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Oxford Fringe Festival Ushers

Submitted by AOFS Volunteers on May 22, 2013 - 22:20
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Arts at the Old Fire Station
Closing Date: 
Saturday, 8 June, 2013
Salary / Fee: 
Unpaid - voluntary

Oxford Fringe Festival Volunteer Ushers Needed for Immediate Start!

Arts at the Old Fire Station is looking for short term volunteers ushers for theatre events at Oxford Fringe Festival, including comedy, improv, music and drama. Ushers will welcome audiences into the building, take tickets, and watch shows for free!

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Cowley Road Carnival

Submitted by Jacqui Rodger on May 14, 2013 - 21:48
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Closing Date: 
Friday, 31 May, 2013
Salary / Fee: 
Unpaid

Calling all performers and artists of any description! We are getting fantastic support from local venues and spaces up and down the Cowley road this year, and as well as music of all genres we will be including dance, family areas, theatre, well being and art. If you have an idea, a performance or a gift that you would like to share in this vibrant one off event please contact producer@cowleyroadworks.org

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Performing Arts tutor vacancies - Singing, Dance & Drama - Witney, Oxfordshire

Submitted by WOAPA on May 5, 2013 - 09:29
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Closing Date: 
Monday, 30 September, 2013
Salary / Fee: 
negotiable

At WOAPA, we have experienced, enthusiastic tutors whose skills in working with young people enable our students to develop at their own pace, and reach their true potential.

Some tutors teach at every session, some join us for special workshops or events and some are able to jump in at the last minute to cover for illness etc.

If you can teach Singing, Dance or Drama (or all three!) and would like to be considered for any of these posts, we would be delighted to receive your CV.

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Directing Drama for Film & TV

Submitted by ofvm on May 2, 2013 - 15:26
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Venue: 
Film Oxford
Date(s): 
Saturday, 1 June 2013 - Sunday, 2 June 2013
Timing: 
10am-6pm
Cost: 
180

This course covers the principles of directing drama for the screen and shows students how to apply them in practice. It is run by film-maker Simon Hook, who made several award-winning shorts before going on to direct broadcast television drama for the BBC and Channel 4. He demonstrates the principles of directing drama through analysis of film and television clips and follows them up with practical exercises with the camera.

Closing Date: 
Saturday, 1 June, 2013
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Introduction to Screenwriting

Submitted by ofvm on May 1, 2013 - 14:59
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Venue: 
Film Oxford, 54 Catherine Street, OX4 3AH
Date(s): 
Saturday, 18 May 2013 - Sunday, 19 May 2013
Timing: 
10am-4pm
Cost: 
120

Introduction to Screenwriting

Introduction to Screenwriting Weekend

Screenwriting weekend is an introductory course for people either planning their first screenplay or hoping to brush up on their writing skills. It arms you with the concepts and practices you need to be aware of before diving in.

Closing Date: 
Friday, 17 May, 2013

Poetry Reading with Kevin Crossley-Holland

Submitted by BRP.committee on April 22, 2013 - 09:36
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Venue: 
Albion Beatnik 34 Walton Street Oxford OX2 6AA
Date(s): 
Thursday, 2 May 2013
Timing: 
7:30pm
Cost: 
£4 (£2)

Back Room Poets is hosting a reading with invited guest reader Kevin Crossley-Holland and Back Room Poets members Adam Flint, Jennifer A. McGowan (MC), Kathleen M. Quinlan and Tina Sederholm.

Charles Causley on our guest reader Kevin Crossley-Holland, author of eight collections of poetry and well-known children's author and translator: 'Highly sensitised to the relationship between man and the landscape, and man and the four elements. He has got this marvellous capacity of moving quite effortlessly from today back across a thousand years, and back again.'

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Jeremy Day

Submitted by jeremy.day on April 18, 2013 - 17:20
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Membership Type: 
Public Sector Organisation

Activities Oxfordshire lists and supports services offering organised activities and programmes to support the wellbeing of young people aged 13-19 (up to 25 where there are difficulties and disabilities). Calls the Area Activity Action groups. Funding support via the Positive Activities fund which funds young person lead activities.

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Unusual Oxford Walks - a talk at Blackwell's Bookshop

Submitted by Liz Woolley on April 14, 2013 - 22:22
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Venue: 
Blackwell's Bookshop, 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford
Date(s): 
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Timing: 
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Cost: 
£3 per person

Sophie Huxley and Liz Woolley of Oxford publisher Huxley Scientific Press (www.huxleyscientific.com) are the authors of several books of walks which take the reader to see some of the lesser-known delights of Oxford, both 'Town' and 'Gown'. They will talk about unusual trees, animals, buildings and monuments which feature in their books "An Oxford Science Walk", "Oxford Trees", "An Oxford Bestiary", "Eric Gill in Oxford" and "Oxford's Working Past: Walking Tours of Victorian and Edwardian Industrial Buildings".

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BENJAMIN BRITTEN STUDY WEEKEND - KIND GHOSTS: BRITTEN'S LIFE AND INFLUENCES

Submitted by SamHenney on March 7, 2013 - 14:53
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Venue: 
Wolfson College, Oxford
Date(s): 
Friday, 5 July 2013 - Sunday, 7 July 2013
Timing: 
Fri 5th July (start 6pm), Sat 6th July (all day), Sun 7th July (finish 2pm)
Cost: 
Conference pass £195 (includes all sessions and meals)
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BRITTEN STUDY WEEKEND - KIND GHOSTS: BRITTEN'S LIFE AND INFLUENCES

A unique opportunity to meet and hear distinguished musicians, writers and academics on the subject of Benjamin Britten, his life, his works and the poets who influenced him.

Sessions include:

Professor Anne Deighton: Britten and the politics of war

John Fuller: Britten and the 1930s

Professor Hermione Lee: Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings: the uses of language

Professor Frances Spalding: Britten and the Pipers

Professor Jon Stallworthy: Britten and Wilfred Owen

Sir John Tooley: *Britten at

CALL FOR ARTISTS Oxford Pride 2013: RAINBOW FLAGS

Submitted by Afro on March 1, 2013 - 13:21
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OXFORD PRIDE
Closing Date: 
Sunday, 10 March, 2013
Salary / Fee: 
FREE

Application Closing Date: Sunday 10 March 2013

Submission Date: Monday 27 May 2013

Theme: 2013: Rainbow Flags

Oxford Pride is producing a group show for the Oxford Pride Festival, celebrating 35 years since the Rainbow flag was first used in 1978 as “a gift to the community” by artist Gilbert Baker who thought we needed a symbol to celebrate our diversity. All artworks should be inspired by the colours of the rainbow.

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