Category: Events

…and you’re invited to join the Knight School to defend the city!

There will be plenty to enjoy over the Oxford Open Doors weekend on 14th and 15th September 2019. The doors to the city of Oxford have been thrown open for all to enjoy! 

With so much emphasis placed upon Valentines Day across the world, it prompts the question: why?

Don’t be saddened by the fact that Christmas is over and New Year’s Eve has passed, there is still an opportunity for you to have a party and indulge in festive treats: Twelfth Night and Epiphany are upon us!

I think it’s fair to say that autumn has arrived and, as the nights start drawing in and the air grows crisper, winter is on its way. This change of the seasons signals that it must be time for us to don our woollies and wellies and stand around a big fire to remember when the King and the entirety of Parliament almost met their demise.

What better time, then, to have a look at the tradition of Bonfire Night?

The whole team at Oxford Castle Unlocked were super excited to have Ciaran O’Keeffe coming to host a Paranormal evening as part of our Ghost Fest event. Ciaran will be at the Castle this evening speaking to a sold-out crowd, eager to hear about his time on Most Haunted and his many ghostly encounters. We spoke to Ciaran before the event to find out more about his work and if he really believes in ghosts…

Oxford has a lot to offer when it comes to ghosts so we’ve collected a few stories to whet your appetite…

Next week brings the beginning of the fourth and final Shakespeare play to be presented in our Castleyard. BMH Productions will perform two Shakespeare plays in the space of one, with short versions of Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, both classics! We met with Edward Blagrove and Ashley Harvey, producers at BMH Productions to find out more…

This September, Maggie’s Oxford Centre is delighted to have the support of Oxford Castle Unlocked, to help make our 2016 Culture Crawl the best one yet.

The summer holidays are almost upon us which means six whole weeks of finding things to entertain the children. Look no further. We’ve put together our top six summer events in Oxfordshire, one for each week!

Michael Speight, Director of Oxford Shakespeare Festival, explains to us how the festival came about and what we have to look forward to from his other role as Director at Siege Theatre, which will bring The Tempest to the stage from Monday 18^th July.

Oxford Shakespeare Festival has returned to our castleyard, with four fantastic productions presented over eight weeks throughout the summer. Alex Nicholls who runs Tomahawk Theatre sat down with us to discuss his production of Much Ado About Nothing which is on now until 16th July.

It might feel like it has just been the Easter holidays but May half term is imminent! We’ve rounded up a list of the top five family events to take the kids to this half term…