Still life drawing in the bar 2-4, materials provided.
Creative Writing Workshop 7pm (free hot chocolate).

7pm - European mini-festival at the Magdalen Film Society - 7pm Kontroll (2003), 8.55pm M (1931). Magdalen Auditorium - £3 for non members.

8.15pm - Head back to St Anne's to see Capturing the Freedmans - a film that will make you change your mind more than once, apparently.

Saturday 1 November 2008

Daily Dose - Saturday 3rd Week

11am-12.30pm - Oxford & Paris: A Peripheral Vision - Barbaresi & Round talk about their exhibition. Hosted by Oxford Castle Unlocked in the Key Learning Centre.www.03gallery.co.uk - £5 - Oxford Castle, New Road.

2.30pm - Liberty - Oxford Playhouse (£10.50-£23.50) By Glyn Maxwell.
Lifeblood Theatre Co & Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Thrilling and relevant adaptation of Anatole France's 1912 novel Les Dieux ont Soif about fanaticism in the French Revolution.

3.00pm- Gallery Tour, Modern Art Oxford. FREE

6.30pm - Funeral For a Friend. £15, Carling Academy.
The Welsh rockers are supported by Cancer Bats and in Case of Fire.

7.15 pm - The Last Five Years - O'Reilly Theatre, Keble College (£7, £6 conc) By Jason Robert Brown.
A fresh and contemporary musical from a Tony-Award winning composer. Chronicles a young couple's romance in a new and exciting way: her story starts at the end of their relationship; his begins on the day they met. Funny and uplifting modern romance.

7.30pm Liberty - Oxford Playhouse (£10.50-£23.50) By Glyn Maxwell.
Lifeblood Theatre Co & Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Thrilling and relevant adaptation of Anatole France's 1912 novel Les Dieux ont Soif about fanaticism in the French Revolution.

7.30pm The Last Train Out of Here by Helen McCabe - BT

8.00pm Jimmy Carr: Joke Technician (£20)

9.30pm All Roads Lead to Rome - William Shakespeare, adapted by Will Maynard - BT