The weekend is here - and with it our list of the nine best shows and gigs in Oxford this week...

So whether it's a musical, drama or a sweaty gig you feel like, get out there and enjoy yourself...

 

1. LAUGH OUT LOUD

The star of BBC’s Three Men In A Boat and They Think It’s All Over looks back on his life and career. Join Rory as he remembers some bits and makes up the rest.

 

2. JOIN THE SISTERS

Discover new skills from cycling to upcycling, crafting to computing and political campaigning, film, food, fashion, history, science, music, activism and/or poetry at this great festival celebrating womenkind.

3. AUSTEN-TATIOUS FUN

​Oxford Theatre Guild perfectly captures the spirit of this memorable and heart-warming story charting the two very different Dashwood sisters, left almost penniless in a society where wealth and status are everything.

When change is thrust upon them, both sisters plough head first into the path of love, but will energetic Marianne and her level-headed sister Elinor find the passion and affection they seek?

4. SING ALONG TO A MUSICAL

Britain’s Got Talent’s Lucy Kay will play the narrator in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famous musical starring X Factor winner Joe McElderry.

This vibrant and exciting retelling of the biblical story about Joseph, his 11 brothers and the coat of many colours will please young and old alike with a score of wall to wall hits, including Jacob and Sons, Close Every Door and Any Dream Will Do.

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5. GET ROCKING AND ROLLING

  • The Mighty Redox
  • The Wheatsheaf tonight (Friday) and Black Swan tomorrow (Saturday)
  • Tickets on the door

Oxford’s Mighty Redox mark the release of their new album Blue Skies Sunshine by getting out and gigging - again.

Tonight they play Klub Kakofanney at The Wheatsheaf with Lucy Leave and 31Hours. Then tomorrow they play The Black Swan, in East Oxford, with Des Barkus.

Frontman Phil Freizinger said: “The album is full of surprises. It`s a sonic adventure that will keep our fans guessing while still capturing the well-honed live essence of the band.”

6. PLACE YOUR HANDS...

It’s all back to the 90s with the return of feelgood indie lads Reef. The Place Your Hands stars broke up in 2003 but reunited six years ago for a short tour – and stayed.

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7. BEAUTIFUL TUNES

  • Rachel Ries
  • Turl Street Kitchen, Oxford
  • Sunday
  • Tickets on the door

Pianist, guitarist and singer Rachel hails from the prairies but wrote her latest body of work in the Norman town of Rouen. It is, as ever, a heartfelt collection of poetic songs dripping with candour.

8. ROCK TIL YOU DROP

  • Rock at the Beacon
  • The Beacon, Wantage
  • Tomorrow (Saturday)
  • £5 on the door

Teenage rock bands unite for an eight-hour gig to raise money for their youth club. The 4 Canals, The Little Green Shed, Growler, and more will perform from 3pm to 11pm to raise money for the Sweatbox youth club at King Alfred’s Academy East Site.

9. DANCE

  • The Black Album
  • Pegasus, Magdalen Street, Oxford
  • Sunday
  • pegasustheatre.org.uk

The Avant Garde Dance group present an evening of contemporary hip hop dance built around the idea of a concept album, with three distinctly different choreographies woven in.