1. Art and Diseño

Daily Info’s Weekly What’s On • Fri 6th - Thu 12th February 2015
Gigs & Comedy
Lectures & Meetings
Cinema
Ultimate Picture Palace (245288)
FOXCATCHER [15]
? Fri, Tue, Thu: 6.15pm; Sat: 8.30pm
Sun: 8.00pm; Wed: 8.45pm
Psychological thriller based on the true story of Olympic wrestlers. Subt: Tue 6.15pm
ENEMY [15] Fri, Mon: 9.00pm; Sat: 6.30pm; Sun: 6.00pm
Thu: 4.15, 9.00pm
Jake Gyllenhaal becomes obsessed with his doppelganger.
BIRDMAN [15]
Sat: 4.00pm; Tue: 9.00pm; Wed: 6.15pm
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Michael Keaton is a washed-up former superhero movie star in credible comeback bid.
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF [12A] Sun: 3.30pm
Mon: 6.30pm
Vintage vitriol at a dysfunctional dinner party, with Burton & Taylor.
Odeon George St (0871 2244 007)
BIG HERO 6 [PG] (2D) Fri, Mon - Thu: 3.20, 6.00pm
Sat & Sun: 10.00am, 12.40, 3.20, 6.00pm
A Marvel-lous robotics prodigy forms a team of superheroes.
JUPITER ASCENDING [12A] (2D) (3D)
daily: 11.50am, 5.40pm
daily: 2.40, 8.40pm
Earth cleaner is genetically destined to inherit alien worlds. Subt: Sun: 11.50am, Tue: 5.40pm
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KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE [15]
Fri & Sat: 12.00, 3.10, 6.20, 8.30, 9.30, 11.30pm
James Bond junior. Subt: Mon: 6.20pm Sun - Thu: 12.00, 3.10, 6.20, 8.30, 9.30pm
SELMA [12A]
Fri: 2.20, 5.20, 8.20, 11.15pm; Sat: 5.20, 8.20, 11.15pm
Sun, Wed & Thu: 5.20, 8.20pm; Mon & Tue: 2.20, 5.20, 8.20pm
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Martin Luther King leads a civil rights march from Selma, AL in 1965. Subt: Thu: 8.20pm
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH [12A] Fri, Mon - Thu: 12.10pm
The story of Vera Brittain’s coming of age during WWI. Partially filmed in Oxford.
AMERICAN SNIPER [15]
? Fri & Sat: 6.10, 9.20, 11.40pm
Sun & Mon: 6.10, 9.20pm
Adapted from the autobiography of Chris Kyle, the US Navy’s most lethal sniper.
THE IMITATION GAME [12A]
? Fri & Sat: 9.00, 11.40pm
Sun - Thu: 9.00pm
The story of the Bletchley Park codebreakers, starring Cumberbatch and Knightley.
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL [15]
? Fri: 12.00, 2.30pm
Wes Anderson’s wacky comedy-drama with an all-star cast.
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE [U]
Sat & Sun: 10.40, 11.40am, 12.50, 1.50, 3.00, 4.00, 5.10, 7.20pm
S haun: Sheep in the City. Aardman magic. Fri, Mon - Thu: 3.20, 4.00, 5.10, 7.20pm
AUTISM FRIENDLY: SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE [U] Screening for those on the autism spectrum and their carers & friends. Sun: 11.30am
INTO THE WOODS [PG] Sat: 11.30am, 2.20pm; Sun: 2.20pm
Sondheim fairytale crossover musical, with Anna Kendrick & Chris Pine.
ODEON KIDS: THE BOOK OF LIFE [U] (2D) Sat & Sun: 10.00am
Set on the Day of the Dead two love rivals vie for their childhood sweetheart.
SILVER SCREEN: GONE GIRL [18]
? Wed: 11.00am; Thu: 2.00pm
Ben Affleck becomes the target of a media man-hunt when his wife goes missing.
SILVER SCREEN: THE JUDGE [15] Wed: 2.00pm; Thu: 11.00am
A lawyer (Robert Downey Jr.) must defend his father on a murder charge.
Vue Cinema (08712 240 240)
? Fri, Tue, Thu: 12.40pm
Mike Leigh directs Timothy Spall in award-winning biopic of Romantic painter J.M.W. Turner.
KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE [15] ?
MR TURNER [12A]
Fri, Wed: 1.30, 4.30, 7.30, 8.50, 9.50, 10.30pm
Sat: 10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30, 8.50, 9.50, 10.30pm
Sun: 10.15am, 1.15, 4.15, 7.15, 8.50, 9.50pm
Mon: 1.15, 4.15, 7.15, 9.50pm; Tue: 1.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.50pm
Thu: 1.15, 4.15, 7.15, 8.50, 9.50pm
Spy recruits young boy for secret agency.
JUPITER ASCENDING [12A]
(3D) Fri, Mon - Thu: 3.00, 9.00pm; Sat & Sun: 2.30, 8.30pm
(2D) Fri, Mon - Thu: 12.00, 6.00pm; Sat & Sun: 11.30am, 5.30pm
Earth cleaner is genetically destined to inherit alien worlds, to the dismay of royal galactic baddie.
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SELMA [12A]
Fri, Wed: 2.20.5.10, 8.00, 11.00pm
Sat: 5.00, 7.50, 10.50pm; Sun: 5.00, 7.50pm; Mon & Tue, Thu: 2.20, 5.10, 8.00pm
Martin Luther King leads a civil rights march in 1965. Subt: Tue: 8.00pm
THE IMITATION GAME [12A]
? Fri & Mon - Thu: 11.40am
THE SKELETON TWINS [15]
RSC LIVE: LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST Shakespeare’s early comedy, updated to 1914. Broadcast live from the RST.
TODDLER TIME: Q POOTLE 5: PROGRAMME 2 [U] Thu: 11.30am
Gherkin-like alien and friends on animated adventures.
Odeon Magdalen St (0871 2244 007)
WHIPLASH [15] ? Fri, Wed: 11.20pm
Sci-fi thriller exploring the possibility of AI consciousness.
WHIPLASH [15] Fri, Mon - Thu: 11.50am
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING [12A] Fri, Mon - Thu: 12.15, 3.00, 5.45, 8.30pm; Sat & Sun: 3.00, 5.45, 8.30pm
Jane & Stephen Hawking: the early years. Subt: Fri: 12.15pm, Tue: 5.45pm
BIG HERO 6 [PG] (3D) Shaun: Sheep in the City. Aardman magic.
BIRDMAN [15]
? Fri, Wed & Thu: 12.10pm; Mon & Tue: 12.10, 8.50pm
Michael Keaton is a washed-up former superhero movie star in credible comeback bid.
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING [12A] Fri, Mon - Thu: 12.30, 3.30, 6.30, 8.30pm; Sat: 12.15, 3.15, 6.15pm
Sun: 12.30, 6.20, 8.30pm
Stephen and Jane Hawking. Subt: Sun: 12.30pm
TAKEN 3 [12A] Fri, Wed: 10.30pm; Sat & Sun: 10.20pm
Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) is falsely accused of murder. Mon & Tue, Thu: 10.15pm
BIG HERO 6 [PG] (2D) Fri, Mon - Thu: 11.40am, 2.20, 5.00, 7.40pm
Sat & Sun: 10.00am, 12.40, 1.45, 4.45, 7.45pm
(3D) Fri, Mon - Thu: 3.10pm; Sat & Sun: 3.20pm
A Marvel-lous robotics prodigy forms a team of superheroes in Oscar-nominated animation.
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AMERICAN SNIPER [15]
Fri: 5.45, 9.30, 11.00pm
Sat: 3.00, 5.50, 9.30, 11.10pm; Sun: 3.00, 5.50, 9.30pm
Mon: 2.30, 5.45, 9.30pm; Tue, Thu: 5.45, 9.30pm; Wed: 2.30, 5.45, 9.30, 11.00pm
Best Picture Oscar-nominated biography of Chris Kyle, the US Navy’s most lethal sniper.
THE INTERVIEW [15] Fri, Mon, Wed: 5.30, 8.15pm
Sat & Sun: 6.00, 8.40pm; Tue, Thu: 6.00, 8.45pm
James Franco and Seth Rogan in controversial comedy.
INHERENT VICE [15]
? Fri: 2.15pm; Mon, Wed: 12.40pm; Tue, Thu: 2.30pm
BIRDMAN [15]
Sat & Sun: 10.15am
KIDS AM: ANNIE [PG] Sat & Sun: 10.30am
Disney animated classic, in which a wooden puppet longs to be a real boy.
It’s a hard knock life for Quvenzhané Wallis in modern musical remake.
YENNAI ARINDHAAL [12A] Sat: 9.00pm
A man seeks revenge for his murdered wife. Tamil with subt.
PADDINGTON [PG] Sat & Sun: 12.30pm
KIDS AM: ANNIE [PG] Sat & Sun: 10.30am
Marmalade-loving talking bear.
It’s a hard knock life for Quvenzhané Wallis in modern musical remake.
INTO THE WOODS [PG] Sat & Sun: 11.00am, 2.00pm
Sondheim fairytale crossover musical, with Meryl Streep.
KIDS AM: THE NUT JOB [U] Sun: 10.00am
A squirrel and friends attempt a nut robbery and become entangled in a bank robbery.
KAJAKI: THE TRUE STORY [15] Sun: 3.30pm
SENIORS: MY OLD LADY [12A] Tue: 11.00am
A group of British soldiers are caught in an unmarked minefield.
Maggie Smith is the sitting tenant in Kevin Kline’s Parisian apartment.
Phoenix Picturehouse (0871 902 5736)
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SELMA [12A]
Fri: 11.30am, 2.20, 5.40pm
Sat: 11.30am, 2.30, 8.30pm; Sun: 11.00am, 2.00, 8.30pm
Mon: 12.00, 3.00, 6.00, 8.30pm; Tue: 11.30am, 9.00pm
Wed: 12.00, 8.30pm; Thu: 11.45am, 5.45, 9.00pm
Martin Luther King leads a civil rights march from Selma, AL in 1965. Subt: Mon: 12noon
WHIPLASH [15] Fri: 12.00, 3.00, 9.00pm; Sat: 4.30pm; Sun: 8.45pm
Mon: 12.15, 3.15, 9.00pm; Wed: 12.30, 3.15, 6.00pm; Thu: 3.15, 8.45pm
Gifted jazz drummer is driven ruthlessly by his drill-sergeant instructor. Subt: Wed: 12.30pm
BIG SCREAM: WHIPLASH [15] For parents with babies under 1.
Wed: 11.30am
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH [12A] Fri, Thu: 6.00pm; Sat: 5.30pm
Tue: 2.30pm
The story of Vera Brittain’s coming of age during WWI.
INHERENT VICE [15]
Fri: 8.45pm; Sat: 7.30pm; Sun: 5.30pm
Tue: 5.45, 8.30pm; Wed & Thu: 2.45pm
Psychedelic noir.
KIDS’ CLUB: LIAF: AMAZING ANIMATION [U] Sat: 11.00am
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Family films from around the world.
LE PETIT CLUB: MY MUMMY IS IN AMERICA & SHE MET
BUFFALO BILL [PG]
Sat: 2.00pm
French fantasy animation. French with English subt.
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS [15] Mockumentary about the troubles of vampire housemates.
Sun: 12noon
? Fri & Sat: 10.15pm
Michael Keaton is a washed-up former superhero movie star in credible comeback bid.
PADDINGTON [PG] Sat & Sun: 12.40pm
Marmalade-loving talking bear.
ODEON KIDS: NATIVITY 3: DUDE, WHERE’S MY DONKEY? [U] Sat & Sun: 10.30am
Festive family sequel.
BOYHOOD [15]
Mon - Thu: 8.00pm
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The story of growing up, through the eyes of a child and adolescent.
Theatre
Oxford Playhouse (305305)
WEST SIDE STORY Fri 6th: 8pm; Sat 7th: 2.30, 7.30pm
Rival gangs the Jets and the Sharks battle in 1950s Manhattan. £11-£17.50
TWILIGHT TALES Sat 7th: 3pm
A three-hour introduction to the art of storytelling. £10 (£8)
JEEVES & WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE Tue 10th & Wed 11th: 7.30pm; Thu 12th, Sat 14th: 2.30, 7.30pm
Fri 13th: 8pm
Starring Robert Webb and Chris Ryan. £14-£30
The Story Museum
(790050)
THE FOUR CHAMBERS OF THE HEART Thu 12th: 7pm
Strange, flirtatious and beautiful love stories from around the world. £10 (£8)
Cornerstone, Didcot
(01235 515144)
MISSY MALONE AND FRIENDS BURLESQUE REVUE Sat 14th: 8pm
Evening of tassels, tease, comedy and cabaret! £17 (£15.50)
New Theatre
TOP HAT
(0844 871 3020)
? Fri 6th: 7.30pm; Sat 7th: 2.30, 7.30pm
Irving Berlin’s award-winning 1930s-set dance-filled musical. £19.90-£49.40
SPAMALOT Mon 9th & Tue 10th, Thu 12th & Fri 13th: 7.30pm
Wed 11th, Sat 14th: 2.30, 7.30pm
Stage adaptation of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, starring Joe Pasquale. £13.40-£42.90
The Old Fire Station
HAMMER AND TONGUE
(263980)
? Tue 10th: 8pm
The heart of Oxford’s live spoken word scene. Sign up for the slam on the door. £7 (£5)
AUDREYS Tue 10th: 8.30pm
The Oxford Revue showcase the best student stand-up, sketch & musical comedy. £7 (£5)
MR SOLE ABODE Fri 13th: 7.30pm
An architect, master chef and outlandish inventor who lives in a fridge. £12 (£10)
North Wall Arts Centre
(319450)
FORBIDDEN DOOR
Sat 7th: 8pm
Live music & storytelling combine in show about the power of the unknown. £13 (£11)
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Fri 13th & Sat 14th: 7.30pm
Olivier Award-winning Opera Up Close with production of Mozart’s opera. £25 (£20)
Pegasus Theatre
(812150)
STAND UP AND BE COUNTED Thu 12th & Fri 13th: 6.30pm
Sat 14th: 1.30, 6.30pm
Showcase by Pegasus Youth Theatre groups. £9 (£6)
Oxford Hub
(264159)
THE LITVINENKO PROJECT Fri 6th: 5.30pm, 7.30pm
2Magpies Theatre pieces together the day Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned. £10 (£8)
Burton Taylor Studio
(305305)
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BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN
Fri 6th & Sat 7th: 7.30pm
David Foster Wallace’s idiosyncratic vision of sex and insecurity. £6 (£5)
POTOSI Fri 6th & Sat 7th: 9.30pm
A funny and impassioned look at modern relationships. £6 (£5)
THE GEORGE AND DRAGON Tue 10th - Sat 14th: 7.30pm
THE BOSS OF IT ALL Tue 10th - Sat 14th: 9.30pm
A dystopia set in the comfort of your local pub. £6 (£5)
Adaptation of Lars von Trier comedy about an actor pretending to be a boss. £6 (£5)
O’Reilly Theatre
THE EFFECT
(Keble College)
? Fri 6th: 7.30pm; Sat 7th: 2.30pm, 7.30pm
Funny and moving play by Lucy Prebble about a romance in a clinical drug trial. £9 (£7)
PLENTY Wed 11th - Fri 13th: 7pm; Sat 14th: 2pm, 7pm
SAXON, HELL, BEYOND THE BLACK / 6pm. £26 / O2 Academy, 190 Cowley Rd
JAM UNPLUGGED / Showcase fundraising for unique & independent plays /
7.30pm. £5 (£4) / fairydustarts.co.uk / East Oxford Comm Centre, Princes St, OX4 1HU
CEILIDH / Fundraiser for Cowley Road Carnival / 7-9.30pm. £10 /
cowleyroadcarnival.co.uk / East Oxford Primary School, Union St, OX4 1JP
ALEX LANYON + WILLIE HEALEY + CAMERON AG / Live music from rising
stars / 8pm. £3-£5 / The Jericho Tavern, 56 Walton St, OX2 6AE / 311775
BOB MARLEY 70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS / Natty HiFi & Field
Frequency / 8pm-midnight. Free / Jolly Postboys, 22 Florence Park Rd, OX4 3PH
FRACTURE, TWAT DADDIES, CHARLEYWOOD, CALLOW SAINTS / 8pm. £5 /
facebook.com/groups/396051770435173/?fref=ts / Wheatsheaf, 129 High St, OX1 4DF
INTENSIFIED, BAM BAM SOUND, COUNT SKYLARKIN / 10-piece ska
rocksteady band / 10pm-3am. £5-£6 / The Cellar, Frewin Court / cellaroxford.co.uk
THE MISSING PERSIANS / 9pm. Free / 07825 351224 / James St Tavern
STEAMROLLER / Local blues-rock veterans / 9pm. Free / O’Neill’s, 37 George
St OX1 2AY / 250708 / oneills.co.uk/oneillsoxford
JEZ LOWE AT OXFORD FOLK CLUB / Songwriter and performer / 8.30pm. £7
/ oxfordfolkclub.com / 768128 / The White House, 38 Abingdon Rd, OX1 4PD
THE ENGLISH PEOPLE AT WAR IN THE AGE OF HENRY VIII: TOWNS &
VILLAGES / 5 - 6pm. Free / 615008 / Exam Schools, 75-81 High St, OX1 4BG
THE FACTORY FLOOR: TAPESTRY / Jennifer Bennett demonstrates small,
one-off tapestries / 2-5pm. Free / Modern Art Oxford, 30 Pembroke St, OX1 1BP
HOW PLAYWRIGHTS COLLABORATE / Howard Brenton & Bryony Lavery /
5pm. Free / Oxford Playhouse, 11-12 Beaumont St, OX1 2LW
POETRY CLUB / Informal reading. Refreshments available / 10.30am-12pm.
From 50p / 242666 / South Oxford Community Centre, Lake St, OX1 4RP
BEING A COMPOSER / With Errollyn Wallen, singer, composer, and musician
/ 5pm. Free / Mansfield College, Mansfield Rd, OX1 3TF
Sat 7th
SUFI SPIRITUAL MEDITATION / Lighten your heart! / 5-7.30pm. Free /
oxfordzikr.com / Asian Cultural Centre, Manzil Way, OX4 1GH / 425000
VOLUNTEER CONSERVATION WORK / Hedge-Laying at North Hinksey
Nature Reserve / All day. Free / ocv.org.uk / Minibus pickup in Oxford
TABLE-TOP UNIVERSE / Demonstrating the solar system with a 17th C. orrery
/ 2.30pm. Free / 287406 / Museum of the History of Science, Broad St, OX1 3AZ
HAWAIIAN TEA DANCE / The Honolulu Cowboys / 6pm. £2 / honolulucowboys.
tumblr.com / St. Giles’ Church Hall, 10, Woodstock Rd, OX2 6HA
RECKLESS SLEEPERS, A RELUCTANT ARROW AND PURPLE MAY / Warblerock, psychedelia and ska / 8pm. £3 / The Holly Bush Inn, Bridge St, OX2 0BD
HOLLY WALSH, ROB COLLINS, JIM PARK, AND GARY DELANEY /
Stand up / 7.15pm. £14.50 (£5) / The Glee Club, 3 Hythe Bridge St, OX1 2EW
DREW HOLCOMB DUO, BETHANY WEIMERS / American singer-songwriter
/ 7pm. £10 / The Bullingdon, Cowley Rd, OX4 1UE / 244516 / artbaroxford.co.uk
THE GREAT AMERICAN SONG BOOK / Jake Gill and Holly Taylor / 7.30pm.
£12 (£6) / Friends Meeting House, 43 St Giles, OX1 3LW
THE MIGHTY REDOX / Psycho-eclectic rock / 8pm. Free / Marsh Harrier,
Temple Cowley, OX4 2HH / 775937 / themarshharrier.com
MUSIC FOR MADAGASCAR: DFO, OXFORD GARGOYLES, NEW MEN /
4pm. £10 (£5) / JdP Music Building, St Hilda’s College, Cowley Place, OX4 1DY
REIGN OF FURY, THE CRUSHING, RETRIBUTION / Metal & thrash / 8pm.
£5 / The Wheatsheaf, 129 High St, OX1 4DF / 721156
GAZ COOMBES / Former Supergrass frontman & local hero promoting 2nd
solo album / 6.30pm. £15 / O2 Academy, 190 Cowley Rd, OX4 1UE
SKY:LARK, KIND EYES, MASIRO, ROUGH MUSIC / Punk / 8pm. £5-£6 / The
Cellar, Frewin Court / 244761 / 07769 690177 / cellaroxford.co.uk
AURAL CANDY, WEBS & MARIONETTES, KATY JACKSON / 7.30pm. £6 /
The Jericho Tavern, 56 Walton St, OX2 6AE / 311775 / thejerichooxford.co.uk
NIKKI PETHERICK / Local singer-songwriter / 9pm. Free / Royal Standard, 78
London Rd, Headington, OX3 9AJ / 764591
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Sun 8th
HOAM: HARCOURT ARMS OPEN MIC / Very supportive atmosphere / 7.30pm.
Free / nigelbrown.org/harcourt-arms.html / The Harcourt Arms, OX2 6DG
THE BOOKIES OPEN MIC / 8.30-11pm. Free / The Old Bookbinders, Victor St
RUSSELL KANE & FRIENDS / 6.45pm. £13.50 / Glee Club, 3 Hythe Bridge St
RAE MORRIS, FRYARS / Critically acclaimed jazz singer-songwriter / 7pm. £11
/ O2 Academy, 190 Cowley Rd, OX4 1UE / 0844 477 2000 / oxford-academy.co.uk
JOANNA EDEN TRIO / 6.30pm. Free / Oxford Wine Café, 38 South Parade
FOLK NIGHT / A mix of Irish folk and other genres led by the legendary Mick
Henry / 8pm. Free / The Half Moon, 18 St Clements, OX4 1AB / 247808
JAMES STREET SUNDAY FOLK SESSIONS / 2pm. Free / James St Tavern
PERKELT + LEWIS NEWCOMBE-JONES + BEARD OF DESTINY + PURPLE
MAY / 3.30-7pm. Free / The Wheatsheaf, 129 High St, OX1 4DF / 721156
DUOTONE, THE AUGUST LIST / 4th birthday bash for Oxford’s independent
record store / 4pm. Free / Truck Store, 101 Cowley Rd, OX4 1HU
Mon 9th
THE OXFORD IMPS / 8pm. £3 / The Wheatsheaf, 129 High St / 721156
FRENCH & BRETON MUSIC SESSION / 8pm. Free / James St Tavern / 246611
JOHN SMITH, LOUIS BAKER / Acoustic folk singer-songwriter / 7pm. £14 /
Holywell Music Room, Holywell St, OX1 3BN
Tue 10th
THE SPARK SIDE OF THE MOON / Open mic: music, poetry, comedy, song etc
all welcome / 8.30pm, free / James St Tavern, OX4 1EU
JAZZ AT THE BULLY / The Heavy Dexters / 8.30pm. Free / 244516 / The
Bullingdon, 162 Cowley Rd, OX4 1UE / artbaroxford.co.uk
HAMMER AND TONGUE / The heart of Oxford’s live spoken word scene /
8pm. £7 (£5) / The Old Fire Station, 40 George St, OX1 2AQ
GYPSY FIRE / 7.30pm. £15 (£12, £5) / SJE Church, 109 Iffley Rd, OX4 1EH
DAVE NEWTON / Voted best jazz pianist in the UK 11 times. Open Jam after /
8.30pm. £2 students, £4 non-students, members free / Mad Hatter, Iffley Rd
GORGON CITY / 7pm / O2 Academy, 190 Cowley Rd / oxford-academy.co.uk
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Wed 11th
David Hare’s tale of British post-war disillusion. £9 (£7)
St Peter’s College Chapel
DIDO AND AENEAS Opera. English baroque tragic masterpiece. £10 (£7)
(278900)
Fri 6th & Sat 7th: 8pm
Maths Institute
Joaquin Phoenix plays the detective in this psychedelic noir.
PINOCCHIO [U] Fri, Mon - Thu: 2.20, 5.00pm
Sat & Sun: 11.30am, 2.20, 5.00pm
A Marvel-lous robotics prodigy forms a team of superheroes in Oscar-nominated animation.
Gifted jazz drummer is driven ruthlessly by his drill-sergeant instructor.
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE [U] Fri, Mon - Thu: 12.30, 2.50, 4.00, 5.10, 6.20, 7.30pm
Sat: 10.10, 11.20am, 12.30, 1.40, 2.50, 4.00, 5.10, 7.30pm
Sun: 10.10, 11.20am, 12.30, 1.40, 2.50, 4.00, 5.10, 6.20, 7.30pm
Fri - Sun: 7.40pm
Gifted jazz drummer is driven ruthlessly by his drill-sergeant instructor.
The story of the Bletchley Park codebreakers, starring Cumberbatch and Knightley.
EX MACHINA [15]
Wed: 7.00pm
COPENHAGEN
? Thu 12th & Fri 13th: 7.30pm; Sat 14th: 2.30pm
Michael Frayn’s play about atomic scientists returns to Oxford. £12 (£10)
Concerts...
Fri 6th
MARMARA PIANO TRIO / Haydn, Brahms & Beethoven / 6.30pm. Free / Holywell
Music Room, OX1 3BN / music.ox.ac.uk/about/facilities/holywell-music-room
POCKET MUSIC ENSEMBLE / 6pm. Free / Brasenose College Chapel
Sat 7th
ROSSINI’S PETITE MESSE SOLENNELLE / 8pm. £12 (under-16s free) /
St Michael and All Angels, Lonsdale Rd, Summertown, OX2 7ES
SERENADE: BRITTEN, TIPPETT, HOLST AND PURCELL / String
orchestra / 7.30pm. £16 (£12, £5) / SJE Church, 109 Iffley Rd, OX4 1EH
THE MERTON CHOIRBOOK / New works for choir and organ / 4pm. £10
(£8) / merton.ox.ac.uk/chapel-choir / Merton College Chapel, OX1 4JD
DIANA MATHEWS PLAYS VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / 7.30pm. £10 (£8,
£4) / St Helen’s Church, Abingdon, OX14 5BS
THE POLYCHROMA QUARTET CONCERT / Renaissance Italy to
Broadway / 7.30pm. £10 (£8) / All Saints Church, Wytham, OX2 8QE
JAZZ IN THE VALE / Jazz vocalist Alice Zawadzki and her band / 7.30.
£12 / St. Denys’ Church, Church Green, Stanford in the Vale, Faringdon
CHAMBER RECITAL / Kapsetakis Piano Duo / 1.30pm. Free / The
Queen’s College, 40 High St, OX1 4AW / 279120 / queens.ox.ac.uk
Sun 8th
OXFORDSHIRE YOUTH CONCERTO COMPETITION FINAL / 7.30pm.
£7 / Sheldonian Theatre, Broad St, Oxford OX1 3AZ/ 277299
BUSCH ENSEMBLE / 11.15am. £12 (£11, free) / Holywell Music Room,
Holywell St, OX1 3BN / music.ox.ac.uk/about/facilities/holywell-music-room
THE ORGELBUECHLEIN PROJECT / Robert Quinney / 4pm. Free /
newcollegechoir.com / New College Chapel, Holywell St, OX1 3BN
CUSHION CONCERT - THE HARPSICHORD / 10am, 11am, 12pm. £5 /
JdP Music Building, Cowley Place, OX4 1DY / sthildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp
BACH TO BASS-ICS / Original works for double bass from the baroque
to the jazz age / 4pm. £12 (£8) / Iffley Church Hall, 101 Church Way, Iffley
Fri 6th
Fri 6th
Tue: 6.15pm
Kristen Wiig & Bill Hader are estranged suicidal twins who reunite to reconcile.
THE FIRRY MIC OPEN MIC NIGHT / 8.30-11pm. Free / thefirrymic.wordpress.
com / 07800 925111 / The Fir Tree, 163 Iffley Rd, OX4 1EJ
OPEN MIC / 8.30pm. Free / The Cape of Good Hope, 1 Iffley Rd, OX4 1EA
LIVE JAZZ / Martin Pickett Trio / 7pm. Free / 1855, 4 Oxford Castle, New Rd
BLACK MIRRORS, KHAMSINA, JENN & THE GIANT PANDA, DONAL /
Local rockers / 8pm. £5 / The Wheatsheaf, 129 High St, OX1 4DF / 721156
JOHN SPIERS SOLO / 7.30pm. £12.50 / folkweekendoxford.co.uk / Wesley
Memorial Church, New Inn Hall St, Oxford OX1 2DH
Thu 12th
?SPARKY’S FLYING CIRCUS / Open mic / 9pm. Free / Half Moon, St Clements
?CATWEAZLE / Unique performance space for music, poetry, story & song
/ 8pm. £6 (£5) / East Ox Community Centre, 44b Princes St, OX4 1HU
ELECTRIC BLUES JAM SESSION / Jam along with house band. / 8pm. Free /
The Ampleforth Arms, 53 Collinwood Rd, Risinghurst OX3 8HH / 762244
LIVE BLUES PLUS DJS / 10.30pm. £3 / James St Tavern, OX4 1EU / 246611
SPIN JAZZ CLUB PRESENT NICK MEIER / Superb jazz / 8.30-11.15pm.
£6-£10 / The Wheatsheaf, 129 High St, OX1 4DF / 721156
HIDDEN CHARMS, GEORGE TAYLOR MUSIC, ISLAND / Blues & rock ‘n’ roll /
7pm. £5 / The Bullingdon, 162 Cowley Rd, OX4 1UE / 244516 / artbaroxford.co.uk
SING BABY SING / Tribute to 70s soul legends “The Stylistics” / 8pm. £12 /
Joe’s Bar & Grill, 260 Banbury Rd, OX2 7DX / 554484 / joesrestaurants.co.uk
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...more Concerts
Mon 9th
LUNCHTIME CONCERT / 1pm. Free / smng.org.uk / St Michael at the
Northgate, Cornmarket St, OX1 3EY
PEMBROKE LUNCHTIME RECITAL / With Danae Eleni (soprano) & Guy
Newbury (piano) / 1.15pm. Free / Pembroke College, OX1 1DW
Tue 10th
MOVING MUSIC CONCERT / Concert for people with dementia, family, friends
& carers / 11.30am & 2pm. £5 (carers free) / JdP Music Building, St Hilda’s College
Wed 11th
?THE QUEEN’S COLLEGE ORGAN RECITAL / With Peter Dyke / 1 - 1.45pm.
Retiring collection / Queen’s College Chapel, OX1 4AW
Thu 12th
ST HILDA’S LUNCHTIME RECITAL / Vocal recital with Indyana Schneider /
1.15pm. Free / 279884 / JdP Music Building, OX4 1DY
Sat 7th
THE WRITER IN THE GARDEN / Famous writers and their gardens / 10am 4pm. £60 / ox.ac.uk/event/writer-garden / Botanic Garden, Rose Ln, OX1 4AZ
THE FACTORY FLOOR: TAPESTRY / See Fri, above
PLAYS FOR TODAY? / Discussion / 5pm. Free / Andrew Wiles Building, ROQ,
Woodstock Rd, OX2 6GG
Sun 8th
Mon 9th
POKER NIGHT / 2nd and 4th Monday of every month / 7.30pm. Free /
themarshharrier.com / Marsh Harrier, 40 Marsh Rd, Temple Cowley, OX4 2HH
GLOBAL CHILDHOODS / How are global developments changing the lives
and futures of children? / 6pm. Free / ox.ac.uk/event/global-childhoods /
274787 / Green Templeton College, Woodstock Rd, OX2 6HG
CHOLSEY & WALLINGFORD CONCERT BAND / New band looking for
players / 7.30pm / cholseywallingfordcb.co.uk / Cholsey Great Hall, OX10 9HH
HYSTERIA & OBSESSION: A LACANIAN PERSPECTIVE / Astrid Gessert /
8.15pm. Free / St John’s College Research Centre, 45 St Giles
ENACTED EXAMPLE IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE / 5pm. Free / ox.ac.uk/event/
enacted-example-spiritual-life / Exam Schools, 75-81 High St, OX1 4BG
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES: FROM HERETICAL
HYPOTHESIS TO ACCEPTED TREATMENT OPTION / 7.30pm. Free / Pitt
Rivers Museum, South Parks Rd, OX1 3PP
INEQUALITY, GROWTH AND LIVING STANDARDS IN THE OECD /
Complimentary sandwich lunch / 1pm. Free / QE House, 3 Mansfield Rd, OX1 3TB
THE PINE MARTEN & POLECAT IN BRITAIN / Lizzie Croose / 7pm. Free / ox.ac.
uk/event/pine-marten-and-polecat-britain / Museum of Natural History, Parks Rd
KARIM MISKE IN CONVERSATION WITH TARIQ ALI / Discussing his novel
Arab Jazz / 7pm. £3 / Blackwells Bookshop, 48-51 Broad St, OX1 3BQ
Tue 10th
ORIENTAL BOARDGAME GO / All welcome / 7.30pm. Free / Freud, 119
Walton St, OX2 6AH
FREEHAND WRITERS GROUP / 7.45-9.45pm. Free / freehandwriters.weebly.
com / Worcester College, Worcester St, OX1 2HB / 278300
ENHANCING PATHWAYS TO HIGHER SKILLS: PANEL DEBATE / 6pm 7pm. Free / Oxford Brookes, JHB Lecture Theatre, Headington
KNITTING GROUP / all ages and abilities welcome / 5.30pm. Free / Jam
Factory, 27 Park End St, OX1 1HU / 244613 / jamfactoryoxford.com
PEASANT PERCEPTIONS OF LANDSCAPE IN SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE,
1200-1600 / 5.30pm. / Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square
USE OF THE FOUR GOSPELS IN MEDIEVAL QUR’ANIC COMMENTARY OF
AL-BIQA’I / 2.30pm. Free / The Song School, 109a Iffley Rd, OX4 1EH
ETHICAL TREATMENT OF DATA IN NEW DIGITAL LANDSCAPES / Booking
essential / 4.30pm. Free / 287210 / Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles, OX1 3JS
THE VALUE-ADDED OF POLITICAL LIFE-WRITING: ERNEST BEVIN
(1881-1951) / Prof. Anne Deighton / 5.30pm. Free / Wolfson College, OX2 6UD
PANEL DISCUSSION ON RANDOMNESS AND ORDER / Probability &
quantum physics / 1pm. Free / Radcliffe Humanities, Radcliffe Observatory
Quarter, Woodstock Rd, OX2 6GG
WHEN HISTORY IS SENSITIVE / Former Reuters correspondent / 12.30 2pm. Free / oxforduna.org / Wesley Memorial Hall, New Inn Hall St, OX1 2DH
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Wed 11th
CHILDHOOD DIFFICULTIES WITH MOVEMENT SKILLS / Professor Anna
Barnett / 6pm / Oxford Brookes, JHB Lecture Theatre, Headington
MEDITATION IN TOWN HALL / Authentic Buddhist practice / 8pm. Free /
buddhism.org.uk / Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate’s, OX1 1DP
AS A ROARING AND RAVENING LION: HERETICAL & WICKED RULERS
400-700 / 5pm. Free / 615008 / Exam Schools, 75-81 High St, OX1 4BG
COLOUR IN FILM / Illustrated talks by local film historian / 7.30pm. Free / The
Old Fire Station, 40 George St, OX1 2AQ / 263980
THE FACTORY FLOOR: BASKET WEAVING / Making rush chair-seating /
12-5pm. Free. / Modern Art Oxford, 30 Pembroke St, OX1 1BP
THE ROLE OF THE STATE: COPYRIGHT, CENSORSHIP & PATRONAGE / 5pm.
Free / Andrew Wiles Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Rd
THE ARRIVAL OF REFUGEES & THE MAKING OF INDIA & PAKISTAN IN
1947 / 5pm. Free / Refugee Studies Centre, 3 Worcester St, OX1 2PZ
IS A CLIMATE TREATY A) NECESSARY AND B) POSSIBLE? / 5pm. Free /
614 966 / School of Geography and the Environment, Mansfield Rd, OX1 3QY
THEORISING A FOURTH AGE / Dr Chris Gilleard / 12.30 - 2pm. Free / 612810 /
Oxford Institute Of Population Ageing, 66 Banbury Rd, OX2 6PR
THE PAINTED CHURCH: SEEING AND UNDERSTANDING MEDIEVAL
WALL PAINTINGS / Roger Rosewell / 10.15am. Suggested donation £8 /
Bradwell Village Hall, Burford OX18 4XF
THE LIMITS OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
/ With Garry Kasparov. Booking essential / 5 - 6.30pm. Free / 616593 /
Examination Schools, 75-81 High St, OX1 4BG
CLASSICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION / 12.30 2pm. Free / 288716 / Saïd Business School, Park End St, Oxford OX1 1HP
DIASPORAS IN TIMES OF CRISIS: AGENTS OF CHANGE? / 5 - 6.45pm. Free
/ 274537 / St Antony’s College, Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6JF
Thu 12th
THE WISDOM OF THE MYSTICS / A series of talks by influential speakers
/ 12.30pm. Free / ocsg.uk.net / St Giles’ Church, 10 Woodstock Rd, OX2 6HA
THE FACTORY FLOOR: BASKET WEAVING / See Wed, above
HOPES AND FEARS: WHY PEOPLE DISAGREE ABOUT HOW TO TACKLE
CLIMATE / 5pm. Free / Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad St, OX1 3BD
FAMELAB OXFORD HEATS / See new science talent / 7pm. Free / scienceoxford.
com/live/whats-on-so/famelab-2015-heat-1 / St Aldate’s Tavern, OX1 1BU
STITCH AND CHAT / 1.30pm. From 50p / southoxford.org / 242666 / South
Oxford Community Centre, Lake St, OX1 4RP
IMMIGRANT AND ETHNIC MINORITY FAMILIES IN EUROPE: WHAT DO
WE LEARN FROM COMPARATIVE RESEARCH? / 12.30pm. Free / 612810 /
Oxford Institute Of Population Ageing, 66 Banbury Rd, OX2 6PR
THE NEW CARBON CONVERSATIONS BOOK ‘IN TIME FOR TOMORROW?
/ Book lauch / 7pm. Free / Blackwells, Broad St, OX1 3BQ
THE SHORT HOT SUMMER: THE AUGUST RIOTS OF 2011 / Dr Roger Ball /
7pm. Free / Ruskin College, Dunstan Rd, OX3 9BZ / 759600 / ruskin.ac.uk
IS UNRESTRICTED IMMIGRATION COMPATIBLE WITH INCLUSIVE
WELFARE STATES? / 5pm. Free / Barnett House, 32 Wellington Sq., OX1 2ER
HAS FINANCIAL GLOBALIZATION CHANGED THE CONTEXT FOR US
INTERNATIONAL POLICY? / 3pm. Free / St Antony’s College, Woodstock Rd