Culture

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

Universities have often been seen as bastions of radicalism. Forgetting the fact that higher educational institutions, particularly ancient and elite ones in the Anglophone world, are governed by centuries...

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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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‘We’re all mad here’: Alice in Won-DRE-Land at Tingewick 2025

When I wandered into Tingewick Hall on a cold, dark evening in seventh week,...

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A comical approach to a classic text: ‘Hedda Gabler’ reviewed

Tiptoe Productions’ Hedda Gabler, co-directed by Ollie Gillam and Gilon Fox, delivered a strong...

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Life is a Cabaret

Cherwell celebrates the cheesy power of musicals

Cinéma-voyeurisme

Cherwell takes a look at the music biopic

Sound Distortion

Matthew Shribman deplores the commercialisation of our modern day radio music

Review: The Decemberists

A stylish album that won't convert the nay-sayers

Review: White Lies

Not as slick as their debut album

Review: The Books

An album at once intelligent and light-hearted

Interview: Jamie Woon

Cherwell chats with the up and coming singer-songwriter.

Head in the Clouds

Art Jericho offers some stunning images of nature

Rad Cam!

Cherwell takes a look at the O3's exciting new show

The Savage Poet

Cherwell traces a path through the work of Roberto Bolaño

Review: Troilus and Cressida

A highly rated production of an underrated play

Review: The Red and the Black

Cherwell is taken in by this extremely fun adaptation.

Review: The Dumb Waiter

Concepta Cassar is intrigued and bemused by this production of Pinter's black comedy

Review: Barney’s Version

Not quite as funny or dramatic as you would hope, but there is a certain insidious charm to this new release starring Paul Giamatti.

Review: Biutiful

Bardem delivers the performance of a lifetime in this uncompromisigly gritty and painful story of a family living on the edge of Barcelona's criminal underworld.