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  • Christmas Exhibition

    Our guest artists for Christmas are Susan Glassford and ceramicist Gordon Cooke. Our current resident 2025 are artists John Sibson, Jamie Oldham, Geoffrey Smith & Mark A Pearce and ceramicists...

  • PUSS IN BOOTS

    This year’s Christmas production at Upfront Puppet Theatre is a magical retelling of the classic French fairy tale: “Puss in Boots.” This faithful adaptation brings the beloved story to life...

  • The Breath

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    The Breath is Manchester-based guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer/flautist Ríoghnach Connolly. They met on the city’s gig circuit in the late noughties. An unlikely pairing though it was, he an...

  • Kathryn Tickell & Amy Thatcher

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    The intuitive musical interplay between Kathryn and Amy is born out of a long-standing creative friendship. Kathryn's pipes marry beautifully with Amy's exquisite accordion playing. A cascade of jigs, reels,...

  • Dub N Grub presents Soothsayers & North Fire Sound

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    The secret of Soothsayers’ longevity is down to the band’s evolution,keeping them relevant in changing times .The band have produced 11 top quality studio albums showcasing song writing that exudes...

  • Oxford Concert Party

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    Take 300 years of music from around the world, turn it upside down, infuse it with humour, energy, passion and pathos - and you have the recipe with which the...

  • Stanelli’s Super Circus

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    A full circus in miniature. An amazing experience not to be missed, suitable for all ages. This unique collection of trick circus marionettes was saved for the nation by a...

  • Jack Broadbent

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    In 2026, Jack Broadbent hits the road in support of Orchids, a deeply personal new album recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. The record, which earned early acclaim and led...

  • Paintings by Frances Winder

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    Well known artist, Frances Winder's exhibition of 28 paintings include watercolour, acrylic, gouache and mixed media. There is a range of landscapes, seascapes, flowers and semi abstract paintings, which allow...

  • Annemarie Quinn

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    Friday 24th July An evening of music & food with Upfront Kitchen Ft Annemarie Quinn This event is free entry although to attend you need to book a table and...

  • Upfront Puppet Museum Official Opening

    The museum houses puppets from around the world and illustrates the various typesof puppets and the cultures that they relate to. John Parkinson, who is jointfounder of Upfront Arts, launched...

  • Hansel and Gretel

    Left behind in the forest, can two innocent children survive? Hansel is quite smart, but it takes his sister Gretel to save the day and bring about a happy ending....

  • Autumn Exhibition until early November

    "Puppets & Puppeteers" by Joan Prickett An exhibition of paintings & drawings by our artist in residencePlus Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media & Gouache Paintings by our 2026 artistsGeoffrey Smith, David Sibson,...

  • Upfront Kitchen presents Sara Florence

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    Once again Upfront Kitchen is back to present one of our easy going food and music events. This time we have Sara Florence a Cumbrian based local musician who possesses...

  • World Famous Punch & Judy Show

    Join us for 40 minutes of fast moving family fun in the capable hands of Clive Chandler, a leading Punch Professor with a national and international reputation and forty years...

  • Omega Nebula – Dub N Grub

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    Omega Nebula take over Dub N Grub for a headline show as part of their UK tour Electronic future-dub duo OMEGA NEBULA are a force. Their music takes the most...

  • Pinnochio

    The production uses a combination of long stringed marionettes performed from our two mobile bridges and rod puppets worked from our puppeteers pit beneath the floor of the stage.The story...