OUT AND ABOUT
out and about COMICS CLUB WITH NEILL CAMERON
Tank Engine and Friends, to the very small. On top of this there will be plenty of trade stalls selling everything you need to start or grow your own model railway. Adult: £4; child: £2; concession: £3; family: £10.
NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN
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The Warwick Arts Centre, 4th January, 7.30pm
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street, Oxford OX1 3SD, 6th January, 7pm10pm (above)
Kirill Karabits unleashes the full power of the world’s greatest teenage orchestra – The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Hearing is believing and until you’ve experienced these 164 players raising the roof of the Butterworth Hall, you don’t know what young musicians can do! Ticket prices vary. www.warwickartscentre. co.uk
SCOUTRAIL MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington OX5 1AB, 5th 6th January, 10am-4.30pm (right)
DAMIAN WILSON AND ADAM WAKEMAN
Damian Wilson and Adam Wakeman embark on their second full UK tour. Featuring Damian on vocals and acoustic guitar and Adam on piano, vocals and acoustic guitar. They’ll play songs from their individual back catalogues and artists they have worked with, along with tracks from their joint albums, intertwined with stories and memories from their extensive touring careers. £20.
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The Story Museum, Pembroke Street, Oxford OX1 1BP, 5th January, 11am-12.30pm Develop your comicmaking skills and share ideas with like-minded enthusiasts. Awesome comic artist Neill Cameron will be on hand to offer helpful advice and tips. Tickets £7, email boxoffice@storymuseum. org.uk
WITNEY WINTER CONCERT Methodist Church, High Street, Witney OX28 6HG, 11th January, 7.30-9.30pm A concert by Ensemble Mirage. This sextet comprising clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello and piano. Includes music by Mussorgsky, Penderecki and Dohnanyi. Tickets £12, email jtom855@gmail.com
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: THE TRAGEDY OF KING RICHARD II Royal Spa Centre Cinema, Royal Leamington Spa, 15th January, 7pm Simon Russell Beale plays William Shakespeare’s Richard II, broadcast live from the stage of the Almeida Theatre in London to cinemas. £13.50. www.warwickdc.gov.uk/ royalspacentre
THE FULL MONTY
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Whether you’re a serious model railway enthusiast or have someone in your family who just loves trains, the ScoutRail model rail show has something for you. Track sizes range from the very large, including a layout with Thomas the
interactive hip-hop show for young children. With graffiti-based designs, hip-hop flavoured beats and the twinkling lights of the city, it’s a multi-sensory musical – a hip-hopera!
HIPPITY HOP The Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford Playhouse,12th - 13th January, 11am-2pm Experience the poetry, puppetry, music and movement of the first ever
Royal and Derngate Theatre, Northampton, 15th - 19th January, various times Based on his smash-hit film and adapted for the stage by Oscar-winning writer Simon Beaufoy, this hilarious and heartfelt production receives standing ovations every night. It features Gary Lucy, who has made the part of Gaz his own, and an all-star cast of Andrew Dunn, Louis
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