Sunday 8th June 2025

Culture

‘Love in the face of hate’: A closer look at ‘Blood Wedding’

Emma Nihill Alcorta is the director of a new adaptation of the Spanish masterpiece Blood Wedding, running at the Oxford Playhouse. With flamenco rhythms and Spanish soul, our passionate ensemble...
Theatre Emma Nihill Alcorta -

Duplicity, infidelity and loyalty in ‘Crocodile Tears’

“An Italian summer romance that goes wrong” – this is how Crocodile Tears was...
Theatre Phoebe Davies -

Review: The Great Gatsby – ‘Indulge the extravaganza’

Sophia Eiden’s production of Simon Levy’s script of The Great Gatsby is an undoubted...
Theatre Peter Chen -

Barry Lyndon – Kubrick’s ultimate antifilm?

Barry Lyndon has always been dismissed within Kubrick’s filmography. While he is a filmmaker...
Film Ruby Tipple -
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Jack Chown admires the remarkable resilience of the ageing rocker

Review: Foals – Holy Fire

Gruffudd Owen enjoys Foals' firey baptism into a fresh sound

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St. Hilda's production of this difficult play looks promising

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Tess Colley talks to writers and directors from OUDS' annual festival

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“A fascinating exploration of an interesting artist”

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Evie C. Ioannidi enjoys this quaint production

Walls of Jericho

A walk through Jericho on a sunny February afternoon

Jenny Saville’s brutal bodies

Siobhan Fenton praises the work of the Oxford-based artist, said to be ‘the heir to Lucian Freud’
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