The Oxford Festival Fringe Preview Comedy Festival (Oxford Comedy Festival for short) is a month-long comedy festival happening throughout July created and curated by QED Comedy Lab. Bringing the best comedians headed to Edinburgh and other large festivals to the Oxford community.
The fetsival asked comedians to select films that influenced their sense of humour, expanded what they though comedy could be, or that they just really love and then introduce the film live before the screenings. It’s a eclectic mix of cult favourites and classics that you’re sure to love.
Legally Blonde
Sunday 28th June 8pm (+ intro)
Monday 29th June 6pm
What We Do In The Shadows
Sunday 12th July 8pm (+ intro)
Monday 13th July 6pm
R.E.M X Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr.
Sunday 26th July 8pm (+ intro)
Monday 27th July 6.15pm
Use the film links underneath to find our more and book tickets.
Reese Witherspoon is irresistible in this beloved rom-com-turned-courtroom triumph. Dumped and underestimated, sorority queen Elle Woods storms Harvard Law, proving sharp wit and a killer wardrobe are all you need. Part of the Oxford Comedy Festival 2026.
Cult mockumentary follows the undead navigating modern life with gloriously incompetent results. Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement at their most gloriously funny. Part of the Oxford Comedy Festival 2026.
From the team behind Silents Synced, Buster Keaton’s dreamlike 1924 masterpiece gets an electrifying makeover, scored to R.E.M.’s Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi. Part of the Oxford Comedy Festival 2026.
Our beautiful art deco inspired auditorium can be found just off East Oxford's Cowley Road.We are open 7 days a week. We open the cinema and box office 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of each film, and the Box Office then closes 10 minutes after the film starts. We only show a few adverts – less than most cinemas – and we only play a couple of trailers, so please don’t be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!