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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Some excellent acting marred by a lack of polish

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Tess Colley is not convinced by this modern adaption of a Greek Tragedy

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An enjoyable production, if lacking polish

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Camilla Rees cries in laughter at this improvised Shakespeare

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Christopher Spaide sends you back to school

Interview: Bastille

Luke Barratt talks David Lynch and support touring with Dan Smith

Review: Eels – Wonderful, Glorious

Charlotte McLean sees Eels strike up a new tone

Review: My Bloody Valentine – m b v

George King is blown away by this triumphant comeback from the kings of shoegaze

Review: ROPE

Kezia Lock enjoys this good but not outstanding production

Diaries from a Catty production team

Cherwell Stage gets the inside scoop from the cast and crew of 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'

Photo Competition Winner – ‘Faces’

Congratulations to Camille, winner of our 5th week photo competition!

Journey to Jordan

Chloe Cornish shares her travels through an incredible desert kingdom

Preview: The Play’s the Thing

Darya Shchepanovska is impressed by this Improvised Shakespeare

Preview: Antigone

Georgina Wilson find this tragedy slightly lacking in bite

Preview: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

Georgina Wilson laughs and cries at this BT production

Preview: The Merchant of Venice

Nicholas Crossland is impressed this Corpus Owlets' production

Focus on…The Old Fire Station

Alexander Woolley talks to Artistic Director Jeremy Spafford

"Film-making: it’s just mucking about really!"

Sophie Hall-Luke talks to President of the Oxford University Film Foundation, Tom Shennan, about making films and this year's festival.

Review: Flight

Denzel Washington is flying high and not-so-dry in this 'extremely fun drama'.

Hughes-d and abused

Emily Hislop asks whether Rom-Com(-Vom) makers using Hughes in their films have ever really watched them
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