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In sickness, health, and wrongdoing: ‘The Drama’ in review

CW: Gun violence. “What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?” is the driving question of Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama. The film centres around a couple whose otherwise perfect relationship is...

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s theatre: Defining the ill-defined

It has been 93 years since the first performance of Bertolt Brecht’s The Good...

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Authenticity and the pop genre: Slayyyter’s ‘WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA’

Originality could be dead in pop music. The genre is so self-referential that it...

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Why you should spring clean your bookshelf this Trinity

In the Northern Hemisphere, astronomers mark the beginning of spring on the date of...

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The Russian Revolution was a kind of orgy

Altair Brandon-Salmon is thrilled by the British Library's exhibition marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution

Houghton Festival 2017 Review

The brand new Houghton Festival impresses, delights and transcends the music it focuses on all together.

‘Half Breed’ at the Fringe Review: ‘Beautifully articulated’

Izzy Smith is overwhelmed by Natasha Marshall's play about race, friendship and finding a voice

The Morality of Mario Kart’s Blue Shell

Nancy Epton discusses the infuriating Blue Shell, the bane of Mario Kart gamers

‘The Inevitable Quiet of the Crash’ at the Fringe – “a piece that glows with a soft power”

Ela Portnoy falls in love with 'The Inevitable Quiet of the Crash' at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Titus Andronicus at the RSC – “Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour”

Will Austin finds the RSC's new production of 'Titus Andronicus' to be an intriguing blend of gore and farce

‘The Optimists’ at the Fringe review – “A farce with the potential to shine”

Sarah Wright is optimistic about 'The Optimists' at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

‘Hotter’ at the Fringe – experimental and warm, but just short of hot

Ela Portnoy leaves this piece of feminist theatre with a smile on her face

The Death and Rebirth of MS Paint

Chloe Dootson-Graube investigates the artistic importance of Microsoft Paint

Hannah Kessler: “Music is an incredibly therapeutic thing”

Lily Begg discusses subverting the male gaze, empowerment and juggling Oxford life with up and coming musician Hannah Kessler

The Oxford Imps at the Fringe review: ‘High energy and entertaining’

Izzy Smith couldn't stop laughing at this silly but witty improvised comedy show

‘Peer Gynt’ at the Fringe review – “a masterfully crafted production”

Set in a timeless world of trolls, princesses and flying deer, Peer Gynt tells the story of a young man’s adventure after he leaves...

‘Queen Anne’ review – ‘a complex portrait of our political inheritance’

Ethan Croft is impressed by this tale of a reluctant yet innovative monarch

The Handmaid’s Tale: unnervingly familiar and uncomfortably relevant

Beccy Swanson is impressed by the cruel visuals setting Channel 4’s The Handmaid’s Tale apart from Atwood’s original novel, but warns against binge-watching