Apollo Theatre (0870 6063500): until Nov 18, Grease starring Steve Houghton as Danny.

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Oxford Playhouse (01865 798600): today 8pm, Sat 2.30, 7.30pm, Out of Joint theatre company presents a double bill: Rita, Sue and Bob Too, by Andrea Dunbar, plus A State Affair Today's Stories (Yorkshire 2000). Nov 15-18, Wed to Sat 7.30pm (Fri 8), Thurs and Sat mat 2.30, Oxford University Drama Society presents Sweeney Todd Demon Barber of Fleet Street, a musical thriller.

Burton Taylor Theatre, Gloucester Street, Oxford (01865 798600): today and Sat, Cuppers Festival of Theatre Arts 2000, tel 01865 791577 for further details. Nov 12-18, Death and the Maiden at 7.30pm, and Exercises in Style at 9.30pm.

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Old Fire Station, Oxford (01865 794490): today and Sat 7.30pm, Sat mat 2.30, Roberto Zucco. Nov 14-18, 7.30pm, Sat mat 2.30, David Hare's Skylight.

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Jongleurs Comedy Club (0870 7870707): 8.30pm, today and Sat, Miles Crawford, David Haddingham (Fri only), Tom Rhodes (Sat only),The Ryamond and Mr, Geogg Boyz. Thurs, Keith Fields, Jo Enright, Junior Simpson, Mark Hurst.

St John's College Auditorium: Nov 14-18 at 7.30pm, mat Nov 18 at 2.30, Yuki Watabe's production of The Bald Prima Donna (La Cantatrice Chave), by Eugene Ionesco. 01865 798600.

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Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road, Oxford (01865 722851): Nov 17 and 18, 8pm, Trading Faces presents Tempting Fate. Mask workshop on Sat 2pm.

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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, a comedy by Jimmie Chinn.

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The Mill, Banbury: today and Sat, Banbury Cross Players presents Stepping Out, by Richard Harris. 01295 279002.

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The Theatre, Chipping Norton: Nov 16 and 17 at 8pm, Not the National Theatre presents Vita and Virginia, by Eileen Atkins. 01608 642350.

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Wycombe Swan Theatre (01494 512000): today and Sat 8pm, Sat mat 2.30, Carousel starring Darren Day and Sam Kane. Nov 12, Sun 4.30, 8pm, What a Feeling! Nov 14-18, Tues to Sat 8pm, Wed, Thurs and Sat mats 2.30, The Royal National Theatre presents J B Priestley's An Inspector Calls, starring Rula Lenska, Bernard Kay and Paul Shelley.

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The Royal Theatre, Northampton (01604 624811): until Nov 25, The Royal Theatre presents Wait Until Dark, a thriller by Frederick Knott.

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Milton Keynes Theatre (01908 606090): today and Sat, Royal National Theatre presents J B Priestley's An Inspector Calls. Nov 14-16, Glyndebourne Touring Opera presents Don Giovanni (Nov 14 and 17), La Boheme (Nov 15 and 18) and The Last Supper (Nov 16).

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Wantage Civic Hall: Sat 2-4pm, Trading Faces workshop, with evening performance of Tempting Fate. Tel 01235 540308 for further details.

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Thame Sports and Arts Centre (01844 215607): Sat, 8pm, LOGOS presents The Importance of Being Earnest.

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Corn Exchange, Wallingford (01491 825000): Nov 18 at 3, 7pm, Nov 19 at 3pm, and Nov 25 at 3, 7pm, Nov 26 at 3pm, Kinecroft Academy of Dancing.

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Watermill, Bagnor, near Newbury (01635 46044): today 2.30, 7.30pm, Fri (last night) 6.30pm, The Prisoner of Zenda. Nov 14 to 18, 7.30pm, mats Thurs to Sat, Miss Helen Watson presents A Little of What You Fancy. Nov 22-23, 7.30pm, Watermill Young Company presents Dragon's Teeth, by Peter Cann.

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Corn Exchange, Newbury (01635 522733): Nov 10, 7.45pm, Comedy Theatre: Basking with Sharks. Nov 16, 7.45pm, Diversions Dance Company of Wales presents Constellation and the Collector of Moments.

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Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (01789 403403): winter season opens on Monday with The Secret Garden, a musical based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

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Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham (01242 572573): today 7.45pm, Sat 2.30, 8pm, Simon Williams in The 39 Steps.

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Concert Hall, Reading (0118 960 6060): Nov 16, A Night at the Musicals.

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Theatre Royal, Windsor (01753 853888): today and Sat, Run for Your Wife Again! by Ray Cooney. Nov 14-25, pre-Christmas thriller, The Lodger.