Entertainment

See hit shows and movies or enjoy high-energy nightlife

Oxford offers a fantastic range of after-dark activities and entertainment. The city's music venues feature everything from resident classical orchestras to touring rock bands. The New Theatre and Oxford Playhouse present wide-ranging programmes of drama, comedy and musicals. There are both multiplexes and independent cinemas, so you can catch all the latest blockbusters and art house movies. As for nightclubs, there are plenty of cool places to dance the night away to fabulous DJ mixes.

The city is also a world-renowned centre of culture and art with many fine galleries and museums. The star attraction is the University's Ashmolean Museum, which has a kaleidoscopic array of historic artefacts, including one of the world's finest collections from ancient Egypt.