Team Viking: James Rowland
Hello! I’m James Rowland, and I’m going to tell you a story. I’m a performer and writer and on the 14th of September I will be performing my first show, Team Viking, at the...
Read MoreArts Trainee blog
We work together with Crisis to provide training opportunities to their clients (click here to find out more). One of our arts trainees tells us about her experience: I was first introduced to AOFS...
Read MoreMarmalade 2017: Art & Power
On 7 April 2017 82 artists, cultural leaders, funders, investors, entrepreneurs and others interested in art and social impact gathered at the Old Fire Station to debate as part of Marmalade 2017. In 2015...
Read MoreMaking O No! – Jamie Wood
O No! is at the Old Fire Station on Friday 28 April. We asked Jamie Wood to tell us more about how he created the show… 1980 My previous show to O No! is...
Read MoreSwallows: Living The Drama
Swallows is the second show brought to the Old Fire Station by Oxford-based company Living The Drama. It’s here 23 & 24 March. Company member Stephanie Connell tells us more about how the play...
Read MoreThe Diary of a Hounslow Girl
From traditional Pakistani weddings to fights on the night bus, The Diary of a Hounslow Girl is told through the eyes of a hooped-earring, headscarf-wearing 16 year old British Muslim girl growing up in West London....
Read MoreSpillikin: Interview with Jon Welch
My name’s Jon Welch, and, along with Pipeline Theatre I’m bringing my play ‘Spillikin – a love story’, to the Old Fire Station, on the 10th and 11th February. It’s not often, as a...
Read MoreSpring 2017 – staff picks
A new year, a new season of work – we asked our staff what they’re most looking forward to between now and the end of April 2017. Click here to see the full list...
Read More30 Christmases: our very own Xmas show
My name’s Jonny Donahoe. I’m a comedian, actor and writer and I’ve lived in and around Oxford all my life. When I’m off on tour, it’s where I come back to – especially around...
Read MoreSilver Moon
Compagnie Animotion are here on Saturday 3 December with Silver Moon, a poetic Christmas tale for ages 4 -11. We asked Hayli Clifton (picture left), artistic director, to tell us some more about the show....
Read MoreIn Our Hands
Smoking Apples Theatre were here back in May with the beautiful and moving CELL. We liked it so much that we decided to invite them back – come and see new show In Our Hands on...
Read MoreFlat 73
Flat 73 is the debut play from new company Human Story Theatre. The script was written by Gaye Poole, whose last piece Connie’s Colander sold out at the Old Fire Station in 2015 – we...
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