Interview: James Bell on his album launch this September
We chatted to James Bell about his upcoming album launch here at the Old Fire Station, asking, what prompted him to do the album now, his reasons for looking into the Bodleian archives, and...
Read MoreMeet the Maker: Eleanor Young of Fun Makes Good
Every month, we interview one of the makers in our shop. We recently chatted to Eleanor Young, designer of the bright and bold Fun Makes Good to find out more about what inspires her,...
Read MoreInterview: Squadron Leader Andy Mitchell on RAFTA’s Much Ado About Nothing
This week, the Royal Air Force Theatrical Association (RAFTA) take over the Old Fire Station and have a five show run of one of the Bard’s best loved comedies, Much Ado About Nothing. We...
Read MoreA Year of Scratch
Since July 2012, UnderConstruction Theatre Company has been curating a monthly Theatre Scratch Night here at the Old Fire Station. The night encourages local and emerging theatre makers to show work-in-progress, testing it out...
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Gesamtkunstwerk What? An Interview with Jack Goldstein
One Note Forever, an Oxford based music blog dedicated to showcasing new music, reviews, features and video, caught up with Jack Goldstein curator of our upcoming event Gesamtkunstwerk Memetics #1 and had a chat....
Read MoreInterview: Emma Leigh, Artistic Director behind MadCap Theatre’s The Taming of the Shrew
We had a last minute chat with Emma Leigh, Artistic Director at MadCap Theatre, the company behind our upcoming show, The Taming of the Shrew. She shares why MadCaps picked the Taming of the...
Read MoreGet into the 1920’s mood…
We have been fantastically busy over the last few weeks with Oxford Fringe and you’d think that following it, things would start to get calmer. How wrong! Our Spring to Summer season is now...
Read MoreCall out to artists
We need experienced artists to work with us on a fantastic new project at the Old Fire Station. It involves working with people who are sleeping rough in Oxford to create a high quality...
Read MoreHappy New Year from Arts at the Old Fire Station!
2013 has begun and New Year’s Resolutions have been formed, the world didn’t end on the 21st December and no doubt a number of us have grown a little over the Christmas and New...
Read MoreDombey & Son at the Old Fire Station
In a week, one of our most looked forward to shows of the season arrives on stage. Charles Dickens’ Dombey & Son has been beautifully adapted by Jude Emmet from Red Dog Theatre Company....
Read MoreOpen for business and ready for 2012
Happy New Year everyone! I’ve not written this blog since we opened in November. It’s been frantic here! I’m delighted to say that in our first two months we welcomed over a thousand people...
Read MoreNearly there
Our new website at this address launches in the forthcoming week so keep your eyes peeled for that. Meanwhile building delays are making things pretty complicated here but we remain undaunted and will open...
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