Entertaining Angels is a humorous and touching look at the role of the Church in contemporary rural life, and what it really means to be a Christian in the 21st Century.

In Splat’s magic workshop learn the magician’s secrets: the art of misdirection, object manipulation and how presentation of the magic is the most important part of the magician’s art.

With glorious voices, stunning visual projections and introductions by a Guest Narrator, this promises to be a truly memorable evening of outstanding entertainment.

The 2013 Festival opens with a new production of this compelling and intricately crafted collaboration between composer Richard Strauss and writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

After their recent sell-out UK tour with Joan Rivers, Kit and Mcconnel  visit Chipping Norton with their fantastic irreverent cabaret songS...

Who ’s Who have become a quintessential ingredient of The Who legacy. Four top class players who have blazed a trail around the UK, Europe and the Middle East attaining fantastic reviews for their celebrated interpretation of a Who show.

For sixty years Elizabeth II (Helen Mirren, reprising her Academy Award winning role) has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace. From young mother to grandmother, these private audiences chart the arc of the second Elizabethan Age....

Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been postponed.

Top comedians from across the UK, doing what they do best…but without the rude bits.

Highly interactive storytelling brings Shakespeare to life for young audiences.

Throughout his long career, Verdi longed to find a good subject for a comic opera. Towards the very end of it he found that subject, in the vast and jovial shape of Shakespeare’s John Falstaff.

This vibrant musical production has all of Kenneth Grahame’s Tales of the River Bank, the exuberant Mr Toad and Mole, Ratty and Badger.

European Arts Company (who recently brought us a Pinter double-bill and Chekhov’s Shorts) returns with a delicious evening of one-act Farces from the Victorian stage. 

Expect to experience both mouth watering chocolate treats and tales of the secret, banned and scandalous from authors such as Lord Byron, John Donn, Angela Carter and Joanne Harris.

St. Mary's CE (A) Primary School will perform 'The Wizard of Oz'.  A musical extravaganza not to be missed!

Michael Grandage’s production of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro returns. The opera has particular significance, as it was the first ever to be performed at Glyndebourne in 1934, with festival co-founder Audrey Mildmay in the role of Susanna.

Our aim is for participants to improve confidence and concentration through drama games, improvisation and collaboration. Working with theatre professionals, they will develop a piece of theatre together...

This is Glyndebourne’s first production of an opera by Rameau, and will strike audiences, as it did in Paris in 1733, with its richness of invention.

An inspirational four day workshop designed to introduce young people to the world of performance and theatre. On Thursday they will be transported by coach to The Theatre for technical and dress rehearsals before performing their work on the stage at 5.30pm to invited family and friends.

Our aim is for participants to improve confidence and concentration through drama games, improvisation and collaboration. Working with theatre professionals, they will develop a piece of theatre together...

The ground-breaking festival of musicianship, theatre, talks, panel debates, outdoor pursuits and food experiences was named as the UK’s ‘Best New Festival’ at this year's Festival Awards UK.

These self-contained creative workshops introduce the young participants to elements of performing arts such as warm-ups, concentration and collaboration.

Working with a director, a choreographer and a musical director, you will develop your skills, discover new ones, learn about professional theatre and rehearse a full musical.

This popular musical, following a group of high school students as they navigate the complexities of love, friendship and teenage rebellion, will be performed by paricipants on the Musical in Six Days workshop.  

Shane Morgan’s one-man show is a Wikipedic evening of storytelling, fact finding and legend building about the man often referred to as being Britain’s Most Hated Civil Servant, who oversaw the transformation of the British railway network and the closure of many rural lines.

Perfectly capturing the distinctive sound of one of the biggest guitar bands of all time, they cover early classics like Sultans of Swing and Wild West End, through to the mega-hits of the 80's...

MYJO has been described as one of the world’s top young big bands. An enthralling evening of jazz from this group of talented young people.

A Swedish flat-pack thriller! After selling out and bad weather at the end of last year many people were disappointed to miss out on the famous duo. So we’ve brought the show back!

After the acclaimed success of Frankie & Johnny In The Clair de Lune and The Glass Menagerie, The Theatre Chipping Norton is proud to present it's next in-house production of Someone Who'll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuiness.

After the acclaimed success of Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune and The Glass Menagerie, we are proud to present our next in-house production of Someoneone Who'll Watch Over Me.

A fantastic evening with Chipping Norton favourites – an eclectic mix of folk, country blues and pop, with TP & Woodman returning as support, all in aid of The Theatre!

After the success of Pocket Comedy and Pocket Henry the fantastic Propeller are back with The Merchant of Venice, an uncompromising, darkly comic tale of greed and revenge. 

Actress Polly Highton will lead this spooky storytelling workshop. Participants will work on choral speaking, characterisation and soundscapes to create their own stories which will be performed at 12.45pm.