Wednesday 31st March, 7.45pm

Tim Bentinck, “Love your Chocolates”

Tim mixes anecdotes, impressions, comedy songs and ‘live lip-synch’ with a demonstration of radio sound effects and personalised exhortations to ‘Mind The Gap’ from the voice of the Piccadilly Line itself. The only Earl currently working as a professional actor, Tim once found himself doing a radio commercial for dishwasher tablets in the morning, and inspecting the ship’s company of HMS Portland in the afternoon but is best known for his 26 year role as David Archer.  An extraordinary life, a unique man and a very funny show. 

Adapted by Giles Croft from the novel by Melvin Burgess

From the company that brought us Dancing in My Dreams and Rivers Up we are delighted to present Oxfordshire Theatre Company’s latest show, Loving April; catch it here before it heads off around the country.

This is a love story and a powerful portrayal of a young woman, trapped in a world of silence, facing the brutal intolerance and strict, social values of 1920’s England.

Karen Simpson (Artistic Director, Oxfordshire Theatre Company) said “This is such an exciting collaboration for the Company. The book captured my imagination many years ago because of its beautiful and sensitive portrayal of young deaf teenager, April, and the strict social setting of the 1920’s. I have always wanted to turn it into a piece of theatre and was delighted when I approached Giles Croft to write the adaptation, that he too was excited by the uniqueness of this project. Melvin Burgess is celebrated as a wo

By Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon

The story of Alcock and Brown and the first ever non-stop transatlantic flight.  A tale of plucky British pioneers – huddled together against the elements in the tiny cockpit of their converted Vickers Vimy biplane, made almost entirely of wood and canvas.

Writing duo, Brian Mitchell & Joseph Nixon, have turned the story of the race to conquer the skies over the Atlantic into a fast and furious comic tour-de-force. They also were also head