Two guides within an exhibition at Modern Art Oxford are the main players in England by Tim Crouch - an unusual show which takes theatre and performance out of the Oxford Playhouse and into the wider community.

It's the first of many shows to be staged as part of the Playhouse Plays Out initiative, which will be bringing shows to venues you many not normally expect to find performance.

Michelle Dickson, the director of the Playhouse, explained that the idea comes from her seeing so many brilliant shows elsewhere in the country and wanting to find a way to bring them to Oxford.

She said: "I'm really excited by the shows that artists are making for outdoor locations and unusual spaces and keen for audiences to see something that perhaps they might not expect from the Oxford Playhouse. The quality definitely matches that of our main stage and studio work, and we're keeping tickets as affordable as possible."

Modern Art Oxford is an apt venue as England really is performed by actors (Tim Crouch and Hannah Ringham) playing the roles of guides at an exhibition. It comes to Oxford following a sell-out run at the Fruitmarket Gallery as part of the Edinburgh Festival last year, after winning three awards including a Fringe First and a Total Theatre Award.

It's a story of one thing placed inside another: a heart inside another person's body, a culture inside another country's culture, theatre inside a gallery, a character inside an actor, a play inside its audience.

Actually, it's a tour to the end of the world, that begins in an art gallery and progresses to a jam factory, from London to Osaka, and from a hospital bed to a hotel room. It's produced in partnership with The Traverse Theatre Company.

Andrew Nairne, the director of Modern Art Oxford, said: "We're delighted to be the first venue to host Playhouse Plays Out. The presentation of England within the Gary Hume exhibition promises to be a stunning spectacle."

England will take place within the Gary Hume exhibition at Modern Art Oxford, on Tuesday, July 8, and Wednesday, July 9, at 7.30pm.

For tickets phone the Oxford Playhouse box office on 01865 305305.