Apollo (0870 6063500): English National Ballet today and Sat 7.30pm, Sat mat 2.30, Swan Lake. Glyndebourne Touring Opera in Nov 28 and Dec 1 at 7.15pm, Don Giovanni and Nov 29 and Dec 2 at 7.15pm, La Boheme; also Nov 30 at 7.15pm, The Last Supper.

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Oxford Playhouse (01865 798600): today and Sat 7.30pm, Sat mat 2.30, Oxford Operatic Society in Calamity Jane. Dec 1, Aladdin opens.

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Burton Taylor (01865 798600): today and Saturday 7.30pm, Double Bill: Blue Heart by Caryl Churchill and Heart's Desire. Also at 9.30pm, Blue Kettle experimental theatre. Nov 28-Dec 2, 7.30pm, Spit Roast, comedy performance and at 9.30pm, Skins, by Jennifer Allen contemporary dance. ____________________

Old Fire Station (01865 794490): today and Sat 7.30pm, Sat mat 2.30, The Road to Mecca. Nov 28 to Dec 2, 7.30pm, Richard II, OUDS production.

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Jongleurs Comedy Club (0870 7870707): 8.30pm, today and Sat, Andre Vincent, Mark Walker. Thurs, Man with the Beard, Phil Nicol.

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Oxford Oratory Parish Church of St Aloysius, Woodstock Road: today and Sat 7.45pm, A Pageant to celebrate 125 years since the opening of the church, directed by Brother Daniel and scriptwriter Mary Selwood. Admission free.

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Moser Theatre, Wadham College: today and Sat 7.30pm, Christian Theatre Company in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

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Pegasus (01865 722851): today 7.30pm, Intergalatic Rescue Blue Planet Day. Sat 8pm, SoundArk (music). Nov 30-Dec 2, Thurs to Sat 8pm, Stephen Mottram's Animata in Organillo.

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Wolvercote Village Hall: Nov 29 to Dec 2, 7.30pm, Sat also 10.30am and 2.30pm, St Peter's Players in The Ice Gem and the Firestone. 01865 556120.

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Unicorn, Abingdon: today and Sat 7.30pm, Sat mat 2.30, Oxford Studio Theatre Club in Terry Pratchett's The Truth.

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Oxfordshire Touring Theatre's Tales of the Arabian Nights tour : today 7.30pm, Appleton Village Hall (01865 863850). Sat 7.30pm, Burford Warwick Hall (01993 822146). Nov 28, Tues 7.30pm, Ickford Village Hall (01844 339502). Nov 29, Wed 7.30pm, Recreation Hall, Chalfont St Peter. Nov 30, Thurs 7.30pm, Holmer Green Junior School (01494 713000). Dec 1, Fri 7pm, Wingrave Community Centre, Aylesbury (01296 681696).

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Mill Theatre and Restaurant, Sonning (0118 969 8000): eves 8.15pm (dinner from 6.30pm), Sat mats 2.15pm (lunch from 12.30pm): until Dec 2, Sylvia's Wedding.

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The Mill, Banbury: Dec 2, A Christmas Carol, children's theatre. 01295 279002. ____________________

The Theatre, Chipping Norton: Dec 1 to Jan 13, Dick Whittington and his Cat.

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High Street Methodist Church, Witney: today and Sat 7.30pm, Hopes and Dreams a musical for the new Millennium. 01993 774035.

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Charlbury Memorial Hall: Sat 7.30pm, Travels with My Welsh Aunt one-woman show with Mary Medlicott. 01608 801 256.

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Wycombe Swan (01494 512000): English Touring Opera, in The Rake's Progress (today) and The Magic Flute (Sat). Nov 26-28, 7.30pm, Sun mat 4pm, Russian National Ballet in The Nutcracker.

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Corn Exchange, Wallingford (01491 825000): Sat 3, 7pm, Sun 3pm, Kinecroft Academy of Dancing

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Southmoor Village Hall: today and Sat 7.30pm, Kingston Bagpuize Drama Group in Noises Off by Michael Frayn. 01865 821138.

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Watermill, Bagnor, near Newbury (01635 46044): Dec 1 to Jan 13, Beauty and the Beast, two performances daily.

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Corn Exchange, Newbury (01635 522733): Nov 27 to Dec 2, Oxford Stage Company in The Circle by Somerset Maugham.

The Royal Theatre, Northampton (01604 624811): today and Sat, The Royal Theatre inWait Until Dark, a thriller by Frederick Knott.

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Derngate Theatre, Northampton (01604 624811): until Nov 25, 7.30pm, Thurs mat 2, Sat mat 2.30, Northern Ballet Theatre inDracula.

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Wyvern Theatre, Swindon (0870 606 3570): Nov 21, 8pm, Dylan Moran Ready, Steady, Cough Tour. Nov 22, 10.30am, Macbeth. Nov 23, 8pm, Elkie Brooks. Nov 24, 7.30pm, Bee Gees Gold. Nov 25, 8pm, Craig Charles Sickbag Live 2000. Nov 29 to Dec 2, 7.30pm, Sat mat 2.30, Musical Magic. Dec 3, 7.30pm, Abba Gold. Dec 4, Mon 7.45pm, Sean Wilson, plus Bonnie Stewart. Dec 7, Thurs 8pm, Australian Pink Floyd Show. Dec 8, Fri 8pm, The Corrz, tribute band. Dec 9, Sat 7.30pm, Roll Out the Barrel. Dec 10, Sun 5, 8pm, Kentwood Christmas Cracker with guests: The Band of the Army Air Corps. Dec 15 to Jan 13, 2, 7pm, Aladdin with Juliette Kaplan (Last of the Summer Wine) and Geoff Hinsliff (Coronation Street), Aleetza Wood (Home and Away) ____________________

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (01789 403403): until January 27, The Secret Garden, a musical based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

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Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (01789 403403): from Nov 30 to Jan 6, Henry VI Parts I, II, III.

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The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon (01789 403403): from Nov 30 to Jan 6, The Tempest.