Theatre
THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL
Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, near Newbury
May 21-June 1 at 7.30pm, 2.30pm matinees Saturday and Thursday (1.30pm June 1)
Box office: 01635 46044 (watermill.org.uk)
The Watermill Theatre joins forces with Rhum & Clay, an exciting young company, to breathe new life into Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic. Peering into the murky alleyways of Victorian London, the extraordinary drama of Dr Jekyll and his infamous alter ego, Mr Hyde, is thrilling, exciting, and full of humour. The show is touring to village halls and theatre studio spaces from Tuesday May 14 to Saturday June 22.
Genre
NIGEL KENNEDY AND OXFORD PHILOMUSICA
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Thursday June 13 at 8pm
Box office: 01865 980980 or oxfordphil.com
Nigel Kennedy, world-leading violin virtuoso and the best-selling classical violinist of all time, joins Oxford Philomusica to present The Lark Ascending, Ralph Vaughan Williams’s exquisite portrait of a bird in flight. The concert includes other works for violin and orchestra yet to be announced. Before the star takes to the stage, the players will enthral the audience with another masterpiece from Vaughan Williams, the hauntingly poetic Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, and Benjamin Britten’s charming Simple Symphony. As ever, conducted by music director Marios Papadopoulos.
Dance
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
New Theatre, Oxford
June 18 at 7.30pm, June 19 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm
Box office: 0844 871 3020 atgtickets.com/oxford
With the continued success of BBC One’s hit Strictly Come Dancing, Craig Revel Horwood’s new show gives theatre audiences the chance to get up close and personal with some of the stars. Lisa Riley, Artem Chigvintsev, Natalie Lowe and Ian Waite show fans their backgrounds and motivations live on stage, giving a personal insight. Revel Horwood, the country’s most notorious TV entertainment judge, has music, song and breathtaking dance routines as part of this two-month UK tour.
Art
MIRANDA RICHMOND
The North Wall, Summertown
May 28-June 14, Monday-Friday 10am to 4pm.
Admission free.
Born in Buckinghamshire and trained at Bristol College of Art (1977-80), Miranda has lived and worked in the north-east of England for many years. In 1979 she met (and later married) the painter Miles Richmond who was a great teacher and strong influence on her work. He himself was a student of David Bomberg. They worked together mainly from the landscapes of the North Yorkshire Moors and Dales, later moving to Middlesbrough and working from the industrial landscape and coast around Teesside. She has also made painting trips to Egypt, Spain, Sweden, many times to Scotland, and more recently to Australia. Three years ago she returned to Buckinghamshire, and this period resulted in some portraits of family and friends included in this exhibition. Her normal practice is to work outdoors in the landscape, frequently on a series from one location over a period of months, through different seasons, weathers and times of day, and in a variety of media. However she does not see her painting as about the transitory effects of different conditions, but as an attempt to find an underlying structure with some depth and permanency.
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