Old Bookbinders Pub Quiz
2024-04-30 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-04-23 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-04-16 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-04-09 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-04-02 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-03-26 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-03-19 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-03-12 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | The Old Bookbinders, 17-18 Victor Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 6BT, United Kingdom
Our fiendish Pub Quiz comes in every Tuesday and helps raise funds for Helen & Douglas House, Oxford’s local children’s hospice. 6 tricky rounds for you to answer, hosted by our gorgeous Landlord Josh. £1 per person to enter, liquid prizes for winners! PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY AS IT STARTS AT 8PM PROMPTLY!

James St Open Mic
2024-04-28 14:30 - 18:30, 2024-04-21 14:30 - 18:30, 2024-04-14 14:30 - 18:30, 2024-04-07 14:30 - 18:30, 2024-03-31 14:30 - 18:30, 2024-03-24 14:30 - 18:30, 2024-03-17 14:30 - 18:30, 2024-03-10 14:30 - 18:30 | James St. Tavern, 47-48 James Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 1EU, United Kingdom
The finest Open Mic this side of town! Hosted by the amazing Lee Bo. Join the best talent in Oxford, have a sing, or just sit and enjoy the vibes.
What more could you want on a Sunday afternoon?

Live Lounge
2024-04-26 20:30 - 22:30, 2024-03-29 20:30 - 22:30 | James St. Tavern, 47-48 James Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 1EU, United Kingdom
Our monthly Live Lounge!
3 amazing local acts hand-picked by our resident Music Man, Lee. this night never disappoints!

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JST Comedy Open Mic
2024-04-25 20:00 - 22:30, 2024-04-18 20:00 - 22:30, 2024-04-11 20:00 - 22:30, 2024-04-04 20:00 - 22:30, 2024-03-28 20:00 - 22:30, 2024-03-21 20:00 - 22:30, 2024-03-14 20:00 - 22:30 | James St. Tavern, 47-48 James Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 1EU, United Kingdom
The first (and best) Comedy Open Mic in Oxford, JST’s Open Mic is the spot to see new emerging talent performing alongside tried and tested semi-pros! Every Thursday join our host King Andy Gleeks and watch the hottest comedy from a mixture of old local favorites and some fresh-faced performers just starting out. You might even find the Next Big Thing right on your doorstep!

Fancy giving it a go? Want to come and try out new comedy material? Stand-Up? Sketch? Musical Comedy? Whatever you’ve got we want to see it. Feel free to message us with any questions you might have.

Note to performers: The best way to test new material is in front of a good crowd, so if you’d like to perform on the mic please share on social media, spread the word, and bring people along! The bigger and friendlier the crowd the better the show! Thanks

Print Making Linocut Workshop
2024-04-16 19:00 - 21:30 | James St. Tavern, 47-48 James Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 1EU, United Kingdom
Linocut Workshop with Sally Anne Stewart
Have you ever wanted to try your hand at linocut printmaking? In this linocut workshop I’ll introduce you to the basics of linocut – including the different tools, mark-making methods and what makes a good linocut design – and we’ll carve and print our designs so that you have your own beautiful, bold print to take home.
Suitable for beginners, those who have tried linocut in the past and would like to pick it up again, or anyone who just wants to immerse themselves in this wonderful art form for a couple of hours!
The workshops will take place in the new pavilion space at the James Street Tavern, just off Cowley Road.
All abilities, materials included
Book Online
https://www.sallyannestewartprints.co.uk/

Cuban Salsa Dance workshop
2024-03-16 16:30 - 21:00 | James St. Tavern, 47-48 James Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 1EU, United Kingdom
Saturday 16th March
Oxford 1,2,3
Free Entry
Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba
By Oxford Baila, at James St Tavern

Printmaking Linocut workshop
2024-03-16 13:00 - 17:00 | James St. Tavern, 47-48 James Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 1EU, United Kingdom
With Sally Anne Stewart
In this workshop you will learn the ‘reduction’ technique of linocut printmaking – making a print with multiple colours, using one block of lino.
Suitable both for beginners and those who have had a go at making one-colour prints and would like to try a more advanced technique.
We will cover the basics of linocut, including the different tools, mark-making methods and transferring your design to your lino block, and we’ll carve and print our designs so that you have your own beautiful, bold print to take home. I will assist you with planning your image, and ensuring the printed layers line up accurately.
The workshops will take place in the new pavilion space at the James Street Tavern, just off Cowley Road.
Venue: James Street Tavern, James Street, Oxford OX4 1EU
Dates:
Saturday, March 16th – 1pm-5pm
Suitable for all levels, all equipment and materials supplied.
Book Online
https://www.sallyannestewartprints.co.uk/

Printing Making, Linocut class
2024-03-12 19:00 - 21:30 | James St. Tavern, 47-48 James Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 1EU, United Kingdom

Creation Theatre's - BOATMAN TOWN
2024-03-10 18:00 - 19:00 | James St. Tavern, 47-48 James Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 1EU, United Kingdom
Creation Theatre presents the world premiere of Glyn Maxwell’s Boatman Town. It is set in an English pub, so the production is touring to the pubs of Oxfordshire and beyond. Pick from a variety of different locations, times and venues, and join the talented team for a unique hour of theatre.
Expect a modern tragicomic take on Everyman, the great medieval morality play.
The last day of our sun-soaked hols on a strange island in the Med – and it just had to pour with rain! Yvonn and her friends take shelter in The English Pub, where else? But the service is terrible, the whole place seems dead and Yvonn can hear a child crying… Something bad has happened here, or is it about to happen? And is anyone going to be strong enough, kind enough, good enough, to stop it? One by one Yvonn and her friends will be tested in this modern, drunken, tragicomic take on Everyman, the great medieval morality play.
Dr Helen Eastman, CEO & Artistic Director of Creation Theatre and Director of Boatman Town, explains:
‘This is a unique and creative reworking of the Everyman story from one of the UK’s leading poets and verse playwrights. But more than that, as soon as I read it I knew Creation was the perfect company to premiere it – because it is inherently site-specific. It is written to take place in the pub. Creation have made work in spaces and places from shopping centres to stately homes and swing parks to industrial estates, but now it’s time for a pint! I can’t wait to work with our rep company, and some incredible guest artists, on this beautiful script.’
Glyn Maxwell, writer of Boatman Town, a new version of Everyman comments,
‘I’ve been trying to write a modern take on Everyman for many years. It’s hard to tell that story in a world that has largely lost its sense of God or Hell or Heaven. If there’s no punishment or reward, why be good at all? But what if you knew that an act of human-kindness was going to cost you your life? Yvonn, the hero of Boatman Town, sees a choice as stark as that, as she shelters from the rain with her friends in The English Pub on a lost Mediterranean island. She hears a child crying and sees nobody helping. Meanwhile the Barman, Death, starts playing tricks with their minds…’
