Monday 12th January 2026

Culture

2025 releases you may not have seen (but definitely should)

It’s that time of year again: the season in which we are inundated with a never-ending stream of lists ranking 2025’s top releases. Cherwell, however, will not attempt to...
Culture Lara Machado -

‘Dark, revealing, gripping’: In conversation with the cast of ‘JACK’

JACK, by Musketeer Productions, reimagines the cult story of the most notorious serial killer...
Culture Matilde Ambrosio -

‘The political is also political’: Ash Sarkar’s ‘Minority Rule’

Universities have often been seen as bastions of radicalism. Forgetting the fact that higher...
Books Morien Robertson -

Graceful and self-assured: Circle Mirror Transformation reviewed

Boulevard Productions’ Circle Mirror Transformation is a faithful and competent take on Annie Baker’s...
Culture Lara Machado -
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Shrigley and the Turner Prize Shortlist

Nina Black on why David Shrigley's art has more to offer than a laugh

Review: The Apprentice

Anna Spencer finds the egos and the infighting just as watchable as ever

Jammin to… ‘Biggest Fan Ever’ by Filthy Boy

Luke Barratt wants to share this disturbing but enthralling narrative song

Review: 1984

An ambitious but successful performance

Review: The Goat or Who is Sylvia?

This controversial and unsettling play is not for the faint-hearted

Review: Hay Fever

Luvvies and lust in a summery setting: Hay Fever ticks all the boxes

Review: The Trial

The verdict on this stripped-down production of Kafka

Review: Midnight at the Rue Morgue

The verdict on an immersive theatre piece based on the writings of Edgar Allen Poe at the BT

Daft Punk funk? Are you drunk?

Oli Davies launches his defence of the French duo

Review: Guys & Dolls

Thoughts on Pembroke's yearly musical

Tracks of the Week: May 7th

I didn't do one of these last week so hopefully these songs will be twice as good as usual.

Preview: Lead Feathers

A look at the newest offering from the writers who brought you Bluebeard

Interview: Wang Leehom

Susan Yu speaks to the Taiwanese-American pop superstar

Preview: The Winterling

Preview of the Winterling, on in 4th week at the Keble O'Reilly Theatre.

Johnny the Az-been

Cherwell takes a look at an unknown classic...

A Whale of a Time!

“A merging and blending of pre-existing styles”

Preview: Midnight at the Rue Morgue

A sneak peak of Oxford's newest immersive theatre offering, full name 'Midnight at the Rue Morgue: The Madness of Edgar Allen Poe'

Preview: Hay Fever

This 1920s comedy will be performed at Brasenose Arts Week with an infectious energy

Interview: Tribes

Luke Barratt plumbs the depths of Johnny Lloyd's opinions on the future of guitar music

Review: Southside Johnny & the Azbury Jukes -Hearts of Stone

Derick J Paterson rediscovers a lesser-known classic
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