Children’s show

DINOSAUR ZOO

New Theatre, Oxford n April 17-19

Box office: 0844 871 3020 or atgtickets.com/oxford

This is a show worth getting in the diary in plenty of time and for which tickets are already on sale. Dinosaur Zoo, from the Australian company Erth, brings these awesome prehistoric creatures to the stage as never before From cute baby dinos to teeth-gnashing giants, meet the most recent addition to the Dinosaur Zoo, a carnivorous theropod known as the Australovenator, the most complete meat-eating dinosaur skeleton yet found in Australia. Discover all about dinosaurs in this entertaining and highly imaginative live show. But watch out — not all of these ravenous reptiles are as tame as they seem. A tyrannosauric treat for all ages.

Music

GILLIAN KEITH AND CRIPSIAN STEELE-PERKINS

Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

Friday November 1, 7.30pm

Box office: 01865 244806 or visit musicatoxford.com

Soprano Gillian Keith and trumpter Crispian Steele-Perkins join forces for an appealing Music at Oxford concert which also features a city debut for the Arnonico Consort under director Christopher Monks. The programme begins with Vivalvi’s Concerto Grosso RV156 in G minor, after which come Handel’s Eternal Source of Light Divine and Music for Vauxhall Gardens, Scarlatti’s Su le Sponde del Tebro, Handel’s Let the Bright Seraphim and Bach’s Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen. A winner of the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Award, Gillian Keith is a familar figure in the world’s top opera houses, festivals and recital venues. She is noted for her engaging and pristine performances of baroque masterworks of the kind featured here. Crispian Steele-Perkins barely requires introduction as a firm favourite of Oxford audiences.

Music

ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG AND HIS BAND

Oxford Playhouse

November 4 at 7.30pm

Box office: 01865 305305 or visit oxfordplayhouse.com

Alexander Armstrong shares his love of music and comedy in this brand new stage show. The acclaimed actor and comedian is best known for being one half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller and presenting Have I Got News for You, but until now has been less known for his gloriously powerful baritone. Along with his exceptionally versatile band, he performs a selection of his favourite songs, from jazz standards to rock classics, with some lesser-known pop delights in between. Combined with Armstrong’s wonderful self-deprecating humour, you are promised a truly entertaining evening not to be missed. Alexander breathes new life into songs from Noel Coward, Anthony Newley, Mike Batt, Neil Hannon and many others in this new show created especially for the London Festival of Cabaret.