Thame is all set for the biggest arts festival in its history.

The 2001 - A Thame Odyssey is two weeks of live music, dance, theatre and art work all round the town.

Between Friday and April 8 there will be light sculptures, a video record, local groups paintings of Thame life on a structure in High Street, stand-up comedians, photography exhibitions and dance productions.

Specially commissioned for the festival are new works for choirs, a community play on the history of Thame National School, two song cycles and a play by Patrick Collins on the Scott expedition to the Antarctic.