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Alex Barasch

I'm the current Arts Officer for St Hilda's College, the RSC's Student Ambassador to Oxford and one of Cherwell's Stage Editors. I can be reached at [email protected].

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

Preview: No Exit

Alex Barasch is impressed by this engaging approach to Sartre's most famous work

Preview: Doctor Faustus

Alex Barasch is excited by this new take on Marlowe's magnum opus

Review: Pripyat

Alex Barasch is impressed by both the performers and playwright of this important piece of new writing

Review: Le Petit Prince

Alex Barasch is charmed by this adaptation of Saint-Exupéry’s classic novel

Spotlight: Hip-Hop Histories

Alex Barasch appreciates the unlikely union of Shakespeare and hip-hop

Backstage: Doctor Faustus

Alex Barasch talks to Cai Jauncey about direction and design

Spotlight: Drama and identity

Alex Barasch notes a welcome development in Oxford’s theatre scene and beyond

Interview: Jessy Parker Humphreys

Alex Barasch talks to Jessy Parker Humphreys, one half of Not Your Nice Girl, about gender, drama and performance art in Plush