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Review: Closer – ‘Where Marber fails’
Labyrinth Production’s staging of Patrick Marber’s 1997 play, Closer, was an ambitious move for a student-run production company. Ambitious as it was, the cast themselves put on a strong...
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Faye Chang
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Review: JACK – ‘Gas-lit showstoppers, intrigue, and murder’
Jack The Ripper is arguably the most famous killer of the Victorian era. There...
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Rhys Ponsford
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Review: Death of a Salesman – ‘The Inside of His Head’
To review Tiptoe Productions’ staging of Death of a Salesman, I must first contextualise...
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Sanaya Narula
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Oxford’s summer scene: The season of open-air performances
Trinity term at Oxford University is defined by wisteria, wild swimming, and warmth. Students...
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Elizabeth Bourn
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Hannah Arndt is full of enthusiasm for a preview of an original student musical
Review: ‘Collaborators’
Tilly Nevin rates this student production as amongst the best she has seen in Oxford
Review: STOP
Amaris Proctor admires this play's refreshingly frank attitude towards mental illness
A fusion of movement, light, and sound
Christopher James Goring finds much to admire in the complexity of Illuminated
Review: John Hodge’s ‘Collaborators’
Bessie Yuill finds herself simultaneously amused and disturbed by this dark tragedy about a fictional meeting between Stalin and Bulgakov
Review: ‘Edward II’
Susannah Goldsbrough is captivated by Oxford's finest acting talents and their leather leggings
‘Enter First Lobster’
Miriam Nemmaoui plays the drama queen and attacks the state sector's failing arts curriculum
Preview: Edward II
Callum Luckett waxes lyrical about this new production of Marlowe's masterpiece
In conversation with the creators of ‘STOP’
Suzy Cripps talks mental illness and magic with the writers of a new musical
Review: Bowie’s Lazarus
Julia Alsop is perplexed by the stellar complexities of this production at the King’s Cross Theatre
Time Tunnel: Edward II
Susannah Goldsbrough delves into the archive to discuss Marlowe’s Edward II
Brutalist Russia and Bowie: Marlowe’s Edward II reimagined
Alex Barasch talks to the cast and crew of this radical new take on Marlowe’s masterpiece
A fresher’s first forays into Oxford theatre
Christopher Goring reveals his first experiences in the Oxford drama scene
Review: ‘Living With The Lights On’
Izzy Smith is gripped by a play that shines a light on a dark illness
Review: D@tes
James Lamming enjoys a witty take on 21st century dating at the BT Studio
Review: Dreamgirls
Sam Purnell is blown away by this revival of the classic musical at the Savoy Theatre
One man in his time plays many parts
Susannah Goldsbrough looks back over the career of Ian McKellen, one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of our time
Review: The Pillowman
ATG's production is a triumphant display of dark humour and raw emotion - not for the faint-hearted
Review: In the Republic of Happiness
James Lamming enjoys a sometimes stilted production of a difficult play
Preview: The Pillowman
Jeevan Ravindran relishes the brutal comedy of ATG's production of The Pillowman
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