Venue Bids

There are many different performance spaces available across the University for student theatre productions and performances. You can find a list of available spaces on the OUDS website.

Many venues have a regular application process. Below you’ll find opportunities to perform and develop your own work which are currently open. Bids for The Burton Taylor Studio, Michael Pilch Studio and The Keble O’Reilly Theatre will open later in Michaelmas Term.

The North Wall ArtsLab 2026

The jewel in the crown of Oxford University student theatre is back for another year! The beautiful North Wall theatre offers only one slot to student productions a year, plus unmissable mentoring support. Available only to performances of new-writing or devised theatre, this scheme allow a student company to a take a step forward to professional work.

There is only one slot every academic year so don’t miss it!

Oxford Playhouse Theatre Slot TT26

The largest space open to student productions, The Oxford Playhouse welcomes a student production every term to perform on its main stage. Offering unparalleled technical capacity, alongside support from staff at The Oxford Playhouse itself, this is the stage on which to let your imagination go wild.

Apply now for Trinity Term 2026.

Oxford Playhouse One-Night-Only

A new opportunity for a student group to stage a one-night-only on the Oxford Playhouse stage. You can pitch a proposal as one society or student group, or come together as multiple.

This will be the only slot of this kind in the academic year.