What is Playground?

PLAYGROUND is an artist-led platform dedicated to supporting the development and presentation of new work while introducing a space for interaction, discussion and collaboration for artists and creative professionals in and around Oxford. PLAYGROUND events take place every 2 months. At PLAYGROUND you can find the freshest, crispiest and bravest locally grown art practices, from performance to illustration…

TUE 24th JAN // Brilliant women create extraordinary live art, photography and writing

Jumping into 2017 with a head full of booze and an internet full of Trump would have never been easy. But we’ve done it, you’ve done it, they’ve done it and we’re still alive. As any of you who have been following Playground’s adventures over the last 5 years would have noticed, in the core…

TUE 22 NOV // Freedom Protests, Audio-visual explorations, Sound/music commissions

TUESDAY 22 NOVEMBER Doors at 7pm, FREE admission the Old Fire Station, Loft What better way to beat the winter blues than discovering all the incredible artists and opportunities that are at your doorstep! The three slots for Tuesday will bring Gary Charles, Victoria Larkin and Dariusz Blaszczak for a full 15 minutes each. Gary Charles, fresh…

Performance mysteries and complex drawings

You probably remember Peta Lloyd from Playground on Fire (like in the photo below) and that time last May that Playground was part of Live Friday, and she’s coming back with a performance that none of you (and none of us) has ever seen before. We also have Diccon James, 3rd year Fine Art student…

Alluring Sounds, Performing with Sticks, Adventures in MAXMSP

TUESDAY 24 MAY, 7pm at the Old Fire Station, Oxford It’s tomorrow and everything is GO! Come to our last PLAYGROUND before we break for summer, celebrate our 4 years in this world and explore the amazing creative shenanigans of: Simon Blackmore who is based in Manchester and makes quite unusual performative sculptures and sound…

Light, intimacy and painting

Time flew and another Playground session is almost upon us! Join us on Tuesday 29 March at 7pm at the Old Fire Station for an exciting, intimate, and colourful evening featuring: Russell Anderson: Russell has been one of the founding members of Playground and currently he is the director of Re: Conception Theatre Company. Russell will…

Ep.25: The one with Sonic Bicycles, Documentaries from Estonia, and collaborative music making

Less than a week to go until some of the most exciting and fresh off the oven art projects are coming to an arts centre near you! Tuesday 24th November, 7pm at the Gallery of Arts at the Old Fire Station Playground will be bringing you…. Debbie Fieldhouse, straight out of the Contemporary Arts MA…

SEPTEMBER PLAYGROUND – RECAP

What a brilliant way to start off after the summer holidays! Seeing all of your lovely faces again, reignited our faith in why we’ve been running PLAYGROUND all this time. So good to have Alex Newton and Reverend Productions there- both Playground first-timers – as well as Ana Barbour, one of our amazing Skyrocket artists….

Collapsing Societies, Explorations of Time / Space, Resting in Public Spaces

Whoosh! That’s the sound that summer makes as it flies by. After a brilliant celebration of all things art and all things Playground with our 3-day Playground On Fire festival last June, we’re now back to our regular Playground sessions. TUESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER (Yes, the day after tomorrow!) at the LOFT, Old Fire Station. You…

25-27 JUNE: PLAYGROUND ON FIRE!

We are now ready to announce the full programme of events that will happen at our 3-day mini-festival Playground on Fire this weekend! Perfectly timed to coincide with Playground’s 3rd birthday, Playground on Fire is an arts festival that brings to light the marvellous, strange and beautiful creative feats of the brilliant Playground artists. More…

Electromagnetic Antennas, Shamanic Rituals and Art News & Politics

Join us on Tuesday 26 May, at 7 pm at the Arts at the Old Fire Station for the last Playground before our Playground on Fire festival kicks in end of June! Who will be there for you? Lucy Walters talking about an idea for an Arts & Culture magazine. Or will she end up talking about…

March Playground

Two months have flown by since last Playground, and the next session is upon us in less than a week! Join us on Tuesday 24 March, at 7 pm at the Old Fire Station for a night of wonderful delights! Our presenters next time will be: Austin Sherlaw – Johnson is currently undertaking a PhD…

PLAYGROUND Ep.22 – Architecting sounds, photographing music, creating art for public spaces

Hello 2015! You look lovely! We’re starting the year with a bunch of exciting stuff! Ignoring the cold, the icy roads, the heating bills and the January blues, we’re inviting you to the first PLAYGROUND of the year for another 3 hot and sizzling 15 minute artistic gems from across the board.   TUESDAY 27 JANUARY…