Theatre

Review: Cyrano de Bergerac – ‘A clever adaptation of a timeless play’

I’m ashamed to admit I almost mistake Cuigy (Kate Burke) and Brissaille (Nancy Gittus) for incredibly dapper audience members before the play begins. The sweet jazz that pipes out...

Theatre Natalie Tan -

Review: Medieval Mystery Play Cycle – ‘Comedy, choirs and inflatable hammers’

I wasn’t sure what to expect from a Medieval mystery play cycle. What I...

Culture Rhys Ponsford -

Staging the radio play: The audio-visual world of ‘Under Milk Wood’

“Love the words!”That was the crisp command from Dylan Thomas, the 20th-century Welsh poet,...

Theatre Rhys Ponsford -

‘The Little Clay Cart’ brings Sanskrit back to life

As students left Oxford on the last weekend of Hilary, I visited St John’s...

Theatre Faye Chang -

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The Death of Theatre Monarchy

It’s January 2020 and a new controversy has arrived to add to the Britain’s collection. Popular discussion of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s exit from...

Review: Don Giovanni

Premiered in 1787 in Prague and in the Habsburg court in Vienna, Mozart’s Don Giovanni offered a biting social comedy. Breathing new life into...

Pantomime: does it still deserve a place on the modern theatrical scene? (Oh, yes it does!)

Emily Capon argues that pantomime (when done well) still has an important place in the modern theatre.

Review: Macbeth

Leone Van den Schrieck reviews Collarbone Productions' 'Macbeth' at the BT.

Review: American Buffalo

Frazer Martin reviews 'American Buffalo' at the Pilch.

Review: Malcolm The Miserable

Ottilie Mitchell reviews new play Malcolm The Miserable at the BT studio.

Review: Oxford Contemporary Opera Festival

Clementine Scott is impressed by the Oxford Contemporary Opera Festival at Saint Hilda's.

Review: The Importance of Being Earnest

Yii-Jen Deng reviews 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at Teddy Hall.

Review: Chicago

Cecelia Wang reviews Jazz Hands Productions 'Chicago' at the Keble O'Reilly.

A theatrical Utopia?

Emily Capon explores explores the possibility of a Utopia of ‘no-where’ on the stage.

Remember, Remember Your Duty to Remember

Coral Kim explores the impact of 'Translations' and 'The Height of the Storm' on both her and society.

Review: The Mine Hatch

Tatiana Gilfillan is moved and impressed by new play 'The Mine Hatch'.

Preview: Martlets

New play commemorating forty years of women being admitted to Worcester College is full of joy, wit and sharp writing.

Review: Beard

McNelis' new musical is gripping and raises the important issue of homophobia in sport.

Review: The Crucible

Francesca German feels the power of Arthur Miller's classic 'The Crucible' at the Pilch.

Review: The Lovely Bones

This adaptation of Alice Sebold's classic novel strikes an emotional chord at Oxford Playhouse.

Review: F*@king Hell

Political satire makes make Brexit the most interesting it has been for years in Tasha Saunders’s biting new comedy.

Review: Radiant Vermin

Something Punchy Productions' take on Philip Ridley's darkly comic satire intrigues audiences at the BT Studio.

Review: Hamlet

Cosmic Arts' present a deeply human production of 'Hamlet' at the Keble O'Reilly.

Dystopia in and amongst trash: Beckett’s Endgame

Beckett symbolically employs trash to reflect physical and philosophical reality of a post-apocalyptic world.

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Theatre

Review: Cyrano de Bergerac – ‘A clever adaptation of a timeless play’

Review: Medieval Mystery Play Cycle – ‘Comedy, choirs and inflatable hammers’

Staging the radio play: The audio-visual world of ‘Under Milk Wood’

‘The Little Clay Cart’ brings Sanskrit back to life

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