The Oxfordshire Drag Collective brings you a quirky and eclectic celebration of queer in the finest way possible – a cabaret! With a different line-up for every show, you’ll want to keep your eyes peeled – you never know what to expect. From lip sync to poetry, to burlesque to stand up- anything goes at this show!

SPUDS (Strange People Undertake a Drag Show) was created to provide a space for local performers to experiment, push boundaries, and deliver brand new off-the-wall material. With a diverse mash-up of performance styles, there’s something for everyone to enjoy, so come and celebrate the growing Oxford scene!

POLICY

SPUDS is an inclusive space that welcomes people of all ages (18+), genders, sexualities, races, religion and identities. We do not tolerate any kind of homophobia, transphobia, sexism, racism, ableism, fatphobia, biphobia, femmephobia or non-consensual touching. Any behaviour of this sort will resort to expulsion from the event without refund.

ACCESSIBILITY

The old fire station at Oxford is wheelchair friendly should anyone of our audience members require it.

NEW POTATO!

The Oxfordshire Drag Collective is keen to provide a platform for aspiring or established drag artists. For full details of how to apply, send an email to oxdragcollective@gmail.com

The Oxfordshire Drag Collective is proud to present: I Wanna Dance with somebody! A fierce all POC drag cast tributed towards Whitney Houston . This night is based on the life and career of American singer and actress Whitney Houston.

Featuring performances from; Cairo Ali, Nicole Pellergrino, Londyn, Mayumi and Lujane Oud.

Expect the classic hits, fierce outfits, the brightest jewels, biggest wigs and campiest dance moves to present Whitney’s story in the most extravagant way!

In a glittering array of lip syncing, striptease and comedy, Ginger Tart and her cast are celebrating Pride the fabulous way. With some of the best in the subversive UK burlesque and drag scene, OxPHWOARd is an explosion of queer, neo and boundary-pushing cabaret: from the fierce and feisty to the silly and surreal.

With a kitschy approach and a killer soundtrack, this charming show promises to gleefully annihilate preconceptions about gender, race, sexuality, and what it means to be sexy with a wry smile and a face full of glitter.

With a diverse host of drag darlings and burlesque babes, we’re asking you to think strong, think silly, and think sexy. This show focuses on underrepresented groups in the LGBTQ+ scene, including people of colour, trans people, and disabled people. We’re reclaiming space and making it ours!

OxPHWOARd is a show celebrating the camp, queer, and eclectic. Serving fierce, funny and frisky cabaret acts, this is an electric evening showcasing burlesque and drag as you’ve never seen it before. Phwoar!

“a body-positive, drag-positive, weird-positive haven” – Daily Info

Boyz Nite is a new variety night celebrating trans men, trans masc and butch non-binary performers.

Are you ready to make some noize for the boyz? It’s time for the first ever Boyz Nite, a cabaret celebrating trans men, trans masc and butch non-binary performers.

We have comedy. We have drag. We have poetry and we have much, much more.

Our bill is chock full of the best performers in town (and also outside of town), with previous appearance from Cerys Bradley, Darren Ely, Amelia Stubberfield, Dan Load (aka Beth Watson), Trinidad and TooGayThough (aka Emily Aboud) and Aleks Jagielski.

Join us for theatre, dance, family shows, comedy spoken word, visual arts and more. Get creative at an interactive market stall, and listen to music by local artists. Offbeat is your festival, right in the heart of Oxford, and we can’t wait to see you there.

Full lineup to come.

Lesbians are dirty, aren’t they?

With incredible strength, a pole and a lot of humour, this powerful solo performance explores identity, objectification and what it is to be a gay, ‘barely visible’ woman in a raw and physical journey of empowerment.

With elements of physical theatre, pole and contemporary dance, Rowena Gander, and acclaimed physical theatre director, Elinor Randle, bring playfulness, authenticity, and boldness to this mesmerising work.

“Holds everyone with its extraordinary magnetism… essential viewing” – Sight Lines

“Unmissable theatre… Breath-taking” – Uncover Liverpool

“Gander is an incredible physical theatre performer” – Number 9

“An impressive physical performance… brutal.. yet hilarious” – Writebase

“multi-layered performance filled with ironic humour and revealing truths of queer women’s lives” – Audience member

Welcome to our climate cafes: gentle facilitated spaces where we share our feelings and thoughts about the climate crisis.

We think our Climate Cafés offer something different from the usual gatherings of people with interests in climate change. They are facilitated – so you can be sure that there will be space for you to speak. They are not designed to recruit you to do anything or to put you under any pressure. The idea behind them is that talking about climate change is really important – but it is often made more difficult by our feelings of guilt that we are not doing enough, or frustration that others are not doing enough. So we provide a space in which we don’t talk about what we or others are doing or should be doing. We just talk about climate change and how it is making us think and feel.

Everyone is welcome. There's no charge. We provide the tea, coffee and cake! Climate cafés are not drop-in events, so please try to arrive in time for the 4pm start (though we won't turn you away if you're a few minutes late!).

Everyone who is concerned about the climate crisis is welcome at climate cafés, though we don't advise children attending.

This event is part of Marmalade Festival 2023, which takes place in 6 venues across Oxford from 11 to 14 April.

The Old Fire Station will be hosting over 90 events including discussions, performances, film screenings and much more. Topics will include how to learn, homelessness, young people and mental health amongst other subjects.

As cultural leaders, how can we communicate and advocate for Climate Justice in Oxfordshire? Join Green Arts Oxfordshire Network and ClimArts to explore how creatives can work with climate experts to tell the most compelling stories of our time, and create a better world in the process.

This event is part of Marmalade Festival 2023, which takes place in 6 venues across Oxford from 11 to 14 April.

We will be hosting over 90 events including discussions, performances, film screenings and much more. Topics will include how to learn, homelessness, young people and mental health amongst other subjects.

Join us in building a community to create Oxfordshire Great Big Green Week 2023!

Do you have an idea for an event or project that could be part of Oxfordshire Great Big Green Week 2023? Or would you like to learn how you can get involved? Share your ideas and connect with artists, organisations, activists and potential collaborators at this gathering, open to all. Join this creative climate conversation in the Fusion Arts space at 95 Gloucester Green.

Oxfordshire Great Big Green Week is 9 days of events (10th - 18th June 2023) helping and encouraging people and organisations to act to tackle the climate crisis, and to protect and improve our environment. It is part of the national Great Big Green Week campaign. Last year we held 129 events across Oxfordshire as a community! Come together as a creative community to co-create this event.

Come along to this open meeting to:
Be inspired by stories from last year’s Great Big Green Week
Meet others interested in producing creative green events and projects
Exchange ideas and explore how we can collaborate with each other
Come away with an action plan for getting involved with the Great Big Green Week 2023

We hope you can join us! In the interest of limiting the carbon footprint of this event, please consider public transport or active travel like walking on cycling to travel here, if that is a possibility for you.

Thank you to Fusion Arts for providing a space for this meeting at 95 Gloucester Green.

Accessibility info: No steps, ground floor. Wheelchair accessible, and accessible toilet in the back.