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LISTINGS

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NEW THEATRE – OXFORD www.newtheatreoxford.org.uk 0870 606 3500 September

10 The Illegal Eagles 11 Tim Peake: My Journey To Space 12 David Essex 13 Daniel Howell: We Are All Doomed 15 The Billy Joel Songbook 16 Dawn French Is A Huge T*** I18 Islands In The Stream at New Theatre 22 Al Murray’s Gig For Victory 23 What’s Love Got To Do With It? A Tribute To Tina Turner 25 The Music Of Zimmer Vs. Williams 27 - 1 Oct Dreamgirls

October

3 The Official RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Series Three Tour 4 - 8 Derren Brown: Showman 9 Fastlove - A Tribute to George Michael 11 - 15 Saturday Night Fever 16 Public Service Broadcasting 19 Boyzlife 21 Adam Kay - This is Going to Hurt... More 22 The Proclaimers 24 Sir Ranulph Fiennes: Living Dangerously 25 Steeleye Span 50th Anniversary Tour with the Acoustic Strawbs 26 Will Young 27 10cc 28 The Stylistics 29 Squeeze

November

6 Justin Live - The BIG Tour 8 The Australian Pink Floyd 9 Jason Manford: Like Me 10 Anastacia - I’m Outta Lockdown - The 22nd Anniversary 11 Bellowhead 12 Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra 13 Jimmy Carr - Terribly Funny 14 The Mousetrap 22 - 26 Beautiful. The Carole King Musical 27 Lost In Music - One Night at the Disco 28 SING-ALONG-A-GARETH 30 - 3 Dec Pre-Performance Talk - Welsh National Opera - La bohème

OXFORD PLAYHOUSE Www.Oxfordplayhouse.Com 01865 305305 September

7 Hofesh Shechter Company 12 Basie & Beyond National Youth Jazz Orchestra 13 - 17 Happy Meal 13 Oxjams Oxford Jazz Masters Series 15 James Taylor Quartet 16 Luke Wright 17 Jacqui Dankworth And Charlie Wood 19 - 20 Buzzing By Debbie Bird 20 - 24 Bugsy Malone 21 - 22 Look No Hands Lila Clements 23 - 25 Adult Children & All Kinds Of Limbo 27 - 1 Oct Spike By Ian Hislop And Nick Newman 27 - 28 Little Boxes 29 - 30 The Lesson

October

2 Harry Hill: Experiments In Entertainment 3 – Work In Progress 3 Evening Conversations 4 Born To Exist 4 - 5 What Songs May Do Rendez-Vous Dance 6 - 8 Our War 7 - 8 Alice In The Universe 8 Flo & Joan 9 Something Rhymes With Purple Featuring Gyles Brandreth And Susie Dent 10-15 The Mirror Crack’d By Agatha Christie 10 - 5 Nov Grey Man On Demand 13 Playing Latinx 14 Weapon Of Choice Agatha Christie And Poisons 14. The Two Of Us 16 David O’doherty Whoa Is Me 18 - 22 The Two Popes 21 Self-Defence For Time Travellers 23 Celebrate Opera 24 - 29 Pigs Might Fly 26 Braintastic! Science 27 Ed Gamble Electric 28 Simon Evans The Work Of The Devil 29 Austentatious The Improvised Jane Austen Novel

November

1 - 5 Dinner With Groucho 8 - 12 Othello 13 Paul Chowdhry 15 - 16 Clorinda Agonistes

16 The Annual Charles Simonyi Lecture Scientific Mythmaking And Race 17 - 18 Henning Wehn It’ll All Come Out In The Wash 25 - 8 Jan Cinderella Pantomime

THE PLAYERS THEATRE – THAME Www.Thameplayers.Co.Uk The Players Theatre, Nelson Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, Ox9 2Dp September

6 -10 Lucky Stiff 25 New Foxtrot Serenaders 30 Lou Fowkes sings Billie, Etta, Adele, Aretha

October

1 Floyd in the Flesh 9 Moon Age - David Bowie Tribute Band 22 Shadowing Hank 28 Doing Shakespeare 29 Celine Dion - The Vegas Years and Beyond

November

4 - 6 Our Town, Our Story 11 The Boodlums’ Cul-De-Sac Show

WATERSIDE THEATRE 0844 871 7607 September

1 La Voix - The Eighth Wonder Of The World! 1 The Thirty-Nine Steps at Norman Bragg Studio, Aylesbury 2 Friars Aylesbury: Big Big Train 3 The Zoo That Comes To You 3 Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey - Friars Aylesbury 4 Calling Planet Earth 8 Black Is The Color Of My Voice at Norman Bragg Studio, Aylesbury 9 Extreme Championship Improv 11 Dave Gorman: Powerpoint to the People 13 Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited 14 Waterside Tea Dance with Mr Wonderful 14 Tim Peake: My Journey To Space 15 Saba Douglas-Hamilton: In The Footsteps Of Elephants 15 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 16 Waterside Ceilidh with Ceilidh Tree 17 The Diana Ross Story 21 Lilies on the Land 21 Go Your Own Way - The Fleetwood Mac Legacy 22 Dementia Friendly Screening - High Society 23 Bucks Radio 80s Night 24 Marillion 25 Solve-Along-A-Murder She Wrote 29 National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing 29 Dawn French Is A Huge T*** 30 Thank You For The Music

October

1 The Steptoe & Son Radio Show at Norman Bragg Studio, Aylesbury 1 Russell Kane Live: The Essex Variant! 5 An Evening of Mediumship with Psychic Tony Stockwell 6 National Theatre Live: Jack Absolute Flies Again 7 The Searchers & Hollies Experience 14 Ministry of Science LIVE - Science Saved The World 16 X-treme Magic 18 - 22 Macbeth 19-22 Gary Barlow A Different Stage 25 - 26 Little Red Riding Hood 25 - 29 SPIKE 28 DJ Dan Blaze’s S.E.N.D All Ages Family Party 28 DJ Dan Blaze’s S.E.N.D Night Club Experience

November

6 One Night of Queen - Performed by Gary Mullen & The Works 7 The Psychology Of Serial Killers with Jennifer Rees 8 Woman to Woman - Beverley Craven, Judie Tzuke, Julia Fordham & Rumer 9 Steve Steinman’s Anything for Love - The Meat Loaf Story 10 Dementia Friendly Screening - The Band Wagon 10 Ed Gamble: Electric 11 Al Murray’s Gig For Victory 12 The ELO Experience - Electric Light Orchestra 15 Blood Brothers 15 A Christmas Carol 22 - 26 Jersey Boys

MISCELLANEOUS September

7 Volunteer Fair. Discover volunteering opportunities in Thame at this new event. 15 - 17 September Street Fair Don’t miss this spectacular annual fun fair! Thame’s High Street is transformed into a mini theme park with everything from massive fairground theme park-like rides to halls of mirrors and hook a duck stalls. 24 & 25 Thame Food Festival Held at Thame Showground, this festival features over 120 artisan food producers and stalls alongside demonstrations from many leading chefs and bakers including Master Chef and Great British Bake Off stars plus masterclasses and workshops. With children’s activities, a fun dog show and live music – there’s something to appeal to the whole family.

October

7 - 8 October Charter Fair A smaller fair than the one held in September, taking over just the Upper High Street car park with rides, bumper cars and candy floss. 7 - 9 French Market Stall holders travel to Thame from France selling a range of local crafts, hot food, soaps, and more. 10 - 16 Thame Art Crawl A pop-up art exhibition in the windows of Thame town centre businesses, with an exciting display of artistic talent from professional to up-and-coming artists. 10 Murder in Midsomer! A Murderous Mystery Dinner A Fantastic evening with the Thame Players doing a Murder Mystery over a 3 course dinner in the Fothergill Hall at the Spread Eagle. 16 Thame Wedding Fayre at the Spread Eagle Hotel between 11am and 3pm Free Entry and a glass of Prosecco or Juice on arrival 21 Madonna Tribute and the 80\’s The Spread Eagle Hotel. A Fanastic night out and one for the ladies or gents to get dressed up.

November

5 Thame Fireworks Display An impressive annual community fireworks display, raising funds for the PTFAs of the three local Thame primary schools. 5 Thame Charities Fair Promoting and showcasing Thame’s charities. 13 Service of Remembrance Thame’s Service of Remembrance starts from Thame Town Hall and then parades to the Memorial Gardens for a short service. 25 & 26 Freddie Mercury & Queen The Spread Eagle Hotel A Great night out with Luke Crawford playing the great Freddie Mercury