It’s no secret that Oxford has long been an idealised location for film sets; official-looking SUVs with blacked-out windows and attendants in high vis parading up and down Catte Street and around the Rad Cam are a not-unfamiliar sight.
Ideally, we should strike a balance; an awareness of the reality of life at Oxford can co-exist with an appreciation of its grand architecture and historical atmosphere.
A sneak peak into the first play from Royal Court young writer Alexander Darby in which a vicious poker game in an elite boarding school exposes public school morality, fractured ego and callous teenage humanity.