Saturday 18th October 2025

Culture

Are you listening comfortably? Audio drama and theatre

When people think of podcasts, they probably wouldn’t associate them with theatre. Yet it was this seemingly unlikely convergence between the two forms that led me to attend the...

Algorithms of individuality: ‘The Consciousness Company’

As Stephen Fry wrote, The Consciousness Company by M.N. Rosen addresses the “enormous ethical,...

Over-the-top-vlogging and call centres: Dial 1 for UK

Dial 1 for UK is a one-man show following the journey of Uday Kumar...

Spike Lee’s lackluster remake: Highest 2 Lowest

There is no reason why a remake should remain inferior to its source material;...

Review: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

'Uncle Boonmee' is a completely impenetrable, utterly infuriating bitch of a film. I have seen many weird pieces of cinema in my time, from...

Interview: Anton Corbijn

Cherwell chats with Anton Corbijn, renowned music video director, photographer and director of 'The American'.

Interview: Violante Placido

Cherwell talks to Violante Placido, the Italian star of The American.

Drama queen only seventeen

Anya Reiss, shuffling papers and fiddling with her hair onstage, doesn’t seem to match up with herself on paper.

Online Preview: The Shape of Things

Somebody’s life is always worse than yours - an 8th week Schadenfreude pick-me-up at the Burton Taylor

Online Review: Peter Pan

Will Hooper embraces his inner child with Worcester's offering for 7th week

Online Review – Tamlane

Fairy tales told through interpretative dance - could it be just deranged enough to work?

Gone with the wand

Robin McGhee revels in the stylish awkwardness of the new Harry Potter.

Not quite the American dream

Cherwell meets the director of The American, but can't disguise our disappointment with the film.

Photo Blog – penultimate

The end is (nearly) in sight. Some more photos to get you through.

Interview: Lesley Manville

Joe Zigmond talks to the star of Mike Leigh's new film, Another Year

First Night Review: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

Peaches and dynamite: Oliver Moody on the best chapel play he has seen in a long while

The Write Stuff

'With novels, there’s no danger that the special effects budget will eat into the script-writers’ allowance'

Dinner gets just desserts

Anna Milne laps up this week’s sumptuous offering at the Burton Taylor

Online Preview: The Enemies

Oliver Moody is confused, consternated and slightly concussed by the latest new writing at the Burton Taylor

Review: Kisses – THe Heart of the Nightlife

Matt Walsh shares passionate kisses with an accomplished debut album

The film > the novel: the great debate

Cherwell Film takes two sparkling adaptations that bring dull pages to life on the silver screen

The reel deal

Joe Zigmond leads the charge for Film in their war against the novel

Preview: A Streetcar Named Desire

Anna Milne talks to the Director of the Playhouse show of the term

When more is more

Carla Neuss is exhausted by the intensity of the love and the emotion of the money in Dennis Kelly’s 'Love and Money'

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