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Storytelling in Action: Working with Oxford Researchers on the CIRCLE Tool

On 18 March the Storytelling team spoke at the launch of the CIRCLE Tool, a free-to-access online resource designed to support cultural organisations to think about accessibility and inclusion for older people with Global Majority backgrounds.  The CIRCLE Tool...

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Interview: Cate Nunn, director of Blue Stockings

Victorian Cambridge: at the first women’s college, a group of brilliant young women are fighting for the right to an equal education, and for the chance to determine their own futures. Jessica Swale’s feminist...

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Staff picks for the Autumn/Winter season

We’re delighted to present a new season of theatre, comedy, dance, family shows and more – welcome to Autumn and Winter at the Old Fire Station! We asked the staff what they’re most looking...

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Hidden Spire 2015: Before The Tempest

Today’s the day! We’re delighted to unveil the trailer for Before The Tempest: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzL7J3hobFA] The show is part of Hidden Spire, a project which brings together a team of professional artists to make a show...

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Guess Who’s Back…

After their involvement in our Christmas Shop exhibition, Rycotewood Furniture Centre are back in our Gallery this July, showcasing the best of past and present student’s work. As well as beautiful pieces, including sideboards, coffee...

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Playground is on fire!

Every other month, local artists get together at the Old Fire Station for Playground: a free event which provides a platform to present new work, find collaborators and meet other creative people. It’s a safe...

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ART & MONEY – where’s the CHANGE?

On 16th April 2015, artists, cultural organisations, funders, investors and entrepreneurs gathered at the Old Fire Station to debate. The meeting was part of Marmalade at the Old Fire Station which took place over...

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Oxford Fringe 2015 – OFS staff picks!

The OFS’s Oxford Fringe line-up has been curated by Tom Crawshaw of Underground Venues (who also organises the hugely popular Buxton Fringe). He’s selected some of the best local and national theatre, comedy, music,...

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The Vessels exhibition – an article by Sarah Mayhew Craddock

  Some people are born with a story to tell and a sense of the gift they posses that will help them to share that story; whilst others’ stories and gifts are more deeply...

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Interview: Gods Are Fallen and All Safety Gone

Playwright and director Selma Dimitrijevic is the Artistic Director of Greyscale Theatre Company, who will be at the Old Fire Station on Tuesday 28 April with Gods Are Fallen and All Safety Gone.  The show is...

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Bees, Bikes and Independent Businesses!

Shop at the Old Fire Station is (quite literally) buzzing; spring is on the way and we’re lining the shelves with loads of new stock – including some stunning collobarative work with students from Banbury...

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Re-Fashioned and Feng Ho: New Exhibitions

Our new Making Space programme is well underway here at the Old Fire Station with two brand new exhibitions now up in our Shop and Gallery. Re-Fashioned brings together four UK artists in our Gallery...

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Interview: All Roads Lead To Rome

Chris Dobrowolski has been Visiting Artist at the British Antarctic Survey, has created sculptures from planes, trains and automobiles, and has been described as ‘the greatest living artist in the UK’. He’s visiting us...

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