Oxford Shakespeare Festival

02/08/2024

21/07/2024

"𝓘𝓯 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓬 𝓫𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮, 𝓹𝓵𝓪𝔂 𝓸𝓷"

Join us for a summer evening full of live music - a "welcome and refreshing addition" (Ox In A Box) - "impressive" dancing (Daily Info Oxford) - and of course, Shakespeare's beautiful language as it was meant to be experienced: live in the open air.

TWELFTH NIGHT is on at Oxford Castle & Prison until 27th July.

Tickets are available online or on the door (even on nights that are sold out online) on a first-come-first-served basis.

Book now - https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/events/event/wild-goose-theatre-twelfth-night/

05/07/2024

Reviews are in!
Ox In A Box says it's "Delightfully entertaining and accessible"
OX Magazine says "Wild Goose Theatre have created yet another successful adaptation for Oxford audiences to enjoy as the sun sets behind the Castle Mound."

But don't take their word for it - grab your tickets for TWELFTH NIGHT at Oxford Castle & Prison on until 27th July: https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/events/event/wild-goose-theatre-twelfth-night/
Tickets are also available on the door on a first come first served basis, even when showing as sold out online.

Read the full reviews here:
https://oxinabox.co.uk/review-if-music-be-the-food-of-love-then-play-on-wild-goose-theatres-delightfully-entertaining-and-accessible-twelfth-night-at-oxford-castle/
https://www.oxmag.co.uk/articles/twelfth-night-at-the-castle/

29/06/2024

29/06/2024

In the middle of final rehearsals for Shakespeare's much loved comedy Twelfth Night at Oxford Castle, which kicks off on July 1, Wild Goose producer AlexIn the middle of final rehearsals for Shakespeare's much loved comedy Twelfth Night at Oxford Castle, which kicks off on July 1, Wild Goose produce...

22/06/2024

The Oxford Shakespeare Festival at Oxford Castle & Prison has begun.

BMH Productions kicked it off tonight with their double bill of Troilus & Cressida and Romeo & Juliet.

Then our own production of Twelfth Night arrives on 1st July.

And Siege Theatre complete the festival with Hamlet, from 29th July.

Book your tickets for the festival here: https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/events/event/the-oxford-shakespeare-festival/

📸 - A Midsummer Night's Dream 2011

13/06/2024

🚨 URGENT: Romeo & Juliet/Troilus & Cressida🚨
🚨 Tickets Available at the Door!🚨

Our play opens next Monday, 17th June, and we want to see YOU in the audience!

It seems there may be an online ticketing issue preventing some people from completing their booking. The show is not sold out we have plenty of tickets available!

If you are trying/have tried to book for early next week, particularly opening night, please do show up and buy tickets at the door! We will be able to accommodate everyone who wants to see the show and it looks like we're expecting a ☀️ warm and sunny evening ☀️ (at last) so come along!

📅 Date: Monday 17th June to Saturday 29th June (excluding Sunday)
🕒 Time: 7.30pm - doors open for ticket sales at 7pm
📍 Location: Oxford Castle Courtyard

07/06/2024

A tremendous Oxford Castle Shakespeare event comes to this year's festival, with a double-bill of Romeo and Juliet and Troilus and Cressida.

05/07/2023

I never pass up an opportunity to attend a Wild Goose Theatre production, and this opening night performance of Romeo and Juliet reminded me exactly why.

04/07/2023

Romeo & Juliet at Oxford Castle & Prison opens TONIGHT

Join us for an evening of song, dance, laughter and tragedy with William Shakespeare's classic love story in the open air.

Romeo & Juliet runs until 29th July. Some nights are already sold out, but we hold back tickets on the door on a first come first served basis. Book online to avoid disappointment: https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/events/event/romeo-juliet/

03/07/2023

We’ve got a brand-new COMPETITION to get your summer sizzling, with giveaway tickets to some of Oxford’s biggest summer shows and experiences. Up for grabs are:
�Creation Theatre Company's Much Ado About Nothing
�Around the World in 80 Days at the Oxford Playhouse
�Romeo & Juliet, performing as part of the Oxford Shakespeare Festival
�Oxford Theatre Guild's The Recruiting Officer
�The Paddington Experience at Blenheim Palace

Just tell us your favourite summer spot in Oxford on the Google form below before Jul 14th for your chance to win!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHrEbOR3Oqdxhj2CFxtjAbEGBSfeN9ffkEMphY3gFfX9EUmA/viewform

Find out more on our competitions page: https://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/competitions

09/06/2023

The Oxford Shakespeare Festival kicks off soon with BMH Productions incredible double bill - Macbeth & Much Ado About Nothing! Two hours, two plays, one war. Tickets on sale now!
https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/events/event/macbeth_much_ado_about_nothing/

08/06/2023

13/03/2023

CALLING ALL ACTORS

Our Midsummer Night's Dream auditions have now moved to Saturday 18th March, 17:00-19:00.

If you are a local actor looking to take part in some Shakespeare this summer, please send us a message to arrange an audition slot or come down on the 18th, as we'd love to see you perform.

Details below:

Show
A Midsummer Nights Dream

Audition Venue
St Margaret Institute, Polstead Road, Jericho

Audition Time
20 minute slots between 17:00 and 19:00.

Requirements
Anyone welcome. Please prepare a monologue to present on the day.

Email - [email protected]

12/08/2022

08/08/2022

This little known fact makes the staging of King Lear at Oxford Castle all the more meaningful.

Did you know that the earliest surviving written record of King Lear's story is in "History of the Kings of Britain"?

It was written by Geoffrey of Monmouth in St George's Chapel, underneath Oxford Castle. The crypt still remains!🏰

See William Shakespeare's "King Lear", a Siege Theatre production, in the unique setting of our Castleyard. Book now: https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/events/event/king-lear/

23/07/2022

"Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania"

Meet us by moonlight for A Midsummer Night's Dream, every night at Oxford Castle & Prison until the 30th July.
*Disclaimer - the show begins at 7:30 when it is still definitely daylight!
Tickets: https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/events/event/a-midsummer-nights-dream-2/

21/07/2022

Calling all theatre lovers. We are on the look out for anyone interested in helping out with front of house or back stage, for our upcoming production of King Lear at Oxford Castle.

If you, or anyone you know, is free any evening/s between 1st and 13th of August, we'd love to hear from you.

There's loads to get involved with and it would be a great experience for any up and coming actors looking to get involved in some local theatre.

Feel free to message us directly, either here or via our email address, [email protected].

Many Thanks

18/07/2022

Only two more weeks to catch this "midsummer night of fun, excitement, and genuine laughter" (OX Magazine)

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM is on at Oxford Castle & Prison until 30th July.
Tickets: https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/events/event/a-midsummer-nights-dream-2/

11/07/2022

Psst - did you know, we reserve a number of seats to sell on the door each night?
If the show's sold out, come down to the castle before the show and grab yourself a ticket!
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM is on all July at Oxford Castle & Prison
Get your tickets here - or on the door: https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/events/event/a-midsummer-nights-dream-2/

06/07/2022

Reviews are in!

OX Magazine says "A midsummer night of fun, excitement, and genuine laughter"
Daily Info Oxford says "This solid evening of laughter and silliness... is enormous fun"

Don't miss out - A Midsummer Night's Dream is on at Oxford Castle & Prison until 30th July.
Tickets: https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/events/event/a-midsummer-nights-dream-2/

Read the full reviews here:
https://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/feature/17702/a-midsummer-nights-dream
https://www.oxmag.co.uk/articles/a-midsummer-nightandrsquos-dream/