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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...

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

JACK, by Musketeer Productions, reimagines the cult story of the most notorious serial killer...

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

Universities have often been seen as bastions of radicalism. Forgetting the fact that higher...

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Graceful and self-assured: Circle Mirror Transformation reviewed

Boulevard Productions’ Circle Mirror Transformation is a faithful and competent take on Annie Baker’s...

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An ambitious production that deserves to be seen

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Reasonable acting cannot save this tedious script

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Review: Zero Dark Thirty

Alexandra Sutton is thoroughly impressed by this controversial drama.

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Tess Colley talks to Emily Romain from Dream Again Dance Co.

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Chloe Bond leaves this contemporary dance piece intrigued and frustrated

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A book to tear you apart

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Culture

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

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

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

Graceful and self-assured: Circle Mirror Transformation reviewed

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