Your guide to theatre, musicals and dance in Oxfordshire from June 16-22. Updated every Friday. Send your entries to listings editor Wendy Broadway (wendy.broadway@nqo.com).

Apollo Oxford, (0870 6063500): Fri and Sat, Blood Brothers starring Linda Nolan. Sun 1.30, 4.30pm, Noddy. Jun 25, Think Floyd.

Oxford Playhouse (01865 798600): Fri and Sat 7.30pm, Fri 8pm, Thurs and Sat mats 2.30pm, The Mystery of Charles Dickens starring Simon Callow. Mon and Tues 7.30pm, Tiata Fahodzi presents Makinde by Femi Elufowoju Jr. Jun 21-24, 7.30pm, Fri 8pm, mats Thurs and Sat 2.30pm, The Reduced Shakespeare Company presents The Complete Millennium Musica (abridged). Burton Taylor Theatre (01865 798600): June 22-24 at 7.30pm, Anglo-German multimedia project, Drei Originale, based on work by by Rene Pollesch, Thomas Martius and Iwan Goll.

Old Fire Station, Oxford (01865 794490): Fri and Sat 8pm, Sat mat 2.30, Black Comedy. Jun 21-23, 7.30pm, Thurs mat 2.30, The London Classic Theatre Company presents Oleanna by David Mamet.

Jongleurs Comedy Club (0845 6081818): Thurs, Junior Simpson, John Fothergill, Milton Jones, Helen Austin.

Pegasus Theatre (01865 722851): Fri 8pm, Blood Wedding. Mon 2-3.30pm, A Bridge to Hope - a play by Patrice Chaplin. Jun 23-24 at 8pm, Jemmbarrio, dance. Kennington Methodist Church: Jun 23 and 24 at 7.30pm, Kennington & District United Church Choirs. La Vie Parisienne. Concert version in costume. Free admission. 01865 735885.

Appleton Village: Fri and Sat, This is the Man - three villages Passion Play, directed by Mo Alner. 01865 863850.

Abbey Grounds, Abingdon: Jun 20-22, 7.30pm, Painting the Town, a play written by, performed by and about Abingdon. Tickets town council offices, 52 Bath Street, Abingdon.

Wantage Festival of Arts: Full programme details tel 01235 760176.

Civic Hall, Wantage: Sun 4pm, Princes of a Thousand Years, a musical for all ages.01235 767975.

The Theatre, Chipping Norton (01608 642350): Jun 22-24, 8pm, Compass Theatre Company presents She Stoops to Conquer.

Woodstock Parish Church, Park Street: Wed 8pm, The Woodstock Players presents Water, Water... an entertainment of themed readings.

Corn Exchange, Wallingford (01491 825000): Fri 7.30pm, Annual Drama Festival ends.

Old Mill Hall, Grove: Fri and Sat 7.30pm, Stagelights presents Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton. 01235 770736.

Mill Theatre and Restaurant, Sonning (0118 969 8000): Eves 8.15pm (dinner from 6.30pm), Sat mats 2.15pm (lunch from 12.30pm): Until Jun 24, Kiss of Death. Watermill, Bagnor, near Newbury (01635 46044): until Jul 1, Up-'n' Under by John Godber.

Wycombe Swan (01494 512000): Sun 8pm, Richard Thompson. Jun 20-24, 8pm, Wed and Sat 2.30, The Car Man. In the Town Hall, Jun 22-24, 8pm, Tight Fit Theatre presents Pygmalion.

Rollright Stones, near Chipping Norton: Sat 8pm, Sun 7.30pm, Heartbreak Productions in The Tempest. For Sat tickets tel 01608 644379 and Sun 01993 823558.

DerngateTheatre, Northampton (01604 624811): Fri and Sat, Hot Stuff, a musical starring Ceri Dupree. Tues 7.30pm, Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music. Wed 7.30pm, Richard Thompson. Thurs 8pm, Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone.

The Royal Theatre, Northampton (01604 632533): Fri and Sat, Don't Dress for Dinner.

Milton Keynes Theatre (01908 606090): Jun 19-24, Elvis the Musical.

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (01789 295623): Until October - As You Like It; Richard II, starring Alfred Burke; The Rivals; Comedy of Errors. Previewing from Thurs, Giovanni Verga's La Lupa, a new version by David Lan.