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Philanthropy: How to be a world-changing rebel and get away with it

Philanthropy is a big word – one that can make people turn away. One that is easier for some to do than others. One that can make people uncomfortable, because it is at the...

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Review: 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...

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Review: 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...

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Review: 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...

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Join 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...

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Review: 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...

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Hidden 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...

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Wherein 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...

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Numbers (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...

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Review: 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...

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Staying 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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Review: Blood Oil

OFS reviewer and volunteer usher Lucy saw Blood Oil, by Mandala Theatre. A balmy evening in June; the sky shining blues, pinks and yellows. Shafts of light caress the stone courtyard and the intriguing...

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Review: Tartmaster

OFS reviewer and volunteer usher Lucy saw Tartmaster: The Cabaret Gameshow, from TART Productions. The first live show I’ve seen since covid-19 crashed the community in 2020 and I was totally unprepared. Uninitiated and...

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