Rehearsals for Only Human, is humanity ready for the challenges of AI, in full swing. Looking forward to the opening night in June at the Old Fire Station in Oxford.
Now booking: Storytelling Training
The Storytelling Evaluation Method is a qualitative learning and evaluation approach inspired by Most Significant Change. It involves collecting stories from people about their participation in a project and then bringing other people together to analyse these stories collectively. Storytelling amplifies the voices of those closest to the work, supports meaningful collaboration, and produces nuanced insights. It is an enjoyable process that aims to be non-reductive, non-extractive, inclusive, and empowering – both illustrating and reinforcing the benefits of person-centred practice.
Storytelling is especially suitable for learning about the impact of holistic, relationship-based, and context-specific work that is difficult to evaluate using quantitative measures alone. It helps organisations to recognise unexpected outcomes and to understand how change happens. The Old Fire Station has now trained over 250 local and national partners in using this method, including other cultural organisations, local authorities, charities, voluntary and community groups, and academic researchers. OFS offers bespoke training and consultancy support to organisations, and runs three open training sessions per year. If you want to speak to the OFS Storytelling team about training or consultancy support, please get in touch. You can find out more on our Storytelling website), or in our Meaningful Measurement Playbook, co-authored with the Skoll Centre at Said Business School, University of Oxford.
Join us for our next Storytelling Open Training in...
PART 1: Introduction to Storytelling training
Thursday 4 June, 2–5pm, online
A step-by-step introduction to the Storytelling method and how to put it into practice in the context of your own work.
PART 2: Story Collecting training
Thursday 11 June, 2–5pm, online
Building on part one, an in-depth and practical look at story collecting, including how to set-up, structure and guide conversations which lead to rich and insightful stories in the voice and words of the storyteller.
Cost: Standard £300 +VAT, pay more £350 +VAT, and pay less £150 +VAT.
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Saddle up for this award winning, queer parody epic where Disney meets Dolly Parton by way of Manchester’s gay village. Coming to OFS on June 11th.
Get your fill of Dairy, Disney and Drag Kings! For one night only the hootenanny is in town! If you like a laugh out loud parodies, terrible puns, changing the world for the better or you’re just a fan of a big queer night out, this is the show for you. Plus, stay for the post-show discussion where you can engage with Hunter King, about his work, activism, drag and what you can do to help change history for the better.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “A show that deserves to be seen” Raccordo Sullosguardo (Italian Journalist)
★ ★ ★ ★ “It’s incredible that the show is so light-hearted and fun, trans joy is a revolutionary act after all” – Neurodiverse Review
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VOTE OFS! We're nominated for three Ox in a Box Food Awards, and we need you 💪
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It’s a big week for comedy at our theatre. Catch shows from @AaronSimmondsComedy and @dnlfoxx , alongside inspiring classes and workshops, three brilliant exhibitions, and our award-nominated café ☕️
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Top comedy comes to OFS this Thursday, when @aaronsimmondscomedy brings his life affirming show named to our theatre. Pick up tickets now.
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I have been advised to read the following statement ahead of my show at @artsattheofs on the 14th of May. Thank you.
#comedy #standup #thingstodoinoxford #apologies
If you’re upset about your local elections - remember that sometimes democracy gets it right, and that the Prime Minister of Swedonia is actual @tovelo 🔥💙💛
The Fir Prince tour continues - see us next in
Dublin, May 28-30 @smockalleytheatre
Oxford, June 6-7 @artsattheofs
Hull, June 11 @hulltruck
Bristol, June 24-27 @tobaccofactorytheatres
Brighton, June 29-30 @tomvenue
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#elections #localelections #tovelo #theatre #reels
Our friends at @creationtheatrre invite you to a chilling new adaptation of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
An immersive theatrical experience where hidden desires and darker impulses emerge. Set within the richly atmospheric surroundings of @OVADA_Gallery , the story unfolds all around you in this striking venue.
“Gothic classic Jekyll & Hyde at OVADA is atmospheric, thrilling and unleashed” - @oxinabox_
Now playing at OVADA Gallery, Oxford (just 5 minutes from Oxford train station) until 17 May.
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@dr4wing_club is back on Saturday 16th. Open to everyone, the club encourages getting distracted, making mistakes, collaborating and starting again. ❤️
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Plug alert! Show is on the 14th of May at @artsattheofs in Oxford. Come along it'll be very fun and you'll be home in time for taskmaster.
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'Am I Free Yet?' is new work from the Hidden Spire Collective, which brings together people from different walks of life; many have experience of homelessness, having initially come to the Old Fire Station through @CrisisOxford , many grew up outside of the UK, and many have lived in Oxford all their lives.
Our Freedom Then & Now was a national project to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War, which the Hidden Spire Collective took part in alongside 79 other arts centres across the breadth of the UK. This exhibition displays portraits of the characters devised for a performance 'Am I Free Yet?', taken by photographer Sam Ivin, displayed alongside writing or drawings by the group which express their character’s experience of freedom.
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