Review: Cell Outs
OFS reviewer and volunteer usher Lucy saw Cell Outs, July 2022. Inside the theatre is creepy, but also quite spectacular. The stage represents a prison. There are cages full of items that look like...
Read MoreReview: Naughty
OFS reviewer and volunteer usher Lucy saw Naughty, July 2022. It is 6.30pm on another sweltering July day and the cool of the drama studio is soothing and refreshing. I don’t know what to...
Read MoreReview: And I’ll Blow Your House Down
OFS reviewer and volunteer usher Lucy saw And I’ll Blow Your House Down, July 2022. And I’ll Blow Your House Down is an honest, heartfelt and at-times hilarious play about family disability. It explores...
Read MoreReview: In The Weeds
OFS reviewer and volunteer usher Lucy saw In The Weeds, June 2022. Seen at the Old Fire Station on 8th June 2022, In The Weeds tells the chilling story of a Japanese scientist who...
Read MoreReview: Three Acres And A Cow
OFS reviewer and volunteer usher Lucy saw Three Acres And A Cow, May 2022. The 20th of May 2022. A sold out show at the Old Fire Station. 7pm. A couple minutes to spare and...
Read MoreJoin the Programming Committee!
Arts centre programming is usually done by one or two people. We want to change that! The Old Fire Station is looking for a group of up to 12 people, to meet once a...
Read MoreReview: Mrs Delgado
OFS volunteer and reviewer Lucy saw Mrs Delgado in December 2021. Did your GP send you text messages during the lockdowns? I kept getting these patronising ditties in which they informed me that those...
Read MoreHidden Spire: The Transformation
Atlantis cast member Lucy updates us on the production. For me, Hidden Spire 2021 began another lifetime ago, back in 2019. This was in classes run by Rowan at Crisis Skylight Oxford, on a...
Read MoreWherein review
OFS reviewer and usher Lucy saw Wherein, in June 2021. Written by Emma Webb and directed by Emel Yilmaz Holifield, Wherein is a touching and intelligent look into relationships (with the self, others and...
Read MoreNumbers (For Girls) review
OFS reviewer and volunteer usher Lucy saw Numbers (For Girls) in June 2021. Numbers (For Girls) is an art installation which ran for 15 minute segments throughout the Offbeat festival. I booked my slot...
Read MoreReview: Baggage
OFS reviewer and volunteer usher Lucy saw Baggage, July 2021. Originally scheduled for November 2020, Oxford Theatre Guild’s production of Bev Clark’s play Baggage was well worth the wait. A winter show that excels...
Read MoreStaying safe
Welcome back to the Old Fire Station! We’re so happy to have the building up and running again. You can see exhibitions, grab a treat in our cafe, and watch a show. We can’t...
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