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Caught Between Grief and Hope: ‘On Some Far Shore’ Reviewed

Fresh off the back of Our House and Macbeth, Cross Key Productions presents an original three-hander focused on the complexities of grief and young love. Produced by Madi Boutcha...

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The road to reckoning: ‘The Slip’ reviewed

Sharp, unsettling, and emotionally intelligent, 'The Slip' is a striking showcase of the ambition and talent behind Wide Eyes Productions, while establishing Wyatt as a writer-director to watch.

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How an Oxford undergraduate made a name in choral music

When he arrived at Oxford, he expected his future to lie primarily in orchestral music. Instead, it was choral music that transformed his direction.

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‘Scenes With Girls’ and complicated female friendships

'Scenes with Girls' deserves to be seen as one of Labyrinth Productions’ (Rosie Morgan-Males and Emily Cullinan) most impressive accolades.

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From Rags to Rubble

Rebecca Tatlow explores three different versions of a classic - Prokofiev’s Cinderella

Review: Nine Type’s of Light

Patrick Scott reviews TV On The Radio's latest musical offering

Review: Scream 4

Mark Shand reviews the Scream franchise's latest instalment

Big budgets, scanty scripts

Harry Tuffs reviews what is possibly Hollywood's worst offering since SATC 2

Review: Spurious

Tom Cutterham finds out it's still grim up North after reviewing Spurious, Lars Iyer's first novel derived from his blog of the same name

Heracles to Alexander the Great

Cherwell visits the Ashmolean's first major exhibition since its refurbishment

Interview: Portico Quartet

Cherwell catches up with saxophonist Jack Wylie and drummer Duncan Bellamy at their East London home

Review: Cardenio

Much to her surprise, Rebecca Tatlow thoroughly enjoys the recent reimagination of Shakespeare’s lost play put on as part of the RSC 50th Birthday Season at The Swan in Stratford-upon-Avon

Review: A C Grayling at the Oxford Literary Festival

Tian Yi Zheng reviews A. C. Grayling's visit to the Oxford Literary Festival where he talks about his new work, The Good Book: A Secular Bible

Etcetera announces competition winners

Cherwell's literary supplement, Etcetera, announces the winners of their first Freestyle Writing Competition

Review: ‘Initiate: An Oxford Anthology of New Writing’

Ella Sands reviews 'Initiate', the first anthology of work by graduates of Oxford's MSt in Creative Studies

Tom Cutterham and Ella Sands talk to Dr Clare Morgan, director of Oxford's MSt in Creative Writing, about how the course has been instrumental in encouraging students to start writing more than just essays

Review: The Pigeon Detectives Live

Penny Sarchet reviews the Oxford leg of the Pigeon Detectives' comeback tour following the recent release of their new album, 'Up, Guards And At 'Em!'