Dead Man’s Suitcase: A Review
"At once funny and profound, Dead Man’s Suitcase is a treat for the senses."
About the Oxford drama scene…
"You too could wrangle your name onto that illustrious list, and you only have to read this guide to learn how to do it."
“I am the Chair!”: Emergency Union meeting on fashion show devolves into chaos
The Union’s split surrounding Saturday night’s fashion show and its governance spills further into the open.
Cherwell’s Top 40 BNOCs
Cherwell News presents the Top 40 BNOCs of Oxford.
Review: Please Clap // 00Productions
'Overall, I very much enjoyed Please Clap. Experimental, and at the same time digging into the solemn secrets of celebrity and humanity, the fakery of the media and the forgery of façades, this was a show to be applauded.'
Creative Pursuits
Drama
Oxford student drama is probably pretty different from drama at school — there’s a really exciting atmosphere, you can try new things, and there...
Dick Whittington: not quite the win the National was hoping for
This version attempts to be the Hamilton of pantomimes, incorporating street dance, rap, pop ballads and frequent references to TikTok trends into an otherwise familiar tale.
Backstage takes centre stage: a look behind the scenes
It is at this moment that it becomes obvious just how important backstage is; it can quite simply carry the play or allow it to flop, making the phrase ‘break a leg’ cut a bit close to the bone.
Review: American Buffalo
Frazer Martin reviews 'American Buffalo' at the Pilch.
Rebellion and Art
Picture a circle of people holding hands, dancing around. Nothing particularly remarkable about that, right? Now imagine half of them as skeletons.
Preview: You Are Frogs – ‘toes the line between playfulness and danger’
Practically Peter's production will be at the BT Studio until Saturday.
First Auditions: Getting Involved in Performing Arts at Oxford
What to expect during your first foray into Oxford drama
The Great Wave Review – ‘a complete clash of cultures, identities, and outlooks’
Indhu Rubasingham's revealing production about a dark part of Japanese cultural history is relevant and immensely human
The Flick preview – ‘there’s even going to be popcorn’
Bertie Harrison-Broninski is impressed by this witty and elegiac homage to the silver screen