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Cornerstone Arts Centre
April 30, 2026
Stories of arrival and belonging brought to life in Artweeks Takeover at Cornerstone
Published 28 April 2026 Cornerstone Arts Centre will host its first Artweeks Takeover this May, bringing a programme of exhibitions, installations and events to Didcot. From Friday 1 May to Saturday 30 May, art will appear not only in the centre’s gallery but across the building, including its public spaces. This year’s theme, “Stories of […]
December 11, 2025
A tale as old as time opens at Cornerstone Arts Centre this December
This Christmas, Polka Dot Pantomimes brings the magical family classic Beauty and the Beast to Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot opening on Thursday 18 December. Audiences will enjoy dazzling sets, glittering costumes, toe-tapping musical numbers and plenty of festive fun as Belle, the Beast and a host of colourful characters take to the Didcot stage. […]
September 25, 2025
Local young stars join the cast of Beauty and the Beast at Cornerstone Arts Centre
Published Thursday 25 September 2025 This Christmas, Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot will be filled with sparkle, song and festive magic as Beauty and the Beast takes to the stage and the production will shine even brighter thanks to the addition of a talented youth cast. Following open auditions earlier this month, 49 children from […]
August 12, 2025
Young stars and pantomime pooches to join Beauty and the Beast at Cornerstone!
Local young performers and talented pets are being invited to audition for roles in this year’s magical family pantomime Beauty and the Beast, coming to Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot this Christmas. Award-winning producers Polka Dot Pantomimes are on the lookout for a sensational chorus of young dancers (ages 9–18) bursting with energy, personality and […]
August 5, 2025
Cornerstone announces this year’s panto and it’s a beauty!
Published 5 August 2025 Panto will be returning to Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot (oh yes it will!) for at least three years off the back of the success of Cinderella in 2024. This year’s pantomime will be Beauty and the Beast and it will start on Thursday 18 December with a special preview night […]
May 30, 2025
Cornerstone Arts Centre at the heart of a new culture strategy for South Oxfordshire
Arts and culture in South Oxfordshire has gone from strength to strength over the past year, with Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot at the heart of efforts to improve what’s on offer to the community. Over the past year, the centre has seen more community groups adopt the centre as their location for monthly meet […]
May 13, 2025
Cornerstone Arts Centre bursts with Pride this June
Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot is set to sparkle this June with a fabulous celebration of Pride and everyone’s invited!
April 22, 2025
Didcot’s trees take root in new Artweeks exhibition at Cornerstone
Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot will be welcoming local artist Linda Benton to its gallery this May as part of Oxfordshire Artweeks. Her latest exhibition, Didcot’s Oaks (and other notable trees), is a love letter to the leafy giants that shape the town’s landscape, along with the stories, poems and wildlife they quietly shelter. From […]
December 9, 2024
Rehearsals begin for Cornerstone’s magical pantomime
This weekend the excitement was palpable, as rehearsals for Cornerstone Arts Centre’s pantomime, Cinderella began!
October 10, 2024
Local young actors to join professional cast of Cinderella!
Sixteen local budding young actors have been selected to be part of the cast of Cinderella coming to Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot this Christmas. The auditions for the young ensemble took place on Saturday 14 September, with the directors of KD Theatre Productions who are producing the professional pantomime. Fifty young people from across […]
