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Introduction to Screenwriting course this weekend

Submitted by ofvm on June 18, 2012 - 17:20
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Venue: 
Film Oxford, 54 Catherine St, Oxford, OX4 3AH
Date(s): 
Saturday, 23 June 2012 - Sunday, 24 June 2012
Timing: 
10am-4pm
Cost: 
110

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, 22 June, 2012

Templar Poetry Live at The Chequers in Chipping Norton

Submitted by Pat Winslow on June 11, 2012 - 00:27
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Venue: 
The Chequers, Goddards Lane, Chipping Norton OX7 5
Date(s): 
Thursday, 21 June 2012
Timing: 
7:30 pm
Cost: 
Free

This new monthly event kicks off with the dazzling combination of Jane Weir and Michael Woods.

Jane has published seven collections including The Way I Dressed During the Revolution and Walking the Block, an innovative poetic biography of handblock printers Phyllis Barron and Dorothy Larcher. Her latest collection, Spine, is its sequel.

Volunteer stewards at The Story Museum

Submitted by Story Museum on May 31, 2012 - 17:06
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Closing Date: 
Friday, 31 August, 2012
Salary / Fee: 
volunteer

We're looking for volunteer stewards to help us deliver experiences that will delight our visitors, young and old, and develop our ideas and audiences for the future.

As well as gaining skills and experience you’ll meet some fascinating people, be part of some unique events and play an important role in helping The Story Museum come true.

Time Space Continuum

Submitted by BRP.committee on May 30, 2012 - 07:56
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Venue: 
Turrill Sculpture Garden (Summertown Library)
Date(s): 
Saturday, 9 June 2012
Timing: 
2 pm
Cost: 
Free

From the offbeat and quirky to the serious, Back Room Poets brings a sideways look at the world about us: this year we play with time. Our poetry will focus on the subject of time to accompany an exhibition of sundials in the Turrill Sculpture Garden and we hope to be both entertaining and thought-provoking.

Readers: Elizabeth Birchall, David Burridge, Ayala Kingsley, Jennifer McGowan, Averil Stedeford, Alan Wynne Davies, Josephine von Zitzewitz, Jenyth Worsley. Music: Peter McMullin (flute)

An Oxfringe event.

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Auditions for CORE Year Programme (theatre arts) 2012-13

Submitted by Mary C Scott on May 15, 2012 - 11:49
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Venue: 
The Wytham Room, Kings Centre, Osney Mead OX2 0ES
Date(s): 
Wednesday, 27 June 2012 - Thursday, 28 June 2012
Timing: 
to be arranged
Cost: 
n/a

CORE theatre arts lab is receiving applications for our new STAGE 1 year programme (October 2012) for beginners/intermediate level students of any age (17+) DATES: 27 AND 28 JUNE 2012, OXFORD

Creative Origins Released and Expressed. Core Theatre Arts lab is a professional theatre arts training company based in Oxford, with a solid emphasis on the ‘apprenticeship’ training model.

Closing Date: 
Sunday, 24 June, 2012

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates with Liz Pichon Presented by Pegasus, Bookfeast and Blackwells

Submitted by Gill Jaggers on May 14, 2012 - 12:51
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Venue: 
Pegasus Theatre
Date(s): 
Saturday, 26 May 2012
Timing: 
10.30am
Cost: 
Tickets: £5, £15 for family ticket (4 people)

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates (master of excuses, wannabe rock star, doodler extraordinaire) won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2011. Meet author/illustrator Liz Pichon, Tom’s creator and hear about all her characters and get doodling like a real expert.

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Back Room Poets present: A Reading with Rose Solari

Submitted by BRP.committee on May 3, 2012 - 08:01
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Venue: 
Albion Beatnik Bookstore, 34 Walton Street, Oxford
Date(s): 
Thursday, 10 May 2012
Timing: 
7 for 7:30 pm
Cost: 
£4 (£2.00 BRP Members)

Back Room Poets and the Albion Beatnik Bookstore present a poetry reading featuring Rose Solari, winner of the Randall Jarrell Prize and the Columbia Book Award, and also BRP members Deborah Mason, David Simpson and Merryn Williams.

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Riverside Festival Charlbury 16-17 June street performers POSTPONED

Submitted by Riverside Festival on April 26, 2012 - 12:01
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Closing Date: 
Saturday, 16 June, 2012
Salary / Fee: 
Competition/no fee

BE PART OF THE RIVERSIDE FRINGE 16-17 June THIS FESTIVAL HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL LATER IN THE SUMMER DUE TO RISK OF FLOODING

We are looking for street performers to entertain the crowds at this year's Riverside Festival in Charlbury Oxfordshire.

BE FREE! Improvisation for Actors and Non-Actors

Submitted by Mary C Scott on April 25, 2012 - 17:07
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Venue: 
The Wytham Room, Kings Centre, Osney Mead OX2 0ES
Date(s): 
Saturday, 5 May 2012 - Saturday, 14 July 2012
Timing: 
12.00 - 2.30 pm
Cost: 
Taster £15/£10. Eleven week course £150/£90

Have you always wanted to feel relaxed but focussed when having to ‘perform’ in front of others? Would you like to be able to improvise without fear of looking the fool? Are you a nervous wreck before giving a talk, presentation or performance? Are you overcome with embarrassment or self-consciousness when performing or speaking?

Then this is the course for you!

Highly acclaimed Chicago-born Viola Spolin was the pioneer of theatre games and improvisation in the 20th Century and developed a method which is used in the theatre, education, mental health and corporate sectors!

Closing Date: 
Monday, 30 April, 2012

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates with Liz Pichon Presented by Pegasus, Bookfeast and Blackwells

Submitted by Gill Jaggers on April 23, 2012 - 12:47
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Venue: 
Pegasus Theatre
Date(s): 
Saturday, 26 May 2012
Timing: 
10.30am
Cost: 
Tickets: £5, £15 for family ticket (4 people)

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates (master of excuses, wannabe rock star, doodler extraordinaire) won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2011. Meet author/illustrator Liz Pichon, Tom’s creator and hear about all her characters and get doodling like a real expert.

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