Your guide to theatre, musicals and dance in Oxfordshire from June 30 - July 6. Updated every Friday. Send your entries to listings editor Wendy Broadway (wendy.broadway@nqo.com).

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APOLLO OXFORD, (0870 6063500)

Welsh National Opera Fri 6.30pm, Carmen; Sat 6.30pm, Der Rosenkavalier.

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OXFORD PLAYHOUSE (01865 798600)

Fri 2.30pm, The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch, based on the books by Ronda and David Armitage, adapted and directed by David Wood. Jul 6-8, 7.30pm, Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music.

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BURTON TAYLOR THEATRE, OXFORD (01865 798600)

Sat 2.30pm and Jul 2 at 4pm, OOMF! Festival Fringe in children's drama school OXACTS in Alice in Wonderland (ticket prices 6, 5 and 4, include a free drink). ************************

OLD FIRE STATION, OXFORD (01865 794490)

Jun 27-Jul 1, 7.30pm, Smike, a pop musical. Jul 1-8 at 7.30pm, Spotlight Theatre Company presents Imagine, a musical adaptation of a true story about the Cottingly fairies.

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JONGLEURS COMEDY CLUB (0845 6081818)

7.45pm. Fri, Brian Higgins, Stewart Francis, Keith Dover, Mandy Knight. Sat, Brian Higgins, Stewart Francis, Mandy Knight, Omid Dhalili. Thurs, Sean Percival, Mark Rendle, Andrew Pipe, The Raymond and Mr.

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OPEN AIR CREATION SHAKESPEARE

At Magdalen School grounds Jul 4 to Sept 2, A Midsummer Night's Dream (mainly evenings) and Sat Jul 15 until Sat Aug 26 (mainly matinees), Alice Through the Looking Glass. 01865 798600.

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OXFORD AFRICA WEEK

Fri 9am to 5pm, African Fair in Gloucester Green.

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OXFORDSHIRE'S OWN MILLENNIUM FESTIVAL

OOMF! opens on Saturday at South Park. See page eight in the main paper for full festival details.

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NEW COLLEGE GARDENS

Jul 4-15, 7.30pm, Jul 15 mat 2.30, Twelfth Night. 01865 798700.

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WOLVERCOTE VILLAGE HALL

Fri 7.30pm, St Peter's Players in Old Father Thames, annual supper show. 01865 556120 or 559542.

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SUMMER FUN ON THE BROADWAY, DIDCOT

Sat 10.30am to 4pm, in the Market Place, Ticklish Allsorts Show. ************************

GREEN GALLERY, ELSFIELD

Sat 7.30pm, Belinda Rimmer - poetry, sound and movement. 01865 351771.

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CORN EXCHANGE, WALLINGFORD (01491 825000)

Jul 5-8, Shakespeare in Lumps.

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ST MARY'S SCHOOL, WANTAGE

at 7.30pm, Wantage Choral Society presents HMS Pinafore. Tickets from tourist office or Wantage Museum.

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WANTAGE FESTIVAL OF ARTS

Tel 01235 760176.

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THE THEATRE, CHIPPING NORTON (01608 642350)

Fri 8pm, ACT - Devised Production. Admission free.

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BARFORD ST MICHAEL VILLAGE HALL

Fri and Sat 7.30pm, The Importance of Being Earnest. Tickets from Homecraft, Bloxham and Post Office at Barford.

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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): Jun 27-Aug 5, Don't Dress for Dinner.

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Fri and Sat 7.30pm, Bloxham Amateur Theatrical Society presents The Importance of Being Earnest. Tickets from the post office, Barford.

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CORN EXCHANGE, NEWBURY (01635 522733)

Fri 7.45pm, Cwmni Ballet Gwent presents Giselle Connotation. Jul 7 and 8, 7.45pm, Tewlfth Night.

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WATERMILL, BAGNOR, NEAR NEWBURY (01635 46044)

Until Jul 1, Up-'n' Under. ************************

MIKRON THEATRE COMPANY

Don't Start From Here, Mon 7.30pm, The Waterside Centre, Newbury, 01653 41269; Beer Street, Tues 8pm, The Rowbarge, Woolhampton; Don't Start From Here,Thurs 8pm, The Plough, Long Wittenham and Fri Jul 7 at 7.30pm, The Queen's Head, Eynsham.

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WYCOMBE SWAN (01494 512000)

Fri and Sat 8pm, A Clockwork Orange. Sun-Tues 7.30pm, Sun 4.30pm, Spirit of the Dance.

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MILTON KEYNES THEATRE (01908 606090: GROUP BOOKINGS 01908 547609)

Jul 3-8, Lady Windermere's Fan starring Liza Goddard, Christopher Biggins and Fenella Fielding.

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ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE, STRATFORD (01789 295623)

Until October, As You Like It; Richard II, The Rivals, Comedy of Errors, Giovanni Verga's La Lupa.