Wednesday 3rd September 2025

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SATIRE: Has anyone checked in on Gwyneth Paltrow recently?

Holly Holiday from Glee consciously uncoupling from her brain stem has become the definitive image of Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 pandemic-based thriller, Contagion. Yes, Contagion, you know,...

Ode to a Waitress

‘I’d rather be doing anything, anything than this shit’, falls out between hysterical bouts of sobs – my Mum didn’t sign up for this....

Review: The Oxford Revue and Friends

To keep an audience laughing consistently at amateur comedy sketches for over two hours is the impressive achievement of the cast of ‘Oxford Revue...

Review: Kafka’s Dick

When one mentions the play, Kafka’s Dick, needless to say, it raises a few eyebrows (at least in my experience). Though the title has some relevance...

Preview: Pleading Stupidity

As Storm Dennis raged, I wondered if it was strictly necessary that I went to the preview of Pleading Stupidity.It was a whole six minutes’...

Review: ÜnkelGårf

Planning a holiday soon? Why not visit the prosperous, democratic and perpetually joyful nation of Orgislavia? They’ve hosted the Olympics for hundreds of years...

Review: Present Laughter

Present Laughter, a 1942 play by Noël Coward, recounts the days leading up to the departure of Gary Essendine, an actor, for his tour in Africa....

Review: The Importance of Being Earnest

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

Preview: Martlets

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

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: Hannah Gadsby’s ‘Douglas’

An utter stand up masterpiece, and showcase of a truly gifted mind.

Review: Sübverse

Disgraced CBBC presenters, slam poetry and 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' all come together in Beef's debut sketch show with surprising results.

Interview: Richard Herring

The comedian on his podcast, his time in Oxford and living in Boris Johnson's armpit

Review: Me, as a Penguin – ‘bound to put a smile on your face’

A review of the heartwarming comedy by Pangolin Theatre Productions

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