Drama ANOTHER COUNTRY Oxford Playhouse From Wednesday Call 01865 305305 or www.oxfordplayhouse.

com Oxford student company Screw the Looking Glass presents Another Country, the fictionalised account of Guy Burgess’ youth, one of the infamous Cambridge spies. Set in 1930s England, the play follows a company of boys through a summer term at an unnamed public school. When a suicide rocks the institution, the young men are forced to confront who they are and what they truly believe.

Comedy

MATT PARKER IS THE NUMBER NINJA

The Mill, Banbury Tomorrow night Call 01295 279002 Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker takes a hilarious tour through the world of numbers. Expect everything from debunking number nonsense and flagrant sudoku abuse to the mysterious patterns in the locations of ancient monuments . . . and defunct Woolworths stores. Unusual, geeky and funny, his sell-out shows speak for themselves.

 

Comedy

PAM ANN New Theatre, Oxford Sunday Box office on 0844 871 3020 or www.atgtickets.com/ oxford Fasten your seatbelts and hold on for dear life as the new Dame Edna takes you all for a ride via her own brand of camp aircraft. With a tongue like an electric eel, and humour to match, this is one flight you’ll never forget.

Drama

A WORLD OF PLENTY Pegasus, Oxford Until Saturday, 6.30pm (Saturday matinée 1.30pm) www.pegasustheatre. org.uk One billion (one in six) people go to bed hungry every day of their lives. These performances by Pegasus Youth Theatre groups ask why and explore the theme in different ways. Topical, haunting and hopeful.

Family

WORKSHOPS The River & Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames All week from Tuesday Visit rrm.co.uk Youngsters can make a motorcar for Mr Toad and celebrate the Morris 13 centenary, as well as taking part in a musical creation in river style with Make some Noise! on Valentine’s Day. While adults can celebrate 150 years of London Transport history by visiting Stuck Up: Early 20th Century Thames Poster Art in the Lord Kirkham Gallery or learn about the tradition of Swan Upping in the Treasures Gallery.