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Tuesday 21st October 2025
Oxford's oldest independent student newspaper, est. 1920
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Grappling with ‘grief that’s half formed’: Your Funeral
“Meeting up with a partner so soon after a breakup is an awkward time - and she’s dying.” Your Funeral is the debut play of new company Pharaoh Productions. It...
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“NOR GLOM OF NIT?”: ‘Going Postal’ reviewed
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Are you listening comfortably? Audio drama and theatre
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Brink Review – ‘brilliant from start to finish’
Nitrous Cow Productions' new play has a high standard of acting and great technical sophistication
Little Eyolf review – modern and experimental but lacking depth
An experimental and bold play held back by limited character development
Table Manners Review – ‘subtly and successfully updated’
Flared Productions' new take on Alan Ayckbourn's 1973 play is highly enjoyable
An Unexpected Visitor preview – immersive ingenuity
Lawrence Li is won over by the unconventional staging and comedy of this production
‘Brink’ Preview – ‘an exploration into public vs. private spaces’
Alastair Curtis' new play explores how individuals forge connections with others in our modern, digitalised world
Salome Review – ‘struggles to take audience into another world’
Tea Party Productions' 'Salome' shows the play's continuing power to unsettle
Table Manners Preview – ‘reworked in a highly engaging manner’
Alex Rugman previews Flared Productions' reworking of Alan Ayckbourn's play.
Talaash interview – a fusion of dance, poetry, and identity
A discussion of the cultural significance and community spirit of Talaash
Mojo Preview – ‘gloriously worded script but male dominated’
Cesca Echlin finds this rendition of Jez Butterworth's play hits comic targets, but also reflects on its male-dominated narrative.
The Band Review – ‘heartwarming and nostalgic fun’
The new Take That inspired musical a great testament to the great British boyband.
Journey’s End Review – ‘powerful commemoration of the centenary’
Adam Radford-Diaper is deeply moved by Cosmic Arts' marking of the centenary of the 1918 armistice
Journey’s End preview – a play about brotherhood
Bessie Yuill finds an emphasis on WW1's individual soldiers and their relationships in this Remembrance Day production
How To Save A Rock With A Circle Review – ‘centres a sense of community’
Taiwo Oyebola finds Pigfoot Theatre’s work-in-progress play about the environment funny and oddly optimistic
Collaborators Review – a comedy of Stalinist Russia
Despite its seeming irreverent nature, this play has 'moments of profundity'
How To Save A Rock With A Circle Preview – ‘conveys urgency with a sense of humour’
Cecilia Wang previews Pigfoot Theatre's work-in-progress which focuses on the impact of climate change.
Election Review – an ‘interesting and ambitious’ look at politics
Lowenna Ovens finds this student-centric election night depiction to be an 'intriguing concept'
Citizenship Review – ‘witty, thoughtful and true-to-life’
Ami Griffiths is impressed by a direct but deft portrayal of bisexuality.
Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? Review – ‘genre-crossing and well-executed’
Katie Knight is impressed by Klaxon Productions' production which incorporates new forms of media.
Top Girls Review – ‘uncomfortably straddles the experimental and the domestic’
"Adam Radford-Diaper’s adaptation is slick and well-acted, often wonderfully absurd and funny, but ultimately leaves me feeling slightly cold."
Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? Preview: ‘The political becomes personal’
Cesca Echlin previews Caryl Churchill's 2006 play, which she finds entices the human out of the political
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