HIT Mel Brooks musical The Producers is being performed at the New Theatre until Saturday by the Oxford Operatic Society.

Based on the 1968 film of the same name, the show follows the story of failed producer Max Bialystock and his timid accountant Leo Bloom, who hatch a theatrical scam to create the ultimate Broadway flop, which will make them more money than a successful show. With songs including I Wanna Be A Producer and the infamous Springtime for Hitler, The Producers is a hilarious and irreverent spoof of traditional Broadway musicals. Box office on 0844 847 1585 or newtheatreoxford.org.uk.

  • Jane Austen was a woman ahead of her time; defined by her era, sex and class. A one-woman show, Austen’s Women, illuminating the characters of her novels, goes on stage at Banbury’s Mill Theatre tonight at 7.45pm.

Rebecca Vaughan uses Austen’s words to reveal the souls of Emma Woodhouse, Lizzy Bennett, Mrs Norris and Miss Bates and others.

Box office on 01295 279002.

  • Following sell-out success, critical acclaim and award nominations at the Edinburgh Festival, You Need Me return to North Wall Arts Centre tomorrow night.

Their latest production, Certain Dark Things, tells the story of a young Basque boy and his sexual awakening amid Franco’s dictatorship. Box office on 01865 319450 or thenorthwall.com.

  • The Lion’s Face is a groundbreaking new opera coming to the Oxford Playhouse on Sunday before it heads to the Royal Opera House.

Five years in the making, this exceptional piece has been developed with researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, to explore the impact of Alzheimer’s.

The Lion’s Face is the story of Mr D, a man suffering with dementia, and is told from the point of view of the character and those around him. Box office on 01865 305305 or oxfordplayhouse.com.

  • The Knit Crowd presents a short screening of the 2004 BAFTA nominated film, Knitting a Love Song, written and directed by Annie Watson at Modern Art Oxford tonight.

Priyesh Mistry, founder of The Knit Crowd and student at The Ruskin, will also lead the knitting circle with a talk and discussion by Ruth Brown on the subject of Making: why bother?

Call 01865 722733 or visit modernartoxford.org.uk.

  • Ruskin Shorts is an event by students at Oxford’s Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art to showcase films to reflect the crossover between fine art and cinema, at Oxford Playhouse tomorrow from 5pm.

The work has been submitted students, tutors and alumni of Ruskin and picked by an independent panel.

It will be opened by British screenwriter and director Tony Grisoni, whose credits include Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, In This World and Red Riding.

Box office on 01865 305305 or book online at oxfordplayhouse.com.