Saturday 25th July 2026

Culture

Caught Between Grief and Hope: ‘On Some Far Shore’ Reviewed

Fresh off the back of Our House and Macbeth, Cross Key Productions presents an original three-hander focused on the complexities of grief and young love. Produced by Madi Boutcha...

The road to reckoning: ‘The Slip’ reviewed

Sharp, unsettling, and emotionally intelligent, 'The Slip' is a striking showcase of the ambition and talent behind Wide Eyes Productions, while establishing Wyatt as a writer-director to watch.

How an Oxford undergraduate made a name in choral music

When he arrived at Oxford, he expected his future to lie primarily in orchestral music. Instead, it was choral music that transformed his direction.

‘Scenes With Girls’ and complicated female friendships

'Scenes with Girls' deserves to be seen as one of Labyrinth Productions’ (Rosie Morgan-Males and Emily Cullinan) most impressive accolades.

How beneficial is music streaming?

Natalia Bus succumbs to the inevitability of online music

Spotlight: Why Monochrome?

Matt Roberts is tired of black and white

Better-meta-theatre

Richard Birch previews 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'

"I am back to save the universe"

Daniel Curtis investigates whether 2016 will be the year of Radiohead's comeback

Preview: Hyperdrive (Imps)

Matt Roberts is excited for improv and tech

Review: What I learned from Johnny Bevan

Naomi Gee gets political with Luke Wright

Review: Noose

Beckie Rutherford is severely unimpressed by the BT's latest offering

Review: Heavy Petting

Matt Roberts loves it when the Revue pets him heavily

Live Jazz at the Mad Hatter

A JazzSoc evening leaves Sophie Jordan convinced that jazz is still alive

Goodbye Sir Terry

Daniel Minister looks back at the career of the late Sir Terry Wogan

Review: This World Lousy

Ben Ray is unimpressed with a show that lives up to its title

Review: pussyfooting

Lucy Clarke unpicks a show that attempts to perform the performance of gender

Review: RENT

Momina Mukhtar is entranced by this no-holds-barred production

Preview: Thark

Ben Ray is quite literally spirited away by this hilarious 1920s haunted house farce

Is This Art?: Empty Lot

With the definition of art increasingly unclear, the Cherwell Art & Books team are on a mission to decide what art is. This week Charlie Willis visits an actual art exhibition at an actual art gallery

A story of homecoming

Johnny Patterson looks at Rembrandt’s ‘The Return of the Prodigal Son’

The endurance of the Queen of Crime

Charlie Atkins ponders what it is about Agatha Christie that we still love

Rewind: Peter Blake & Under Milk Wood

Ben Ray examines the psychedelic darkness of Peter Blake’s Under Milk Wood

Interview: Jon Ronson

Charlie Willis talks shame with the author and journalist Jon Ronson

JD Weaver: Changing perceptions

JD Weaver talks to Sophie Jordan about discrimination in the music industry

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